@Techmeme@techhub.socialSandisk 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)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/sem…
@UP8@mastodon.social👩 'Artists of steel': Japanese swords forge new fanbase
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/japan/japan-katana-pupularity/
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@kurtsh@mastodon.socialThe 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
@heiseonline@social.heise.dePika! 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.
@relcfp@mastodon.socialJapan Review 40 published
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Mining the Logs: Sources on Blue Humor URL …
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@noellabo@fedibird.com他鯖からFedibirdに来た人は、出身サーバをお気に入りドメインに設定しておくといいよ。
お気に入りドメインはメニューに追加されるので、WebUIからワンクリックで辿れるようになる。
こいつは購読と違って、ホームやリストに流すのではなく、ドメインで絞り込んだ連合タイムライン（ドメインタイムライン）への導線なんだ。
サーバに蓄積されている過去投稿も全部みられるので、閉鎖されたサーバの投稿も遡れる。
なお、ドメインタイムラインは他にも導線があって、リモート投稿の右下の…から開くメニューからも辿れるから、試してみるといいよ。
ただし、対象ドメインの投稿数によっては、クエリーが凄く重いときがあるので、壊れた感があります。激重なだけでそのうち出てきたりするのでよろしくです。
mastodon-japan.net の人とか、試してみるといいよ。
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@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Omoiyari"
#Japanese word with no English equivalent: Omoiyari. It means something like a deep, reflexive consideration for others tha…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: 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…
@Don_kun@nerdculture.de @heiseonline@social.heise.de
@cheryanne@aus.social
@der_raddler@dresden.networkJetzt 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.
@macandi@social.heise.deJapan: 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.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deplant_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…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online#Japan startet eine Tiefseemission zur Förderung von #SelteneErden, um die Abhängigkeit von #China zu verringern.
Das Forschungsschiff Chikyu soll mineralhaltigen Schlamm aus 6 Kilometern Tiefe n…
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social @heiseonline@social.heise.deVor 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.
@wraithe@mastodon.socialSo 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:/…
@benb@osintua.euJapan 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
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeJapan sent a team to save America.
I am confident they will succeed!
#Pinponpanpon (The #1 idol unit in Japan)
@krone@frawas.dePilot schlägt Alarm - Formel 1: Heftiger Crash „war nur Frage der Zeit“ #News #Nachrichten
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSurprise, 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
@newsie@darktundra.xyzNew backdoor found in Android tablets targeting users in Russia, Germany and Japan https://therecord.media/new-backdoor-found-in-android-russia-japan-brazil
@UP8@mastodon.social🗾 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/
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@deep470@norden.socialMein 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...
@Techmeme@techhub.socialJapan'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
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deplant_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…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCALL FOR PAPERS> Open Call for Japanese Religions
https://ift.tt/KwEz1Pt
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@Don_kun@nerdculture.deJetzt 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…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA 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…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineIn #Japan hat das Goto-Konsortium unter Führung von Toda den kommerziellen Betrieb des ersten schwimmenden #OffshoreWindparks des Landes aufgenommen.
Die 16,8 MW starke Anlage vor #Nagasaki
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeYes 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…
@jkmartindale@mastodon.socialah yes, Japan comes from Japan
@danyork@mastodon.socialThe 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!
@heiseonline@social.heise.deJapan testet Abbau Seltener Erden aus der Tiefsee
Japan will seine Abhängigkeit von chinesischen Seltenen Erden verringern und sucht nach einer Möglichkeit, sie im eigenen Land zu fördern.
https://www.
@samerfarha@mastodon.socialSad 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/
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz#ListeningClub Hey everybody, guess what? I just got back from my daily walk and barely caught up here! Anyway… That dubby thing was “Horses” by a space rock band from Japan called Rovo. https://www.discogs.com/release/787793-…
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeZenkimi are back in Japan but are still doing their gig as 3 members
Which means its really the end for Nene and Mei...
@krone@frawas.deFormel 1 in Japan - Piastri lässt Silberpfeile im FP2 hinter sich #News #Nachrichten
@benb@osintua.euJapan 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
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIn 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
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.socialaus der reihe "spezielle spezialprobleme in den sprachen der welt" heute: "Verwirrende Wegbeschreibungen im Japanischen": https://japan-almanach.de/blog/verwirrende-wegbeschreibungen-im-japanischen/ 🤪
@davej@dice.campDetail on voting for the #UnitedNations #Resolution UN A/80/L.48: “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement,” recognising the Transatlantic #slave trade as amongst our…
@UP8@mastodon.social🗾 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
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialMemories of Japan. Man, I miss that country.
▶️ How This Old Man Runs the Last Soba Shop in a Ghost Town
#japan
@noellabo@fedibird.com@… The Prime Minister has the power to dissolve the House of Representatives in Japan, and in most cases a general election (for all seats) is held before the end of the term. This is the largest and most important election in …
@heiseonline@social.heise.de„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<…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"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
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialSingapore-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/…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump 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
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deplant_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…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeHeads 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'…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialOpen Call for Papers for Japanese Religions
https://ift.tt/4IRsNFE
Treaties and Empire Seminar Series: Trần Thị Xuân (Hamburg University) - Interpreters and Foreign…
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialSony 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…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJoint 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
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deplant_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…
@benb@osintua.euUkraine eyes defense partnership with Japan, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/20/ukraine-eyes-defense-partnership-with.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDoorDash 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…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCALL FOR PAPERS> Open Call for Japanese Religions
https://ift.tt/rsnKRLz
Treaties and Empire Seminar Series: Trần Thị Xuân (Hamburg University) - Interpreters and Foreign…
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@Don_kun@nerdculture.de"Shabake" erzählt eine Fantasy-Kriminalgeschichte im Japan der Edo-Zeit. Ein junger, kränklicher Erbe eines Handelshauses wird von Geisterwesen beschützt - und klärt mit deren Hilfe auch eine Verbrechensserie auf, in die er verwickelt wird.
Atmosphärisch und in einem ausgewogenen Tempo erzählt wird man in die authentisch (wenn auch mit Übernatürlichem) vermittelte Epoche mitgenommen. Vielleicht nicht eine der besten Serien der letzten Saison, aber sehenswert, wenn einen diese …
@UP8@mastodon.social🐞 New species of ladybird beetle discovered on university campus in Japan
#insects
@relcfp@mastodon.socialOpen Call for Papers for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142922/open-call-papers-japanese-religions
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: 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…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialOpen Call for Papers for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142922/open-call-papers-japanese-religions
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle 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)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump 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
@UP8@mastodon.social🫗 The perfect polymer? Plant-based plastic is fully saltwater degradable and leaves behind zero microplastics
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-polymer-based-plastic-fully-saltwater.html
@relcfp@mastodon.socialOpen Call for Papers for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142922/open-call-papers-japanese-religions
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCALL FOR PAPERS> Open Call for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142921/open-call-papers-japanese-religions
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMorgan Stanley: UK companies reported that AI led to 8% net job losses over the past 12 months, above Japan's 7%, Germany's 4%, Australia's 2%; the US added 2% (Irina Anghel/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCALL FOR PAPERS> Open Call for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142921/open-call-papers-japanese-religions
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Apple and Qualcomm are scrambling to secure glass cloth fiber, used in chip substrates and PCBs, as the AI boom boosts demand for the component (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/tech-…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCALL FOR PAPERS> Open Call for Japanese Religions https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142921/open-call-papers-japanese-religions
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: 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…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialJapanese Religions 46/2
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Member book announcement: Slaymaker, _Wild Lines and Poetic Travels, a Keijiro Suga Reader_ …
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialMeta plans to expand ads on Threads to all users globally starting next week; Threads began testing ads in the US and Japan a year ago (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/threads-rolls-out-ads-to-all-users-worldwide/
