Osaka: Kansai Airport proud to have never lost single piece of luggage (2024)(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

193 points by thunderbong 8 months ago | 83 comments

Japan's Space One rocket explodes shortly after launch(japantimes.co.jp)

30 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 6 comments

Tokyo court orders former Unification Church to disban(www3.nhk.or.jp)

7 points by nipponese 1 year ago | 1 comments

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe to conduct flyby of Torifune asteroid(www3.nhk.or.jp)

152 points by dvh 3 months ago | 17 comments

Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plastics(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

420 points by anigbrowl 1 year ago | 268 comments

Japan News article on JAMSTEC-led researchers developing a biodegradable, low-carbon 'transparent paper' as an alternative to plastics.

Earthquake in Japan yesterday may have shifted land 1.3 meters(www3.nhk.or.jp)

95 points by ronyclau 2 years ago | 71 comments

China tells its AI leaders to avoid U.S. travel over security concerns(wsj.com)

393 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 374 comments

Wall Street Journal article reporting that China has told its AI leaders to avoid travel to the U.S. over security concerns; the page showed a captcha.

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.

Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D(arstechnica.com)

400 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 180 comments

Ars Technica article on a Senate report finding major drug companies spend more on executive pay and shareholder payouts than on R&D, citing patent thickets.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order(reuters.com)

547 points by cmrdporcupine 7 days ago | 496 comments

Reuters news article about a DHS order banning the Chinese AI DeepSeek from U.S. federal civilian agency IT systems; the capture shows only a device verification screen.

China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus(cnbc.com)

365 points by yakkomajuri 6 months ago | 260 comments

CNBC news article reporting that China's state planner has blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, asking both companies to withdraw the deal.