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<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-14-620x239.png" /> As far as distribution of electronic money is concerned, Japan is probably the most advanced country in the w

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Picture-5-620x443.png" /> I am sure by now every CrunchGear reader knows about that 60-foot <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/gundam_01.jpg" /> We've covered the 60-foot Gundam robot statue that was protecting Tokyo bay last summer <a href="http://www.crunchgear

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/HYPER-HYBRID-MODEL-1_12-RX-78-2-GUNDAM.jpg" /> No doubt, <a href="../tag/gundam/">Gundam</a> is Japan's favorite anime. They opened a <

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hyper_telescope.jpg" /> Major toymaker Bandai yesterday announced the <a href="http://www.tentaizukan.com/">Hyper Telescope</a> [JP], wh

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bandai_mugen_chocolate-620x269.jpg" /> Do you like the feeling you get when you break a chocolate bar in half? Do you want to experience

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/yamato-620x414.jpg" /> Space Battleship Yamato is the name of a (rather short-lived) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battles

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tamagotchi_id_1.png" /> In September last year, <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/26/cute-gets-an-upgrade-the-tamagotchi-goes-c

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pacman_zippo_3-620x644.jpg" /> Namco's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man">Pac Man</a> was first released in Japan May 22, 19

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/swat_bandai_2-620x566.png" /> Just yesterday we featured Bandai's cool remote-controlled <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/13/s

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sky_armor-620x413.jpg" /> This is a pretty cool RC toy from Japan. Bandai has announced the Sky Armor, a remote-controlled robot that ca

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bandai_bbq_toy.jpg" /> Just in time for summer, Japan gets a new toy that won't require you to go out to get the BBQ experience anymore.

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pellermodel_1-620x504.jpg" /> Even though I live in Japan, I admit I don't know anything about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ori

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bandai_air_project-620x465.jpg" /> <a href="http://www.bandai.co.jp/releases/J2009040801.html">Bandai Japan announced the A.i.R PROJECT

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/usb_shaking_hip.jpg" /> <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/26/mugen-can-beer-experience-the-feeling-of-popping-up-beer-cans-over

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mugen_beer0.jpg" /> <a href="http://www.bandai.com">Bandai</a> is behaving pretty strangely lately. 60-foot tall robots, outrageously ex

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mazinger_z_figure.jpg" /> Two weeks ago, <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/12/japan-gets/">Bandai announced that it gives a 60-

I always knew Gundam was a popular anime in Japan but even I (who has lived here for more than four years now) didn’t know exactly how popular; until yesterday when toy maker Bandai announced th

<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74971" title="yuruppy" src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/yuruppy-620x411.jpg" alt="yuruppy" width="620" height="411" />Bandai's eve