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The Japanese government says it formally requested that OpenAI refrain from infringing on Japanese IPs, such as anime, calling them "irreplaceable treasures" (Verity Townsend/IGN)

Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain From Copyright Infringement, Says Characters From Manga and Anime Are 'Irreplaceable Treasures' That Japan Boasts to the World - IGN
The Japanese government has made a formal request asking OpenAI to refrain from copyright infringement. This comes as a response to Sora 2’s ability to generate videos featuring the likenesses of copyrighted characters from anime and video games.

Legacy news sources in #Japan aren’t doing their part in engaging younger audiences. I sat down with Japan Today to discuss why the new generation is turning to #TikTok clips and #Line updates instead of

The Japanese government says it formally requested that OpenAI refrain from infringing on Japanese IPs, such as anime, calling them "irreplaceable treasures" (Verity Townsend/IGN)

Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain From Copyright Infringement, Says Characters From Manga and Anime Are 'Irreplaceable Treasures' That Japan Boasts to the World - IGN
The Japanese government has made a formal request asking OpenAI to refrain from copyright infringement. This comes as a response to Sora 2’s ability to generate videos featuring the likenesses of copyrighted characters from anime and video games.

BOOK> "Kūkai: Japan's First Vajrayāna Visionary," is now available again on Amazon
https://ift.tt/tksgcJ2
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Japan says it will provide $3.63B to Micron for R&D and capital spending at its Hiroshima fab to mass produce advanced DRAM, aiming for shipments by August 2028 (Hajime Tsukada/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/

Japan readies $3.6bn for Micron to make cutting-edge DRAM
Subsidies cover memory development, mass production at Hiroshima plant

Japan slaps new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/12/japan-slaps-new-sanctions-on.html

Wintertime Cross-correlational Structures between Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and Atmospheric-and-Oceanic Fields in the East/Japan Sea Under Arctic Oscillation
Gyuchang Lim, JongJin Park
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10233

Wintertime Cross-correlational Structures between Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and Atmospheric-and-Oceanic Fields in the East/Japan Sea Under Arctic Oscillation
The winter Arctic Oscillation (AO) modulates East Asian climate and the East/Japan Sea (EJS), yet local, scale-dependent air-sea couplings linking atmosphere, ocean and sea-surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) remain unclear. Using 30 years of daily fields (1993--2022), we compute detrended fluctuation/cross-correlation metrics over 5--50-day scales at every grid: the Hurst exponent ($H$), the cross-Hurst exponent ($λ$), and the DCCA coefficient ($ρ_{DCCA}$). Significance is assessed with ite…

It is an honor to be invited as a keynote speaker to the ISWC - International Semantic Web Conference this year in Nara, Japan.
This is particularly exciting for me, because during my PhD research, ISWC has been my "home conference" - the prime conference in my research area, where the research community that I felt affiliated with was meeting.
#semanticweb

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Masaaki Suzuki, Carolyn Sampson, Damien Guillon & Bach Collegium Japan:
🎵 So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (St. Matthew Passion)
#MasaakiSuzuki
https://open.spotify.com/track/2hhmaadm7ljpRmGednfcBu

I'm not sure what Google Japan actually does, but it *seems* to specialise in farcical chindogu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdWyD0cBx4

https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/cybersecurity/hack-on-japan-brewer-asahi-claimed-by-qilin-ransomware-group
Hack on Japan brewer Asahi claimed by Qilin ransomware group

Hack on Japan brewer Asahi claimed by Qilin ransomware group
Platform allows users to carry out attacks in exchange for a percentage of extortion proceeds

🏃🏻‍♀️ 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,

BOOK> "Kūkai: Japan's First Vajrayāna Visionary," is now available again on Amazon https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20125119/my-book-kukai-japans-first-vajrayana-visionary-now-available-again

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.

iOS und Android: Neue Nintendo-App erlaubt auch Shopping
Der japanische Spielekonzern betreibt schon seit 2020 in Japan eine eigene Shopping-App. Die landet nun auch im Westen – inklusive EU.
https://www.

Vucic trifft Putin in China
Serbiens Präsident Alexander Vucic wird morgen nach China reisen, um dort in Peking unter anderem mit Russlands Präsidenten Wladimir Putin zusammenzukommen. Wie Vucics Büro mitteilte, wird sich das serbische Staatsoberhaupt zudem mit Chinas Machthaber Xi Jinping treffen. Außerdem werde er an der Pekinger Militärparade anlässlich des 80. Jahrestags des Siegs über Japan im …
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Zusammenarbeit mit Moskau: Serbien jagt russische Oppositionelle
Serbien weist russische Oppositionelle nach Russland aus. Und das immer häufiger, denn die Zusammenarbeit mit Moskau ist eng. Selbst eine falsche Unterschrift kann zum Verhängnis werden.

On a Geometry of Interbrain Networks
Nicol\'as Hinrichs (Embodied Cognitive Science Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan, Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany), Noah Guzm\'an (Independent scholar), Melanie Weber (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States)

On a Geometry of Interbrain Networks
Effective analysis in neuroscience benefits significantly from robust conceptual frameworks. Traditional metrics of interbrain synchrony in social neuroscience typically depend on fixed, correlation-based approaches, restricting their explanatory capacity to descriptive observations. Inspired by the successful integration of geometric insights in network science, we propose leveraging discrete geometry to examine the dynamic reconfigurations in neural interactions during social exchanges. Unlik…

Japanese chip material maker Tekscend rose 13% on its Tokyo debut after raising $1B in its IPO; Tekscend makes photomasks to transfer tiny circuits onto wafers (Yasutaka Tamura/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Trends and Performance Visualization of Clutch Time in Japan's Professional B.League
Shota Shiiku, Jun Ichikawa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08597 https://

Trends and Performance Visualization of Clutch Time in Japan's Professional B.League
Reflecting the recent rise in Japanese basketball's competitiveness and pivotal outcomes in international tournaments, clutch-time performance has become increasingly critical. We examine clutch-time performance in Japan's B.League using play-by-play and box-score data from the 2023-24 season. Defining clutch time as the final five minutes with a score margin within five points, we compare efficiency and shot selection between clutch and non-clutch windows. We focus on effective field-goal perc…

Results of the 2025 Video Browser Showdown
Luca Rossetto, Klaus Schoeffmann, Cathal Gurrin, Jakub Loko\v{c}, Werner Bailer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12000 https://

Results of the 2025 Video Browser Showdown
This report presents the results of the 14th Video Browser Showdown, held at the 2025 International Conference on Multimedia Modeling on the 8th of January 2025 in Nara, Japan.

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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

Warum wurde eine Piratenflagge aus der japanischen Anime-Serie "One Piece" zu einem Symbol für die Protestbewegungen der Generation Z auf der ganzen Welt?
https://www.dw.com/de/was-die-one-piece-pi

Was die "One Piece"-Piratenflagge für die Gen Z bedeutet
Warum wurde eine Piratenflagge aus der japanischen Anime-Serie "One Piece" zu einem Symbol für die Protestbewegungen der Generation Z auf der ganzen Welt?

🗾 The second life of Japan's net cafes
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/companies/internet-cafe-tokyo-kaiketsu-club/
🆓 …

The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once symbols of urban solitude, these spaces are finding new purpose as coworking hubs for a changing, wired generation.

FedibirdにMastodon Japan Serverのグループがあるので、閉鎖する2月以降に故郷が懐かしくなったら集うといいよ。
@…

Proceedings of the Access InContext Workshop @ CHI'25 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Patricia Piedade
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11280 https://

Proceedings of the Access InContext Workshop @ CHI'25 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
This is the Proceedings of the Access InContext Workshop, which was held at the CHI'25 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, in Yokohama, Japan, on April 26th 2025.

An #India-#Japan alliance could prove monumental for the #solar industry. The International Solar Festival at the #OsakaExpo…

Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
As the Trump administration shifts back to gas and coal, solar power stakeholders in Japan and India are seeking new ways to collaborate.

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

https://tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/ghosts-in-the-newsroom-how-abes-japan

Ghosts In The Newsroom: How Abe's Japan Became Trump's Blueprint
Japan had Trump before America did: Shinzo Abe, grandson of a war criminal, muzzled the press, bullied broadcasters, and faked statistics. Now Trump, The GOP, and Disney are replaying the script

What? You didn't see that coming? 😁
#japan #humor

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

timezones suck shit until it's 1am and I wanna watch football then they're cool and good
#fedifc

from my link log —
Pezy SC: Japan is still investing in custom floating point accelerators.
https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/09/04/why-is-japan-still-investing-in-custom-floating-point-accelerators/
saved 202…

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,

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…

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…

Quantifying Gender Stereotypes in Japan between 1900 and 1999 with Word Embeddings
Shintaro Sakai, Haewoon Kwak, Jisun An, Akira Matsui
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03905 https://…

Quantifying Gender Stereotypes in Japan between 1900 and 1999 with Word Embeddings
We quantify the evolution of gender stereotypes in Japan from 1900 to 1999 using a series of 100 word embeddings, each trained on a corpus from a specific year. We define the gender stereotype value to measure the strength of a word's gender association by computing the difference in cosine similarity of the word to female- versus male-related attribute words. We examine trajectories of gender stereotype across three traditionally gendered domains: Home, Work, and Politics, as well as occupatio…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan & Bach Collegium Japan Chorus:
🎵 Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42: Sinfonia
#JohannSebastianBach
https://open.spotify.com/track/23cPGcTN71lRrursT4Eodi

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…

Unpacking Discourses on Childbirth and Parenthood in Popular Social Media Platforms Across China, Japan, and South Korea
Zheng Wei, Yunqi Li, Yucheng He, Yuelu Li, Xian Xu, Huamin Qu, Pan Hui, Muzhi Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06788

Unpacking Discourses on Childbirth and Parenthood in Popular Social Media Platforms Across China, Japan, and South Korea
Social media use has been shown to be associated with low fertility desires. However, we know little about the discourses surrounding childbirth and parenthood that people consume online. We analyze 219,127 comments on 668 short videos related to reproduction and parenthood from Douyin and Tiktok in China, South Korea, and Japan, a region famous for its extremely low fertility level, to examine the topics and sentiment expressed online. BERTopic model is used to assist thematic analysis, and a …

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

🍚 Race to secure 2025 rice crop heats up, lifting prices
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/new-rice-crop-competition/
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Race to secure 2025 rice crop heats up, lifting prices
Competition to secure new-crop rice is intensifying, pushing up the provisional payments that agricultural cooperatives advance to growers.

Sony unveils a cheaper, Japan-only PlayStation 5 Digital Edition for ~$350, a ~25% discount, following a similar move by Nintendo with the Switch 2 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f6edb22a-0b19-4073-9e28-ec29b096dde3

Sony launches cheaper Japan-only PlayStation 5 console
Region-locked version at 25% discount in move to boost domestic sales

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

microJAX: A Differentiable Framework for Microlensing Modeling with GPU-Accelerated Image-Centered Ray Shooting
Shota Miyazaki (Institute of Space,Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan), Hajime Kawahara (Institute of Space,Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
https://arxiv.org/abs/251…

microJAX: A Differentiable Framework for Microlensing Modeling with GPU-Accelerated Image-Centered Ray Shooting
We introduce microJAX, the first fully differentiable implementation of the image-centered ray-shooting (ICRS) algorithm for gravitational microlensing. Built on JAX and its XLA just-in-time compiler, microJAX exploits GPU parallelism while providing exact gradients through automatic differentiation. The current release supports binary- and triple-lens geometries, including limb-darkened extended-source effects, and delivers magnifications that remain differentiable for all model parameters. Be…

Finished my time-shifted watch of the #USMNT vs Japan from last night. Some thoughts:
I liked the formation change to try a 3-4-3 / 3-5-1 in and ou of possession. The idea of wingbacks is compelling for the talent available. Arfsten & Freeman did well, particularly Arfsten. He should make the World Cup roster, backing up Jedi. Having Ream & Richards paired is winning. Blackmon was good …

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

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

Japanese media giant Nikkei reports Slack breach exposing employee and partner records https://therecord.media/japan-nikkei-slack-breach

Finished my working day with a really nice client call to discuss providing their team with coaching across the next year. Got some incredibly nice and positive feedback about previous work I've done for them.
Filled with optimism, I'll head to the gym to work off some more of my overindulgence while in Japan!

Zelensky approves new Russia sanctions in coordination with Japan: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/11/zelensky-approves-new-russia-sanctions.html

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.

Arctic Oscillation Modulation of Winter Air-Sea Coupling in the East/Japan Sea: Persistence, Timescales, and Extremes
Gyuchang Lim, JongJin Park
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09628

Arctic Oscillation Modulation of Winter Air-Sea Coupling in the East/Japan Sea: Persistence, Timescales, and Extremes
The winter climate of the East/Japan Sea (EJS) is strongly affected by the Arctic Oscillation (AO), yet how AO polarity reshapes the memory, coupling patterns, and predictability of sea-surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) remains poorly quantified. Using 30 winters (1993--2022) of daily OISST and ERA5 fields, we combine multivariate Maximum Covariance Analysis (MCA) with an Ornstein--Uhlenbeck (OU)-like integration of atmospheric principal components (PCs). The leading coupled mode explains 87…

TIL: The Japanese Blind ICT Network (JBICT) runs AT surveys (kind of like WebAIM’s).
#accessibility

Bank account: "Did you just book hotels in Japan?"
Me: "oh i did"
Seems like I'm going to japan, next year!
#japan #travel #asia

OpenAI is piloting group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; up to 20 users can be invited to prompt ChatGPT in a shared space (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/group-chats-in-chatgpt

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…

Demonstration of a Compatibility-Based Childcare Support Service using Quantum Annealing
Yuuma Matsumoto, Taisei Takabayashi, Rima Sato, Rumiko Honda, Masayuki Ohzeki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08520

Demonstration of a Compatibility-Based Childcare Support Service using Quantum Annealing
In contemporary Japan, isolated parenting has become a serious social issue, increasing psychological stress on parents and potentially affecting children's development. Existing childcare support services tend to focus on physical assistance, while psychological support and community connections remain insufficient. To address this gap, we developed a service that connects parents with senior community members who have parenting experience, aiming to provide psychological support and foster in…

Gini-Index Vermögen 2021:
Schweiz 77%
Deutschland 79%
Österreich 74%
Frankreich 70%
Italien 67%
Ungleichheit ist höher als in den Nachbarländern, aber kleiner als in Deutschland
Ausgewählte Länder
Südafrika 89%
Brasilien 89%
Schweden 88%
Nigeria 86%
USA 85%
Indien 82%
Argentinien 81%
Irland 80%
Ägypten 79%
Norwegen 79%
Niederlande 75%
Dänemark 74%
Finnland 74%
Kanada 73%
Polen 72%
UK 71%
Portugal 71%
China 70%
Spanien 69%
Südkorea 68%
Griechenland 68%
Australien 66%
Japan 65%
Belgien 60%

#Japan is on the front page of the @… and of course, it's a story about #convenience #stores

SoftBank-owned PayPay takes a 40% stake in Binance Japan for an undisclosed sum, to capitalize on Japan's crypto boom; PayPay filed for a US IPO in August (Mayumi Negishi/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

It's been a crazy week, so don't leave for the weekend until you check out today's Metacurity for the crucial cyber developments you should know, including
--Oracle confirms customer extortion emails, urges patch updates,
--Red Hat confirms security incident and begins remediation,
--Apple drops ICEBlock ICE tracking tool under pressure from DOJ,
--Japan to run out of Asahi beer after cyberattack,
--Air Force probes possible SharePoint breach,
-…

Oracle confirms customer extortion emails, urges patch updates
Red Hat confirms security incident and begins remediation, Apple drops ICEBlock ICE tracking tool under pressure from DOJ, Japan to run out of Asahi beer after cyberattack, Air Force probes possible SharePoint breach, Israeli medical center targeted in suspected Iran attack on Yom Kippur, much more

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…

The $550 Billion Shadow Budget: Trump's Japan Deal and the Disappearing Appropriations Clause (Scott Levy/Just Security)
https://www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump-japan-deal-appropriations-clause/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p142#a251030p142

@… fedibird.comに引っ越してきた人は、
このURLにアクセスするとMastodon Japan Serverのローカルタイムラインのようなものがみられるので（ドメインタイムラインという機能）

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.

📸 'Purikura' photo sticker machines keep offering more 30 years after debut
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/japan/purikura-machines-anniversary/
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'Purikura' photo sticker machines keep offering more 30 years after debut
The first photo sticker machines in 1995 were much simpler than what's offered today, but the novel feature of turning photos into stickers led to their blockbuster popularity.

#Microsoft kauft 100 Megawatt #Solarstrom von Shizen Energy in #Japan, um den steigenden #Energiebedarf

Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan | TechCrunch
The new deal covers output from four different solar projects. Microsoft has said it will spend $2.9 billion to expand its infrastructure in Japan.

Cyberattack on Japanese beer giant Asahi limits shipping, call center operations https://therecord.media/asahi-japan-cyberattack-limits-shipping-call-centers

Indiana governor Mike Braun announced today that he is calling a special session to consider redrawing congressional districts in the state, the latest Republican state to work on its maps ahead of 2026.
Indiana is one of several Republican-led states that the Trump administration has pressured to undertake mid-decade redistricting to favor Republicans,
-- which began with a push in Texas to redraw lines to add Republican seats.
“I am calling a special legislative session to…

I was very excited (as folks could tell) and honored about having given the keynote at @… this year in Nara, Japan. Thanks everyone for their very kind reception of the talk! Thanks for inviting me!
I was talking about Wikipedia and the Semantic Web - 20 years of co-development and the future, sketching out how the two have and keep influencing each oth…

Japan ermahnt OpenAI wegen Urheberrechtsverstößen KI-generierter Anime-Videos
Sora 2 erzeugt KI-Videos auch mit Anime-, Manga- und Spielcharakteren. Die japanische Regierung will das nicht länger dulden und stellt OpenAI zur Rede.

I think I've met more interesting western #expats in a week in #Malaysia than I do in a year in #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

United States-Japan Framework (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/10/united-states-japan-framework-for-securing-the-supply-of-critical-minerals-and-rare-earths-through-mining-and-processing/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p50#a251028p50

Chinese silicon wafer manufacturers like Eswin have rapidly gained market share by undercutting global leaders, such as Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical, on price (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology…

In silicon wafers, China's emerging local stars rattle global giants
Japan has long led in key chip material, but Chinese rivals like Eswin catch up

Freitag: Millionen für deutsches Raketen-Start-up, Japan gegen OpenAIs KI-Videos
Finanzierung einer Weltraumrakete Kritik an Anime-Videos von Sora 2 Lyft expandiert international Sprachbedienung von Windows 11 Datenschutz-Podcast

Fox Sports gets US TV and streaming rights for the 2026 World Baseball Classic; in August, Netflix picked up the WBC rights in Japan (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-sports-deal-2…

Fox Sports Inks Deal for 2026 World Baseball Classic
Fox will once again be the home for the international tournament, with select games also set to stream on Fox One and Tubi.

https://finimize.com/content/ransomware-snarls-muji-and-loft-online-orders-in-japan
Ransomware Snarls Muji And Loft Online Orders In Japan

Fact check: 11 false claims Trump made to the troops in Japan (Daniel Dale/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/politics/fact-check-trump-japan-troops
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p122#a251028p122

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

Japans neuer Raumtransporter dockt an die ISS an
Fünf Jahre lang war Japan auf andere Raumtransporter angewiesen. Jetzt kann die Jaxa wieder selbst Versorgungsgüter zur ISS bringen.
https://www.

🌟 Astrocytes are superstars in the game of long-term memory
#memory

Astrocytes are superstars in the game of long-term memory
Why are we able to recall only some of our past experiences? A new study led by Jun Nagai at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan has an answer. Surprisingly, it turns out that the brain cells responsible for stabilizing memories aren't neurons. Rather, they are astrocytes, a type of glial cell that is usually thought of as a role player in the game of learning and memory.

Trump inspires a new wave of nationalism -- from Japan to Argentina (Daniel McCarthy/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/27/opinion/trump-inspires-a-new-wave-of-nationalism-from-japan-to-argentina/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p44#a251028p44

Japanese regulators' plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of startup buyouts in Japan, while IPOs slump (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-20/de…

Deals for Startups Reach Record in Japan Before Listing Curbs
A plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of buyouts of young companies in Japan, reflecting Tokyo’s push to create more billion-dollar startups to better match the country’s global standing in scientific research.

🗾 Heatstroke patient numbers jumped in cooler Hokkaido and Tohoku this summer
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/heatstroke-cases-rising-in-hokkaido-and-tohoku/
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Heatstroke patient numbers jumped in cooler Hokkaido and Tohoku this summer
In Hokkaido, the number of heatstroke patients rose 1.7-fold from the previous year, while Aomori Prefecture saw a 1.53-fold rise and Akita Prefecture saw a 1.42-fold rise.

Japan's New Prime Minister Has an Advantage in Winning Over Trump (Javier C. Hernšndez/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/world/asia/japan-trump-takaichi.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251027/p73#a251027p73

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

Had a chat with our local cafe owner, who, it turns out, regularly goes to #Indonesia to source coffee and loves it. She showed us the Luwak Coffee she has, but only offers to regular customers - not on the menu!
I've finally figured out the mystery of who in #Japan is drinking

JPYC gibt an den Yen gekoppelten Stablecoin heraus
In Japan ist eine neue Kryptowährung gestartet. Sie ist an die Landeswährung gekoppelt.
https://www.heise.de/news/JPYC-gibt-an-den

Asahi says most of its 30 factories in Japan have not operated since September 29 after a cyberattack, leaving Japan with just days of Asahi Super Dry stock (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bb86349f-0ad8-432b-a62a-fdd63b3b76ab

"Ghost of Yotei": Wenn der Wind weht
Im Open-World-Abenteuer "Ghost of Yotei" begleiten die Spieler eine Kriegerin auf einem blutigen Rachefeldzug durch das Japan des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts.
https://www.

Russian-speaking ransomware gang Qilin says it was responsible for an attack on Japan's Asahi and stole ~27GB of data, including financial docs and contracts (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-08/…

Einhörner unter Notebooks: Fujitsu-Modelle mit Wechselakku & Blu-ray-Laufwerk
Fujitsu zeigt in Japan, dass auch leichte Notebooks einen einfach wechselbaren Akku haben können. Ein 16-Zöller kommt zudem mit optischem Laufwerk.

AltStore, one of the first alternative app stores in the EU, raised a $6M Series A led by Pace Capital, aims to launch in Australia, Brazil, and Japan in 2025 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/alternative-app-st…

Alternative app store AltStore raises $6M, connects with the fediverse | TechCrunch
The alternative app marketplace AltStore has raised $6 million and launched a Mastodon server.

"Silent Hill f" angespielt: Das Horror-Comeback des Jahres
Mit "Silent Hill f" wagt Konami einen Neustart in Japan und trifft mit einer persönlichen Reise durch eine zerbrechliche Teenager-Seele genau ins Schwarze.

OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android, including in the US, Canada, and Japan; the app reached 1M downloads in the five days after its September iOS launch (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/813533/openai-sora-android-launch

OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android
OpenAI has launched Sora on Android, giving more people access to its AI-generated video feed.

Asahi restarted production at six Japanese breweries on October 2 after a cyberattack forced it to halt production and shipments for days, and is investigating (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/a…