Japan's Diet has enacted a bill into law that paves the way for divorced parents to share custody of their children. The current system allows only either of the couple to exercise parental rights.
Electronics maker mulls sending smartphone panel workers to Sony affiliate
The SDP factory produces LCD panels for televisions, and its suspension will mean Japan no longer has the capacity to produce large panels.
Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday adopted a view that two propos…
In 2021, the government panel presented the proposals, which call for allowing female members to retain their Imperial Family status after marriage and for allowing male members in the paternal line of former Imperial Family branches to be adopted into the Imperial Family.
Please take good care Ernest.
Prime Minister Kishida announces support for company's second plant in Kumamoto
Japan Airlines Plane Catches Fire at Haneda Airport; Collided with Japan Coast Guard Plane on Runway
A Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway at Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening, and firefighting efforts are underway.
One survey found Kishida’s ‘disapproval rate’ was at 79 per cent, the highest since the newspaper started conducting such polls more than seven decades ago.
Could be just licensing dispute between the right-holders, but since there’s nothing said officially we don’t really know and the situation is worrying.
Fans panic as huge pop star Namie Amuro completely disappears
All traces of a massive pop star once dubbed the “Japanese Madonna” are being scrubbed from the internet, some five years after she retired from public life at the age of 40.
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Now, after five years of absolute silence, fans have noticed an even more extreme update: Amuro’s official YouTube channel, housing all her dozens of music videos has been deleted. All of her solo music has also been wiped from streaming services: Search “Namie Amuro” on Spotify or Apple Music, and you’ll see just a handful of her collaborations with other artists, with no sign of anything from the dozen albums she released through her career.
The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levels
A rise in the antics of nuisance influencers in Japan, who are accused of duping train ticket collectors and pretending to be homeless to get cash, has caused consternation in the country as tourism number near their pre-pandemic levels.
A railway company in Japan is investigating allegations that a group of four popular foreign YouTubers had travelled long distances by train without paying. One of the suspected fare dodgers posted a video to his 2.38 million subscribers over the weekend showing him and three others evading rail staff and blagging free food.
Perhaps wait and see what the rumored upcoming 40x0 Super cards will be like.
Security tight for Halloween in Shibuya, famous dog statue covered
Tight security is in place in Tokyo's vibrant Shibuya district just days before Halloween, with the famous Hachiko dog statue covered with a white curtain bearing the message that the area is "not a venue" for events.
The AMD devs must have experimented with injection and test played with the new drivers before release. I wonder why this wasn't caught by Valve then.
I thought what should have happened was either the dev would get banned, or contacted by Valve and get told they technique should not be used, before driver release, and they could have worked with Valve to fix their code and/or VAC.
I think at least some people do not watch every episode that is released ASAP, so having multiple threads for multiple episodes that are released at once is useful for not spoiling the latter episodes, so that's not spamming IMO.
That said, even on Reddit where there were more users, those multiple-episode-at-once (or whole series-at-once like netflix) animes tends to get lower discussion participation, especially the episodes in the middle so I understand where you are coming from.
How about a way to request the bot to create a post if it stopped (e.g. due to no one participating in previous episodes)? It would both lower the barrier of entry for people who want to talk about an episode and keep the post format consistent.
JAL operated unscheduled flight for Sumo wrestlers
Japan Airlines | JAL Mileage Bank - JAL operated unscheduled flight for Sumo wrestlers - Oct.. 13, 14, and 15 Sumo tournament is being held at Amani Oshimqa. Amani Oshima is an island located about the midpoint between Kagoshima in Kyushu and Okinawa, The travel agent working with the tournament off...
Employees got the weight of each Sumo wrestler from the Nihon Sumo Kyokai website and discovered that both JL659 and JL2465 on the 12th would be off weight and balance. [...]
JAL operation contacted other departments and in the early hours of the 12th, JAL decided to operate an additional unscheduled flight on HND-ASJ just for sumo wrestlers.
The 21-year-old took the Oza crown, having won Game 4 to finish the best-of-five match against 31-year-old Takuya Nagase.
The eight plaintiffs, who live overseas, had argued that foreign nationality was necessary to facilitate their work and lives abroad.
Congratulations to Frieren seiyuu Tanezaki Atsumi getting married.
I'm surprised that she found a real chest for once!
Toshiba said on Thursday that a $14 billion tender offer from private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) had ended in success - a deal which paves the way for the embattled industrial conglomerate to go private.
NTV would be largest shareholder of Ghibli with 42.3% share
The Nippon TV (NTV) television broadcasting company announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire 42.3% of the shares of world-famous animation studio Ghibli. This transaction, once completed, would make NTV the largest shareholder of the Ghibli, and turn the studio into a subsidiary of Nippon TV.
No women appointed as vice ministers under Japan's reshuffled Cabinet
Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida's government approves a list of new senior and parliamentary vice ministers, devoid of any female members, in stark contrast to the reshuffled Cabinet lineup with a record-tying five women.
The accused admitted to the charges, but his defense team calls for acquittal or reduced sentence arguing he was not mentally competent at the time.
The team urged Johnny’s & Associates President Julie Keiko Fujishima to step down after the family-run business left the issue unaddressed for decades.
A team of experts investigating alleged sexual abuse by late musical mogul Johnny Kitagawa delivered a scathing report Tuesday, urging Johnny’s & Associates President Julie Keiko Fujishima to step down after the family-run business left the issue unaddressed for decades.[...]
Somehow the same content become appropriate just because some people know how to download an app.
Tokyo Yamanote Line train evacuated over passenger with knife
Passengers evacuated a train in central Tokyo on Sunday after a man was spotted carrying a knife. Three people were injured in the rush to get off the train. [……]
The man told police that he is a cook and was on his way home from work. He said he was using a towel to cover the knife and it slipped off when he fell asleep. [……]