Resist OpenAI: Japanese Studio Representing Studio Ghibli Forbids Animation Training

CODA, which includes Studio Ghibli, issued a letter to OpenAI, demanding they stop training their AI with their animated ...
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Far from a closed book, Tokyo’s T-Site matters more than ever

I’m generally averse to recommendation lists. Every city has been Google Doc’d and mapped to death, especially Tokyo. And ...

The Toyota Buyout Is a Major Test for Japan’s Reforms

Japan Inc. has made great strides in corporate governance over the past decade that buoyed the stock market and ignited ...

From hunger to luxury: The story behind the world’s most expensive rice

Not only do the makers of Kinmemai Premium claim that it’s the world’s best rice, but in 2016 Guinness World Records ...

Japanese game maker Nintendo reports zooming sales and profit on its hit Switch 2 machine

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the year before, as its sales more than ...