KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 22:16 | All, JapanThe labor union for staff of Uber Technologies Inc.'s food delivery service in Japan called Thursday for the U.S. ride-hailing giant to reverse recent pay…

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December 5, 2019, Tokyo Japan – Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN, Head Office: Tokyo, President & CEO: Toru Nishikawa) today announced plans to incrementally transition its deep learning framework (…

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Japanese activists have called for discriminatory dress codes for women to be regarded as “power harassment".
Strict dress codes that require women in Japanese workplaces to dress in a certain manner…

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Radiation hot spots have been found at the J-Village sports facility in Fukushima where the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay will begin, Greenpeace Japan said on Wednesday.
Greenpeace's survey found ra…

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But it would be unfair to write off Sony’s travails in the portable gaming industry.
The idea of a portable PlayStation was something that seemed inevitable as soon as it was clear that Sony was seri…

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I still remember the very first time I laid eyes on a Final Fantasy game and, by extension, the original PlayStation console.
But there it was, a copy of Final Fantasy IX playing out on his bulky, si…

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While we were there, Go showed off his sorcerous skills by charging up his earbuds by using a magic circle!
Instead of being painted onto the floor or wall, though, Go’s magic circle is its own self-…

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Most 12-year-olds are probably just starting to try drawing their own manga, but this girl is a full-on animator.
Japan has a thing for creating stop-motion animations using figurines, like Ryu from …

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(Reuters) — Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it will officially launch its Switch gaming console in mainland China on December 10 priced 2,099 yuan ($298) with local partner Tencent.
Nintendo plans…

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Last month Japan’s Turbo Granny smashed the Japanese record for her age category and now has her sights set on the world record.
Next I want to beat the world record of 23.18 seconds”.
In 2003 she br…

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