Hacker News with Generative AI: Japan

Tsunami Stone (wikipedia.org)
A tsunami stone is a stone monument that warns people to move upwards after a large earthquake to avoid a potential tsunami.

Tsunami, Natural Disasters, History, Japan

6 points by tosh 5 days ago | 1 comments

Ryukoku University FTP Server (ryukoku.ac.jp)

Universities, FTP, Japan

3 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 6 days ago | 0 comments

We May Be About to Lose a Powerful Force in Video Game Preservation (timeextension.com)
"Currently, in our bank account, we have £2100 (around $2800). It's not even enough to pay the rent for one month," explains Joseph Redon, head of the Japanese Game Preservation Society. He's describing the end of the non-profit organisation he set up in 2011 with the aim of properly safeguarding Japanese gaming history before it is lost forever.

Video Games, Preservation, Non-Profit Organizations, Japan

41 points by arm 7 days ago | 1 comments

Snake halts Japanese bullet trains after wrapping around power line (bbc.com)
One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.

Animals, Japan, Transportation, Power Outages

5 points by rustoo 8 days ago | 0 comments

Japan unveils first solar super-panel (japanenergyevent.com)

Solar Power, Japan, Renewable Energy, Technology

79 points by elsewhen 10 days ago | 42 comments

Once Shunned by Japanese Consumers, Korean Rice Now Flies Off the Shelves (nytimes.com)
Japanese consumers have historically steered clear of foreign rice. But facing high prices, they rushed last week to buy the first South Korean imports to Japan in decades, clearing the shelves within days, South Korean officials said.

Food, Japan, South Korea, Economics, Consumer Behavior

7 points by bookofjoe 10 days ago | 1 comments

Many cultures borrow. Japan transforms (nytimes.com)
Throughout its history, the country has taken imports and changed them into something else entirely.

Culture, Japan, History, Transformation

15 points by pseudolus 11 days ago | 2 comments

Tokyo Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel (japan.travel)
Explore Tokyo's depths at this underground marvel of modern engineering

Tokyo, Engineering, Japan, Tourism

17 points by kaycebasques 11 days ago | 6 comments

Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35M over counterfeit products (japantimes.co.jp)
The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered Amazon Japan to pay ¥35 million in damages to a Japanese distributor of a medical device, ruling that the platform’s failure to remove Chinese counterfeit products — which appeared on the site as if they were the same product — led to a loss in sales.

E-commerce, Lawsuits, Counterfeit Products, Japan

7 points by syockit 12 days ago | 3 comments

California overtakes Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy (cnn.com)

Economy, California, Japan

7 points by pseudolus 12 days ago | 1 comments

Japan embraces lab-made fuels despite costs and climate concerns (japantimes.co.jp)
For Japan’s largest utilities, lab-made fuels are a meaningful step toward greener energy that also extends the life of billions of dollars’ worth of existing fossil-fuel infrastructure.

Energy, Japan, Climate Change, Sustainability

5 points by PaulHoule 13 days ago | 0 comments

California overtakes Japan to become the fourth-largest economy (cnn.com)

Economy, California, Japan, World News

10 points by MilnerRoute 13 days ago | 2 comments

Amazon Japan ordered to pay 35M. yen for allowing listing of fakes (mainichi.jp)
A Japanese court on Friday ordered the Japanese unit of online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. to pay 35 million yen ($244,000) in damages for failing to take measures to stop sellers from offering fake products on its platform.

E-commerce, Lawsuits, Counterfeiting, Japan

170 points by resonious 13 days ago | 41 comments

California overtakes Japan to become the world's fourth largest economy (edition.cnn.com)

Economy, California, Japan

90 points by ozgune 14 days ago | 108 comments

Japan releases image of Railgun installed on naval vessel (navalnews.com)
On April 18, 2025, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) released an image of its state-of-the-art railgun currently undergoing testing aboard the test ship JS Asuka.

Military, Japan, Technology, Naval, Weapons

13 points by gnabgib 14 days ago | 0 comments

When my iPhone was in Tucson, Google thought it was in Japan (medium.com)
Last week, I visited Tucson, Arizona for five days. The entire time I was there, every time I was using cellular for Internet on my AT&T-based iPhone, all Safari autocomplete suggestions (which come from Google) were in Japanese:

Google Search, Location Services, iPhone, Mobile Devices, Japan

5 points by mmorearty 17 days ago | 3 comments

Mt Ontake (emgoto.com)
Mt Ontake (御嶽山, ontake-san) is one of Japan’s Hundred Famous Mountains on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures. At 3067m it is the 14th tallest mountain in Japan. However unlike some of Japan’s other 3000m+ peaks (which are a little more inaccessible), Mt Ontake is doable as a day hike with a total course time of only 5 hours.

Hiking, Japan, Mountains

27 points by speckx 17 days ago | 1 comments

Fujitsu and RIKEN develop world-leading 256-qubit sup quantum computer (fujitsu.com)
Fujitsu Limited and RIKEN today announced the development of a world-leading 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, established at the RIKEN RQC-FUJITSU Collaboration Center.

Quantum Computing, Technology, Superconducting, Japan

77 points by donutloop 17 days ago | 33 comments

Japan keeps asking the US what it wants in trade talks and can't get an answer (forexlive.com)
Japanese negotiators are complaining that the problem with the trade negotiations with the White House, what's delaying concrete progress and a real deal, is that US keeps changing its ask in terms of exactly what it wants, said one financial CEO who speaks regularly to country officials.

International Relations, Trade, Japan, United States

24 points by donohoe 17 days ago | 4 comments

Samurai Cops: Inside Edo's Police Force During Feudal Japan (tokyoweekender.com)
After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan, established the Tokugawa shogunate, and moved the capital to Edo — modern-day Tokyo — in the early 17th century, he ended hundreds of years of civil war and senseless killings. Weirdly, though, people still kept murdering each other. Plus, there were all these other crimes being committed all over the city.

History, Japan, Law Enforcement, Crime

28 points by cdplayer96 18 days ago | 6 comments

Japan is starting to charge tourists more to visit (cbc.ca)
Japan surpassed 10 million visitors at the fastest pace ever this year, reaching that mark already in March, official data showed on Wednesday, as a weak yen propels an unprecedented tourism boom.

Tourism, Japan, Economics

12 points by geox 19 days ago | 6 comments

Japan's big bet on stem-cell therapies might soon pay off (nature.com)
Japan is brimming with signs of an approaching medical revolution. Shiny white robots are tending dishes of cells, rows of incubators hum in new facilities, and a deluxe, plush-carpeted hospital is getting ready to welcome its first patients.

Japan, Medical Technology, Healthcare

15 points by rbanffy 20 days ago | 0 comments

Restoring the Galaxian3 Theatre 6, 1992 six player arcade machine (philwip.com)
During the late 1980s, Namco set out to create the world’s largest arcade game. The result was Galaxian3: Project Dragoon; a 28 player behemoth that debuted in April 1990 at the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan.

Arcade Games, History, Gaming, Japan

248 points by countrymile 20 days ago | 52 comments

Japan serves Google a cease and desist order over its Android bundling deals (theregister.com)
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission yesterday ordered Google to stop doing deals that require manufacturers of Android handsets to include its apps.

Antitrust, Japan, Google, Android, Business

5 points by LinuxBender 23 days ago | 0 comments

In first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google (japantimes.co.jp)
In an unprecedented move, the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against Google for violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall the company’s apps on their Android smartphones.

Antitrust, Google, Japan, Android, Law

11 points by speckx 24 days ago | 3 comments

Japan sees record 900k drop in population due to low birth rate crisis (dw.com)
For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall.

Japan, Demographics, Population Decline, Birth Rates

5 points by bentobean 24 days ago | 1 comments

Japan antitrust watchdog hits Google with cease and desist order (nikkei.com)
The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease and desist order to Google to halt its monopolistic practice of demanding that manufacturers give preferential treatment to its search services on Android phones.

Antitrust, Google, Japan, Mobile Devices, Law

15 points by coolandsmartrr 24 days ago | 4 comments

Japan sees record drop in population (dw.com)
For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall.

Japan, Demographics, Population Decline

10 points by toomuchtodo 25 days ago | 2 comments

Kezurou-Kai #39 (bigsandwoodworking.com)
Last weekend I went to the 39th annual Kezurou-kai event in Itoigawa, Niigata.

Events, Japan, Woodworking

270 points by nabla9 25 days ago | 28 comments

Small Towns in Japan (japanstartshere.com)
It is in the small towns in Japan, they say—well, I say—where the real Japan resides. But in a country with literally hundreds of them—small towns, this is—where do you even begin?

Travel, Japan, Culture

69 points by airstrike 25 days ago | 32 comments