Status on 14 October 2026: the 2026 dates are not announced yet. Neither Amazon Japan nor Rakuten has published its Black Friday 2026 dates. US Black Friday falls on Friday 27 November 2026. Last year Amazon Japan's sale ran from 21 November (pre-sale) to 1…
Category: Tech & Gadgets
Gadget reviews, tech guides, and product comparisons for Japan
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Best Air Fryers in Japan 2026: COSORI vs Iris Ohyama
If your flat in Japan came with a microwave and a small stove but no real oven, an air fryer (ノンフライヤー, non-furaiyaa, "non-fryer") is the easiest way to get crispy karaage, korokke, roast potatoes or Christmas drumsticks without a pot of oil. It sits on…
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Best Portable Power Stations in Japan 2026: Jackery vs Anker
Japan has earthquakes, typhoons and, in snowy areas, winter blackouts. For a renter, a portable power station (ポータブル電源, pootaburu dengen) is the simplest way to keep phones, lights and an electric blanket going when the grid fails: no fuel, no fumes, and it lives in…
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Best Cordless Stick Vacuums in Japan 2026: Makita to Dyson
In a small Japanese flat with wooden floors and little storage, a cordless stick vacuum is the easy choice. The catch is the spec sheet: makers measure weight and run time differently, and short boost times and tiny dust bins hide in the footnotes. We…
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Best Microwave Ovens in Japan 2026: Bake, Roast and Reheat
Unfurnished flats in Japan often come without kitchen appliances, so a microwave is one of the first things newcomers buy. The catches: two electrical frequencies, outlet limits, heating times in watts and Japanese buttons. To bake cookies or roast a chicken for the holidays, you…
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Best Wi-Fi Routers in Japan 2026: Buffalo vs NEC vs TP-Link
Fiber internet (hikari) in a Japanese flat should be fast, yet speeds can drop at busy times of day. One common cause is the older PPPoE connection method; IPv6 IPoE, which NTT East says is less affected by congestion, needs a provider that offers it…
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Best Tunerless TVs in Japan 2026: Smart TVs and the NHK Fee
If most of what you watch in Japan comes from Netflix, YouTube or Prime Video, a tuner-less TV (chūnāresu terebi) is worth a look. It is a smart TV with no broadcast tuner, so it cannot pick up terrestrial, BS or CS channels at all.…
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Best Printers in Japan 2026: Canon vs Epson vs Brother
Japan still runs on paper. School letters, ward-office forms, rental paperwork and, from November, New Year cards (nengajō) all come and go as A4 sheets and postcards, and a home printer is the easiest way to handle them. The catch is that these are Japan-market…
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Best Document Scanners in Japan 2026: ScanSnap vs Epson
Life in Japan comes with a lot of paper: ward-office notices, pension letters, payslips and, every winter, your employer's year-end tax paperwork. A document scanner turns the pile into searchable PDFs on your laptop or phone, and the best-known scanner brand here is Japanese: PFU's…
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Best Japanese Keyboards 2026: HHKB vs Realforce (US Layout)
Two Japanese brands make some of the most admired keyboards in the world: PFU's Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB) and Topre's Realforce. Both are famous for Topre's electro-capacitive switches, which register a key press without the switch contacts touching, and PFU America says HHKBs are manufactured…
