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[Link] A Loophole in Japan’s Weed Laws Is Getting Tens of Thousands High
Read: 4/7/2022 www.vice.com
The straw-colored drug, sold in sleek vape cases, looks strikingly similar to the cannabis oil Hiro has tried abroad. When it’s smoked, he said the difference is even harder to tell.
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[Link] Putin’s Former Judo Buddy Calls Him ‘Cowardly’ After the Russian Leader Lost His Black Belt
Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com
TOKYO — One of Japan’s most distinguished judo leaders has criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, calling out his “cowardly” acts and joining a chorus of condemnation from civil society worldwide.
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[Link] Police Arrest Man For Uploading ‘Parasite’ Movie Edit to YouTube
Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com
Police in Japan have just arrested another man for posting 10-movie summaries to YouTube including the hit Korean drama 'Parasite'.
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[Link] Japanese Schools Are Still Banning Ponytails Because They Could ‘Sexually Excite’ Men
Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com
From the length of students’ socks to the color of their underwear, Japanese schools are infamous for their strict requirements on what pupils can wear. But one rule has drawn criticism for not just its absurdity but also the reason behind it.
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[Link] Paleontology ‘a hotbed of unethical practices rooted in colonialism’, say scientists
Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
The public image of palaeontologists as dusty, but rather affable academics, could be due an update.
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[Link] Japan’s favourite snack falls victim to global inflation with first-ever price hike
Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
One of Japan’s best-loved snacks is to go up in price – by a whopping 20% – for the first time since its launch more than four decades ago,But Umaibo – literally “delicious stick” – will still be a steal for schoolchildren at just ¥12 apiece (US10c, not including sales tax), up from t
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[Link] Japanese Ex-Princess’ Dad Defends His Daughter’s Marriage to a Commoner
Read: 30/11/2021 www.vice.com
For the first time since Japanese ex-Princess Mako married a commoner, Crown Prince Akishino has spoken openly about his eldest daughter’s union, in remarks that reveal the struggles of the world’s oldest continuous monarchy to shake criticism surrounding Mako’s marriage.
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[Link] It’s 2021, and Tokyo Authorities Are Finally Phasing Out Floppy Disks
Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com
A thin magnetic disk used to keep data, floppy disks were once the primary storage device for personal computers. But as technology advanced, the disks were replaced by CDs and flash drives. Floppies have been out of production for more than a decade.
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[Link] Does Global Warming Make Rice Taste Better?
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
Steamed, scorched, pounded or fried, rice always delivers. The adaptability of rice is in part what makes this staple the culinary cornerstone for half of humanity.
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[Link] Hey, Jeff Bezos: Send Hideo Kojima to Space Already
Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com
Kojima's fascination with space is no big secret. The branding for his studio Kojima Productions features a mysterious space explorer planting a flag on an alien world, and his 1994 game Policenauts takes place in space.
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[Link] ‘Nine Eyes’? Bill Would Look at Adding Four Countries to Intel-Sharing Pact
Read: 4/11/2021 www.defenseone.com
The United States’ “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One. Arizona Democrat Rep.
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[Link] Now Married, Japan’s Ex-Princess Mako to Move from Palace to a One-Bedroom in New York
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Four years after publicly announcing their engagement, former Princess Mako of Japan has officially tied the knot with her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro.
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[Link] Japanese Princess Mako marries boyfriend Kei Komuro and renounces her royal status
Read: 26/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Japanese Princess Mako has married a commoner and lost her royal status in a union that has split public opinion and was delayed more than three years by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law.
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[Link] British defence chief reveals new AUKUS security pact could expand to include other allies
Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The UK's departing Chief of the Defence Staff has signalled the new trilateral AUKUS security pact with the United States and Australia could be expanded to include other allies such as Japan.
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[Link] Man Arrested for Unblurring Japanese Porn With AI in First Deepfake Case
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Japanese police on Monday arrested a 43-year-old man for using artificial intelligence to effectively unblur pixelated porn videos, in the first criminal case in the country involving the exploitative use of the powerful technology.
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[Link] Japanese Host Club With a Nazi Theme Apologizes for Its Lack of ‘Awareness’
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Staffed with male hosts who entertain and pour customers’ drinks, the club, called Unfair, opened on Sunday in the southern prefecture of Osaka.
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[Link] Automate The Freight: Autonomous Ships Look For Their Niche
Read: 11/10/2021 hackaday.com
It is by no means an overstatement to say that life as we know it would grind to a halt without cargo ships.
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[Link] China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem
Read: 26/9/2021 foreignpolicy.com
Why do great powers fight great wars? The conventional answer is a story of rising challengers and declining hegemons. An ascendant power, which chafes at the rules of the existing order, gains ground on an established power—the country that made those rules.
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[Link] ‘You’ll Regret This For the Rest of Your Life’: Yakuza Boss Told Judge After Death Sentence
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of one of Japan’s most dangerous crime groups, Kudo-kai, was convicted for the attacks, including the killing of a fishermen’s union chief, carried out between 1998 and 2014. His second-in-command, 65-year-old Fumio Tanoue, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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[Link] World’s Quickest Roller Coaster Suspended Because Riders Keep Breaking Their Bones
Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com
The quickest roller coaster in the world has been suspended until further notice, after multiple customers reported broken bones from the ride.
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[Link] Mario Kart chocolate? I’d eat this in a hot second
Read: 7/8/2021 www.destructoid.com
When I was in Japan, I was a sucker for all sorts of themed food. I mean it’s everywhere: Capcom cafes, Gundam cafes, Pokemon cafes.
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[Link] Canadian Soccer Player Just Became First Trans Athlete to Win Olympic Gold
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
In a thrilling match that went all the way to sudden death penalty kicks, the Canadian women’s soccer team defeated the Swedish team 2 to 1 Friday morning. Among the Canadians was Quinn, a 25-year-old non-binary transgender midfielder who uses they/them pronouns, and only goes by one name.
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[Link] Sperm-on-a-Postcard Breakthrough Opens Door to Massive 'Sperm Books'
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
It’s always a delight to receive a thoughtful letter in the mail, but scientists in Japan have added a whole new layer to the experience by sending each other postcards containing freeze-dried mouse sperm.
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[Link] Belarus Olympian safe in Tokyo hotel after refusing 'forced' flight home
Read: 5/8/2021 www.bbc.com
A Belarusian Olympian who refused her team's order to fly home early is safe after seeking protection from Japanese police, Games officials have said.They say sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in a hotel at Tokyo's Haneda airport.
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[Link] The Japanese Esports License System Is A Mess
Read: 5/8/2021 kotaku.com
In Japan, there is a gaming license system that defines what a pro player is. The system was established in February 2018 and nearly two years later, the awkward stop-gap seems like a mess.
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[Link] Nintendo Lawsuit Forces Japanese Dev To Cough Up $30 Million
Read: 5/8/2021 kotaku.com
In December 2017, Nintendo sued Japanese developer Colopl over patent infringements in the free-to-play mobile game Shironeko Project. According to an official statement, Colopl has agreed to pay Nintendo 3.3 billion yen ($30 million).
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[Link] At This Japanese All-Girls Esports Club, Members Learn More Than Headshots
Read: 4/8/2021 kotaku.com
Jin-Ai Girls’ High School, which resides in the city of Fukui, established an esports club last October. It’s even garnering national media attention. As Mainichi reports, such clubs aren’t unusual among school boys in Japan, but are rare at all-girls institutions.
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[Link] Australian athletes let off for damaging Olympic village rooms as missing mascots turn up
Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Some Australian athletes have apologised after leaving their rooms in the Olympic village in an “unacceptable condition”, while the team’s mascots mysteriously disappeared for several days.
[Link] Tokyo Olympics: Sony Obtains High Court Order to Prevent Piracy
Read: 31/7/2021 torrentfreak.com
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, is being held mostly without spectators but the reach of global TV will ensure it is seen around the world.
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[Link] The Pokémon Company Made a Real-Life Version of the Gen 1 Bike
Read: 31/7/2021 www.ign.com
The Pokémon Company has made a real-life version of the bike in the Gen 1 Pokémon games and they're giving it away to one lucky winner. Before you get your hopes up, the company is not offering international shipping so the winner must be located in Japan, as reported by Kotaku.
[Link] All fans banned from Tokyo Olympics as COVID cases rise, delta spreads
Read: 8/7/2021 arstechnica.com
Both foreign and local sports fans are now barred from attending Tokyo-area Olympic events as COVID-19 cases tick up in the city and the highly transmissible delta variant continues to spread.
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[Link] 'Sad, lonely feeling': Tokyo man evicted twice, 50 years apart, for Olympic construction
Read: 4/7/2021 www.reuters.com
1/6Kohei Jinno, 87, who was forced to leave his house two times ahead of the 1964 and 2020 Olympics Games to make way for construction of the main stadium, speaks in front of the Olympic Rings monument outside the Japan Olympic Museum near the National Stadium, the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Ol
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[Link] Tokyo Olympics: poll shows 60% of Japanese people want Games cancelled
Read: 10/5/2021 www.theguardian.com
Preparations for Tokyo Olympics have suffered another setback after a poll found that nearly 60% of people in Japan want them to be cancelled, less than three months before the Games are due to open.
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[Link] Japan is rethinking how to use its tanks to prepare for a potential clash with China
Read: 6/5/2021 www.businessinsider.com
Despite a few successes early in World War II, Japanese armor was hopelessly outclassed by Allied tanks as soon as they arrived in large numbers. Those experiences and the threat of a Soviet invasion led the Japanese to put much more effort into post-war tank designs.
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[Link] Japan Will Release Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Ocean
Read: 11/4/2021 www.vice.com
The Japanese government has decided to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea, the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.