Crunchyroll Addresses Recent Subtitle Controversy With New Statement

In a recent statement from Crunchyroll released to Anime News Network, the streaming service stated, “Over the past few days, ...
Business Wire

Japan’s Smoke-Free Model Is Already Saving Lives Worldwide, Says Report

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International health experts are today calling on Japan to continue leading the way on reducing the deadly toll of tobacco, as a major new report from Smoke Free Sweden shows ...
scmp.com

Why Japan is pushing a transparent, ‘human-centred’ development model for Africa

Japan is positioning itself as a partner offering a transparent and “human-centred” approach to development in Africa, providing an alternative to China’s economic influence through what analysts ...
MIT Technology Review

Google’s generative video model Veo 3 has a subtitles problem

The AI model is still slapping garbled, nonsensical captions on videos more than a month after launch, even when users explicitly ask for no captions at all. As soon as Google launched its latest ...
CNN

Japan is a model of cleanliness. So where are all the trash cans?

Professor Chris McMorran teaches Japanese studies at the National University of Singapore, where his work focuses on serious and important topics like labor, gender and marginalized communities. But ...
BroadwayWorld

Feature: VK BLANKA Announces North American & Japan Tour and Drops Limited Vinyl Release

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. VK Blanka is a Japanese musical artist known for his genre-defining J-Pop ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Nissan to cut Japanese production of top-selling US model due to tariffs, source says

TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Nissan (7201.T), opens new tab will cut Japanese production of its top-selling U.S. model, the Rogue SUV, over May-July, said a person familiar with the matter, becoming ...
New York Post

Nissan to cut Japanese production of top-selling US model due to tariffs, source says

Nissan will cut Japanese production of its top-selling US model, the Rogue SUV, over May-July, said a person familiar with the matter, becoming the latest global automaker to alter manufacturing plans ...
Nikkei Asia

Japan-U.S. missile defense project is 'model for cooperation': Northrop CEO

TOKYO -- A hypersonic missile defense system being developed by the U.S. and Japan is "a model for cooperation between the two governments" and their national defense industries, Kathy Warden, CEO of ...
Ars Technica

Japanese railway shelter replaced in less than 6 hours by 3D-printed model

Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is shrinking ...
SiliconANGLE

D-Wave and Japan Tobacco use quantum to build a better AI model for drug discovery

Quantum computing systems and software company D-Wave Quantum Inc. has partnered with the pharmaceutical division of Japan Tobacco Inc. to build a proof-of-concept artificial intelligence model using ...
The New York Times

In Japan, Timeshares Are Back, and Cooler Than Ever

A new model of ownership is allowing middle-class families and wealthy vacationers alike to buy a piece of alluring properties. Timeshare properties in rustic areas across Japan are gaining traction ...