Coming up next week is CEATEC Japan, a big-ass trade show in Tokyo that always has tons of cutting-edge tech on display. This year we’re extra excited about it, though, because we’re going to be live on the scene, raking up tons of hands-on coverage. We’ll also be trolling around Tokyo and Osaka, looking for any cool toys we can get our clumsy gaijin hands on. Watch this space for news from the Land of the Rising Sun starting Tuesday (really early), with even-more-current updates on our Twitter feed.

Full disclosure: Our coverage in Japan is coming to you courtesy of Panasonic, who is flying us out there to check out the show and their HQ. Just so we’re clear: We appreciate Panasonic’s generosity, but it won’t stop us from covering everything we can at CEATEC, and we’ll certainly be our usual skeptical selves toward all that we see, including Panasonic stuff. Just think of it as if we’re “embedded.”