A few hours ago and after years of preparation, amendments to Japan’s copyright law came into effect, aiming to criminalize those who download unlicensed manga, magazines, and academic texts from the Internet. From a report: While uploading pirated content has always been illegal, the new law is quite specific in that it criminalizes the downloading of unlicensed content. While that could…
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Giant Gundam Robot In Japan Makes Its First Moves
A giant Gundam in Japan’s Port of Yokohama is now able to “pick up its legs to walk, bend its knees, turn its head, and contort its fingers to mime hand signals,” reports Popular Mechanics. The 60-foot robot is the largest in the world. From the report: Inspired by the fictional Japanese robot of the same name — which has appeared…
Explained! Enceladus’ enigmatic tiger stripes
How did the so-called tiger stripes – huge parallel cracks – form in the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus? A new study from the Carnegie Institution for Science provides some answers. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/enceladus-saturn-moon-tiger-stripe-explained…
Japan’s Digital Pop Stars Blur Line Between Virtual and Reality
An anonymous Slashdot reader shares a report about Japan’s virtual YouTubers or VTubers that act as live performers, corporate PR officials and even surrogate children. From The Wall Street Journal: Ryosei Takehisa, 24 years old, doesn’t have any children — unless you count an animated character with elfin ears called Mikuriya Kuon. In live appearances on YouTube, the kimono-clad Kuon character,…
Thousands of People Have Taken a Facebook Pledge To Storm Area 51
PolygamousRanchKid shares a report from CNN: Over 300,000 people have signed on to a Facebook event pledging to raid Area 51 in Nevada in a quest to “see them aliens.” The event, titled “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us,” is inviting users from around the world to join a “Naruto run” — a Japanese manga-inspired running style featuring…