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Pretty stunning shift on both ends. #Japan #Korea #SouthKorea
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Poll: Japanese opinion of South Korea up from 10 years prior | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
A recent survey has revealed sentiments and perceptions of current Japan–South Korea relations have improved among residents of both countries compared to a similar survey taken a decade ago.

Brilliant goal from #japan!

#Japan - Gegen #Einsamkeit und #Demenz

Japan setzt bei Senioren auf E-Sport gegen Einsamkeit und Demenz
Immer mehr Pflegeeinrichtungen und Kommunen in Japan setzen auf E-Sport-Angebote für ältere Menschen, um geistige Aktivität zu fördern, sozialer Isolation

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Japanese Breakfast:
🎵 Slide Tackle
#JapaneseBreakfast
https://tomvr.bandcamp.com/track/japanese-breakfast-slide-tackle-tom-vr-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ksM8r8u4AjMwvtqUif9W1

"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.

Met & know many western #Japan experts who are surprisingly ignorant about #Taiwan, the country that #Japanese are most likely to travel to.
Surprised to learn the same can be said about western

🐴 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

Firehorse superstition helps uncover why women's education may not drive Japan's fertility decline
The rapidly declining marriage and fertility rates across developed East Asian societies strain pension and health care systems, threaten economic growth, and reshape entire societies. To tackle this issue, governments in Japan and across East Asia have invested heavily in pronatalist measures, but often with limited success. For instance, Japan's government has repeatedly expanded childcare subsidies and parental leave provisions, yet the total fertility rate hit a record low of 1.20 in 2024.

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.

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

Allergies are costing #Japan $1.6 billion a day in lost productivity & 43% of the population now suffers from severe hay fever. The cause: mass planting of cedar & cypress decades ago.
In my latest for @bbcfuture, I explore efforts to replace plantations w/ biodiverse ecosystems

Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.

The Routes - "Yeti Spaghetti / Hotwired" (2013)
Just some cool dudes jammed in a small studio playing some chill surf tunes. I find this relaxing and mesmerizing.
#music #surf #japan

Fish and Octopus by Itō Jakuchū, from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings), c. 1765
(Thanks to @… for alerting me to this one!)
#ItōJakuchū #Japan

Ever wonder why wearing masks is so common in #Japan every spring? A post-WWII reforestation policy to plant just two types of fast-growing trees has triggered a mass-allergy crisis. My latest for @bbc looks at the roots of this 70-year-old blunder and the massive challenge of fixing it.

Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.

Finally found a #japanese keyboard for android that I like - Sumire ! Open-source, works offline, settings are usable in english, and installable from Fdroid! https://github.com/KazumaProject/Japan

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Japan:
🎵 Visions of China
#Japan
https://open.spotify.com/track/4GSXKqgFojRdeTxBZql858

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

Used Diapers Turned into New Ones Thanks to Super-Recycling Japanese Towns and New Innovation
The process uses ozone, a sterilizing gas, to clean and deodorize the pulp to the point that it passes sanitary requirements.

The amount of times someone said "#google #maps works great in #Japan" and then I learn it took them on some weird route that was longer, more expensive, or required excessive walking then the optimal route.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Japan:
🎵 Ghosts
#Japan
https://randomhouseproject.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts-ambient-vocal

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Japan:
🎵 Nightporter
#NowPlaying #Japan
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

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

For >50% of the western expats I meet in #Japan, I can't figure out why they are here.