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Japanese scientists discover how falling cats almost always make perfect landings

When cats fall, they usually land on their feet. This uncanny ability to right themselves before hitting the ground has long puzzled scientists. Now, a team from Yamaguchi University in Japan has the ...

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Mar 10 • 2:24 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Yomiuri: Daito Trust Construction Aims to Expand U.S. House Flipping Business

Japanese major real estate firm Daito Trust Construction Co. is strengthening its overseas operations. In an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yutaka Amano, senior executive officer and general manager of the company's Business Development Headquarters, revealed that the firm plans to bring net sales up to 100 billion yen for its U.S. operations.

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Mar 9 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • marketwatch.com
Celebrating the Broad Appeal of U.S.-Japan Entertainment

JX ’26, an evening gala honoring the visionary leaders and companies shaping the future of the U.S.–Japan entertainment industry, was held March 3 at Soho Warehouse in Los Angeles. Co-hosted by JX (Japan Crossover) – the Entertainment Subcommittee of the LA Next Generation Japanese American Leaders Initiative – and the Consulate General of Japan in […]

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Mar 8 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • rafu.com
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Nuclear war fear? The food that protected Japanese people against atomic bomb radiation in Nagasaki
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Mar 8 • 11:51 AM EDT • Health • nypost.com
80 years on, gender gap persists in Japanese politics
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Mar 7 • 10:00 PM EST • Politics • scmp.com
Is Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman a global business icon? In Japan, he is

What could Japanese teams learn from how Andrew Friedman leads the Dodgers? This is what the inquiring mind of Hideki Kuriyama, Shohei Ohtani's former manager, wanted to know.

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Mar 6 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • latimes.com
Yomiuri: Sapporo Holding's Subsidiary to Sell Vending Machine Business

A subsidiary of Japanese brewing giant Sapporo Holdings Ltd. on Thursday announced it will sell its vending machine business.

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Mar 6 • 5:53 AM EST • Business • marketwatch.com
Japan’s Cargo Spacecraft Nears Departure as Crew Works Spacewalk Preps, Science

Mission managers have given the go for a Japanese cargo spacecraft to depart the International Space Station at the end of the week. Meanwhile, the Expedition 74 crew is reviewing upcoming spacewalk procedures, packing a second cargo spacecraft for its departure, studying artificial intelligence tools, and conducting Earth observations.

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Mar 3 • 1:27 PM EST • Science • nasa.gov
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Every ant is a queen in this parasitic species — and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies.

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Mar 3 • 9:56 AM EST • Science • livescience.com
Capcom Spotlight set for March 5, featuring Mega Man: Dual Override, PRAGMATA, and more

Capcom will host a Capcom Spotlight broadcast on March 5 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET / June 27 at 7:00 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube (English, Japanese).

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Mar 2 • 9:11 PM EST • Technology • gematsu.com
Imagery, Algorithms, and the Ballot: What Takaichi’s Victory Says About Youth Politics in the Digital Age

Sanae Takaichi’s electoral victory in February marks a historic turning point in Japanese politics. As Japan’s first female prime minister and the leader of a commanding parliamentary majority, she represents change in both symbolic and strategic terms. ,

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Mar 1 • 7:00 PM EST • Politics • toda.org
Japan: Resident Evil Requiem on Nintendo Switch 2 is sold out at three of the biggest game retailers

It seems as though Japanese gamers are lapping up the recently released Resident Evil Requiem on the Nintendo Switch 2. Reports are circulating that the latest Resident Evil game on the Nintendo…

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Mar 1 • 6:34 AM EST • Technology • mynintendonews.com
Dodgers manager bothered by Tanner Scott quote

When the Dodgers installed Japanese-style bidets prior to the 2025 season, they were merely hoping Roki Sasaki would be part of the roster that used them. Those bidets did their job, as far as recruiting Sasaki and receiving anything he…

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Feb 28 • 8:40 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Panasonic's in-flight entertainment success shows path for renewed growth

Japanese group's systems used by all top 20 airlines rated for entertainment quality

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Feb 28 • 10:23 AM EST • Entertainment • asia.nikkei.com
"I'm still angry at the game industry" CyberConnect2 CEO's efforts to shake up Japanese entertainment's stick-in-the-mud approach are driven by his love for Shonen Jump manga

In a recent interview, CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama talks about the "driving force" behind his creativity.

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Feb 25 • 10:00 AM EST • Entertainment • automaton-media.com
‘I considered starting over as a farmer’: Masao Adachi on political cinema, revolution and Japan today

The director and ex-Japanese Red Army militant discusses his new film Escape, about the anarchist fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, the frustrations of radical film-making and progressive politics

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Japanese Comedy Hit 'You Laugh You Lose' Goes Global With Banijay

Banijay Entertainment acquires global format rights to Yoshimoto's Japanese no-laughing endurance comedy 'You Laugh You Lose.'

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Feb 24 • 6:33 AM EST • Entertainment • variety.com
Panasonic turns off US TV business with handover to Chinese rival

Skyworth to take over most of Japanese electronics group’s foreign television operations

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Feb 23 • 10:17 PM EST • Business • ft.com
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Media Buying Briefing: Dentsu’s new CEO on how he’s going to grow the business again

Takeshi Sano takes over as global CEO, and brings with him a more outgoing and worldly approach to running the Japanese-owned holding company.

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Feb 23 • 12:01 AM EST • Business • digiday.com
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Sony and TCL plan joint venture in home entertainment

Japanese electronics manufacturer Sony and TCL Electronics Holdings Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the establishment of a joint venture in the home entertainment segment.

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Feb 22 • 7:00 PM EST • Entertainment • evertiq.com
Dell PC teardown shows mechanically locked 12V-2x6 GPU power connector

Dell bolts down 12V-2x6 GPU power connector in Tower Plus EBT2250 Source: Chimolog A Japanese teardown and review of Dell’s Tower Plus EBT2250 by Chimolog

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Feb 22 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
📺 Friday football: Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Saudi league and more

JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP07:00 - Vissel Kobe vs. V-Varen - YouTube (GOAT)SAUDI CHAMPIONSHIP10:55 - Al-Shabab vs. Al-Ahli - BandSports and YT (GOAT)12:25 - Al-Hilal vs. Al-Ettifaq - YouTube (GOAT)14:30 - A...

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Feb 13 • 2:38 AM EST • Sports • onefootball.com
Japan’s technology investor SoftBank Group sees profitability return on AI boom

Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group reports it swung back to profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as its investments in OpenAI and other ventures paid off.

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Feb 12 • 3:55 AM EST • Business • seattletimes.com
How have rising concert and live entertainment ticket prices affected you?

KPBS wants to know if higher ticket prices have changed how often you go to concerts or what kinds of live events you attend.

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Feb 11 • 1:12 PM EST • Entertainment • kpbs.org
She’s Upending Japanese Politics With Two Words: ‘I’m Pregnant’

Hikaru Fujita, who’s running in Sunday’s parliamentary election, is a standout in a country where expectant mothers rarely enter national politics.

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Feb 6 • 12:01 AM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Newborn parties are scrambling Japanese politics

Though small, they have large megaphones

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Feb 5 • 8:47 AM EST • Politics • economist.com
Political Realignment and the 2026 Japanese Election II | Council on Foreign Relations

This Sunday, Japanese voters will once again go to the polls. Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has called this snap election in the hopes of attracting sufficient votes to put her party, the LDP, back in the majority.

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Feb 3 • 5:43 PM EST • Politics • cfr.org
Inside Bad Bunny's restaurant, Gekko, in Miami: What I got for $164

Bad Bunny opened Gekko, a Japanese steakhouse in Miami, in 2022. Ahead of his Super Bowl appearance, I wanted to see if it was worth the hype.

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Feb 3 • 9:15 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life's Origins

Did viruses create us?

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Jan 31 • 4:00 PM EST • Science • sciencealert.com
Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)­—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices­—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash

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Jan 28 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • gjia.georgetown.edu
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Pokémon cards: The 'liquid asset' increasingly attracting criminals

Cards related to the popular Japanese animation franchise have soared in value over recent years.

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Jan 23 • 9:26 PM EST • Technology • bbc.com
David Rosen, 95, Dies; Video Game Visionary and Co-Founder of Sega

He transformed his Japanese photo booth business into a gaming industry game giant that created Mortal Kombat, Sonic the Hedgehog and more.

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Jan 20 • 3:03 PM EST • Technology • nytimes.com
Sony to spin off TV business, form joint venture with China's TCL

Chinese TV maker to take 51% stake in JV that will operate under Japanese brand names

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Jan 20 • 4:16 AM EST • Business • asia.nikkei.com
This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Arknights: Endfield, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for Xbox Series and Switch 2, more

Arknights: Endfield for PlayStation 5, PC, iOS, and Android, and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for Xbox Series and Switch 2 are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game release…

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Jan 18 • 11:38 AM EST • Technology • gematsu.com
Nintendo reveals Japan's best-selling digital games for December 2025 - Metroid Prime 4 in top 10 for Switch 2, but absent on Switch 1

Nintendo recently shared new data revealing the best-selling games on the Japanese Switch 2 and Switch eShops for December 2025. December brought along a couple of notable games, including Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – it hits #8 on Nintendo Switch 2, but isn’t in the top 20 on Switch. Metroid hasn’t been a particularly popular franchise in Japan and Beyond...

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Jan 18 • 8:00 AM EST • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Legendary Entertainment Sells $150 Million Minority Stake to Tokyo Broadcasting System

The move is part of a non-exclusive agreement to source and develop Japanese IP.

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Jan 15 • 5:56 PM EST • Entertainment • thewrap.com
Legendary Sells $150 Million Stake to Japanese Broadcast Giant TBS in Strategic Tie-Up

The broadcaster and 'Alice in Borderland' producer has ambitions to adapt Japanese IP for global audiences.

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Jan 15 • 5:28 PM EST • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
Legendary Entertainment Enters Strategic Partnership With Tokyo Broadcasting System

Tokyo Broadcasting System and Legendary Entertainment have entered into a non-exclusive agreement to source and develop Japanese IP.

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Jan 15 • 4:48 PM EST • Entertainment • deadline.com
Legendary Entertainment Enters Strategic Partnership With Tokyo Broadcasting System

Tokyo Broadcasting System and Legendary Entertainment have entered into a non-exclusive agreement to source and develop Japanese IP. As part of the agreement, TBS has acquired $150 million of equity from the company and existing shareholders of Legendary, representing a small minority ownership stake in Legendary. Following the transaction, the remaining equity continues to be owned by Legendary …

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Jan 15 • 4:48 PM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com
This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, CASSETTE BOY, more

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is the highlight of this week’s Japanese game releases. It is the week’s only retail release.

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Jan 11 • 9:05 PM EST • Technology • gematsu.com
Japanese startup Ludens AI brought two very adorable robots to CES 2026

Japanese startup Ludens AI is showing off two extremely adorable robot companions at CES 2026: Cocomo and Inu.

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Jan 4 • 9:19 PM EST • Technology • engadget.com
Takaichi’s short term populist politics no cure for Japan’s structural malaise

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to emulate the economic policies of her mentor Shinzo Abe, but this agenda is ill-suited for Japan's current circumstances

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Jan 4 • 4:00 PM EST • Politics • eastasiaforum.org
Friday Bird Droppings: The Orioles didn’t get Imai

The Japanese righty signed with the Astros, taking another SP candidate off the board for the Birds.

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Jan 2 • 7:00 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Astros land star Japanese pitcher Tatsuya Imai with uncommon contract

The Astros agreed to a deal with Imai that could be worth up to $63 million over three years

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Jan 1 • 12:28 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
Japan business lobby chiefs urge government to tackle weak yen, media reports

Two major Japanese business lobbying groups called on the government to address the yen's weakness, which is inflating import costs and weighing on households and businesses, their chiefs told domestic media in separate interviews.

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Dec 31, 2025 • 9:26 PM EST • Business • reuters.com
Did one line in a Leonardo codex anticipate yakisugi?

The Japanese technique of burning wood surfaces creates a protective carbonized layer in bioarchitecture.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 2:30 PM EST • Technology • arstechnica.com
Japan retailers impose purchase limits as 16GB RTX 5060 Ti and RX 9600 XT stock tightens

High VRAM GPU restocks look shaky in Japan as memory costs rise A report from ITMedia claims that a Japanese retailer has started restricting graphics

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Dec 28, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • videocardz.com
Scientists Make Material That Can Morph Into Anything With the Pull of a String

Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into any 3D structure you'd like.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 5:30 PM EST • Technology • gizmodo.com
Atlus 2026 Aspirations Tease Upcoming Persona 30th Anniversary Announcements

4Gamer has published their annual feature for 2026 aspirations of Japanese game developers, including 7 from Atlus.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 1:25 PM EST • Technology • personacentral.com
Dear Mirror Flower for Switch launches April 30, 2026 in Japan

The Switch version of Japanese-style fantasy visual novel Dear Mirror Flower will launch on April 30, 2026, developer Kogado Studio announced.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 10:08 PM EST • Technology • gematsu.com
Japanese star Munetaka Murakami agrees to 2-year, $34M deal with White Sox

The latest Japanese star to enter MLB has found his team.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 1:08 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami signs with White Sox, CBS Sports confirms
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Massive Japanese-Style Entertainment Center Officially Opens At Formers Sears In Houston

Round1 Bowling & Arcade has officially opened in the space at Willowbrook Mall in Houston formerly occupied by SEARS.

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Dec 20, 2025 • 11:18 AM EST • Entertainment • secrethouston.com
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Resonac CEO on Business Outlook

Hidehito Takahashi, President and CEO of Resonac, discusses his outlook for demand and business growth for the Japanese semiconductor materials supplier, and says the company will seek to procure rare earths from Australia and Europe. He speaks with Annabelle Droulers and Avril Hong on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)

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Dec 16, 2025 • 9:02 PM EST • Business • bloomberg.com
Police in Japan arrest a suspect in stabbing at an entertainment complex

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police said Monday they arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex housing the female pop music group HKT48 in the southern city of Fukuoka. Both had non-life-threatening injuries.

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Dec 15, 2025 • 7:18 AM EST • Entertainment • wral.com
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Police in Japan arrest a suspect in stabbing at an entertainment complex

Japanese police say they arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex housing the female pop music group HKT48 in Fukuoka. Both had...

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Dec 15, 2025 • 7:17 AM EST • Entertainment • middletownpress.com
Japan business mood hits 4-year high

TOKYO >> Big Japanese manufacturers’ business sentiment hit a four-year high in the three months to December, a closely watched survey showed on Monday, reinforcing market expectations the central bank will raise interest rates this week.

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Dec 15, 2025 • 4:50 AM EST • Business • staradvertiser.com
2 stabbed at entertainment complex in southern Japan, police arrest a 30-year-old suspect

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police said Monday they arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex housing the female pop music group HKT48 in the southern city of Fukuoka, leaving them with non-life-threatening injuries.

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2 stabbed at entertainment complex in southern Japan, police arrest a 30-year-old suspect

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police said Monday they arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex housing the female pop music group HKT48 in the southern city of Fukuoka, leaving them with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Dec 14, 2025 • 10:42 PM EST • Entertainment • wral.com
2 stabbed at entertainment complex in southern Japan, police arrest a 30-year-old suspect

Japanese police say they arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex housing the female pop music group HKT48 in the southern city of Fukuoka, leaving them with non-life-threatening injuries

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Dec 14, 2025 • 10:42 PM EST • Entertainment • abcnews.go.com
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2 stabbed at entertainment complex in southern Japan, police arrest a 30-year-old suspect

Japanese police say they arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex housing the female pop music group HKT48 in the southern city of Fukuoka,...

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Dec 14, 2025 • 10:42 PM EST • Entertainment • newstimes.com
K-pop events in China disrupted as Beijing-Tokyo tensions affect entertainment sector

Growing tensions between China and Japan are apparently affecting Korea's K-pop industry, with recent events involving groups with Japanese singers...

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Dec 13, 2025 • 1:48 AM EST • Entertainment • koreatimes.co.kr
Japan: Promote Safe Sports by Ending Abuse, Discrimination

The Japanese government’s Japan Sports Agency (JSA) should adopt policies to promote safe sports in Japan by ending abuses and discrimination against athletes, 12 nongovernmental organizations and individuals said in a joint letter to Junichi Kawai, the JSA’s commissioner.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 PM EST • Sports • hrw.org
Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

My grandfather's ship was attacked by the Japanese during World War II. There was no follow-up attack on the defenseless survivors.

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Dec 6, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • rollingstone.com
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Producers Andrea Bucko & Motoko Kimura Launch Yume Entertainment, First Up Is Genre Movie ‘The Red Room’ Based On Japanese Urban Legend

EXCLUSIVE: Producers Andrea Bucko (Deadman’s Wire) and Motoko Kimura (LDK) have launched film and TV production and finance company Yume Entertainment, which will look to bridge the Hollywood and Asian film industries. Yume (由夢), meaning “born from a dream” in Japanese, will look to champion emerging creators such as Yumiko Fujiwara, whose drama The Fire Outside was featured …

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Dec 4, 2025 • 12:36 PM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Producers Andrea Bucko & Motoko Kimura Launch Yume Entertainment, First Up Is Genre Movie ‘The Red Room’ Based On Japanese Urban Legend

Yume also has an upcoming project with Dark Horse Comics, whose comics have included Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy.

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Dec 4, 2025 • 12:36 PM EST • Entertainment • deadline.com
Japan's Takaichi is winning fans not with politics but with her style and 'work, work, work' mantra

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the catchphrase of the year for her pledge to “work, work, work, work and work” for the country.

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Dec 3, 2025 • 8:14 PM EST • Politics • click2houston.com
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Japan's Takaichi is winning fans not with politics but with her style and 'work, work, work' mantra

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the catchphrase of the year for her pledge to “work, work, work, work and work” for the country.

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Dec 3, 2025 • 8:14 PM EST • Politics • clickondetroit.com
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Ask the Developer Vol. 20: Drag x Drive — Part 1 - News

This article has been translated from the original Japanese content. In this 20th volume of Ask the Developer, an interview series in which developers convey in their own words Nintendo's thoughts about creating products and the unusual details they…

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Dec 2, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • nintendo.com
My Number Switch: Former Health Insurance Cards Expire in Japan

As part of the Japanese government’s efforts to encourage the use of My Number cards incorporating health insurance information, previously standard national health insurance cards expire on December 1. This guide explains the situation and what to do, if action is needed.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 1:44 AM EST • Health • nippon.com