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www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... Evolving Renovations A creator uses industrial waste for interior art on the theme of rebuilding. Meanwhile a business is experimenting with new office spaces that foster closer connections to its neighborhood. Explore the changing tide of renovations.

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... Kiriboshi Daikon Kiriboshi daikon—daikon radish that's cut and sun-dried to preserve it. Both tasty and nutritious, it's gaining traction as a health food. Discover more about its unique texture and versatility. Available until April 9, 2026

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... Torii Japanology Plus Found all over Japan, torii are gateways to Shinto shrines and the deities within. We meet people trying to rebuild torii after a huge earthquake and examine what torii mean to Japanese people. Available until March 31, 2028

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... Raden, a decorative lacquerware technique, uses the glimmering inner layer of shells. The inlay appears to float resplendently on the black lacquer, inspiring artisans to take the art into the future. Available until April 30, 2028

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... Torii Japanology Plus Found all over Japan, torii are gateways to Shinto shrines and the deities within. We meet people trying to rebuild torii after a huge earthquake and examine what torii mean to Japanese people. Available until March 31, 2028

That night when Toad went to bed he thought the biggest thoughts that he could think. Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.

Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography

Little man is feeling the music 🎶✨ 🔊🔊 📽️danceworldkids

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... 30 Years in Darkness: Children of the Cult After the Tokyo Sarin Attack We interviewed former Aum children to look into what they've gone through over the past three decades, and what society should have done for them. Available until April 25, 2025

GeGeGe no Kitaro: Japan's Ghost Buster before it became fashionable www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... Mizuki Shigeru, the legendary manga artist known for GeGeGe no Kitaro. Urasawa Naoki is joined by Mizuki's former assistants to discuss the yokai master's techniques with original manuscripts.

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... A Life Continued with Slate: Nepal Alampu Village, located high among Nepal's Himalayas, had long been a location of handmade slate production by the Thami people, but modernization has changed life there over the last 20 years. Available until March 28, 2026

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... Cashing in on Spare Time: How "Spot Work" is Changing Japan Millions of Japanese people are using dedicated apps to find so-called spot work – short-term, one-off jobs that allow them to make extra income in their spare time. Available until April 25, 2025

You gotta pay attention, but this is really good. h/t @neilirwin.bsky.social “Any country other than the US precipitously raising and lowering tariffs, gutting its Internal Revenue Service and nonchalantly considering territorial grabs would have seen smoking-hot capital flight months ago.”

"Excuse me. My eyes are up here"

Ukraine does not owe the United States a single dollar, everything the US provided and has yet to provide is owed to Ukraine. The US is the debtor and nobody should fucking forget that. These aren't donations, they are debts.

Yodobashi Camera has this comparison chart between all the Switch models, including Switch 2! First time I’ve seen Switch 2 material in public!

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/09/m...

Pretty much sums up every small business these days…not just 2025…

If I were Judge Xinis, I would order the government to produce, in her courtroom, officials who were in a position to answer her questions and to do so under oath. Letting DOJ continue to prevaricate and deflect responsibility in written submissions seems ... insufficient at this point.

Hanaikada: Fallen cherry blossom petals drift along the canal at Kyoto's Philosopher's Path🌸 📸 04.12.2025 📍Sakyo ward, Kyoto #photography #landscape #cherryblossoms #japan #kyoto #sakura #travel

Within physics, the science hit hardest by this is particle physics and cosmology. www.science.org/content/arti...

I hope this makes you smile as much as it did for me.

“The historical pattern suggests that while the "flood the zone" approach can be initially effective, it also creates vulnerabilities through overreach, administrative chaos, and eventual public backlash” antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/the-flood-...

If you don’t, your flight won’t crash, but ignoring airplane mode uses up your battery and annoys the pilot. www.wired.com/story/phone-...

Amazon is listing that publisher Kana will release the Cat's Eye and City Hunter manga in print in English, starting in September.

'Something is happening generally in America,” she said. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a federal court on Friday to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against him, arguing that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recently announced decision to do so was “explicitly and unapologetically political.”

Garcia: She's playing cosplaying as an ice agent, running around the country, going down to El Salvador, to prisons. You know, holding guns, dressing up. She is a joke

An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.

NEW: Blue Cross authorized mastectomies & breast reconstructions at one hospital, then refused to pay the full doctors' bills. BUT... The insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross execs signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment. By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

Aniplex USA will start streaming the Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time. series of short films on its YouTube channel next week.

Good morning Bluesky !

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100 percent accurate assessment that applies to conservatives here in the US as well. ---------------------------------- Conservatism Has Become a Cult of Suffering www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DBh... @steveboots.bsky.social

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Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival 📍Portland, Oregon 🇺🇲

Protesting is a right of all Americans under the First Amendment. But the US government is now allowing federal agents to conduct sweeping raids; ICE is reportedly detaining and deporting people. And, while police brutality is an abstract concept for some, it’s a stark reality for others. A guide:

Tsuru Aoki in THE DRAGON PAINTER. Aoki became a film star before the mass move to Hollywood. In the early 1910s, the American film industry had embraced authenticity, so hiring a Japanese performer to play Japanese roles was quite the fashion. The industry would backslide before the decade was out.

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In the early 20th century, anti-tax GOPers tried to appease progressive Republicans by passing a corporate income tax, incorrectly predicting it would be so unpopular as to quell the growing income tax movement. This wasn’t their last miscalculation. By @jeisinger.bsky.social

Best analogy for these times