Japanese trading house Itochu Corp will check and repair for free any defects in Chinese-made baby strollers that it imports and sold in Japan. The 42,800-yen ($402) stroller, known as Verve, is produced by the world famous German child safety seat maker Britax Romer at a factory in Guangd…

I told you back in August that Japan’s Rare Mono Shop was selling a USB-powered necktie with a built-in cooling fan. Now, they’ve come out with a 2.0 version. The new version is more stylish, more discreet (no more air grate on the knot — it’s now hidden), more controllable (it has an on-off switch…

Laptops have been banned in the Bhutan national assembly considering the government fears lawmakers will use them to PLAY GAMES AND LOOK AT PICTURES.Orginal post by Mike

I told you back in November about a Japanese cigarette vending machine that uses a face-scanning system called the Child Check System to guess the age of the buyer before processing the purchase. A new report claims that the machine is easily fooled by simply holding up a MAGAZINE PHOTO of an older …

Shamelessly pandering to Chinese nationalism, the McDonald’s corporation has chosen a slogan for a massive marketing campaign within China: “Wo jiu xihuan Zhongguo ying,” which roughly translates as, “I LOVE IT WHEN CHINA WINS.” that campaign is objectionable for 3 reasons: 1. There’s a difference a…

The Associated Press posted a story today about an ongoing war within China’s “fiercely vocal online community” and corrupt Communist Party officials who either disregard or profit from China’s CULTURE OF COUNTERFEITING. From the commentary: “One popular target is fakes: fake products, fake credenti…

A new law in Iran threatens bloggers and webmasters with the death penalty for “promoting CORRUPTION, PROSTITUTION AND APOSTASY.” These online “crimes” join “insulting Islam, drug trafficking… subversive activities against national safety measure, spying and separatist propaganda.” as capital puni…