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https://www.instagram.com/p/DUNFbR2AbG9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

VT on Instagram: "In Japan, a new kind of bar is drawing attention for flipping workplace culture on its head. The bar is designed specifically for people who are considering leaving their jobs. Drinks are free, and the focus is not on alcohol sales but conversation. Patrons are invited to talk openly about burnout, frustration, and career doubts, while staff are trained to listen without judgement or pressure. The idea taps into a growing reckoning in Japan around long working hours, rigid hierarchies, and the mental health toll of intense job expectations. Conversations about quitting or dissatisfaction have traditionally been stigmatised, making this kind of space unusual. By removing the cost barrier and offering a supportive environment, the bar aims to normalise discussions about career dissatisfaction and help people reflect on what they actually want from work, even if that means starting over."
34K likes, 169 comments - vt on January 31, 2026: "In Japan, a new kind of bar is drawing attention for flipping workplace culture on its head. The bar is designed specifically for people who are considering leaving their jobs. Drinks are free, and the focus is not on alcohol sales but conversation. Patrons are invited to talk openly about burnout, frustration, and career doubts, while staff are trained to listen without judgement or pressure. The idea taps into a growing reckoning in Japan a…

Japan Airlines will introduce humanoid robots on a trial basis from the beginning of May,
with a view to deploying them permanently as a solution to the country’s chronic labour shortage.
The Chinese-made humanoid robots will move travellers’ luggage and cargo on the tarmac at Haneda Airport,
which handles more than 60 million passengers a year.

The Japanese have successfully built a ship-mounted, electromagnetic cannon: Something America & China have failed to do for 30yrs & billions of dollars.
Japan has a RAILGUN.
▶️ Japan Built the Weapon the US Couldn't
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ceTfyzvGcA

Zahlen, bitte! In Japan lernen Kinder 2136 Schriftzeichen in der Schule
Statt 26 Buchstaben erlernen japanische Kinder mehr als 2000 Schriftzeichen – die Kanji – in ihrer Schullaufbahn. Ein Einblick in das japanische Schriftsystem.

Zahlen, bitte! In Japan lernen Kinder 2136 Schriftzeichen in der Schule
Statt 26 Buchstaben erlernen japanische Kinder mehr als 2000 Schriftzeichen – die Kanji – in ihrer Schullaufbahn. Ein Einblick in das japanische Schriftsystem.

👩 'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/japan/japan-katana-pupularity/
🆓

'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase
Despite the rapidly shrinking population of blademakers in Japan, their fine steel swords known as katana are amassing a new generation of fans, particularly younger women.

Japan Is Building Cardboard Suicide Drones https://www.404media.co/japan-cardboard-drones-air-kamuy/

Sources: Japan's FTC raids Microsoft's Japan offices as part of a probe into whether Azure customers were improperly hindered from using other cloud services (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/ja…

Japan antitrust watchdog raids Microsoft over cloud services concerns
US software giant's Japanese unit suspected of hampering customers wanting to use rival services

A new animal species was discovered in Japan

Akelig verwend knaapje met Trumpig gedrag.
Verstappen stuurt bij Grote Prijs Japan Engelse journalist weg
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5582627/verstappen-stuurt-bij-grote-prijs-japan-engelse-journalist-weg

Verstappen stuurt bij Grote Prijs Japan Engelse journalist weg
SUZUKA (ANP/AFP) - Viervoudig wereldkampioen Max Verstappen is donderdag betrokken geraakt bij een incident voorafgaand aan de Grote Prijs van Japan, toen hij weigerde zijn persconferentie te beginnen totdat een Engelse journalist de zaal had verlaten.

And why women's education has no bearing on when they choose to have kids. Sorry, Heritage Foundation...
Firehorse superstition helps uncover why women's education may not drive Japan's fertility decline
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-firehorse-superstition-uncover-women-japan.html#goog_rewarded

As Apple turns 50, a look at how a management course in postwar Japan paved the way for Steve Jobs' obsession with quality and its dominance in the iPhone era (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)

"Omoiyari"
#Japan​ese word with no English equivalent: Omoiyari. It means something like a deep, reflexive consideration for others tha…

Japan setzt Hochgeschwindigkeitszug für Gütertransport ein
Das Geschäft mit der Personenbeförderung in Japan geht zurück. Die Bahngesellschaft JR East sucht nach Alternativen – und schickt Güter auf die Schnellstrecke.

wild polyrhythmic overload & double-drummer extended technique pulse-out at roulette with goat, from japan. like horse lords or Zs but maybe even more ecstatic & tightly wound. opening was YPY, who i've played on my radio show, but don't think knew was goat guitarist koshiro hino. #nyc

Jetzt wo ein neuer Streik im öffentlichen Nahverkehr angekündigt wurde, hört man wieder vermehrt die Forderung, dass die Mitarbeitenden der Verkehrsbetriebe doch lieber wie in Japan streiken sollten, also die Leute einfach kostenlos fahren lassen?
Turns out: "Streiken wie in Japan" bezieht sich auf ein singuläres Ereignis, was am Ende auch eher ein PR-Gag der "bestreikten" Firma war.

MPA: Japan's premium VOD sector hit a revenue of $7.2B in 2025, up 15% YoY; Netflix leads with 22% of revenue; Prime Video has the most subscribers at 19.3M (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/japan-streaming-market-7-billion-123666…

Japan's Streaming Market Hits $7.2 Billion, Report Finds
Japan's premium video-on-demand sector achieved $7.2 billion in total revenue during 2025, marking a 15% year-over-year increase, a new report found.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Hum:
🎵 Stars
#Hum
https://japandoll.bandcamp.com/track/hum-stars-japan-doll-rmx
https://open.spotify.com/track/6lQE6LF3MU63Z6VyhPxaV3

Daughter and I are going to the Japan StrEAT Party tomorrow. I've been looking forward to it for weeks and I'm so glad the weather will be okay.
#Canberra #Japanese #StrEAT

[Kawaii culture: https://apac.entrepreneur.com/lifestyle/why-japans-kawaii-culture-is-more-than-just-a-fad/344361]

Why Japan's Kawaii Culture is More Than Just a 'Fad'
Kawaii' is not a fad, or a subsculture in Japan - it's a social fabric

Japan: Entwickler kritisieren Apples neue Gebühren
Nach Einführung des Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) in Japan gibt es massive Kritik. Entwickler fordern ein Einschreiten gegen Apple und Google.
https://www.

"A new bird species has been discovered in Japan after 45 years"
#Japan #Birds #Animals

A new bird species has been discovered in Japan after 45 years
A new study has revealed the small, identical, olive-green songbirds found on two Japanese islands are actually two distinct species.

Pika! Pika! Pikachu! 30 Fakten zu 30 Jahren Pokémon
Am 27. Februar 1996 erschien das erste Pokémon-Spiel in Japan. Die Serie begründete das erfolgreichste Medien-Franchise der Welt.
https://www.

RE: #Osaka, #Japan …

Ever classy.
#NarcissistInChief

Trump mocks Japan about Pearl Harbor in response to question about Iran war
US president was meeting with Japanese PM when he said: ‘Who knows better about surprise than Japan?’

Can you imagine how hard it is to train robots to be as reckless as baggage handlers?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwp87j1llvo

Japan Airlines trials humanoid robots as ground handlers
These robots may in future help clean cabins and operate ground support equipment.

Japan, the Philippines and the United States held joint military drills near the Bashi Channel -- the waterway between the Philippines and Taiwan, for the first time earlier this week.
The naval and aerial exercises were conducted under the framework of the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA), and ran from Feb. 20 through Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Maritime Self-Defense Force took part in the drills, deploying a P-3C patrol aircraft for flight training alongside the…

So just the other day I found out a vaccine targeting feline kidney disease has entered into trials in Japan last year.
Supposedly, this could enable cats to easily live into their mid to late 20s, which…is kinda amazing, if true.
Here’s a kind of pop-level article about it:
https:/…

Promising New Feline Kidney Disease Treatment Enters Trials in Japan - Catster
An exciting new treatment for feline kidney disease has entered clinical trials. Here's how it works and what we can expect...

Development of Electroformed X-Ray Optics Bridging Synchrotron Radiation Technology and Space Astronomy: #FOXSI mission, a US-Japan rocket program to observe the Sun: https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/japan-delivers-its-sharpest-x-ray-telescope-for-the-foxsi-mission-a-us-japan-rocket-program-to-observe-the-sun/

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…

Japan to join PURL to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine, limited to nonlethal equipment: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/japan-to-join-purl-to.html

CALL FOR PAPERS> Open Call for Japanese Religions
https://ift.tt/KwEz1Pt
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-NC: 15 February - 22 February H-Net Job Guide 02/25/2026 -…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Surprise, embarrassment, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/tokyo-us-trump-takaichi-japan-pearl-harbor-iran-war-9b3a60e02d384d1e024094e49c1e7f5e
http://www.memeorandum.com/260321/p47#a260321p47

Jetzt auch abgebrochen: "Touring After the Apocalypse". Ein Mädchen und ein Roboter-Mädchen fahren mit Motorrad durch ein post-apokalyptisches Japan. Das Land ist menschenleer und schon etwas überwuchert. Die Stimmung melancholisch und geheimnisvoll, meist aber eher entspannt.
Die Idee ist interessant und ich habs erstmal gern geguckt. Aber nach der Hälfte war es dann doch nicht interessant und irgendwie "zu entspannt" um mein Interesse noch zu halten. Plätscherte se…

Humanoide Roboter sollen Gepäck auf Tokioter Flughafen abfertigen
Bodenabfertigung ist ein harter Job, und in Japan fehlt es zunehmend an Arbeitskräften. JAL will diese Arbeiten künftig von Robotern erledigen lassen.

Humanoide Roboter sollen Gepäck auf Tokioter Flughafen abfertigen
Bodenabfertigung ist ein harter Job, und in Japan fehlt es zunehmend an Arbeitskräften. JAL will diese Arbeiten künftig von Robotern erledigen lassen.

Japan Expands Whaling as Vulnerable Whales Face Extinction https://www.idausa.org/campaign/cetacean-advocacy/latest-news/japan-expands-whaling-as-vulnerable-whales-face-extinction/

Japan Expands Whaling as Vulnerable Whales Face Extinction
 

It's still only Wednesday so check out today's Metacurity to keep pace with the most crucial infosec developments you should know, including
--Mythos model slips into the wild through vendor backdoor,
--Mozilla says Mythos ID'ed 271 vulnerabilities,
--Australia, New Zealand and Japan are monitoring Mythos,
--NCSC chief warns of a perfect storm of cyber attacks,
--Supplier attack exposes details of potential school shooters and bullies,
--Former F…

Mythos model slips into the wild through vendor backdoor
Mozilla says Mythos ID'ed 271 vulnerabilities, Australia, New Zealand and Japan are monitoring Mythos, NCSC chief warns of a perfect storm of cyberattacks, Supplier attack exposes exposed details of potential school shooters and bullies, Former FBI cyber chief calls ransomware terrorism, much more

🗾 Japan is betting big on AI. Few workers have used it.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/02/japan/society/ai-awareness-japan-jobs/
🆓

Japan is betting big on AI. Few workers have used it.
Surveys show strong public confidence, despite shallow workplace adoption and unresolved cultural concerns.

Formel 1 in Japan - Piastri lässt Silberpfeile im FP2 hinter sich #News #Nachrichten

https://soranews24.com/2025/01/07/the-etiquette-rules-for-visiting-shinto-shrines-in-japan/

The etiquette rules for visiting Shinto shrines in Japan
There’s a whole lot of bowing involved.

Japan's Sakana AI launches Sakana Chat, its first consumer chatbot, marking a shift from its business focus as competition to localize generative AI intensifies (Tsubasa Suruga/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Sakana AI enters chatbot race with Japan-tailored model
Tokyo-based startup bets on cultural alignment to stand out in crowded field

Angesichts steigender #Rekordtemperaturen führt #Japan​s Wetteramt die neue Kategorie „unerträglich heiß“ für Tage ab 40 Grad Celsius ein.
Diese Entscheidung basiert auf einer Umfrage unter fast 500.000 Menschen und soll die Bevölkerung effektiver vor extremer

"Unerträglich heiß" - Japans Wetteramt schafft neue Kategorie für Hitzetage
Japans Wetteramt hat angesichts immer neuer Rekordtemperaturen eine neue Kategorie eingeführt.

Mein Flug nach Japan geht am Dienstag und so langsam wird die Vorfreude greifbar. Und die Nervösität, was das Packen angeht. Wobei das eigentlich albern ist. Es gibt ja Leute, die mit einer Unterhose und mehrfachem Wenden Wochen auskommen...

Kansei Matsuzawa Shares True Thoughts After Signing With Raiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/kansei-matsuzawa-true-thoughts-after-signing/

"How Japan Lost the Plot on Open Access" @ Katina Magazine
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2026/how-japan-lost-the-plot-on-open-access
"In

What do Ukraine and Japan have in common? They are leaders in robotics, and for the right reasons
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-experimental-physical-ai-is-ready-for-the-real-world/

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

Vor 30 Jahren: Apples Konsolen-Flop Pippin erscheint
Am 28. März 1996 wird in Japan Apples Spielkonsole Pippin veröffentlicht. Sie floppt – aber die Zeche zahlt jemand anderes.
https://www.

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…

ah yes, Japan comes from Japan

The amusing part of being in #Japan right now is being able to have a video call home to Vermont and wish my wife “Happy St Patrick’s Day!” …. when it is still the middle of the afternoon for her on Monday, March 16! 😄
Ah, the joys of timezones… and the fact that we all live on a REALLY BIG spinning ball!

"One Japanese town sorts waste into 40 different categories. How does Australia’s recycling compare?"
#Japan #Australia #Recycling

A look at Japan's Team Mirai, a party founded by software engineers that won 11 of 465 parliament seats by promising self-driving buses and high-tech jobs (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/world/asia/japan-ai-politics-election.html…

They Did Deals With Trump to Get Lower Tariffs. Now They Are Stuck. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/business/trump-tariffs-japan-indonesia.html

I saw a video of a foreign tourist visiting Japan who was surprised by a self-heating bento box. But those have been around for quite a while. I first saw a self-heating bento box in the late 1980s.

Sad to hear the news that Dave Farber has died. I’ve been a long time subscriber to his Interesting People list. RIP to “the grandfather of the internet”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/david-harber-obituary-internet/

Pioneering computer scientist and Keio professor dies at 91
David J. Farber was a central figure in the development of early research networks that evolved into today’s internet.

Japan sent a team to save America.
I am confident they will succeed!
#Pinponpanpon (The #1 idol unit in Japan)

Japan to join NATO-led initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/10/japan-to-join-natoled-initiative.html

In Japan, Trump's Pearl Harbor Joke Elicits Scorn and Dismay (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/world/asia/japan-trump-pearl-harbor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UlA.p49M.qyGSqbGGEUup&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260320/p74#a260320p74

New backdoor found in Android tablets targeting users in Russia, Germany and Japan https://therecord.media/new-backdoor-found-in-android-russia-japan-brazil

Japan: Gefängnisstrafe für Spoiler zu Godzilla-Film und Anime auf Internetseite
Ein Japaner wurde für die Veröffentlichung von extensiven Spoiler-Texten zu einer Haftstrafe auf Bewährung verurteilt. Es habe sich um Adaptionen gehandelt.

OSM Japan is bidding to host @… 2026 this September! 🇯🇵
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Asia_2026/Call_fo…

Last year was supposed to have been India’s turn to host a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue summit.
But 2025 came and went without such a meeting
—and now, New Delhi is trying to pick up the pieces by hosting the Quad’s foreign ministers instead,
possibly when U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits India in May.
Comprising Australia, India, Japan, and the United States,
the Quad is a minilateral coordination group of like-minded democratic powers
that …

The Quad Is on the Brink of Extinction
It is hard to imagine the grouping enduring another two and a half years of Trump.

Pilot schlägt Alarm - Formel 1: Heftiger Crash „war nur Frage der Zeit“ #News #Nachrichten

🗾 Is it Really Impossible to Make a Living as an Animator in Japan?
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2026-02-20/is-it-really-impossible-to-make-a-living-as-an-animator-in-japan/.233979

Is it Really Impossible to Make a Living as an Animator in Japan?
There have been numerous horror stories about working as a newbie animator in Japan—namely, the inability to earn a living wage. To find out if this was still the case, ANN met freelance and studio-employed animators, studio heads, and animator-rights advocates.

Memories of Japan. Man, I miss that country.
▶️ How This Old Man Runs the Last Soba Shop in a Ghost Town
#japan

https://tabelog.com/en/ wird für die Restaurantsuche in Japan empfohlen. Man solle sich nicht von Bewertungen in den 3-er-Bereichen irritieren lassen, heisst es, da die Bewertenden in Japan höchst kritisch wären.

Open Call for Papers for Japanese Religions
https://ift.tt/4IRsNFE
Treaties and Empire Seminar Series: Trần Thị Xuân (Hamburg University) - Interpreters and Foreign…
via Input 4 RELCFP https…

Singapore-based Startale, developer of the Strium blockchain for tokenized securities and JPYSC and USDSC stablecoins, raised a $63M Series A from SBI and Sony (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/…

SBI, Sony back Startale’s $63 million push to expand Japan’s tokenized finance stack
The Singapore-based company builds blockchain tools for financial firms and retail users, including a blockchain for tokenized securities, stablecoins, and a consumer app.

Zenkimi are back in Japan but are still doing their gig as 3 members
Which means its really the end for Nene and Mei...

Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan's Leader (Javier C. Hernšndez/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/politics/trump-japan-pearl-harbor-oval-office-takaichi.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260319/p76#a260319p76

Yes siree, never a shortage of critical cybersecurity news, so check out today's Metacurity for the most important developments you should know, including
--Anthropic case puts courts at center of fight over AI supply chain authority,
--Iran officials tied to cyber ops killed in airstrikes,
--Bennett and Brassard win Turing Award,
--Japan to allow offensive operations starting Oct. 1,
--Tech giants pledge to help open source with AI bug surge,
--Apple p…

Anthropic case puts courts at center of fight over AI supply chain authority
Iran officials tied to cyber ops killed in airstrikes, Bennett and Brassard win Turing Award, Japan to allow offensive operations starting Oct. 1, Tech giants pledge to help open source with AI bug surge, Apple patches WebKit flaw, Chinese hacker group steals $7m posing as a cyber firm, much more

With a historic supermajority now secured, the Japanese
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Sanae Takaichi stands at its strongest position in decades.
The collapse of the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) in the same election has left Japan’s political landscape without its most prominent counterweight.
The question now is simple: what is left of Japan’s opposition?
Running under the slogan “Citizens First,” the CRA tried to appeal to voters with middle-ground messagi…

[Insider] Where Will Japan’s Bruised Opposition Go After Takaichi’s Big Win? - Unseen Japan
PM Takaichi secured a supermajority in the Lower House election as the opposition fractured. What comes next for Japan’s politics?

„Nioh 3“: Japan sehen und sterben
Brutal, aber ehrlich: In „Nioh 3“ von Team Ninja erwartet die Fans ein temporeiches wie schwieriges Actionspektakel im alten Japan.
https://www.heise.de/tests/Nioh-3-Japan-se<…

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…

Japanische Badesalze, ein ausdifferenziertes Phänomen; sie sind oft in Einzelpackungen erhältlich (auch Kneipp-Badesalze kann man hier in Einzelpackungen erstehen). Wusste nicht, dass Epsom-Salz in Japan anscheinend sehr populär ist.

CALL FOR PAPERS> Open Call for Japanese Religions
https://ift.tt/rsnKRLz
Treaties and Empire Seminar Series: Trần Thị Xuân (Hamburg University) - Interpreters and Foreign…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan on the Strait of Hormuz: 19 March 2026 (GOV.UK)
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-from-the-leaders-of-the-united-kingdom-france-germany-italy-the-netherlands-and-japan-on-the-strait-of-hormuz-19-march-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260319/p65#a260319p65

Sony Japan temporarily suspends fulfillment of orders for nearly all of its CFexpress and SD memory card product lines due to solid state memory shortages (Jaron Schneider/PetaPixel)
https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down…

Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to SSD Shortage
Sony has announced that it is suspending fulfillment of all orders for nearly its entire SD and CFexpress memory card product lines.

Japan investiert weitere 4 Milliarden US-Dollar in Chip-Startup Rapidus
Der erst 2022 gegründete Chiphersteller Rapidus erhält weitere Investitionen für 2-Nanometer-Chips und eine eigene Packaging-Fabrik.

Heads up, a ton of infosec developments have emerged since Friday morning, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical news stories you might have missed, including
--FBI probes crypto theft linked to malware-infected Steam games,
--Operation Synergia III busts 94 alleged cybercriminals,
--DPRK's Konni Group used KakaoTalk to spread info-stealing malware,
--Japan was hit by 226 ransomware attacks in 2025,
--Chinese attack on Costa Rica'…

FBI probes crypto theft linked to malware-infected Steam games
Operation Synergia III busts 94 alleged cybercriminals, DPRK's Konni Group used KakaoTalk to spread info-stealing malware, Japan was hit by 226 ransomware attacks in 2025, Chinese attack on Costa Rica electricity institute sparks diplomatic row, Intellexa sold spyware to the Greek gov't, much more

🐞 New species of ladybird beetle discovered on university campus in Japan
#insects

New species of ladybird beetle discovered on university campus in Japan
University campuses are often places of learning and discovery, but rarely do researchers find a new species living right on their doorstep. However, that is exactly what happened when a research team from Kyushu University discovered a new species of ladybird beetle, Parastethorus pinicola, on a pine tree at Kyushu University's Hakozaki Satellite.

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…

DoorDash says it plans to exit Qatar, Singapore, Japan and Uzbekistan, winding down both Deliveroo and Wolt, and make limited operational changes elsewhere (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busines…

Montag: 2-Nanometer-Chips aus Japan, Apples verschiedene Smartglasses-Designs
Rapidus-Förderung Japans Designs neuer Apple-Brillen Händler-Kritik an DSGVO Stand heutiger LED-Birnen Rückblick auf Datennetz Digital-Health-Podcast

Open Call for Papers for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142922/open-call-papers-japanese-religions

As Shamita Sharmacharja puts it,
“people want to live for ever, but they don’t want to get old”.
With the prospect that one in 10 boys and one in six girls born in the UK today can expect to live past 100,
"The Coming of Age" opens at a time when anxieties over ageing have risen to the fore as the perceived solidity of life stages melt into thin air,
from the perennial adolescence of adults in their 20s unable to move into a home of their own
to the…

Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-e…

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

Open Call for Papers for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142922/open-call-papers-japanese-religions

Sources: SoftBank plans to form a consortium to build a $33B power plant in Ohio, set to produce 9.2 GW for AI data centers, as part of the US-Japan trade deal (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/economy/trade-war/trump-ta…

SoftBank to form consortium for $33bn 'Trump deal' power plant
Hitachi and Toshiba show interest in Japan's invest-in-US initiative

In Hong Kong, companies have received “America 250” forms from the U.S. consulate
soliciting donations.
In Japan, companies have heeded the call and committed to tens of millions of dollars in contributions.
In Singapore, the American ambassador pressed for donations before a room full of executives at a dinner at one of the city-state’s most expensive hotels.
The solicitations from the diplomatic outposts come as Trump's allies are aggressively raising money for a…

Like Trump, U.S. Embassies Are Raising Cash for Lavish July Fourth Parties
Some of Washington’s diplomatic outposts in Asia are raising millions for events to mark the 250th independence anniversary. One ambassador offered to sing and dance.

Japan, Land des Schmalen

Trump ribs Japanese PM on Pearl Harbor in Oval Office talk on Iran (Rachel Frazin/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5791865-trump-japan-takaichi-pearl-harbor-iran-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260319/p70#a260319p70

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International response to Trump’s call for the dispatch of warships has so far proved vague and reluctant,
with countries unwilling to commit to a military response that could prove treacherous for their navies.
Tehran has said any oil tanker heading for the US, Israel or its allies is a legitimate target in the war and will be “immediately destroyed”.
Sixteen tankers have been attacked in the strait of Hormuz since the war started at the end of February
and Iran has…

"Literally translated as “cut hole”, dakou were surplus recordings from the US, the UK and Japan, imported as recyclable plastic after large-scale trade took off in 1992. A dakou CD might have a small hole drilled through its outer rim, and a dakou tape might have an inch-long cut at the edge of its plastic case – but despite the minor damage, most of the tracks remained playable."

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Kafe Hu was a pioneer in the underground scene that made Chengdu into China's hip-hop capital. But what happens when the counterculture blows up?

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Sources: Tokyo-based chipmaker Renesas agrees to sell its clocks and timing device business to Nasdaq-listed chip design company SiTime for ~$3B (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/business-deals/japan-s-re…

Japan's Renesas to sell timing solution segment to US-based SiTime for $3bn
Chipmaker divesting non-core businesses after seeing a loss in 1st 9 months of 2025

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Tissue-pack marketing in Japan, history and decline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue-pack_marketing

Tissue-pack marketing - Wikipedia

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Japan approves an additional $4B in subsidies to Rapidus to bankroll the chipmaker's work for Fujitsu, taking the total state investment and fees to $16.3B (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20