A 43-year-old Japanese woman has been arrested after she murdered her virtual ex-husband in Maplestory. Furious that he wanted a divorce in their online marriage in the game – Maplestory, she accessed into his account and killed off his character.

The woman, a piano teacher, is in jail in Sapporo waiting to learn if she faces charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data.
She was arrested on Wednesday and taken 620 miles (1,000 km) from her home in southern Miyazaki to Sapporo – where her “husband”, a 33-year-old office …

As we all know, Japan has tons of vending machines – you can buy cigarettes, umbrellas and many more. Now, following Britain’s footsteps, Japan has decided to install CCTVs in their country. Where else but their vending machines? XD Their vending machines are everywhere!

The next generation of vending machines would have a security camera, an emergency phone and an alarm. Police in Japan would have access to the footage of the CCTVs installed in the vending machines. Also, when the door of the emergency phone is opened, the alarm will …

Akihabara, the place for otakus for anime goodies, figurines, games and many more! Presently – that is our vision of that wonderful Otaku Land. Chanced upon this at Akiba Today. Did you know the past Akihabara used to be all about PC parts? People went there mainly for computer stuff, and not figurines or anime-related goods.

Akihabara has moved from DIY electronics to entertainment media like video games, figures or anime goods.
Makers of independent games or manga however are gathering around Chuo Dori, turning Akiba into the Otaku Mecca it is …

Wonder whether anyone remember these dudes. Tamagotchi! It was rather famous years back, like 10 years for me? XD. I also had digimon devices, the one where you raise them like tamagotchis and eventually be able to battle each other. In fact I preferred the digimon over tamagotchi.. Maybe it was because of the ability to battle and all. Now tamagotchi has color. Wow, this news definitely wowed me.

I knew tamagotchi had some improvements 2-3 years back. I don’t really remember. I just know there was an added function(infrared?), thus …

On the 1st day of the Bank Transfer Fraud Elimination, two elderly people were conned. The irony is that there were police present at the scene. But the victory goes to the conman.

How the con happened was via the usage of cellphones. Apparently someone claiming to be their relatives called and needed emergency help – money in this case. Being elderly, they would believe anyone in an emergency. They’re easily fooled which makes it kinda saddening. The two citizens, transferred 3.5 million yen to a bank account.
Police in Japan has …

I think many of us out there wants to look fabulous. But in order to maintain your beauty, one needs to spend money on spa, facials, etc. But why go the extend of spending thousands of dollars when you can spend below $10 and use the products everyday for full effectiveness?

Kogao Meiku Beruto (small face make belt) helps to shape your face and lastly, it forces those caveman foreheads into oblivion. The downside is that you need to wear it everyday for 3 minutes in order for it to be …

Remembered your first word when you were a baby? How about those kawaii Japanese Babies? XD

Results are based on a findings from the Baby Growth Diary, where new parents can write a journal of experiences bringing up their child ^^. The data is recorded from 398 infants, aged 10 months to 3 years old.
Their results showed that “manma” (food) was the first word to be spoken, usually around the age of 15 and a half months, with words like banana (19th), tea (25th) and milk (38th) coming in later on.
At …

If you haven’t heard, there have been cases in China where babies have been falling sick with kidney stones and experiencing complications after consuming the toxic milk powder. In the milk products, there contain a toxic called melamine.

Japan’s Marudai Food Co. has decided to withdraw three products containing milk produced by a Chinese manufacturer whose products were contaminated with the chemical melamine, which has been blamed for several deaths in China. All of the products were produced by a subsidiary in China’s Shangdong Province and imported into Japan. The milk …

Tokyo’s Arakawa-ku has proposed an ordinance banning people from feeding crows and stray cats, with fines for offenders, ward officials said. The local environment has been damaged with the feedings done by residents.

Under the proposed ordinance, the ward will investigate residents’ claims and issue a warning to offenders. If the offender continues, the case will be forwarded to a committee made up of lawyers and other officials, and measures such as issuing improvement orders and publicly announcing the person’s name will be taken.
A person can be fined up to 100,000 …