FOOD
Japan’s Top 5 Ramen Shops…As Chosen by AI?
A Japanese firm noodled on how to track down the country's top 5 ramen shops - and found a unique way to…
technology
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FOOD
RACE IN JAPAN
University of Tokyo Professor Criticized for Anti-Chinese Tweets
A Japanese professor and business leader's discriminatory remarks towards Chinese people causes a backlash - and costs his company business.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Japanese Recruiting Firm Sold Job-Seeker’s “Scores” Without Consent
A recruiting company used a predictive program to assess the odds that a candidate would decline a job - and then sold…
TECHNOLOGY
7-11 Japan Shutters Its Cashless App After Only Four Days
What was supposed to be a huge boon for the struggling convenience store chain became a software engineer's worst nightmare. Learn about…
CULTURE
Nagoya City Suggests the Disabled Use Drones to Scale a Castle
When the city of Nagoya announced the renovated Nagoya Castle would lack an elevator for disabled access, the response was...left than uplifting.
WOMEN
How Dynamic Developer Nakamura Ikumi Won The Internet
The online gaming community this week was smitten by Nakamura Ikumi, creative director for video game publishing company Tango Dreamworks.
ENTERTAINMENT
Anime Musicals: How “2.5D Musicals” Bring Anime and Manga to the Stage
Many live-action manga and anime adaptations are received poorly. So how has musical theater captured the imagination of fans worldwide?
TECHNOLOGY
Why Do Japanese Programmers Get Paid So Little?
Programmers, systems engineers, and software architects can command great salaries around the world. Japan, however, is a different story...