Capsule hotels are a type of hotel where instead of getting a room, guests stay in small, coffin-like "capsules." They cater primarily to Japanese businessmen who toil long hours at their desks or ...

A Japanese capsule carrying the first samples of asteroid subsurface shot across the night atmosphere early Sunday before successfully landing in the remote Australian Outback, completing a ...

The Japan Toy Association estimates the capsule toy market was worth 61 billion yen (US$378 million) in the 2022 financial year, up 35.6 per cent in one year, and expects it to grow further. "We ...

As a freelance journalist and travel writer living in Japan, I move around a lot for work. When I want to save a few yen on my accommodation, I often stay at capsule hotels, also known as pod hotels.

Capsules are finding second lives not only in Japan but also overseas. Headquartered in Osaka, Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd. revived an apartment unit in April while adding a new twist: it was turned ...

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TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said its helicopter search team has spotted a capsule, which is carrying asteroid samples that could explain the origin of life, that landed on a remote area in ...

A special ventilation system keeps the pod cool. Capsule hotels started in Japan in 1979 but are now popular across the world. Produced by Charlie Floyd More from Video Hostels are communal places ...

The Nakagin Capsule Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1972, is an exemplary work of post-war Japanese architectural movement Metabolism. Today, however, this historic building is ...

In 1988, upon moving to Tokyo, British architect Mark Dytham made a pilgrimage to Ginza to see one building he believed encapsulated everything he had imagined Japan to be: Nakagin Capsule Tower.