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As a creative, stick to your guns

Did anyone read Christopher Nolan’s response to the backlash surrounding his latest film? Put aside the culture war nonsense. We saw a plethora…

Fukushima beach reopens for first time since 2011 earthquake and nuclear accident

NAMIE: The laughter of children enjoying themselves with inflatable rings returned to Ukedo Beach in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday fo…

GM Said Honda’s Tech Was A Toy, So Honda Fixed A Chevy V8 To Prove Them Wrong

When underestimating the little guy backfires while the world is watching.

UAPs Are Out There. This Physicist Is Convinced They’re Not Human—And He’s Trying to Prove It.

How likely is it for extraterrestrials to visit Earth? Maybe the real question is: Are they already here?

A woman with apparent heat stroke found dead while taking shelter in a car in quake-hit Japan

Officials say the latest victim from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto last week is an elderly woman…

Japanese politics is becoming less of a turn-off for the young

Social-media-savvy politicians are drawing them in

Nikon Celebrates 101 Years of Microscopes With Look at the Hidden World of Photomicrography

Introducing a new generation of people to the hidden world of photomicrography.

These 12+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (3rd-9th August)

Marvel Tokon! Beast of Reincarnation! More!

Federal judge in Hawaii sentences Japanese businessman to prison for child porn

A 55-year-old businessman from Japan who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography after his phone was searched when he tried to enter the…

Two Japanese fugitives deported by BI-FSU

FOLLOWING their arrest by the Bureau of Immigration-Fugitive Search Unit (BI-FSU), two Japanese fugitives were deported to Tokyo, as part of its…

Japan's intelligence reboot slammed

One researcher attempts to save Japan from ‘supereruption’ | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Japan has experienced multiple “supereruptions” throughout its history, and one volcanologist is not sitting around idly waiting for the next on…

Make a wish come true! Kaiun Fireworks Festival

The fireworks display brings the Autumn Grand Festival, Miyajidake Shrine’s largest annual celebration...

Japan probe made closest-ever asteroid flyby: space agency - Japan Today

A Japanese probe flew 400 metres (1,312 feet) from a near-Earth asteroid this month, marking the closest approach ever recorded in such a missio…

'I fantasise about being free, but I'll probably die this way.' The worrying trend of British teenagers withdrawing from the world, isolating in their bedrooms and only leaving the house once a MONTH

A rising number young people have embraced a phenomenon first identified in Japan in the 1990s called hikikomori - a form of extreme social isol…

US Treasury intervenes to support yen after Japan steps in, FT reports

By Fabiola Arámburo and David Lawder Aug 1 (Reuters) - The U.S.

Ctrl + Z: Heat Festival reimagines repair through art

Cape Town’s Heat Winter Arts Festival on August 6-15 adopts the theme 'Ctrl + Z' to explore restoration, memory, and historical repair across th…

When luxury is measured in degrees celsius

The other day we happened to visit a nearby premium high street advertised as a luxury retail and dining destination. It was just after the rain…