COVID-19 in Japan: What could happen in the future? Nian Shao1 , Hanshuang Pan1 , Xingjie Li4 , Weijia Li1 , Shufen Wang1 , Yan Xuan8 , Yue Yan3 , Keji Liu3 , Yu Chen3 , Boxi Xu3 , Xinyue Luo3 , Christopher Y. Shen5 , Min Zhong10 , Xiang Xu9 , Xu Chen7 , Yu Jiang3 , Shuai Lu1 , Guanghong Ding6 , Jin Cheng1,2 , Wenbin Chen1,2,∗ 1 School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2
Unlock The Secrets Of Enjoying An Unforgettable Night Out In Shibuya: A Guide To The Best Spots｜Find your best Japanese ladies｜Best Escorts Tokyo
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How Neoncity Records Became the Epicenter of Future Funk on Bandcamp
Hong-Kong-based Neoncity Records began with a stroke of good luck. “I have a friend whose family worked in the cassette industry,” says Davy Law, the label’s founder and owner. “They used to have a cassette factory in Taiwan, but it closed. My friend had a cassette duplicator and they had no use for it. It was just in their house.” Law had long collected cassette tapes, including Japanese city pop
A dog not interested in setting a goal — ©Takuya MatsuyamaHi, it’s Takuya. I’m building a Markdown note-taking app called Inkdrop, which is enough profitable now. It has more than 1,300 paid users and keeps growing constantly. So, I’ve achieved my goal — to make a profitable product to live off of it. It reached 10k USD sales in total recently. With holding 1,000 customers, I don’t have to worry m
Welcome to Part 2 of The History of 18+ VTubers, where I’ll talk about what happened in this world in the year 2020. If you haven’t read Part 1, covering everything from 2017 to 2019, you can find it down below. 2020 - The year 18+ VTubing exploded2020 brought with it many, many new faces to the VTuber world. The subculture, already pretty big in Japan, would reach unprecedented heights this year
Japan boasts 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and each of them attracts a number of tourists with different features and uniqueness. Some of them are artificial structures that represent the history of development of the country or tradition, whereas others remain intact and untouched deep in nature as scenic spots. Adding some of them to your itinerary will help you make the most of your time in J
The concept of year-end tax adjustments is the same across the world; however, the processes may vary. As a foreigner working in Japan, it’s crucial to understand the Japanese tax rules, including the year-end tax adjustment (Nenmatsu Chosei). What is Nenmatsu Chosei? Nenmatsu Chosei (年末調整 or ねんまつちょうせい) is the annual tax adjustment process in Japan. This tax adjustment for the previous year must b
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Hiroshima Prefecture is located in the southern part of the Chugoku Region, facing the Seto Inland Sea. The prefecture is widely known for its two UNESCO sites: the Atomic Bomb Dome and the Itsukushima Shrine with its iconic torii gate that appears to be floating in the water. Many people visit the area to learn more about the events that happened here during the WOII. But the prefecture of Hirosh
Have the populist movements that have swept other countries quietly passed by the East Asian nation? Japan's Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone [File: Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Images] On April 1, 1987, then-Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone delivered the death blow to the nation’s radical labour union movement. He broke the Japanese National Railways up into seven privatised rail
In Japan, “Lost & Found” can be termed as “Lost IS Found.” The reason is that if you lose something in Japan, there is very little probability that you will not find it. However, as a foreigner, knowing what you should do if you lose anything in Japan is important. The dreadful moment when you realize you’re no longer carrying a bag you once had or that your phone or wallet is no longer in your po
Twenty years ago, on July 20, 2001, a film that would become one of the most celebrated animated movies of all time hit theaters in Japan. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, titled Spirited Away in English, would leave an indelible mark on animation in the 21st century. The movie arrived at a time when animation was widely perceived as a genre
Tokyo is the new Paris
“There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris.” — Ernest Hemingway What is the greatest city on Earth? If you answered “New York City”, I wouldn’t laugh at you. As the financial hub of what’s still nominally the world’s biggest economy, it commands economic power that any other single city would have trouble rivaling, and it’s still the city of dreams for un
Kyoto is widely known as the ancient capital of Japan which boasts a number of beautiful shrines and temples. It attracts an increasing number of visitors from around the world with the unique atmosphere and scenic townscape which are totally different from other big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. While it fascinates visitors with popular tourist attractions, there are some places that have myste
Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県) is a popular place for Japanese residents to live if they want to be close to Tokyo. Let’s see how life is in Kanagawa and the best places to live and see in this Prefecture. During the Kamakura period, Kanagawa was Japan’s economic and political center. Currently, with an estimated population of 9.2 million in January 2023, it is Japan’s second-most populated prefecture
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「男はつらいよ お帰り寅さん」を観て：シリーズが持つルーティンの魅力 My impression of the movie “Otoko wa Tsurai yo Okaeri Tora-san”: The Attractive Routine of the Series - Turkeyriceの勝手に英訳ブログ Turkeyrice's Blog Written in both Japanese and English
「男はつらいよ お帰り寅さん」を観に行きました。主人公不在でどこまでやれるのか、この映画は本来不可能なことに挑戦しています。いないのはわかっていながら、とにかく寅さんに会いたくて行きました。結論から言えば、ファンの期待に精一杯応えてくれている出来栄えで、満足感をもって映画館を出ました。 I went to a movie called “Otoko wa Tsurai yo Okaeri Tora-san”. This movie took up a challenge of something impossible because the main character was absent. I just wanted to see Tora-san, so I went to the movie theater despite knowing that he was not there
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Japan Rules Against Divorced Parents Seeking Access to Children - The New York Times
Japan Rules Against Divorced Parents Seeking Access to Children TOKYO — Japan is not at fault for the inability of parents to see their children after separating despite having visitation rights, a court ruled on Friday, in a case that critics say highlights the ineptitude of a judicial system that lacks enforcement powers. Fourteen parents had sued the government claiming damages of 9 million yen
The kanji for “mountain” in Japanese is 山. The Kunyomi, or the Japanese pronunciation of the Kanji 山 is yama (やま). The Onyomi (Chinese) pronunciation of this Kanji is san (サン), when used in compound words like “Fujisan” (Mt. Fuji) or “Hakusan” (Mt. Haku). The onyomi, or Chinese reading, is “san” or “zan.” Mountain’s Kanji is constructed with 3 strokes. This Kanji is a part of the JLPT N5 syllabus
This is the fifth and final post in my series of posts about Japan. In the first post, I lamented Japan’s low-ish living standards and called for a cash-based welfare policy. In the second, I suggested some industrial policies that Japan might use to boost growth. In… This post provides as good a summary of Abe’s effect on Japan as any I could write today. Basically, I identified three big things:
＜第62回グラミー賞＞授賞式が行われ、各受賞作／アーティストが発表されています。 ビリー・アイリッシュ（Billie Eilish）は、「年間最優秀レコード」「年間最優秀アルバム」「年間最優秀楽曲」「最優秀新人賞」の主要4部門を受賞したほか、「最優秀ポップ・ヴォーカル・アルバム」も受賞。主要4部門独占は1981年のクリストファー・クロス以来39年ぶり。女性としては初の主要4部門独占。18歳での主要4部門独占は史上最年少です。 ビリー・アイリッシュからの受賞コメントが届いています。 ※インタビューはビリー・アイリッシュ、Finneas O’Connellの両方が参加 Q；おめでとうございます。あなたが次に目指しているものは何ですか？ ビリー： 次は何かって？今は分からないわ。私が考えてるのは、今この瞬間を味わうことだけ。 でも理性的になって考えてみるけど、次が何になるかは分からない。 私がそ
Japan has a long and rich history in traditional arts and crafts, characterized by precision, minimalism, and deep respect for materials and their natural characteristics. This history includes the time-honored tradition of famous Japanese pottery, ceramic, and porcelain craft. Japanese pottery and ceramics have a long history, distinct aesthetics, and remarkable craftsmanship. As one of the oldes
Doing business in Japan can indeed be quite different from many Western countries. The Japanese work culture places a strong emphasis on harmony, respect, and formality, which often translates into business etiquette as well. Here are some additional unique tips: 1. Importance of Relationships and Trust: In Japanese business culture, the establishment and nurturing of trust-based relationships
AWS's Log4Shell Hot Patch Vulnerable to Container Escape and Privilege Escalation
This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) Executive Summary Following Log4Shell, AWS released several hot patch solutions that monitor for vulnerable Java applications and Java containers and patch them on the fly. Each solution suits a different environment, covering standalone servers, Kubernetes clusters, Elastic Container Service (ECS) clusters and Fargate. The hot patches aren't exclusiv
After The Bomb Survivors of the Atomic Blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki share their stories Photographs by HARUKA SAKAGUCHI | Introduction By LILY ROTHMAN When the nuclear age began, there was no mistaking it. The decision by the United States to drop the world’s first atomic weapons on two Japanese cities—Hiroshima first, on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later—was that rare historical mom
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Wes Anderson’s Favorite Movies: 38 Films the ‘Asteroid City’ Director Wants You to See
Few filmmakers working today have an aesthetic that’s as instantly recognizable as Wes Anderson’s. His filmography has taken viewers from roadside motels in Texas to lavish European resorts and on the occasional detour to animated worlds where dogs and foxes can talk. But no matter where Anderson sets a movie, you can always tell you’re watching one of his films from the attention to detail, twee
Large Text Compression Benchmark Matt Mahoney Last update: Sept 19, 2024. history This competition ranks lossless data compression programs by the compressed size (including the size of the decompression program) of the first 109 bytes of the XML text dump of the English version of Wikipedia on Mar. 3, 2006. About the test data. The goal of this benchmark is not to find the best overall compress
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Ted Chiang (Published 2021)
Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today’s episode with Ted Chiang. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Transcripts of our episodes are made available as soon as possible. They are not fully edited for grammar or spelling. Click here for the episode page and Ezra’s thoughts on the interview. Click play below to listen to the e
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AESDD - around 500 utterances by a diverse group of actors (over 5 actors) simlating various emotions. ANAD - 1384 recording by multiple speakers; 3 emotions: angry, happy, surprised. Arabic Speech Corpus - The Arabic Speech Corpus (1.5 GB) is a Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) speech corpus for speech synthesis. The corpus contains phonetic and orthographic transcriptions of more than 3.7 hours of MS
Differences in Western and Japanese Work Cultures｜Himanshu Jain
Being able to adjust to a new setting at work and comprehend the culture therein can be testing. Acquainting with the people in the team, establishing meaningful correspondence, and participating actively can be decisive to progress in your career. While determining whether to remain in the same organization or migrate somewhere else is an individual option, gratification from the job at the end o
A Chat with Dirk DE WINNE
Name: Dirk DE WINNE Title: CXO Organization: Banking & Insurance (A Fortune-50 Multinational) Hometown: Versailles, France Number of years in Japan or Japan connection (cumulative): 6 Q1. What was your first encounter with Japan, and what were your initial reactions I was sent to Tokyo for a 3-week mission to do a preliminary analysis for an accounting system implementation. It was during summer:
There are many unspoken rules of etiquette in Japanese business, and Japanese seating protocols are no exception. The importance Japanese people give to formal seating arrangements is evident from the fact that there is a Japanese word for it: It is (Sekiji 席次). The seating protocols in Japan reflect the cultural tradition of hierarchy, status, and rank prevalent in Japanese society, especially i
You’ve finally moved to Japan, but your language level is still lagging! Unfortunately, just because you’re living in a new country doesn’t mean you’ll automatically become fluent in the local language. It still takes time, study, and practice to master a language. Moreover, mastering Japanese is always a bigger challenge considering the scripts and grammar, which differs greatly from English and
In this post I’ll attempt the fun stunt of designing a system that could serve the full production load of Twitter with most of the features intact on a single (very powerful) machine. I’ll start by showing off a Rust prototype of the core tweet distribution data structure handling 35x full load by fitting the hot set in RAM and parallelizing with atomics, and then do math around how modern high-p
Global Economics Analyst The Potentially Large Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth (BriggsKodnani)
The recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) raises whether we n are on the brink of a rapid acceleration in task automation that will drive labor cost savings and raise productivity. Despite significant uncertainty around the potential of generative AI, its ability to generate content that is indistinguishable from human-created output and to break down communication barriers bet
Recruiters in Japan: Finding and Using the Right One to Find a Job in Japan
Japanese employers tend to depend very highly on recruiting agencies or “Head Hunters” for their hiring needs. So, if you are looking for a job in Japan, it will be very helpful to know about the types of recruiters and how to use a recruiter effectively in Japan. On the one hand, with the advent of the internet and smartphones, job searches have become quite easy, but on the other hand, landing a
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