tokyo

Unser Kollege Kumpei Kuwamoto hat sich Geburtstagsgäste gemietet und eine wilde Party gefeiert – zumindest online.

Mehrere japanische Experten forschen schon länger zu "Superratten". Und erklären uns, wie die genetisch mutierten Nagetiere scheinbar unsterblich geworden sind.

Paitangi Ostick is one of the first females to practice tā moko – the Māori art of tattoo. She travels from New Zealand to Tokyo, where she meets Japanese tattoo artist Megumu Kamata to compare notes on their shared craft.

We meet the Tokyo youth celebrating genderless fashion. Using make-up, clothes and Instagram filters, these young people are challenging international beauty norms and drawing on japan's anime-fluid-beauty standards to express themselves.

THUMP heads to Japan to track down the vibrant local community of dancers and DJs who've embraced footwork, Chicago's most breakneck-paced style of music and dance.

Whether they're craving a shoulder to cry on, a hunk to take shots with, or a late-night cuddle, Tokyo-based women can fulfill their relational needs on demand and by the hour.

THUMP heads to Japan to track down the vibrant local community of dancers and DJs who've embraced footwork, Chicago's most breakneck-paced style of music and dance.

VICE explores the loyal and seemingly everlasting DDR scene in Tokyo, almost 20 years after it was first released.

One food hacker demonstrates how to change the taste of food by spraying it with perfume.

Motherboard goes to Japan to visit the Henn-na Hotel, which is staffed almost entirely by robots.

Simon Klose meets up with a Japanese researcher who shows us how to use virtual reality to make a cookie taste like five different things.

Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi was arrested for making vagina sculptures.