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🏃🏻‍♀️ Why Is Japan Still Investing In Custom Floating Point Accelerators?
https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/09/04/why-is-japan-still-investing-in-custom-floating-point-accelerators/

Why Is Japan Still Investing In Custom Floating Point Accelerators?
It has taken nearly two decades and an immense amount of work by millions of people for high performance computing to go mainstream with GenAI. And now,

President Trump announces 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, starting August 1 (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/trump-tariffs-trade-letters-japan.html

Trump announces steep tariffs on five more countries starting Aug. 1
The United States will impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump revealed.

Japan Says Trump to Correct 'Extremely Regrettable' Error in Tariff Order (River Akira Davis/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/business/japan-tariffs-us-trade-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250808/p18#a250808p18

Spin dynamics in natural multiferroic pyroxene NaFeSi$_2$O$_6$
Oleksandr Prokhnenko (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f\H{u}r Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany), Stanislav E. Nikitin (PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland), Koji Kaneko (Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan), Chihiro Tabata (Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan A…

Spin dynamics in natural multiferroic pyroxene NaFeSi$_2$O$_6$
Spin dynamics in the natural mineral aegirine, NaFeSi$_2$O$_6$, a member of the pyroxene family, was studied by elastic and inelastic neutron scattering. Magnetization and specific heat measurements as well as single-crystal neutron diffraction maps, taken in the temperature range 2 - 20 K, confirm two successive magnetic transitions at 8.8 and 5.8 K, consistent with previous studies. The observed spin-wave excitations emerge from the incommensurate magnetic Bragg peaks corresponding to the pro…

Japan sweats through hottest July on record #Japan

Japan sweats through hottest July on record
Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began in 1898, the weather agency has reported, warning of further "severe heat" in the month ahead.

From Canada to Japan: How 10,000 km Affect User Perception in Robot Teleoperation
Sim\'eon Capy, Thomas M. Kwok, Kevin Joseph, Yuichiro Kawasumi, Koichi Nagashima, Tomoya Sasaki, Yue Hu, Eiichi Yoshida
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05143

From Canada to Japan: How 10,000 km Affect User Perception in Robot Teleoperation
Robot teleoperation (RTo) has emerged as a viable alternative to local control, particularly when human intervention is still necessary. This research aims to study the distance effect on user perception in RTo, exploring the potential of teleoperated robots for older adult care. We propose an evaluation of non-expert users' perception of long-distance RTo, examining how their perception changes before and after interaction, as well as comparing it to that of locally operated robots. We have de…

Japan: Regulierer nimmt App Store ins Visier – wie in Europa
Die japanische Freihandelsbehörde untersucht Apple seit Jahren. Nun kommt sie zu dem Schluss, dass der Konzern fremde Marktplätze und Payments erlauben muss.

"Japan sets record temperature of 41.8C"
#Japan #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange

Japan sets new record high temperature of 41.8C
Japan logged a new heat record on Tuesday, with the mercury hitting 41.8C, the weather office said, warning temperatures may rise further still.

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web
A bipartite network of plants and pollinators from Kyoto University Forest of Ashu, Japan, from 1984 to 1987. Edge weights represent frequency of interactions.
This network has 772 nodes and 1206 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.d…

And then Buzz Aldrin replied
and the thread just stopped
https://bsky.app/profile/ktenpas.bsky.social/post/3lvtt226ypk22

#Japan erlebte im Juni 2025 den heißesten Juni seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen.
Die Temperaturen lagen im Schnitt 2,34 °C über dem Normalwert. Auch die #Wassertemperaturen erreichten Rekordwerte. Meteorologen warnen vor anhaltender

Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency
Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe.

According to Microsoft OneDrive, I was in Japan on this day last year. That was a ridiculously expensive trip but I miss it.

🤩
https://c.im/@didgebaba/114997865573910604

Nagasaki cathedral bells to ring together since US atomic bombing of Japan | Nuclear Weapons News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/9/nagasaki-bells-to-ring-together-for-the-first-time-since-us-atomic-bomb?traffic_source=rss

'Tariff Man' Is Back for More 'Liberation' (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tariffs-south-korea-japan-donald-trump-trade-a9075145
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p97#a250708p97

The #Japan #media #cooperative, @…, I've been working with for 2 y…

Naomi Osaka, Rui Hachimura both loved and despised in Japan
With the number of foreigners living in Japan increasing as well as a rise of mixed babies being born, Japan could be seeing a diverse future where Japan-born multiracial people are much more common.

All-time high temperature in Japan: 41.8°C.
The old record (41.2°C) was from last week...
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/japan-sets-record-high-temperatures-worries-mount-over-rice-crops-2…

Vorbeiflug an Erde: Japan will an ESA-Asteroidenmission zu Apophis teilnehmen
In vier Jahren wird der 400 Meter große Asteroid Apophis der Erde außergewöhnlich nahekommen. Die ESA will ihn mit einer Sonde begleiten, Japan hat Interesse.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Runaways:
🎵 I wanna be where the boys are (Live In Tokyo Japan, 1977)
#TheRunaways
https://runawayrecords1993.bandcamp.com/track/i-wanna-be-where-the-boys-are
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Wu9uWzszLFuCS6dUkVhnx

crab computer https://www.technologyreview.com/2012/04/12/186779/computer-scientists-build-computer-using-swarms-of-crabs/

The controversy involving Tokyo Electron over alleged TSMC IP theft comes at a low point for the company, after order cancellations and a lull in Chinese demand (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/t…

"Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency"
#Japan #Climate #ClimateChange

Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency
Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe.

Weather tracker: Heat records fall as Japan and South Korea swelter https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/04/weather-tracker-record-heat-japan-and-south-korea

"Hepburn-System soll in Japan offizieller Standard werden" https://sumikai.com/nachrichten-aus-japan/hepburn-system-soll-in-japan-offizieller-standard-werden-358022/

A Two-Stage Scheduling Method for Nurse Scheduling and Its Practical Application
Keisuke Nakashima, Kohei Furuike, Yoshiaki Inoue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05182

A Two-Stage Scheduling Method for Nurse Scheduling and Its Practical Application
The creation of nurses' schedules is a critical task that directly impacts the quality and safety of patient care as well as the quality of life for nurses. In most hospitals in Japan, this responsibility falls to the head nurse of each ward. The physical and mental burden of this task is considerable, and recent challenges such as the growing shortage of nurses and increasingly diverse working styles have further complicated the scheduling process. Consequently, there is a growing demand for a…

#tsunami

Neue #Pedale für #Lurchi

Why is the D-party so amazingly lame about communicating to (or with) voters?
Why are they using FFOTUS' terminology of "tariff" rather than the more clearly understood "Federal Sales Tax"?
"Trump to send 12 more tariff letters after announcing 25% levies on Japan and South Korea"

Im März geht es dann mal nach Japan. Schön.

“Even after the war ended, the atomic bomb brought invisible terror," survivor Hiroshi Nishioka, 93, said in his speech at the memorial, “Never use nuclear weapons again”
#Nagasaki #NuclearWeapons #Nuclear #Japan #USA #Russia #War #CanPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-hiroshima-80th-anniversary-august-9-1.7605183

Understanding Japan’s AI Promotion Act: An “Innovation-First” Blueprint for AI Regulation
https://fpf.org/blog/understanding-japans-ai-promotion-act-an-innovation-first-blueprint-for-ai-regulation/

Netflix acquires the Japanese media rights to carry the 2026 World Baseball Classic, marking the first time it will stream a live event in Japan (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/world-baseball-classic-netflix-japan-3ca47c79a174e31…

Netflix wins Japanese media rights for 2026 World Baseball Classic
Netflix has secured the Japanese media rights for next year's World Baseball Classic, marking its first live event it will stream in Japan. The platform will broadcast all 47 games of the tournament. Team Japan is the defending champion, having won in 2023. Previously, a consortium including Amazon Prime Video held these rights. The sixth edition of the tournament will feature 20 teams competing in four first-round pools in Tokyo, San Juan, Houston, and Miami. It starts on March 5, with the fin…

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Vorbeiflug an Erde: Japan will an ESA-Asteroidenmission zu Apophis teilnehmen

I bet I'm the only person in #Japan who learned about what #OnePiece is not from anyone here, but from following news about #Indonesia and that symbol being used as a sign of protest against

Prabowo’s Indonesia draws opposition via cartoon pirates | Lowy Institute
Pop culture resistance can become a powerful form of resistance – especially when authorities overreact.

Russia and China to conduct joint military drills in the Sea of Japan: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/30/russia-and-china-to-conduct.html

In #Japan wurden innerhalb einer Woche über 10.000 Menschen wegen hitzebedingten Erkrankungen ins #Krankenhaus eingeliefert.
Besonders betroffen sind ältere Menschen ab 65 Jahren. Die Temperaturen überstiegen an 318 Messpunkten die 35-Grad-Marke. In 37 Orten wurden neue Rekordwerte registrie…

10,000 taken to hospital in week for heat-related illnesses in Japan - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 10,000 people in Japan were taken to hospital due to heat-related illnesses over the course of a week in July, marking the highe

First waves hit Japan
as US widens tsunami warnings
after magnitude-8.8 earthquake off Russia – live updates
Hazardous waves from strong 8.8 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaska and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka
Full report: Tsunami warning for Japan and the Pacific after powerful earthquake off Russia

I find it interesting that meteorology, volcanology, and seismology in Japan 🇯🇵 are all under the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
https://www.jma.go.jp
In the Philippines 🇵🇭 these are separated into two: the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA, and the Ph…

Trump Says Japan to Import Ford's Huge F-150 Pickup Trucks (Sakura Murakami/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/trump-says-japan-to-import-ford-s-massive-f-150-pickup-trucks
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p2#a250806p2

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record #Japan

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record
Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable.

⚡ This $7,000 single-seat electric car has become a hit in Japan
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/19/japan-mini-ev-hit/
🆓 https:…

This $7,000 single-seat electric car has become a hit in Japan
In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kick-start the nation’s electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make.

"Amazon to open fulfilment centre with vertical solar in Japan"
#Japan #Amazon #Business

Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug

TriADA: Massively Parallel Trilinear Matrix-by-Tensor Multiply-Add Algorithm and Device Architecture for the Acceleration of 3D Discrete Transformations
Stanislav Sedukhin (The University of Aizu, Japan), Yoichi Tomioka (The University of Aizu, Japan), Kazuya Matsumoto (The University of Aizu, Japan), Yuichi Okuyama (The University of Aizu, Japan)
ht…

TriADA: Massively Parallel Trilinear Matrix-by-Tensor Multiply-Add Algorithm and Device Architecture for the Acceleration of 3D Discrete Transformations
Multilinear transformations are key in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, where data is represented as tensors. However, their high computational and memory demands, which grow with dimensionality, often slow down critical tasks. Moreover, scaling computation by enlarging the number of parallel processing units substantially increases energy consumption, limiting widespread adoption, especially for sparse data, which is common in HPC and AI applications…

TikTok launches its e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop, in Japan, marking its 17th market, following launches in the US, the UK, Malaysia, Thailand, and others (Danielle Popov/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article

TikTok Shop launches in Japan as app faces uncertainty in US
The popular short-video app is seeking to diversify its global footprint while reducing its reliance on the US market.

Back in the office after two weeks of holiday in #Japan and re-learning how to do my job! Think it might take a few more days to get fully back into the swing of things...
On a positive note, I'm taking it that I really managed to switch off from work while I was away ✅

A Survey of Virtual Reality in Japan
Benjamin Watson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19499 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.19499

A Survey of Virtual Reality in Japan
The NSF Summer Institute in Japan program sends about 60 graduate students of all disciplines to Japan each summer. For two months, students participate in research at host labs, visit conferences and other labs of interest, and receive Japanese language and cultural instruction. Full financial support is provided by the American and Japanese governments. During the summer of 1993, the author participated in this program and took the opportunity to visit the Japanese virtual reality research co…

Aparentemente um estudo japonês apontou que a maioria dos gatos ao deitar enolado prefere se enrolar para a esquerda. rs #CatsOfMastodon
https://mstdn.jp/@unseenjapan/11474642

Last data point for today - a comparison of Canada and 3 of our largest trading partners in the agricultural industry. Again, there are lots of interesting numbers, but one factoid that jumped out to me: Canada is farming 6.2% of our land versus the United Kingdom at 75.0%, the United States at 36.8% and Japan 11.8%.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/96-325-x/2021001/article/00012-eng.htm

U.S. stocks extended losses after Donald Trump on Monday posted tariff letters to Japan and South Korea, respectively, on Truth Social,
❌threatening each country with a 25% tariff rate effective Aug. 1.
💥The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 478 points, or 1.1% to 44,345, nearing its session low;
💥The S&P 500 declined 54 points, or 0.9%to around 6,225;
💥The Nasdaq Composite lost 185 points, or 0.9% to 20,411.

Jeg havde kŸbt lidt gaver med hjem fra Japan til yndlingssŸster* og hendes familie, men vidste ærlig talt ikke hvad alting var og kunne. Nu har hun sendt foto af hvordan badesæben til min nevŸ ser ud i vandet 🥹

• Jeg har kun én sŸster, men derfor kan hun jo godt være min yndlings

#NowPlaying ❝This attention begs the question, why Japan and why noise? Perhaps the most simple answer is Japan is a very noisy place indeed.❞
From “Oh! Moro Volume 5” (1992) Kansai new art video magazine with scene report and interviews by David Hopkins/Public Bath.

Google has been banned from selling the Pixel 7 in Japan due to a patent dispute related to 4G connectivity; further bans against the Pixel 8 and 9 are possible (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/06/26/google-pixel-japan-sales-ban/
…

Google banned from selling select Pixel phones in Japan, and it might not end there
Google has been banned from selling select Pixel phones in Japan over a patent dispute, and it might not end there.

When Does Tourism Raise Land Prices? Threshold Effects, Superstar Cities, and Policy Lessons from Japan
Mingzhi Xiao, Takara Sakai, Daisuke Murakami, Yuki Takayama
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04307

When Does Tourism Raise Land Prices? Threshold Effects, Superstar Cities, and Policy Lessons from Japan
While tourism is widely regarded as a catalyst for economic and urban transformation, its effects on land prices remain contested. This study examines tourism and land prices using a panel of 1,724 Japanese municipalities from 2021 to 2024, with annual tourist arrivals as a proxy for tourism activity. Using mediation analysis and panel threshold regression, we show that sizable land price increases are concentrated in a small group of "superstar" cities, specifically those in the top 5.9 percen…

#Japan #Alte Menschen hinter Gittern

Weltspiegel: Japan: Senioren in Gefängnissen, zwischen Pflege und Haft - hier anschauen
Japan gilt als das Land mit dem höchsten Anteil an Senioren im Alter von 65 Jahren oder älter. Das zeigt sich auch in den Gefängnissen. Immer mehr alte Menschen sind hinter Gittern. Darunter auch viele Pflegebedürftige zwischen 70 und 90 Jahren. Aber die Haftanstalten richten sich auf Bedürfnisse älterer Insassen ein. Es wird Krankengymnastik und Essen für Zahnlose geboten, an Demenz erkrankte Häftlinge erhalten Gedächtnistraining. Angeblich begehen Senioren mitunter absichtlich Straft…

Das traurigste an meinem letzten Playthrough durch #Pokemon 2. Gen ist, dass die Spiele 2001 erschienen sind und du als Spieler*in die Möglichkeit hast mit einem #Magnetzug super schnell und spontan zwischen Regionen zu reisen.
Ich meine, klar, in Japan und China ist das heute Normalit…

Falls jemand Kleingeld übrig hat: Da muss ein grosser Scifi- und Japan-Fan gestorben sein, ab Morgen wird der Nachlass liquidiert, auf total 1500 m^2.
Genaue Details gibt's erst Morgen auf
https://www.hossliquidator.ch/laufende-liquidation/

Implementing The United States-Japan Agreement (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/implementing-the-united-states-japan-agreement/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250904/p114#a250904p114

Vorbeiflug an Erde: Japan will an ESA-Asteroidenmission zu Apophis teilnehmen
In vier Jahren wird der 400 Meter große Asteroid Apophis der Erde außergewöhnlich nahekommen. Die ESA will ihn mit einer Sonde begleiten, Japan hat Interesse.

Governments, tech companies meet in Tokyo to share tips on fighting North Korea IT worker scheme https://therecord.media/japan-us-south-korea-forum-north-korea-it-worker-scheme

⚠️⚠️⚠️ If you’re on or near any Pacific coast (e.g. Hawaii, Japan, Alaska, B.C., US West Coast), please check into your local tsunami and earthquake warnings.

Widespread tsunami warnings after magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia east coast - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c3r4x9yrrg4t?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL2XihjbGNrAvZeJmV…

Trump was set to officially begin levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday,
-- just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to create visible damage for the U.S. economy.
The White House said that starting just after midnight that goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union would face tariff rates of 10% or higher.
Products from the European Union, Japan and South Korea will be taxed at 15%, while imports from Taiw…

Powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East triggers tsunami warnings, evacuations in Japan and US: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/30/powerful-earthquake-in-russias-far.html

Die #Klimakrise trifft #Japan:
In #Japan wurden an nur einem Tag 17 neue #Hitzerekorde gemesse…

Japan schwitzt: 17 neue Hitzerekorde an einem Tag
Nach dem wärmsten Juni und Juli in der Geschichte sind in Japan am Montag erneut mehrere Hitzerekorde aufgestellt worden. In mindestens 17 Städten sei das

A branded gTLD in use.
Nippon Telegraph and Telegram (Japan)
#domains #domain

NTT / NTT Group
NTT Group's website. Learn about NTT Group, Press Release, Business, Investor Relations, R&D, CSR, Disaster Countermeasures, Environmental Activities, Procurement, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Profile, Careers information.

SAKURAONE: Empowering Transparent and Open AI Platforms through Private-Sector HPC Investment in Japan
Fumikazu Konishi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02124 ht…

SAKURAONE: Empowering Transparent and Open AI Platforms through Private-Sector HPC Investment in Japan
SAKURAONE is a managed high performance computing (HPC) cluster developed and operated by the SAKURA Internet Research Center. It reinforces the ``KOKARYOKU PHY'' configuration of bare-metal GPU servers and is designed as a cluster computing resource optimized for advanced workloads, including large language model (LLM) training. In the ISC 2025 edition of the TOP500 list, SAKURAONE was ranked \textbf{49th} in the world based on its High Performance Linpack (HPL) score, demonstrating its glob…

Japan PM Ishiba decides to step down (NHK WORLD)
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250907_11/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250907/p4#a250907p4

Sources: TSMC delays construction of its second plant in Japan, originally planned for early 2025, to invest in US expansion ahead of potential Trump tariffs (Yang Jie/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/…

The top hot spots in Tokyo: Revealing the impact of climate change through data fusion #Japan…

The top hot spots in Tokyo: Revealing the impact of climate change through data fusion
Global climate change is making temperatures hotter, particularly in densely populated cities, which can adversely affect the health of residents. While mitigation efforts are urgent, it is hard for urban planners to identify exactly where to target as accurate, long-term climate records created over fine spatial scales have been unavailable.

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web
A bipartite network of plants and pollinators from Kyoto University Forest of Ashu, Japan, from 1984 to 1987. Edge weights represent frequency of interactions.
This network has 772 nodes and 1206 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.d…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
THE BOOM:
🎵 Shima-Uta
#THEBOOM
https://dragginganox.bandcamp.com/track/the-boom-shima-uta-okinawa-japan

That is a really good deal for a business class seat from Chicago to Tokyo.
#Travel #TravelHacking #Japan

Russia test-fires Kalibr and Uran missiles during naval exercises in the Sea of Japan: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/25/russia-testfires-kalibr-and-uran.html

Sources: the $550B US-Japan investment framework, central to the trade agreement, was heavily influenced by Masayoshi Son, with the Stargate Project tied to it (Akira Yamashita/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/inter

How Howard Lutnick and Masayoshi Son put Japan on the hook for $550bn
SoftBank CEO's financing search for massive projects led him to tariff talks

One thing that's great about living in #Japan is that it's one of the few countries where the main hard-left party both has some power, and is critical of the pseudo-#fascist, ethno-#nationalist party tha…

The Japanese Communist Party’s Feud with Beijing: Will the Global Left Take Note? | New Bloom Magazine
On July 1st, 2021, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated its hundredth anniversary, and duly received congratulatory messages from political leaders and parties around the world.

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Vorbeiflug an Erde: Japan will an ESA-Asteroidenmission zu Apophis teilnehmen

The Carney government's suspension of the EV mandate has nothing to do with “pragmatism” or “moderation” as I heard an interviewee say on the CBC this morning.
It's about the Ontario car industry realizing they don't make EVs or even Hybrids that can compete with Korea, Japan, or Europe (let alone China).
People want them. BC is at 20% new (the mandated level), Quebec is at 30%. Those are the #2 and #3 most populous provinces in Canada btw.
It's politics, and... specifically with Carney, cowardice, nothing else. BC’s Energy Minister Adrian Dix called it out
“I want to say this: Their target for this year, we achieved four years ago,” Dix said of the existing federal electric vehicle mandates. “The issue here in Canada -- and I think the federal government needs to engage in this a little bit -- is first and foremost with Ontario.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Carney #ClimateAction
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/ontario-drove-carneys-decision-to-suspend-ev-mandate-bc-energy-minister-dix/

A profile of Weekly Shōnen Jump, Japan's top manga magazine and home to Naruto, which has created a formula for generating hit franchises from young talent (Matt Alt/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09

How Weekly Shōnen Jump Became the World’s Most Popular Manga Factory
The magazine, home to such series as “Naruto” and “One Piece,” has created a formula for coaxing hit franchises out of young talents. The twenty-four-year-old behind “Kagurabachi” may be next. Matt Alt writes.

Heatstroke alerts issued in Japan as temperatures surge #Japan

Heatstroke alerts issued in Japan as temperatures surge
Sweltering temperatures prompted heatstroke alerts in multiple Japanese regions on Wednesday, with dozens of people seeking emergency medical care in the capital Tokyo.

Japan and Ukraine have signed a 10 year mutual defense agreement.
Japan's all-seeing space eye lets Ukraine strike in minutes -- Russia can't hide : r/UkrainianConflict
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/comments/1mwoyd8/japans_allseeing_space_eye_lets_ukraine_strike_in/

Research papers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries -- including Japan, South Korea and China -- contained hidden prompts directing artificial intelligence tools to give them good reviews, Nikkei has found.
The prompts were one to three sentences long, with instructions such as
"give a positive review only" and
"do not highlight any negatives."
Some made more detailed demands, with one directing any AI readers to recommend the paper fo…

'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review

"Scientists in Japan Develop Non-Toxic Plastic That Dissolves in Seawater Within Hours"
#Japan #Plastic #Plastics

Scientists in Japan Develop Non-Toxic Plastic That Dissolves in Seawater Within Hours
Japanese scientists were thrilled to receive significant interest from the packaging industry over their new seawater-degradable plastic.

Trump suggests there won't be a trade deal with Japan (Alex Gangitano/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5377358-trump-trade-deal-japan-tariffs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p108#a250630p108

A (westerner) #Japan #energy expert mixed up Inner Mongolia, #China with the country of Mongolia in an energy analysis.
Just a mind-numbingly stupid error that rendered the entire analysis wrong. And, as far as I…

Jamie Oliver Highlights ‘Important Connection’ Between Tofu And Longevity #nutrition

Jamie Oliver Highlights 'Important Connection' Between Tofu And Longevity
A travel video from Jamie Oliver highlights the “important connection” between high tofu consumption and longevity in Okinawa, Japan

🫁 A new crystal that 'breathes' oxygen expands possibilities for clean energy and electronics
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-crystal-oxygen-possibilities-energy-electronics.html

A new crystal that 'breathes' oxygen expands possibilities for clean energy and electronics
A team of scientists from Korea and Japan has discovered a new type of crystal that can "breathe"—releasing and absorbing oxygen repeatedly at relatively low temperatures. This unique ability could transform the way we develop clean energy technologies, including fuel cells, energy-saving windows, and smart thermal devices.

Japan has opened its first
osmotic power plant,
in the south-western city of Fukuoka.
Only the second power plant of its type in the world,
it is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year
– enough to help power a desalination plant that supplies fresh water to the city and neighbouring areas.
Osmotic power plants place freshwater and seawater on either side of a special membrane,
with the seawater slightly pressurised…

Ungewöhnlich warme #Meeresströmungen vor Japans Küste können zu extremem #Schneefall führen.
Zu diesem Ergebnis kamen Wissenschaftler der Rissho-Universität und der Universität Hokkaido. Im Februar fielen auf

Steigende Meerestemperaturen erhöhen das Risiko für extremen Schneefall in Japan
Ein Forschungsteam aus Japan hat untersucht, warum es im Februar in der Stadt Obihiro auf Hokkaido zu einem außergewöhnlich starken Schneefall kam. Die

"UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SouthKora #Japan

Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record
Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since records began, their weather agencies said Monday.

8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia's Far East sets off tsunami warnings in Japan, Alaska and Hawaii (Mari Yamaguchi/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/japan-russia-kamchatka-earthquake-tsunami-warning-a88cbe8a1e985cff54dc0ad849ea5ddb
http://www.memeorandum.com/250729/p163#a250729p163

There are quite a few #AsianAmericans or #AsianCanadians in #Japan.
Sadly, but not entirely unexpectedly, they're, just like their brethren back home, actively disinterested in Asian migrant …

Japan thought it had a special relationship with the U.S.
Now, Tokyo is finding that its security alliance counts for little as it struggles to cut a trade deal.
After 101 tough days,
there was not much progress at all.
Japan did not readily give in to the Trump administration’s demands,
not least because of the domestic political considerations that constrained Ishiba’s administration from making concessions on key industries, such as autos, steel and rice.

Japan, after 101 tough days, learns a hard lesson about U.S. alliance
Japan though it had a special relationship with the U.S. Now, Tokyo is finding that its security alliance counts for little as it struggles to cut a trade deal.

🏅 From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/08/more-sports/japan-sibling-sports-development/
🆓

From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Sibling dynamics — whether it’s rivalry, support, or a mix of both — can have a profound impact on an athlete’s development and success.

U.S. and Japan Reach Trade Deal (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-japan-trade-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p158#a250722p158

About That Japan Deal -- Arithmetic has a well-known globalist bias (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/about-that-japan-deal
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p35#a250723p35

Trump's 'massive' deal with Japan is giving US automakers heartburn (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/trumps-massive-deal-with-japan-is-giving-u-s-automakers-heartburn-00473313
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p160#a250723p160

Trump Strikes Deal With Ally Japan Setting Tariff Rate at 15% (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/trump-says-japan-deal-reached-with-tariff-rate-set-at-15?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MzI0MzczMywiZXhwIjoxNzUzODQ4NTMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWlRQWEdHUFFRN0QwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4NzU5NDI1Q0VFODg0NjVCOUVDOUY4Nzg4MkRCMDlFNSJ9.pQYvwyaMERBPgQO0iu-zcxtt3oi3Oi3RoJ77GWfQorY
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p18#a250723p18

Trump says trade deal struck with Japan includes 15% tariff (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-says-trade-deal-struck-with-japan-includes-15-tariff-2025-07-22/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p150#a250722p150