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On April 14th, 2016, a massive magnitude-7 earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture. After numerous strong aftershocks, an even bigger magnitude-7.3 quake hit the same region just…
Paying with an unfamiliar currency can be confusing at first — you might think you handed the cashier the right amount of money, only to…
Sony has been known for its wide variety of electronics, but because of their popular game engine Playstation, people may have forgotten that music has…
Covering The 3/11 Disaster Five years since the Great East Japan earthquake in Tohoku, the grape media team went to Iwate Prefecture, where the coastal…
Sanriku Tetsudou is a set of railway lines that were affected by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 5 years ago. It became one of the…
The final day of the grand sumo championship was held on January 24. Kotoshogiku had beaten the final match to become the first Japanese sumo…
On January 21, 2016, the 12th day of the Grand Sumo Tournament (January season) was held. Ozeki-ranked Japanese sumo rikishi Kokushochiku has been on a…
Armed piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a serious issue in the past few years. They attack and take over vessels using guns…
Issey Miyake is a world-renowned Japanese designer, famous for his technology-driven designs, exhibitions, and fragrances. It is perhaps less known that he had a very…
The King of The Monsters is back in his homeland, and he has brought a terrifying new design with him. Slated to be released on…
Meet Asuka Kamiya, a 12-year-old girl who was given a patent right to a device she’s made for her school science project. It’s a simple…
The tragedy that feel upon the community of Roseburg, Oregon, in the form of of a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College is truly awful…
Meet Aslan. He is a 17-year-old refugee from Syria. He’s fled Syria and traveled across the Mediterranean Sea and arrived in Greek island of Lesbos,…
Since the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow gay marriages earlier this year, there has been a lot of news about how dreams of same-sex…
A record-breaking rainfall that struck northeastern part of Japan during September has been extremely damaging, with recovery efforts still underway by the Self Defense Forces…