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Day one of the 16th annual Kami-Con kicked off at the BJCC on Friday. The convention celebrates Japanese culture. Organizers ...

Honda and Nissan shook the automotive industry in December 2024 with their announcement of a historic $58 billion merger plan ...

Ray Suzuki is the founder of Chowa, a company seeking to change how Western luxury companies approach their historically wasteful packaging practices. Suzuki (whom I met through past Five Fits With ...

Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...

Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian’s Mayfair branch in London showcases the Japanese polymathic artist in remix mode as he updates important pieces from his country’s artistic ...

A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.

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