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The new roadside tech busting drivers of roaring cars and serving them $250 noise violations
Daily Mail
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August 10, 2025
Drivers with roaring engines are being hit with $250 tickets in Newport, Rhode Island thanks to new 'noise cameras' that detect vehicles exceeding the city's decibel limit and automatically flag them for fines. The technology, which is set to be...
Retro Japan in Photos: Univ. auditorium in Tokyo built with donations from alumni, staff
The Mainichi
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This photo taken with special permission shows a row of narrow windows, strategically arranged to enhance acoustics, on the south side of the 70th Anniversary Auditorium at the Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology) in...
Kyoraku uses BASF’s Ultrason in tableware range
Interplas Insights
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August 13, 2025
Kyoraku, a Japanese plastic products manufacturer, is now using BASF’s speciality plastic, Ultrason, to add a unique tableware design to its household goods portfolio. The Amberware design is made of Ultrason E 3010 nat, an injection-moulding and...
Japan’s U-turn on rice production poised to increase domestic...
Food Ingredients First
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The Japanese government wants to boost its rice production, unveiling a policy shift to increase cultivation and overhaul a decades-long system that curbed farmers’ output of the food staple. Japan maintains almost a 100% self-sufficiency rate for...
Japan Steel Works presents the world's first 40,000 kN electric injection moulding machine
Interplas Insights
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August 8, 2025
The industry's first ultra-large electric injection moulding machine (e-IMM for short) featuring the world's highest clamping force of 4,000 metric tons is now part of Japan Steel Works’ standard lineup. With the rapid global shift toward electric...
Japan Unveils Its First Fully Domestically Developed Quantum Computer
Bioengineer.org
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August 8, 2025
In a groundbreaking advancement for quantum technology, The University of Osaka has unveiled Japan’s first superconducting quantum computer built entirely from domestically developed components and software. This monumental achievement marks a...
Life expectancy is lower in the U.S. For kids, too.
STAT - Massachusetts
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August 13, 2025
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. Here in Boston, the MBTA announced it will extend service by around an hour on Friday and Saturday nights. I’m old...
Japanese Scientists Claim They Could End Down Syndrome
Greek Reporter
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August 8, 2025
Down syndrome is a genetic condition caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. Credit: Branden Rae / Public domain Researchers in Japan have taken a major step toward eliminating Down syndrome by using advanced gene-editing technology to erase the...
Jujutsu Kaisen Teases Major Season 3 Update
Comicbook
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August 13, 2025
Jujutsu Kaisen’s second season ended in 2023, bringing the Shibuya Incident Arc to a close in December of that year. Ever since, supernatural shonen fans have been counting down the days until Yuji Itadori and his fellow sorcerers at Jujutsu Tech...
Japan’s Topix tops 3,000 for first time as SoftBank surges 10%
Business Recorder
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August 8, 2025
TOKYO: Japan’s Topix index rose above the psychological 3,000-point mark on Friday for the first time ever, as favourable earnings lifted heavyweight stocks such as SoftBank Group, which rallied as much as 11%. The broad Topix gained as much as...
Tokyo stocks surge as SoftBank Group jumps, US tariff worries ease
The Mainichi
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This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Friday for a fourth straight day, with the Nikkei index briefly surging over 2 percent, as market heavyweight SoftBank Group jumped on solid...
Nigerian Championships Highlight Talent Depth Ahead of Tokyo 2025
The Will
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August 9, 2025
August 10, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Athletics Championships, held between August 1 and 3, 2025 at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex in Lagos, served as a critical platform for Nigeria’s athletes to secure qualification for continental...
Japanese Govt Makes 1st Major Revisions to Nankai Trough Earthquake Guidelines for Enhanced Preparedness
The Japan News
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August 8, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo A large monitor displays a series of images of the tsunami damage predicted for coastal areas during a drill conducted at the Kochi prefectural office in January in anticipation of a Nankai Trough earthquake. The Yomiuri...
Japanese knotweed needs to be eradicated
Adirondack Daily Enterprise - New York
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Adirondack Research Field Technician Gage Root injects herbicide into a Japanese Knotweed plant’s stem during the 2024 treatment season. (Provided photo — Justin Wolford) To the editor: Think back to 2008 when Japanese knotweed was widespread...
Japan's ageing society suffers record low birth rate
Azzet
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August 7, 2025
Japan's demographic emergency has deepened further, with just 686,061 births recorded in 2024 - the lowest figure since government records began in 1899. With nearly 1.6 million deaths occurring simultaneously, the nation now witnesses more than...
Japan cracks down on tiny spy cameras amid school voyeurism concerns
South China Morning Post
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August 8, 2025
Police in Japan are cracking down on the use of high-definition miniature cameras after reports of voyeurs using such technology in schools to covertly film students in compromising positions. Increasingly sophisticated technology has made these...
Tokyo named world’s best ‘workcation’ city; Singapore ranks fourth
WIT
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August 8, 2025
Tokyo has been named the world’s best workcation city for 2025 in International Workplace Group’s (IWG) third annual Work from Anywhere Barometer, with Singapore ranking among Asia’s top cities where flexible working enables professionals to stay...
How Yamaha's Crossplane Tech Revolutionized High-Performance Motorcycles
SlashGear
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August 10, 2025
Yamaha's crossplane crankshaft, first seen on the 2009 YZF-R1, rewired how liter-class bikes felt under throttle. Traditional inline-four engines fire two pistons simultaneously at 180-degree intervals, causing torque pulses that can unsettle the...
Tokyo Soars On Trade Deal Relief As Asian Markets Limp Into Weekend
International Business Times
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August 8, 2025
Japanese stocks rallied Friday on a mixed day for Asian markets, fuelled by relief that Tokyo and Washington had settled a tariff issue that raised concerns about their trade deal. The news compounded optimism sparked by strong earnings from...
Japanese Yen Drifts Lower Against Rebounding USD; Downside Potential Seems Limited
myMotherLode - California
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Thursday, August 7, 2025 11:35 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay The Japanese Yen meets with a fresh supply during the Asian session amid mixed BoJ rate hike cues. A positive risk tone further undermines the safe-haven JPY, though the downside seems...