Fujitsu is developing the A64FX, a 48-core Arm8 derivative specifically engineered for high-performance computing (HPC).
Rather than design general-purpose compute cores, Fujitsu has added compute en…

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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi speaks during an interview at his studio in Tokyo.
The official site for his latest film, “Labyrinth of Cinema,” said on …

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KYODO NEWS - 40 minutes ago - 14:35 | All, Coronavirus, JapanJapan will allow governors of all 47 prefectures to "strongly request" that their residents refrain from visiting nightclubs, hostess bars…

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A series about Japanese culture, life and travel for all of us who are currently staying home to flatten the curve.
Many travel plans, including our own, have been put on hold due to the coronavirus …

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Hidden in the mountainous interior of Honshu are some of the country's best kept secrets and where one can find quaint, traditional villages tucked away in quiet valleys.
Below are my top three hidde…

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Until now, though, we hadn’t heard of a company in Japan providing actual additional benefits to employees who’re married to an anime character.
Thankfully, Gatebox itself provides the necessary marr…

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Personally, by the time Goof Troop came around, I was just a little too old to get into it.
But leafing through it again, for the first time I noticed a section about Goof Troop.
So what did one of J…

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During this time of year, many Japanese people have looked forward to hanami parties (“flower-watching” parties) all year long, where they gather with friends and family to have picnics under the fre…

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How much of a Hayao Miyazaki purist are you?
Do you actually pronounce warrior princess Nausicaa’s name with the “shi” sound it contains when rendered in Japanese text?
Even if you answered yes to al…

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Performing a stringent test of the theory of relativity requires either a very precise clock or a large difference in height.
Such space experiments have constrained any violation of general relativi…

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