Today’s Question On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Was Momotarō a thief? Topics Discussed The folktale/fairy tale of Momotarō Whether Peach Boy is a good English title for Momotarō How old the story of Momotarō is Kunio Yanagita The most common motifs of the Momotarō story Some of the many variations that exist of the story of Momotarō …

A rundown of Toyota’s Woven City project and why Toyota may succeed where Google struggled. One of the most exciting news to come out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 was from the Japanese car giant Toyota Corporation, which unveiled its plans to build a “city of the future,” as a testbed to experiment with its suite of AI …