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@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
2026-03-20 00:50:38

Ever classy.
#NarcissistInChief

@wraithe@mastodon.social
2026-02-18 21:03:45

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:

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-20 16:36:09

In Japan, Trump's Pearl Harbor Joke Elicits Scorn and Dismay (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/03/20/world/a
memeorandum.com/260320/p74#a26

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-20 11:40:50

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)
asia.nikkei.com/economy/trade-

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-02-17 09:50:37

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)
variety.com/2026/tv/news/japan

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-04-17 13:00:25

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

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-02-19 05:31:58

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

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-03-16 20:04:30

🗾 Japan is betting big on AI. Few workers have used it.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/
🆓

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-19 18:06:05

Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan's Leader (Javier C. Hernšndez/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/poli
memeorandum.com/260319/p76#a26

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-18 15:33:18

New backdoor found in Android tablets targeting users in Russia, Germany and Japan therecord.media/new-backdoor-f

Approximately 2,500 U.S. Marines are being deployed to the Middle East.

They are part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is based in Japan.
Estimated Arrival
The USS Tripoli, leading the deployment, was seen transiting the Singapore Strait on March 17, 2026.

Given the distance from Singapore to the Middle East, the arrival is expected to take about a week.
Conclusion
The Marines are likely to die in the Middle East around late March 202…

@paun@digitalcourage.social
2026-03-20 13:41:23

Wenn Verteidigungsminister Boris #Pistorius die nächsten acht Tage nach #Japan, #Singapur und #Australien

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-03-18 12:00:54

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…

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-04-13 04:18:00

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

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-03-13 10:05:25

"How Japan Lost the Plot on Open Access" @ Katina Magazine
katinamagazine.org/content/art
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@macandi@social.heise.de
2026-02-12 11:00:00

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.

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2026-03-20 02:42:21

Were I a betting person, and of a younger age, I might place a bet on Polymarket that as of 12:01 AM GMT January 1, 2050 that the state of Israel will no longer exist.
I don't think that either el-trumpo or baby bibi realize that in the eyes of a significant part of the world the US and Israel have put on the mantle of Al Queda on Sept 11 and Japan at Pearl Harbor.
On a shorter time scale I have concern that Americans around the this summer may become easy targets for the sen…

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-04-14 20:12:15

Development of Electroformed X-Ray Optics Bridging Synchrotron Radiation Technology and Space Astronomy: #FOXSI mission, a US-Japan rocket program to observe the Sun: en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/article

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-19 16:20:56

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)
gov.uk/government/news/joint-s
memeorandum.com/260319/p65#a26

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-03-19 23:46:08

This simple habit could help seniors live longer and stay independent #health

@adamhotep@infosec.exchange
2026-03-19 20:10:08

Trump, in trying to impress Japan, likened his attack on Iran to Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. He is directly admitting that he's the bad guy.
#uspol

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-03-16 22:08:30

🗾 Is it Really Impossible to Make a Living as an Animator in Japan?
animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2

@krone@frawas.de
2026-02-19 22:09:52

Weicher Mutterersatz - Verstoßener Babyaffe findet Trost bei Plüschtier #News #Nachrichten

@danyork@mastodon.social
2026-03-16 17:55:53

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!

@benb@osintua.eu
2026-02-11 18:16:47

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

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-04-18 02:59:44

Congrats USA. Love playing Japan. They are so good and great players.
#Uswnt

@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2026-04-17 05:12:43

Ich liebe The Amazing Digital Circus :pomni_plushie: weshalb Ich so viele Kinos in Deutschland angeschrieben habe ob sie dessen Finale als Film zeigen können, so wie es in den USA und Japan bald möglich ist. Mal schauen was wird!

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…

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-03-11 04:03:15

OSM Japan is bidding to host @… 2026 this September! 🇯🇵
wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/St

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-19 17:05:55

Trump ribs Japanese PM on Pearl Harbor in Oval Office talk on Iran (Rachel Frazin/The Hill)
thehill.com/policy/internation
memeorandum.com/260319/p70#a26

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-04-12 15:39:00

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.

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-03-13 22:19:32

Japan Expands Whaling as Vulnerable Whales Face Extinction idausa.org/campaign/cetacean-a

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-03-19 20:23:54

"Who knows better about surprise than Japan”
wwwwwwwoooowwwww.
How can someone be so incredibly idiotic and offensive all the time…. like every single minute of every day, without exception.
#USA #IranUSAIsraelWar #Japan #WWII

@edintone@mastodon.green
2026-03-17 07:57:07

Japan’s Yogurt Delivery Ladies Serve as a Support Net for Country’s Aging Population goodnewsnetwork.org/japans-yog

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-18 14:56:42

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

@mapto@qoto.org
2026-04-06 04:56:42

What do Ukraine and Japan have in common? They are leaders in robotics, and for the right reasons
techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japa

@johnleonard@mastodon.social
2026-04-10 12:47:09

Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at Japan’s loosening of its privacy laws in the name of AI competitiveness, bumper quarterly results from Asia’s biggest chip giants and Korea's response to soaring RAM prices.

@samerfarha@mastodon.social
2026-02-12 15:14:52

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”
japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-03-16 13:34:33

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'…

@roelgrif@mstdn.social
2026-03-26 09:09:07

Akelig verwend knaapje met Trumpig gedrag.
Verstappen stuurt bij Grote Prijs Japan Engelse journalist weg
rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/55

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-03-08 03:25:11

Japan Approves Stem-Cell Treatments For Parkinson's, Heart Failure In World Firsts - Slashdot
science.slashdot.org/story/26/

@benb@osintua.eu
2026-02-10 11:36:50

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

@jkmartindale@mastodon.social
2026-02-05 03:56:00

ah yes, Japan comes from Japan

Google Direct Answer resulting from the query "japan etymology". It shows an arrow between "Japan" and "japan", with the latter labeled "late 17th century". Underneath the graph: "late 17th century: from Japan."
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-06 09:10:37

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)
techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japa

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-02-04 14:06:01

„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.
heise.de/tests/Nioh-3-Japan-se<…

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…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-19 19:55:56

Trump lauds Japan's promise, however vague, to help with Iran (Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/03/19/t
memeorandum.com/260319/p94#a26

@ncoca@social.coop
2026-04-09 02:09:35

One of my favorite things about #Japan is that they rarely, almost never, add unnecessary raw #onions to things like salads or sandwiches.

@bourgwick@heads.social
2026-03-08 14:24:38

once again very intrigued by oshino dead, the annual grateful dead cover band fest in japan next weekend, this year including a one-two punch of dr. acid seven (who hung with the dead in the haight & was the 1st to bring LSD to japan, per one source) & an act called Lstones (a ned lagin tribute?!) #deadfreaksunite

festival site map
schedule grid listing Digital Block DJs & Dr.A.Seven followed by Lstones
festival schedule grid
@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-04-14 08:42:04

from my link log —
The secrets of the shinkansen.
worksinprogress.news/p/the-sec
saved 2026-04-14

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-12 08:56:31

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Barren Path:
🎵 The Insufferable Weight
#BarrenPath
goodguysgogrind.bandcamp.com/t
open.spotify.com/track/3DJAltO

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-02-02 06:07:36

instagram.com/p/DUNFbR2AbG9/?u

@Kingu@sakurajima.moe
2026-04-08 13:50:45

Today is #MusicWomenWednesday
I need to suggest you some great music to listen to! It's today's goal!
So please enjoy this Tiny Desk concert by the awesome CHARAN-PO-RANTAN
youtube.com/watch?v=VZwyVbJY…

@joe@toot.works
2026-02-08 16:02:42

I am planning on taking my nephew to Japan this summer as an early graduation gift. He hasn’t been out of the country before and I figure that experiencing new cultures is how you make sure that someone is a good world citizen. I miss Japan and I’m happy to go back but OMG, this is going to be expensive.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-17 11:45:50

UK activist investor Palliser says Toto, Japan's largest toilet maker, is an "undervalued and overlooked" AI play due to its "advanced ceramics" used in chips (David Keohane/Financial Times)
ft.com/content/4252e45f-75fb-4

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…

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-17 19:20:26

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
IZCO:
🎵 Japan Greatly (feat. Reek0 & S.I)
#IZCO
#newRelease 🆕 single
izco.bandcamp.com/track/japan-
open.spotify.com/track/7kJ1gd9
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-14 09:43:21

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach Collegium Japan & Masaaki Suzuki:
🎵 Cantata no. 134 BWV.134 (Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiss): Erschallet, ihr Himmel, Erfreue dich, Erde (Chorale)
#Spotify

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-03-15 14:00:05

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
networks.skewed.d…

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web. 772 nodes, 1206 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/plant_pol_kato
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2026-04-03 12:13:44

The science in this article is a bit too hard for me but it sounds like excellent news 🙂
"Scientists achieve ‘impossible’ solar efficiency in renewables breakthrough"
independent.co.uk/news/science

@der_raddler@dresden.network
2026-02-24 11:45:06

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.

@NuclearDisorder@mastodon.social
2026-03-15 06:52:13

Heute vor 15 Jahren: Am 15. März 2011 beschädigte eine Explosion im Reaktorgebäude #Block4 des Kernkraftwerks #Fukushima Daiichi das Becken für abgebrannte Brennelemente.

Satellitenfoto der Reaktorblöcke 1 bis 4 (von rechts nach links) am 16. März 2011 nach Flutwelle, Explosionen und Bränden
Autor: Digital Globe - Earthquake and Tsunami damage-Dai Ichi Power Plant, Japan
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
@smashtie@mas.to
2026-03-12 16:28:27

I've just been made aware that in Japan they have newspapers all about #cats !! Why don't we have these here?
#catsofmastodon

Front of a newspaper in Japanese, featuring a white cat with blue and green eyes.
@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-03-28 09:16:59

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

@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2026-02-11 06:32:20

Japan is a one party state. It's Liberal Democratic Party is now represented more in parliament than the Chinese Communist Party is in China.

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-03-23 18:20:00

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.

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-02-10 00:22:07

One for @… , a friend just came back from a shop in Japan with a pile of stuff (including NOS hello kitty floppies..), but what a site:
flashstore.jp/view/category/…

@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-09 04:00:41

𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑎

mid 19th century japan, carved ivory netsuke octopus in human clothes with bowl
colorful red and yellow and orange sunset mixing with grayish purplish clouds and blue and teal sea
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-02-04 06:54:11

Japan and the Octopus Trap of Modernity (file under: Takotsubo is not only a cardiac disease)
genealogiesofmodernity.org/jou

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-04 04:40:53

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)
asia.nikkei.com/business/busin

If there was a moment when the absence of a US strategy on Iran was exposed, then this was it.
Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that the UK, China, France, Japan and others participate in a naval escort for oil tankers through the strait of Hormuz.
Despite launching the attack on Iran, with Israel, the White House does not seem to have fully anticipated what was likely to follow.
Iran had few good military options for fighting back, but attacking US bases, US allies and m…

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-02-01 16:20:43

Gosh, how inconvenient that tourists have to deal with cultural differences that don't cater to them. 🙄
☑️ Tourists in Japan Are Baffled: Where Are the Trash Cans? - WSJ
wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/touri

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-04-06 16:10:26

"Used Diapers Turned into New Ones Thanks to Super-Recycling Japanese Towns and New Innovation"
#Japan #Recycling

@Kingu@sakurajima.moe
2026-03-12 20:59:58

There is a country where the leader is a pedophile, the average size is morbidly obese and they mesure size in football field.
Guess what? They say Japan is weird

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-25 22:27:38

👩 'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase
japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/
🆓

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-03-04 07:35:49

Netflix tests Japan's entrenched baseball viewing habits, long dominated by domestic and free-to-air broadcasters, by locking up World Baseball Classic rights (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-11 13:50:48

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)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-04-09 17:29:11

Sam Coffey Breaks Down USWNT vs Japan, Man City Move & Life in Manchester
youtube.com/watch?v=gn1zrA0aRIE

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-25 09:05:58

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)
asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-03-07 09:00:04

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
networks.skewed.d…

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web. 772 nodes, 1206 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/plant_pol_kato
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-16 09:06:32

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
IZCO feat. Reek0 & S.I.:
🎵 Japan Greatly
#IZCO #Reek0 #SI
izco.bandcamp.com/track/japan-
open.spotify.com/track/7kJ1gd9

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-03-21 11:44:01

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.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-03-09 15:00:29

"Japan adds 5.8 GW of solar in 2025"
#Japan #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-04-08 11:45:47

Takaichi calls for ships' safe passage in Strait of Hormuz in talks with Iran president (Jesse Johnson/The Japan Times)
japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/
memeorandum.com/260408/p11#a26

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-02-28 20:41:21

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
youtube.com/watch?v=ceTfyzvGcA

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-04-12 18:30:37

Bisher nicht bekannt war mir, dass es in Japan eine recht breite Produktpalette für die temporäre Bedeckung von Tätowierungen gibt (z.B. in Schwimmbädern oder heißen Quellen erforderlich).

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-02-27 11:15:00

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.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-31 06:31:11

Sandisk and Kioxia announce a five-year extension of their JV manufacturing contract from 2029 to 2034; the new deal involves SanDisk paying Kioxia $1.165B (Ryo Mukano/Nikkei Asia)
asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/

The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent on Thursday, as concerns grew about oil prices rising amid the prolonged conflict in the Middle East.
The Stoxx 600, a Pan-European index, fell 0.6 percent.
Stocks in Asia, where countries import vast quantities of oil and gas, slumped broadly on Thursday. Major benchmark indexes in Japan closed just over 1 percent lower, while Taiwan fell about 1.5 percent. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong fell a little less than 1 percent.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-24 04:05:49

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)
asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-03-28 18:05:00

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.

@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social
2026-04-04 18:05:15

In 1917 Tokyo YMCA built the first gymnasium equipped with an indoor pool in Japan and introduced modern swimming techniques, such as the front crawl, to Japan.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-05 06:11:02

TSMC plans to produce 3nm chips at its second plant in Kumamoto, Japan; sources say that is an upgrade from an original plan to produce 7nm chips by late 2027 (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-12 04:06:20

Uber partners with Nissan and Wayve to offer robotaxi services in Tokyo, its first autonomous-vehicle partnership in Japan, with a pilot planned for late 2026 (Kosaku Narioka/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/b…

Countries heavily dependent on Middle Eastern energy—particularly in Asia—have been most affected.
India sources around 55 percent of its energy imports from the region,
China about 50 percent,
Japan 93 percent,
South Korea 67 percent,
and Singapore 70 percent,
according to Ladekjær.
Around 1,000 ships remain in the Gulf,
including hundreds of tankers awaiting passage.
As of this writing, more than 800 cargo ships and tankers are stuck i…

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2026-02-23 06:35:52

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)
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2026-03-21 20:06:13

Surprise, embarrassment, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war (Associated Press)
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2026-04-03 03:06:43

Microsoft partners with SoftBank and Sakura Internet to build AI data infrastructure in Japan, investing $10 billion over four years and training 1M engineers (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)
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2026-03-25 21:26:06

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)
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2026-01-23 11:35:59

Google invests an undisclosed sum in Sakana AI, valued at $2.6B in November 2025, to boost Gemini's presence in Japan; Sakana AI gains access to Google's LLMs (Min-Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)
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