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Japan's popular pod hotels, designed like medicine capsules, have now launched in India's Noida. These compact, clean rooms are available at affordable prices. India boasts numerous luxurious and ...
I booked a pod at Nine Hours Otemachi in central Tokyo, and although it was a good value for my money, I wouldn't want to stay for very long.
Sleep pods and capsule hotels are everywhere in Japan. The country revolves around sleep (and sometimes lack thereof) with people sleeping on the streets, trains, and even in offices. So today, we ...
The Japanese take their napping seriously and the country has a proud history of producing outside-the-box ideas to help overworked salarymen grab a few z's, but even for that part of the world ...
Pod of orcas trapped by ice, fighting for life off coast of Japan, drone footage shows Witness says the killer whales appeared to be struggling to breathe, while local officials say there's ...
The hotel brand wants to open this location to attract more Japanese visitors.
A Japanese firm has developed a vertical pod designed to enable employees to rest while standing upright. Dubbed 'Giraffenap', the pod is intended to offer users the opportunity to 'take a rest while ...
A Japanese company has unveiled a new product to help sleepy employees take a quick snooze at work. Giraffenap is a vertical pod that helps people sleep standing upright, just like giraffes do.
SAPPORO--The sight of Japanese catnapping on trains or slumped over their desks during office hours is hardly surprising, given the country’s reputation for long work hours.
A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday.
A grassroots charity south-west of Brisbane is building accommodation pods and turning them into a short-term safe haven for the homeless as the housing crisis deepens.