USB Necktie

This is an improved model of last year necktie. In the necktie you can find a small fan that gets you fresh air while sitting in the office. It may look exciting, but think what will happen if you get up and forget that you are chained to your laptop with a USB cable. And we don’t want to even start thinking what your peers will think of you. And that cute receptionist? Don’t count on a date tonight. All of this for the price of only 27 dollars. [Product Page]

Lazy Chair

In the summer you may also want to relax with your laptop a bit. Just spreading out in the floor is not a good idea. Your hands get numb, and your back might hurt. The Japanese solution? The lazy chair. The chair allows you to lie down comfortably and work on your notebook. You also get five positions for the angle of this “chair”, and you can always use it as a head rest, in case you want to read the newspaper. The price: 74 dollars. [Product Page]

Cooling Chair

We know that Japanese food might get your stomach to work differently than usual, with the related consequence. But we thought that these problems are limited to only westerns that are not accustomed to Japanese food – not to the nice and sterile Japanese girls.

Anyway, it seems to affect them too, otherwise we see no purpose to this cooling chair. The chair blows up cool air straight to your behind, and if you have to work long hours, that’s certainly going to get you some boost. We just hope that you don’t find yourself hovering above your chair in the process.Price starts at $45 without car accessories. [Product Page]

Dogs Jacuzzi

Why not to take care of your beloved friend also? It’s gets hot in the summer and your dog will rather prefer sitting in the Jacuzzi, than just getting a cold shower. IDEC Corporation invented a bubble bath that can help you wash your dog. The company calls the Jacuzzi “Wan Love Yu” or “Dog Loves Bath”.

The appliance generates 600,000 bubbles/cm³ in the size of 0.02 millimeters (these are really tiny bubbles!). The company promises that with these bubbles you can really get rid of dirt from the dog, in a way a normal shower can’t. You’ll still have to persuade your dog to get into this bubble bath. The price is between $6,000 and $7,000, and the appliance is targeted at pet hospitals and pet shops. [IDEC] (Japanese) and more on [TechOn]

The new survival gear for cats and dogs from Rinkya offers a life saving vest for your beloved pet. This is not just a shiny outfit for Lassie, but also flame resistant. You also get specially packed water bags and biscuits so your pet can have something to chew on, while you run away from disaster area.

As a bonus you get also aromatherapy oils to calm your pet during disaster. The price will surely get you anxious: $375 and it’s yours.

More photos of the Japanese survival gear:

[Product Page] via [Rinkya]

Japanese animals probably know how to read. Since we have no other explanation why road signs are focused on them. After the “Frogs crossing sign“, here comes the sign for not feeding the pigeons.

via [blizzardboy]

If you are a father to girls under the age of 12, we strongly recommend no to show them the following pictures. Or else you’ll have to cough up $65 for a basic phone and almost $100 for a model with an answering machine.

Hello? hello? It’s kitty!

More [Uniden Japan]

Yosuke, the African grey parrot in this story flew out of his cage, from it’s home in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After policemen got him from a rooftop in the city, they got him into a veterinary clinic. In there the parrot start telling the cops that he is “Mr. Yosuke Nakamura”. he also provided them with the full address, including the house number.

The police contacted the Nakamura family and they admitted to have taught the bird his name for about two years.

What’s more weird in this story that the parrot only talked to the vet, and not the cops. Makes you wonder who got him trained to keep his mouth shut in front of policemen?

Source: [Canadian Press]