Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and others(aljazeera.com)

247 points by saikatsg 1 year ago | 234 comments

Overseas fakers using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline, BBC finds(bbc.co.uk)

25 points by dijksterhuis 5 months ago | 15 comments

Germany tightens travel advice to US after three citizens detained(euronews.com)

100 points by belter 1 year ago | 79 comments

US judge rules Luigi Mangione won't face death penalty in CEO killing case(aljazeera.com)

41 points by Qem 8 months ago | 11 comments

Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities(bbc.com)

92 points by tchalla 2 months ago | 117 comments

Japan joining growing global trend of declining democracy(asahi.com)

42 points by wahnfrieden 9 months ago | 31 comments

Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees(cnn.com)

582 points by amichail 1 year ago | 286 comments

CNN article reporting that the Tokyo metropolitan government will offer employees a four-day workweek to help boost fertility and family time.

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.

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.

I Became a Citizen of Japan(derekwessman.com)

190 points by luu 9 days ago | 102 comments

Personal blog post by Derek Wessman recounting his experience becoming a naturalized citizen of Japan, mixing anecdotes, opinion, and facts.

Japan's push to make all research open access(nature.com)

612 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 92 comments

Nature news article on Japan allocating 10 billion yen to institutional repositories to make the nation's publicly funded research free to read.

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.