NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A time-honored soy sauce maker in central Japan is finding success with its future-themed "2050 Curry" products featuring alternative meat made from soybeans developed under a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan unlikely to lift virus state of emergency next week: Abe
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday it was "hard" to lift a nationwide state of emergency imposed over the coronavirus next week as local media reported he plans for an extension -- ... ( read original story ...)
TV review: Normal People; Hollywood; Paul Hollywood Eats Japan; Run
If you read Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People, the first thing you notice is the lack of scene-setting. There’s hardly anything about places, little about clothes, cars, possessions. The dialogue is ... ( read original story ...)
Shooting star: Archer aims at Tokyo gold with arm pain gone
In between remodeling his archery workshop and raising piglets, Brady Ellison shoots about 100 arrows a day on his custom-built range. That's not very high volume for him. He's scaled way back with ... ( read original story ...)
An aquarium in Japan wants people to video call their eels
David K. Li Keepers at Japan's Sumida Aquarium, closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, are appealing to patrons to go online and call — their eels. The creatures have forgotten what it's like to ... ( read original story ...)
Twitter Accused Of ‘Shadow-Banning’ Bitcoin And Crypto Accounts
Some influential members of the bitcoin and crypto community have complained Twitter has "shadow-banned" them, limiting their reach and ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Pepper and Whiz: Japan debuts robots at hotels to look after coronavirus patients
The hotels are also staffed by doctors and nurses, but officials hope the robots can cheer up patients who are isolated in single rooms. ( read original story ...)
Universal theme park openings delayed in Florida, Japan in wake of coronavirus pandemic
Construction will be delayed on a fourth Universal theme park in Florida and the opening of a park in Japan will be pushed in the wake of coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics unlikely to happen in 2021, virus experts warn
Tokyo's postponed Olympics is unlikely to take place even in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic may not be fully contained around the world by then, a growing number of infectious disease experts warn. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo opens robot hotels for COVID-19 patients
News Agency Tokyo opens robot hotels for COVID-19 patients. Posted . Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a hotel with robots for coronavirus patients with lighter symptoms that d ... ( read original story ...)
Red light for stress
Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo have created a biphasic luminescent material that changes color when exposed to mechanical stress. This work has many ... ( read original story ...)
Restaurants & Hospitality: Popular Japanese pop-up to become permanent restaurant (Video)
OK Yaki, the creation of chef Corban Irby, will move into The Seville, a forthcoming redeveloped commercial strip in East Atlanta, according to plans filed with the city of Atlanta. The building, ... ( read original story ...)
IPOs, crypto funds and other things I missed this week
Let's about a16z's new crypto fund, recent economic data, the Ebang F-1, Lime's layoffs, Procore's IPO delay and fresh valuation, stocks, Luckin, and, if we have time, Twitter's changing jobs data. ( read original story ...)
In our COVID-19 limbo, the demise of local manufacturing has left Australia with far fewer options for self-recovery
And Holden was the centrepiece, the mothership of vehicle manufacturing. While not the giant of yesteryear, it still absorbed Australia's raw materials and locally made supplier products, and ... ( read original story ...)
Red light for stress: A color-changing organic crystal
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, part of The University of Tokyo, and Yokohama City University have introduced novel color-changing organic crystals that spontaneously return to ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Japan debuts robots at hotels for virus patients
Robot staff debuted at a Tokyo hotel used for mildly sick coronavirus patients under a new plan to free up beds at hospitals overburdened with more severe cases. Pepper, ... ( read original story ...)