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Tokyotronic

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For The Atlantic I went to the stricken #Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and wrote about the controversy over releasing water into the Pacific and implications for #nuclear energy in a warming world theatlantic.com/health/archive…


Owners of Aibo, #Sony's robotic dog, attend a blessing ritual usually held to pray for children's health and wellbeing at Tokyo's Kanda Myojin shrine japantoday.com/category/pictu…

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Brutalist Japan: Buildings worth saving from the wrecking ball japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/1…

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For @japantimes I interviewed "genius" inventor Dr. Nakamats, 96, about aging well and running for Tokyo governor at 100 japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/1…

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U.S. intelligence head nominee Tulsi Gabbard: "As we remember Japan's aggression in the Pacific, we need to ask ourselves this question: is the remilitarization of Japan, which is presently under way, truly a good idea?" japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/1…


Princess Yuriko (1923-2024) japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/1…

Princess Yuriko, oldest member of Japan's imperial family, turns 101. Amazing to think that she is the living daughter-in-law of Emperor Taisho, who was born in 1879 nippon.com/en/news/yjj202…

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Let’s Build the AI Robots of Our Sci-Fi Dreams Here’s how we could finally build humanoid #robots that do all our domestic chores spectrum.ieee.org/ai-robots


On brand: Why Steely Dan's Donald Fagen Cursed Out and Hung Up on Yacht Rock Documentary Director: 'Go F--- Yourself' people.com/steely-dan-don…


Publisher Toyo Keizai lists English titles of its Japanese books. They include some zingers - Sir, Please Don't Praise Me in Front of the Others - I can't Sleep Because I'm Depressed Thinking About Work - Amazing Japanese Method to Shorten Murderous Excessive Working Hours

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First sample of #Fukushima melted nuclear fuel debris trucked to Japan Atomic Energy Agency Oarai Nuclear Engineering Institute. Analysis will take up to a year and results will be used for cleanup. I wrote about the debris retrieval here spectrum.ieee.org/fukushima-reac…

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Former #OLYMPUS CEO Stefan Kaufmann sent to Japanese prosecutors for allegedly buying cocaine, MDMA www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2024…


How I hunt down fake degrees and zombie universities: André Hesselbäck uses his photographic memory and higher-education expertise to sniff out rampant credential fraud and degree mills. nature.com/articles/d4158…


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Footage of Japanese PM Ishiba dozing off during a special parliamentary session to choose prime minister is going viral on social media.

首班指名寝てるのは草

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Diners at DC restuarant where Lincoln’s assassination was planned think US is as divided now as the Civil War independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…


Real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan and others on Monday started cutting down 619 trees as part of their redevelopment plan for the Meiji Jingu Gaien area in central #Tokyo japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/2…


Do people in ‘Blue Zones’ actually live longer? The premise is catchy, but some think it’s based on faulty data nytimes.com/2024/10/24/wel…


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They are going to begin cutting down trees in Jingu Gaien tomorrow. Not sure of the time, but a demo is planned for 10-11 am. Details here: change.org/p/protect-jing… Even if you can’t come from 10-11 AM, feel free to visit the site at other times, like lunchtime or after work.

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