Japanese vending machines are the stuff of legend. Pocket-lint has bought all manner of things from street vending machines in Tokyo in our travels - noodles, plastic characters from the world of manga, cans of the deliciously named Pocari Sweat, a...

There are a lot of reasons for wanting to live in Japan. Japanese cuisine in iPhone case form for one, Star Wars lightsaber lighting up the Tokyo subway too and, of course, hi-tech vending machines (containing drinks and nothing else - get your minds...

Whilst beaming a bloomin' great light from the top of the BT Tower to make it resemble a lightsaber was a pretty cool way of promoting the Blu-ray versions of Star Wars: The Complete Saga and the individual trilogy box set; it only lasted for a few...

Food and smartphone unite! A Japanese case manufacturer has created this pair of awesome culinary iPhone 4 cases.

We imagine the idea of a giant slab of plastic eel pinned to the back of your handset is not going to be particularly ergonomically...

As you can imagine the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is already chock-full of some of the most outrageous technology available. The latest addition however, a 10,000 OLED screen packing 'digital globe' puts most of the...

Sharp has revealed details of an incredible looking theme park attraction that is dubbing "The 5D Miracle Tour".

The incredible setup, which will be installed at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, comprises 156 60-inch...

Google has published the latest images of Japan from its satellite providers, showing the full extent of the damage in the Sendai region after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

The harrowing pictures, which will be updated into the Google Maps...

After going live with its Person Finder search service, Google has now launched the YouTube Person Finder - a tool it hopes will make it easier for missing people in Japan connect to their loved ones.

The country is still in a state of extreme...

AT&T has announced that, for the rest of March, calls and texts to Japanese numbers from its mobile network (and also calls from its fixed lines) will be free of charge.

The move is to help out US citizens trying to reach their friends and...

The phrase "only in Japan" definitely gets overused.

But an advert that features a sexy lady, a fairly useless gadget and some very over-excited men - well, the phrase definitely fits on this occasion.

What you're looking at here is...

Google has launched a Person Finder tool - to help people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The simple tool allows you to search for someone, or leave personal details so you can be found - and could prove to be an incredibly...

No one has embraced the technological revolution quite like the Japanese.

And when we say embraced, we mean produced a number of impressive, hi-tech gizmos and gadgets that could definitely be classified as exorbitant.

And this latest...

Now Google Maps on your iPhone or Android (or Ovi Maps for you Nokia fans) is an absolute God-send. It sends shivers to the very core of Pocket-lint's soul to think of the days before GPS mapping was available in our hand anywhere, anytime.

But...

Consumer electronics giant Panasonic has treated Japan with two new Full HD plasma TVs. However, these are not your common or garden tellies: not only are they 3D, they have a 3D Blu-ray deck built into the side, and a hard drive installed for recording...

A Japanese retailer, Maspro, has struck a deal with Disney to create the Mickey Mouse satellite dish.

Constantly smiling, no matter which direction he's facing, the Mickey dish would certainly brighten up the side of a house or council flat.

We're...