TECHNOLOGY
As Tourism Skyrockets, Japanese Airline Equips Baggage Handlers with Power Suits
Cyborg baggage handlers? An influx of foreign visitors forces one airline to find an inventive way to handle the load.
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Cashless Payments in Japan Accelerate – and May Doom the One Yen Coin
Cashless payments are accelerating, even among the elderly - and it appears the one yen coin might not survive their onslaught.
TECHNOLOGY
QR Code of the Gods: Will Tech Save Religion in Japan?
From drone-riding Buddhas to monk rentals on Amazon, Japan's temples and shrines are finding unique ways to stay solvent during uncertain times.
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Will Japan Ever Go Cashless?
Less than 20% of all financial transactions in Japan are cashless. Learn why that is, and why the government wants to change…
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Daylight Savings and the Emperor’s Abdication Have Japan IT Freaking Out
A double whammy posed by two looming events has Japan's IT community wondering how they'll ever be able to test their code…