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The Best Bed Frames, Tested in Our Own Rooms (2026) (wired.com)

2026-05-06 | by Louryn Strampe | tags: thuma, saatva, ikea

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Farewell to a Giant of Botany (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | by Bob Grant | get PlantSnap Plant Identification App → | tags: missouri botanical garden, peter raven, herbarium

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Japanese firms’ growing grip on the housing market, as told by one chart (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-27 | get Smart Home Automation Kit → | tags: zonda, japanese firms, housing market

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The Beauty of Bonsai Styles (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-21 | get Bonsai Tree Starter Kit → | tags: bonsai styles, penjing, japanese bonsai

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40 years ago we entered the megabit memory era with IBM’s DRAM breakthrough — a major leap beyond the 64 kilobit chips common at the time (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-19 | by Mark Tyson | get IBM 1 Megabit DRAM → | tags: ibm, dram, megabit memory

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Japan implements language proficiency requirements for certain visa applicants (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Jessica Speed | get Japanese Language Learning Book → | tags: japan, visa, jlpt

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Meet Kyoto: the typeface that bleeds (on purpose) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-16 | get Kyoto Typeface Font → | tags: kyoto, fast company, mike schnaidt

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‘Daemons of the Shadow Realm’ Has Four Banger Songs For the Price of Two (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-13 | get Daemons of the Shadow Realm Vinyl → | tags: vaundy, yama, shadow realm

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Why meaningful days look like nothing while you are living them (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by ゆ前 | tags: fukuoka, bronze statue, zoro

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Forza Horizon 6 gives would-be racers another gorgeous open world to explore (engadget.com)

2026-04-08 | get Forza Horizon 6 Collectible Model → | tags: forza horizon 6, playground games, xbox series x

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Revisiting the Ending of ‘Chainsaw Man’ Through the Lens of Japanese Folklore (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-02 | get Chainsaw Man Manga Box Set → | tags: chainsaw man, pochita, tatsuki fujimoto

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F1 in Japan: Oh no, what have they done to all the fast corners? (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-30 | get F1 Japan Racing Helmet → | tags: japanese grand prix, suzuka circuit, hybrid powertrains

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Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD is good enough to fool your benchmarks (techspot.com)

2026-03-28 | get Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD → | tags: samsung 990 pro, counterfeit ssd, akiba pc hotline

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Japanese firms’ buying spree of U.S. homebuilders keeps heating up—4th deal in 5 weeks (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-23 | get Smart Home Automation Kit → | tags: japanese firms, u.s. homebuilders, housing market

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Scientists find all five genetic building blocks for life in asteroid Ryugu (techspot.com)

2026-03-21 | get Astrobiology DNA Kit → | tags: ryugu, hayabusa2, dna

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Pentagon Begins Search for Remains of WWII POWs Lost on Japanese ‘Hell Ship’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-13 | get WWII History Book → | tags: pentagon, wwii, japanese

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We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-03 | by Phil Salvador | get Cookie's Hustle → | tags: cookie's bustle, rodik, japanese developer

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Working and Communicating with Japanese Engineers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-03 | by Alex Chen | get Smartwatch → | tags: japanese engineers, mercari, rust

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Japanese Woodblock Print Search (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-22 | get Woodblock Print → | tags: ability, click action, japanese

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Lords of the Ring (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | by Joshua Hunt | get Middle-earth → | tags: japan, japanese, onosato

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Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-12 | get Neuralink → | tags: culture, framings, japanese

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The Great Unwind (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-04 | by Published February | get Relaxation Device → | tags: currency, gold, greenland

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Forza Horizon 6 Focuses on Japanese Car Culture: Here's What to Know (cnet.com)

2026-01-23 | by See Full Bio | get Gran Turismo → | tags: edition, forza, game

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Major Japanese electronics store begs customers for their old PCs as hardware drought continues — ‘we pretty much buy any PC’ pleads the Akihabara outlet (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-08 | get PCs → | tags: customers sell, electronics, electronics store

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Interpreter – Offline screen translator for Japanese retro games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | get Gamepad → | tags: game, install, installer

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This Niche Japanese Food Franchise Is Opening 20 New Locations After Record Sales Year (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-29 | get Sushi → | tags: balls, franchise, franchisees

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The Best Japanese Planners (2026): Hobonichi Techo, Kokuyo Jibun Techo (wired.com)

2025-12-22 | by Nena Farrell | get Planner → | tags: japanese, jibun, paper

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Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-16 | by No Author | get Kodak → | tags: agency, government, hepburn

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Japanese Firms Suffer Long Tail of Ransomware Damage (darkreading.com)

2025-12-10 | get Norton → | tags: actors, actors targeted, government

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Japanese four-cylinder engine is so reliable still in production after 25 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-04 | get Engine → | tags: cylinder, cylinder engine, engine