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Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | by Soumya Sagar | tags: university of tokyo, ethanol, polytetrafluoroethylene

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Shinjuku Station in 3D (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: shinjuku station, 3d modeling, japan

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Designing a 4D Digital Archive for Ikebana (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: ikebana, colmap, 3d gaussian splatting

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Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by Casey Baseel | get Barley Tea Maker → | tags: barley tea, mugicha, ogawa sangyo

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Why does paper fold so well? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-13 | get Silky Paper Folding Kit → | tags: origami, frogmore paper mill, steven mann

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This Pixel stronghold is finally getting its first physical Google store (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-01 | get Google Pixel Phone Case → | tags: google pixel, google nest, google store

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Daily briefing: The known protein universe just got a lot bigger (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-27 | by Smith | get Protein Structure Puzzle Kit → | tags: protein universe, ai tool, masatoshi okauchi

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Robots run this laboratory in Japan — and are changing how scientists work (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-26 | by Fieldhouse | get Robotic Laboratory Assistant → | tags: robotics, tokyo, stem-cell

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Hanging out in my favorite virtual coffee shop in Tokyo (theverge.com)

2026-05-23 | by Andrew Webster | get Virtual Reality Coffee Mug → | tags: coffee talk, tokyo, visual novels

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Scientists Detect Weird Anomalies in Clouds of Venus (futurism.com)

2026-05-16 | by Frank Landymore | get Venus Cloud Monitoring Kit → | tags: akatsuki, university of tokyo, hydraulic jump

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Sony upgraded its wearable AC so it’s cooler and better at hugging your neck (theverge.com)

2026-05-12 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Sony WH-1000XM5 Headphones → | tags: sony, reon pocket, shark chillpill

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SoftBank shares surge over 18% as Japan tech-fueled rally lifts Nikkei 225 to record highs (cnbc.com)

2026-05-07 | by Lee Ying Shan | get SoftBank Robotics Pepper Robot → | tags: softbank, nikkei 225, arm holdings

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Offenders sentenced up to 10 years for spying on TSMC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | get Cybersecurity Surveillance Kit → | tags: tsmc, trade secrets, nanometer process

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Humanoid Robots Start Sorting Luggage In Tokyo Airport Test Amid Labor Shortage (slashdot.org)

2026-04-29 | get RobotLuggage Sorting Assistant → | tags: humanoid robots, japan airlines, unitree robotics

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Why Tokyo is the most important tech destination of 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-25 | by Cindy Zackney | get Tokyo Tech News Poster → | tags: nvidia, aws, benhamou global ventures

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Magic: The Gathering took me from N2 to Japanese fluency (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | by Ricardo Basallo | get Magic: The Gathering Card Set → | tags: jlpt n2, tokyo, ehime

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SusHi Tech Tokyo isn’t a conference — it’s a deal room with 60,000 people (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-21 | by Cindy Zackney | get SusHi Tech Tokyo Merchandise → | tags: sushi tech tokyo, tokyo big sight, startup battlefield

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Japanese Man Sentenced For Posting ‘Godzilla’ Spoilers Online (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-21 | get Godzilla Collectible Figure → | tags: godzilla, watanabe, tokyo court

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US lawmakers amend new restrictions on Chinese chipmakers — MATCH Act's blanket restrictions removed from select chipmaking tools (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Anton Shilov | get ASUS ROG Crosshair Motherboard → | tags: match act, cryogenic etching, lam research

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Here’s the meeting planning magic trick Google Calendar is missing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-11 | get Google Calendar Add-on Toolkit → | tags: google calendar, zoneless, portland

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TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-10 | by Cindy Zackney | get Tokyo Startup Battlefield Kit → | tags: sushi tech tokyo, startup battlefield, tokyo big sight

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The Exit 8 movie is even better if you play the game first (theverge.com)

2026-04-09 | by Andrew Webster | get Exit 8 Puzzle Game → | tags: exit 8, iron lung, backrooms

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Asian tech stocks surge as U.S.-Iran cease fire ease Hormuz disruption worries (cnbc.com)

2026-04-08 | by Dylan Butts | get Tech Stocks Surge Guide → | tags: taiwan semiconductor manufacturing, tokyo electron, samsung electronics

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Researchers build Wi-Fi chip that can operate inside a nuclear reactor — receiver uses special materials and design to withstand high doses of radiation for at least six months (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-03 | by Jowi Morales | get Radiation-Resistant Wi-Fi Module → | tags: wifi chip, nuclear reactor, radiation-hardened

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A Taxonomy of Interiors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-30 | by Graham Mckay | get Smart Home Organization Kit → | tags: interior design, tokyo institute of technology, visual relationships

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TSMC industrial espionage saga heading to verdict next month in unprecedented Taiwan National Security Act case — former engineer accused of stealing 2nm technical info, faces a total of up to 20 years in prison if found guilty (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-30 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: tsmc, industrial espionage, taiwan national security act

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The most innovative Asia-Pacific companies of 2026 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-24 | tags: tsmc, tokyo electron, varaha

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Uber is piloting a robotaxi service in Tokyo (engadget.com)

2026-03-12 | get Robotaxi Service in Tokyo → | tags: uber, wayve, nissan

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NVIDIA- and Uber-backed Nuro is testing autonomous vehicles in Tokyo (engadget.com)

2026-03-12 | get Nuro Autonomous Delivery Robot → | tags: nuro, nvidia, uber

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The Switch 2’s GameShare multiplayer turns this horror game into an unexpected comedy (theverge.com)

2026-02-11 | by Andrew Webster | get GameShare → | tags: game, gameshare, scramble