given the country’s reputation for long work hours. Now, a company in northern Japan has come up with a novel product for those trying to catch 40 winks on the fly: a vertical sleeping pod.

The world was changing fast in 1957. The Cold War was heating up, American forces were becoming more entrenched in Asia, and ...

TOKYO -- Japan's UCC Ueshima Coffee plans to launch its pod machine in Thailand, pushing deeper into Southeast Asia with a device that aims to recreate the taste of hand-dripped brews at the touch ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Capsule hotels — hotels that feature futuristic pods instead of rooms — are a Japanese staple. Said to originally have been developed for traveling businessmen ...