The latest mobile payment technology from Japan goes beyond just fingerprint recognition: the Arrows MX F-04G phone from Japanese company NTT Docomo allows users to unlock their phones and pay for items using their eyes. The new phone comes with a built-in iris-recognition feature that can identify its owner’s unique iris patterns, making it significantly more secure than the Face Unlock feature previously released by …
Boasting a spectacular image taken by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) land-observing satellite “DAICHI,” this climbing jacket from Minotaur is reversible and comes in three colorways: blue, green or black. The photo is of the rainforest island Yakushima—a UNESCO World Heritage site that serves as a sanctuary for wildlife, including monkeys and loggerhead turtles.
The founders of new London interior design store Native & Co, British-Japanese Chris Yoshiro-Green and Taiwan-born Sharon Jo-Yun Hung, met while studying at the Chelsea College of Art and Central Saint Martins (CSM) in London. As part of the research for a CSM project about Taiwanese aboriginal culture, the design duo lived with some of the native tribes of Taiwan and learned about their craft …