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How an Amateur Astronomer Became One of History’s Greatest Solar Observers
Atlas Obscura, 2017: "A Woman Who Spent Her Life Observing the Sun Is Finally Getting Scientific Recognition. Hisako Koyama is being lauded for ... (2017)
Tokyo Is Preparing for Floods ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
New York Times, 2017: "Japan has spent billions on an underground system to control water around the capital, but some fear that the city is vulner... (2017)
Billionaire Porn King Reinvents Himself as Japan’s Startup Guru
Japan, Bloomberg, 2017: "After years of being rejected for bank loans and frozen out of business deals, the onetime pariah is now being embraced as... (2017)
Kickstarter: Hardware startups in Japan
Kickstarter set to launch in Japan, where hardware startups are finding it hard (2017)
Asia’s new aid diplomacy. Charity closer to home
Richer Asian countries helping poorer ones will shape the region’s geopolitics. China isn’t the only country giving out goodies in Asia. Japan and... (2023)
Asian integration: What Asia’s economic revolution means for the world
Investing in the neighborhood. Asia’s economies are coming closer together. That will benefit them, and the world. Links between the region’s count... (2023)
Economic integration: How Asia is reinventing its economic model
A new Era of Asian commerce. How the continent at the heart of globalization is reinventing itself. The continent’s future will involve less Weste... (2023)
What Happened During Ispace’s Moon Landing Attempt - The New York Times
The Japanese company aimed to complete the first moon landing by a private company, but its M1 lander joined numerous spacecraft that have crashed ... (2023)
Fast fashion: Uniqlo’s success mirrors the growth of Japan’s industrial giants | The Economist
Automation and expansion go hand in hand | Business (2023)
Poison-pill popping - Will Japan’s new prime minister continue to reform corporate governance?
A hostile takeover should provide some clues | Business (2021)
Who’s next? - Nuclear proliferation is not fast, but it is frightening | Briefing | The Economist
Experts worry about East Asia and the Middle East (2021)
Arms control - The world is facing an upsurge of nuclear proliferation | Leaders | The Economist
To stop it, the nuclear powers need to act (2021)
The future of SoftBank - What SoftBank’s Masa does next
Can the coronavirus-induced digital revolution restore Son Masayoshi’s reputation for investing brilliance? (2020)
SoftBank Technology investing - The lessons from the Vision Fund
Son Masayoshi has shown that the future of technology lies as much in Asia as in Silicon Valley (2020)
What Warren Buffett sees in Japan Inc - Schumpeter
The trading houses reflect a growing pro-shareholder culture (2020)
An Atomic Anniversary in the City the Bomb Spared - CityLab
At the end of World War II, Kokura, Japan, escaped nuclear destruction not once, but twice. Every August, the modern city’s residents mark the anni... (2019)
The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo - Gastro Obscura
Black markets and American wheat imports popularized ramen. (2018)
Trash Cans Are Rare in Japanese Cities. Why Are They So Tidy?
The near-absence of public garbage bins in cities like Tokyo is both a security measure and a reflection of a cultural aversion to littering. "F... (2019)
How Twitter Became Ubiquitous in Japan - Bloomberg (2019)
Rising ad dollars from Japan has bolstered the company’s total revenue Now, five years after Sasamoto joined, Japan is Twitter's second-largest ... (2019)
One of Japan’s great institutions makes way for a car park - Banyan - The Economist
LAST Saturday at six in the morning the handbells rang and auctioneers launched with guttural chanting into the last auction of bluefin tuna at Tok... (2018)
Why modern Japan’s founding moment still divides a nation - Banyan - The Economist
THE story of Japan’s modernisation began 150 years ago this month, when a band of young samurai and their allies overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate a... (2018)
Why Are Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees Blooming in Fall? | Smart News | Smithsonian
Two typhoons followed by warm weather may have triggered Japan’s iconic trees to blossom months ahead of schedule (2018)
AMERICA’S ROLE IN NATION-BUILDING (pdf) - FROM GERMANY TO IRAQ
detailed report from RAND (2003) (2018)
The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations - CityLab
The nation’s famed mastery of rail travel has been aided by some subtle behavioral tricks. (2018)
A Real-Life Enchanted Forest (Japan) - New York Times
"IN ORDER TO see one of the oldest living trees on earth in one of the oldest evergreen forests in the world, you must first fly two hours from Tok... (2018)
Japanese Startup Aims to Teach Factory Robots to Think - Bloomberg
Japan’s Preferred Networks Inc. has only one publicly available product, a whimsical application that uses artificial intelligence to automate the ... (2018)
Young Japanese are surprisingly content - The Economist
They are less so when they think about the future "KOJI TANAKA enjoys his work for a tech company in Tokyo. In his free time he goes for a worko... (2018)
Affordable Housing Is No Mystery: Just Build More - Bloomberg
Urban California should emulate Tokyo, which ensured the supply of dwellings stayed ahead of population growth. (2018)
'Fifth Generation' Became Japan's Lost Generation - The New York Times
A bold 10-year effort by Japan to seize the lead in computer technology is fizzling to a close, having failed to meet many of its ambitious goals o... (2018)
Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women - Bloomberg
Lonely seniors are shoplifting in search of the community and stability of jail. (2018)
The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in WWII
Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese a... (2023)
Why Tokyo Is Insanely Well Designed
Why Tokyo Is Insanely Well Designed (2022)
How Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It's Broken)
Sign up for the Nebula/CuriosityStream bundle deal at http://CuriosityStream.com/WendoverWatch an exclusive behind the scenes video showing how we ... (2021)
Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)
Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID) A look at the Toyota “just in time” (JIT) supply chain system (2021)
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY
Tokyo is the most successful metropolis in the history of the world with 39 million residents, 50% more people than any other urban area. It is the... (2019)
Discover Osaka: sushi, tattoos, and a flourishing nightlife | The Economist
Japan’s second city has become the country's fastest growing tourist hotspot. Famed for its food, Osaka stands apart from other cities in Japan. A ... (2018)
I didn't bring business cards to Japan. Big mistake. - Vox
Vox Published on Jun 1, 2017 The ritual of Japanese business cards. Follow Johnny for more photos and videos from his travels around the globe... (2018)
Why Japan has so many vending machines - Vox
What vending machines can teach you about this country Subscribe to the Vox Borders newsletter for weekly updates: http://www.vox.com/borders-email... (2018)
Japan Tsunami 2011 Street View
Watch as the March 2011 Tsunami floods a city. The videographer is on the street as the tsunami makes landfall. I do not own this video. (2018)
The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | TEDTakaharu Tezuka
TED Published on Apr 14, 2015 At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the wor... (2018)
Stalking the Wild Nutrino | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
National Geographic Published on Apr 23, 2014 The nutrino, one of the most elusive elements, takes a tremendous amount of effort to find. Abou... (2018)
History of Japan
YouTube, History of Japan (2017)
Return of the Yokai - Roman Mars - 99% Invisible Podcast
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. In the US, mascots are used to pump up crowds at sporting events, or for traumat... (2020)