Notices by The Japan Times (thejapantimes@mastodon.social), page 6

A team consisting of scientists, visually impaired researchers and braille experts in Japan have translated a book on physics into the tactile writing system for visually impaired readers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/29/japan/society/physics-book-braille/ #japan #society #disability #visuallyimpaired #books #physics

Chinese firms must stop supplying components that Russia can utilize in weapons used to attack Ukraine, or face consequences, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/world/politics/china-russia-weapons-adeyemo/ #worldnews #politics #wallyadeyemo #us #china #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #sanctions

Taiwan's parliament has passed a package of controversial bills to expand its power despite thousands of disapproving protesters who chanted "defend democracy." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/29/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-parliament-bills-protest/ #asiapacific #politics #laichingte #taiwan #dpp #kmt #tpp

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Monday referred to the rise of the far right in European politics an "ill wind" during a state visit to Germany ahead of key European Union elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/world/politics/macron-far-right-europe/ #worldnews #politics #france #emmanuelmacron #viktororban #marinelepen #germany #farright

News Corp. just cut a deal with OpenAI, who is courting major media outlets to use their data. What about smaller publications? And publishers' ability to control their content? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/27/world/openai-journalism-offers-news-corp/ #commentary #worldnews #openai #chatgpt #rupertmurdoch #newscorp #artificialintelligence #ai #tech #journalism

Many young Japanese consumers eager to be rid of pests in their home have been hit with an even more unwelcome surprise — higher than expected costs for extermination services. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/japan/japan-pest-control-troubles/ #japan #surveys #nationalconsumeraffairscenter

For more than two years, the West has trickled weapons and ammunition into Ukraine and imposed financial and trade sanctions on Russia, sometimes with little coordination. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/22/japan/unified-western-ukraine-strategy/ #commentary #japan #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #nato #eu #us #defense

Jurors hearing the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president could render their verdict in Donald Trump's hush money case as soon as next week, with potentially big implications for the 2024 White House race. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/trump-verdict-election-impact/ #worldnews #2024uspresidentialelection #us #donaldtrump #joebiden

Many Japanese COVID-19 researchers who spoke to the media during the pandemic have been harassed or threatened by the public, a new study has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/science-health/japan-covid-experts-harassment/ #japan #sciencehealth #covid19 #covid19injapan #harassment #sciencecommunication

A severe outflow of young people is taking place in Japan's quake-hit Noto Peninsula, raising concerns among local residents that there will be no one left to carry out the "creative reconstruction" that prefectural officials are aiming for. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/japan/society/noto-population-outflow/ #japan #society #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #depopulation #rurallife

While Taiwan swore in its new president, Lai Ching-te, on Monday, many just 126 kilometers across the strait in mainland China's Fujian province were unaware of the inauguration — or even sure who the man Beijing has described as a "dangerous separatist" was. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-inauguration-strait-china/ #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #laichingte

A new study has found that the roots of coffee production in Japan were near Naha, overturning a belief that the first such cultivation was in the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/20/japan/society/okinawa-coffee-history/ #japan #society #okinawa #agriculture #coffee

Toshiba’s privatization had been expected to lay the groundwork for sweeping changes, and the company duly made them this week in the form of mass job cuts and a new strategy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/17/companies/toshiba-restructuring-layoffs/ #business #companies #toshiba #jobs #acquisitions #jip

A Tokyo court has ruled against granting patents to inventions generated by artificial intelligence in a dispute over whether AI — not human beings — can be recognized as an inventor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/japan/crime-legal/ai-patent-ruling/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #ai #patents

Two bottles of potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide — fast-acting poisons — have gone missing from a laboratory at Osaka Metropolitan University. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/japan/society/osakaunipoison/ #japan #society #osakametropolitanuniversity #osaka

In the northern Philippines, near a military base the U.S. recently won access to that is crucial to any defense of Taiwan, Beijing has made inroads with key politicians, wooing them with VIP trips to the mainland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/11/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-elite-china-taiwan/ #asiapacific #politics #philippines #china #taiwan #southchinasea #disputedislands #us #usmilitary #pla

As tourist arrivals reinvigorate local Japanese economies, a pressing concern has reemerged: The resulting overtourism not only harms the daily lives of residents, but also puts enormous stress on environmental resources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/05/05/sustainability/japan-sustainable-tourism-initiatives/ #environment #sustainability #tourism #emissions #climatechange #sustabi #tourism #overtourism #saitama #okinawa #onna #ogawa

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa criticized recent remarks by U.S. officials that justified the August 1945 atomic bombings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/japan/kamikawa-us-atomic-bombing/ #japan #yokokamikawa #usjapanrelations #atomicbombings

Many medical institutions in Japan are still providing a significant number of consultations for patients with prolonged aftereffects of COVID-19, a year after the country downgraded the disease to a lower-risk category. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/japan/science-health/many-still-suffering-from-covid-aftereffects/ #japan #sciencehealth #covid19 #covid19injapan #health

Japan is debating the limits of its famed hospitality as a rush of travelers, boosted by the weak yen, strains patience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/07/japan/tourists-mt-fuji-view/ #commentary #japan #fujikawaguchiko #mountfuji #tourism #japaneseeconomy