Japan's XRISM, its main instrument still behind a jammed door, and Earth-sized radio arrays found that 3C 120's cold disk stops at about 20 gravitational radii and the jet starts inside it.
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Shigeru Miyamoto is the first game creator chosen for Japan's Order of Culture. Manga took 30 years to get there; games took seven. His view on AI, and Eiji Aonuma's knighthood in Paris the same day.
A Fukuoka mentaiko baguette ran out of 3,000 samples in two hours at Dodger Stadium. Red bean buns, noodle rolls, pickle-filled salad bread: how did pairings like these become everyday food in Japan?
About six weeks after its finale, Science SARU has started a new Ghost in the Shell anime project, with no date, format or director yet. Japanese viewers remain split on the manga-faithful summer series.
NVIDIA named six suppliers to expand AI server capacity. Only Ibiden is Japanese, aiming to triple its Ono Plant. The cited 44 trillion yen is not theirs: it is $279 billion in supply commitments, mostly memory.
Attackers stole trading logins from GMO's forex cloud servers and demanded about 8 billion yen. GMO refused. Its CEO then admitted in-house white-hat hackers had flagged problems first, and asked the state to step in.
Japanese researchers heated hematite to 1,200°C in a hard vacuum and pulled 0.03 grams of oxygen from 1 gram without melting it. Lunar soil is still only a calculation. How it compares with ESA and NASA methods.
A Japanese study of 19 owners and 29 cats found that owners with more oxytocin tended to have cats with more. How it compares with dog gaze research, and why cause and effect remain unknown.
A 70-centimeter footprint in 160-million-year-old rock in Fukushima is Japan's largest Jurassic dinosaur track, about twice the previous record from Shimonoseki. It was probably left by a sauropod.
A TOHO producer pitched 'Maomao's Atelier' to Gust, which agreed almost at once. The False Imperial Brother is a mystery adventure in which brewed medicine re-creates crimes. Out March 18, 2027, in Japan and the West.
The complete NISA guide for foreign residents in Japan. 7 in-depth articles covering account setup, fund selection, departure procedures, iDeCo comparison, and home-country tax obligations. Includes US citizen PFIC guidance and strategies by length of stay.
02The most comprehensive English-language guide to Japan's health insurance system for foreign residents. Our 9-article series covers NHI, Shakai Hoken, private insurance, the 2027 visa renewal rule, My Number Card transition, how to see a doctor, insurance costs, maternity benefits, and what happens when you leave Japan. Everything you need to navigate healthcare in Japan, in one place.
03The complete pension guide for foreign residents in Japan. 3 in-depth articles covering the National and Employee's Pension systems with FY2026 amounts, lump-sum withdrawal payments when leaving Japan, and social security agreements with 24 countries. Updated for the 2025 pension reform and the 2027 visa-renewal compliance rule.
