The Sony CFD-W77 is an outdated awesomely nostalgic piece of tech coming out of Japan.  This double tape deck is, as many of you could figure out from the title, an 80’s/90’s style dual tape deck boombox with a CD player and an AM/FM Radio built in.  The thing retails for around $150, which is […]

It must be Japanese theme day here at Swongled.com; every other post today has been related to Japan in some way. To carry on with this theme, here is another one! These are two videos about a (tiger?) boy named Shimajiro. He has to pee and poop. His family teaches him to pee and poop […]

There has been a growing trend in Japan, recently. More and more SMS-based novels, written mostly by young adult women, are being released. These thumbmasters of text messaging had been previously criticized as pseudo-authors, offering nothing but a weak subgenre of literature - that was, until recently, however. Over the years, these SMS novels […]

Square-Enix and Suntory Limited have teamed up to deliver what scientists are calling a “Miracle Potion”. It is a real-life reproduction of the life-giving tonic found in the Final Fantasy series of games. Suntory Limited is claiming that it has the ability to “heal any wound, and restore all magical powers to the […]