babies

Nissan develops robot to calm babies during car rides

Boasts peak peek-a-boo efficiency.

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Sports car engine-revving plushies, recorded from real Honda, on the way for Japanese babies【Vid】

Honda’s fastest sports car is also its model that sounds closest to a mother’s womb, researchers find.

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A daddy/daughter test of the free baby meals at Japan’s biggest soup restaurant chain【Taste test】

Soup Stock recently started offering free food for babies, so it’s time for one of the SoraBabies to try it out!

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Tokyo train operator installs baby care rooms to make rail travel easier for parents and infants

Mamaro provides a place to attend to kids’ needs in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Japan’s rail network.

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Japanese government wants to give people an extra 80,000 yen to have babies, but will it work?

Increase to Childbirth and Childcare Lump-Sum Grant is latest proposed plan to boost birth rate.

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Pokémon’s official baby brand opens Monpoké Marché, its first long-term, physical store in Odaiba

This store-in-a-store is for all of the littlest Pokémon lovers in your life, with play and rest areas to entertain the whole family. 

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Japanese mom’s don’t-touch-my-baby-stroller sign stirs up debate【Video】

A whole lot of cultural values clash when neighborhood seniors don’t keep their hands to themselves around baby.

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Monpoké baby brand now sells customizable Pokémon baby rings for the little love of your life

Babies can finally get a fun-sized version of a Pokéring to match the grownups.

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Tokyo government announces new name for maternity/paternity leave, hopes to change attitudes

Governor of Tokyo wants people to stop saying the old term because paternal leave is not a vacation.

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Sumo wrestler vs. 16-month-old toddler: The cutest match you’ll ever see【Video】

Young child’s debut in the ring is a knockout!

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Objectively cute Japanese baby face factors determined by Osaka University team

Your baby may be cute, but is it scientifically proven cute?

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That time a stranger gave us money on a Japanese train

We’re still not quite sure why it happened. 

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Anime pregnancy cosplay turns baby bump into Baki bump【Photos】

Mother and baby get a pre-birth head-start on cosplaying together.

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Curry for babies? Spending a whole day eating nothing but Japanese baby food【Taste tests】

Determined to experience the world through his daughter’s taste buds, our reporter spends a whole day eating what a Japanese baby eats.

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Cute cannibals — Japanese Internet falls in love with triplet babies “eating” brother【Video】

Hang in there, kid, because there’s a very happy ending to the story.

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Babies understand that people with supernatural powers are better, according to Japanese study

Babies know the score.

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Japanese town will give you two million yen for having your third kid there in birth-boosting plan

And if you have another kid after that? Another two million yen.

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Why does a ’90s Japanese drama theme song calm crying babies? An acoustics expert explains

Who would have thought the theme song to Great Teacher Onizuka would actually be good for babies?

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New baby-themed haunted house in Tokyo says there’s nothing to be afraid of, is totally lying

Spending time with its lab-created “ideal mother” may have you screaming for your mommy.

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Does this “Mother Milk” eau de toilette really smell like a newborn baby? We ask a baby

A sniff test reveals surprising results. 

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