Friday Photo: Not Barack Obama’s running mate
Junko Kimura/Getty Images People walk past a half-body statue in Shibuya, Tokyo’s main shopping area, on August 22. Online Game Company NHN Japan has set up a series of these statues to promote the mobile game site hange.jp. When people touch the statue’s arm with their mobile phone, the application site will automatically open and ...
Junko Kimura/Getty Images
People walk past a half-body statue in Shibuya, Tokyo’s main shopping area, on August 22. Online Game Company NHN Japan has set up a series of these statues to promote the mobile game site hange.jp. When people touch the statue’s arm with their mobile phone, the application site will automatically open and a lucky winner will be rewarded 10,000 U.S. Dollars.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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