China’s AI-Powered Online Sellers Can Sell You Stuff 24/7
China’s online store is becoming increasingly dominated by AI-powered clones that never tire of trying to sell you things and can literally work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Chinese online shopping scene is very different than what we’re used to in the West. Live streaming is by far the most lucrative […]
Old Kids on the Block – Members of Japan’s Geriatric Boyband Are All Over 65 Years Old
Japan’s population is aging at an accelerated pace, so it’s no surprise that the country now has its own old boy band, with members aged between 65 and 87. G-Pop, a play on the Japanese word ‘Ojii-san’ for ‘old man’, is not your average boy band. J-Pop and K-Pop groups like most other boy bands, […]
‘Separation Marriage’ – Married Couple Have Never Lived in the Same Home
Japanese couple Hiromi and Hidekazu Takeda have been married for many years and even have a child together, but they live an hour apart from each other and have never shared a home. ‘Separation marriages’, aka weekend marriages or living apart together (LAT), have reportedly become very popular in Japan, because they allow couples to […]