The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran(cnn.com)

1103 points by lavp 8 months ago | 2393 comments

CNN news report that Israel launched a strike against Iran and declared a nationwide state of emergency.

Woman pregnant in each of her two uteruses gives birth to twins(cnn.com)

46 points by dirtyhippiefree 2 years ago | 24 comments

Japan's ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals(cnn.com)

31 points by rawgabbit 1 year ago | 29 comments

Japan’s population drops by half a million in 2022(cnn.com)

40 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 40 comments

Japan's Nikkei surpasses 1989 all-time high(cnbc.com)

160 points by qclibre22 2 years ago | 158 comments

Common pesticides in food reducing sperm count worldwide, study says(cnn.com)

53 points by clouddrover 2 years ago | 21 comments

Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners(aljazeera.com)

120 points by mikhael 1 month ago | 323 comments

Al Jazeera article on Japan raising requirements for permanent residency and tightening rules for foreigners amid a rightward political shift.

Japan bets $67B to become a global chip powerhouse once again(finance.yahoo.com)

401 points by jonbaer 2 years ago | 211 comments

Bloomberg article syndicated on Yahoo Finance about Japan spending $67 billion in subsidies to rebuild its semiconductor industry.

Japanese people still aren't having sex. And nobody knows why(sciencefocus.com)

22 points by baranul 10 days ago | 32 comments

BBC Science Focus news article reporting that around 1 in 10 Japanese people reach their 30s without having had sex, and that the causes remain unclear.

AI can't be listed as inventor on patent applications, Japan's top court rules(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

350 points by mushstory 3 months ago | 185 comments

Japan News report that Japan's Supreme Court dismissed an American engineer's appeal to have an AI named as inventor on a patent application.

Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)

828 points by d0ks 5 months ago | 386 comments

A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.

Japan’s government will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training(technomancers.ai)

412 points by version_five 3 years ago | 329 comments

Blog post reporting that Japan's government will not enforce copyright on data used for AI training.