The Sony CFD-W77 is an outdated awesomely nostalgic piece of tech coming out of Japan.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 [...]

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 have [...]

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 imbiber of [...]