Japan gov't to start using "family name first" order from Jan. 1
KYODO NEWS - 5 hours ago - 16:20 | All, JapanThe government will follow the family-name-first order when using the Roman alphabet to write Japanese names on official documents fro…
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Foreigners Start Getting Drunk Before Entering Halloween Alcohol-Free Zone
Foreigners and locals alike have started getting on the juice tonight before entering the alcohol-free zone in Shibuya. In fact, people will only have to travel around 200 meters from Shibu…
Japan’s secluded world of temples
Worshipping the natural worldToday, Koya-san is part of the sacred pilgrimage routes known as the Kumano Kodo, whose towering cedar and cypress forests, crashing waterfalls and temple-studd…
SoftBank's stock is having its worst week in nearly three months
Hong Kong (CNN Business) SoftBank's stock is having its worst week since early August. The stock is down 1.5% Friday morning, putting SoftBank on pace for its fourth straight day of losses.…
Japan's ancient and mysterious royal regalia
Along with a fabled octagonal mirror (which plays no part Tuesday's ceremony), they form Japan's royal regalia, or the Three Sacred Treasures. Emperor Naruhito inherits the imperial re…
5 Spine-Chillingly Scary Japanese Anime Characters
But the Japanese are the best at creating horror games, films, and of course, anime. There’s a host of horror anime done well enough to inspire the kind of subconscious anxiety that follows you …
Preferred Networks Research Blog Preferred Networks, Inc. Open-set Few-shot Speaker Identification
a system that can recognize you by your voice
Conan O'Brien visits studio behind PlayStation's 'Death Stranding'
Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Conan O'Brien visited the secret offices of renowned video game creator Hideo Kojima who is behind PlayStation's next big release, Death Stranding. O'Br…
Conan O’Brien is also in Death Stranding, I guess
Gaming auteur and famous-friend-haver Hideo Kojima is putting yet another one of his buddies into Death Stranding. On last night’s Conan, host Conan O’Brien revealed that he went to vi…
The Corpse Rider
— oh, what a delight!”Yukiko soon discovers that the woman’s corpse has somehow attached itself to her own body; doctors cannot pry it loose for fear of tearing Yukiko’s skin. As the Meiji …