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A junior-high principal was fired after he was caught pouring more coffee than he paid for

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 22:34

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An iced coffee at a self-service machine.
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The US economy is crushing it compared to other rich countries

Wed, 01/31/2024 - 06:03

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G7 leaders Hiroshima 2023 — The US economy has been outpacing the growth of its G7 peers.
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Japan's moon probe landed upside-down but somehow it still works

Mon, 01/29/2024 - 19:27

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moon surface grey rocky slope with yellow space probe balanced on its nose — Imagery from one of its rovers shows the SLIM probe landed at a peculiar angle.
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Elon Musk wants to sell more Teslas in Japan. Here's why that could be tricky.

Sun, 01/28/2024 - 13:11

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This photo taken on January 27, 2023 shows Atsushi Ikeda, the founder and vice president of a Japanese club for Tesla owners, checking his phone as he charges his Tesla Model S at a charging station in Tokyo.

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A new space photo of Japan's first spacecraft to land on the moon shows why it's not generating any power

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 11:49

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image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon. — Image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of Japan's SLIM lander upside down on the moon.
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Why Japan has more than 8 million cheap abandoned houses that people are renovating into dream homes

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 03:06

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A street in Okawachiyama, Saga Prefecture, Japan. — An akiya is in the rural village of Okawachiyama, in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Makoto Watanabe

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Less than 1% of Japanese sake is made this traditional way

Mon, 01/22/2024 - 10:57

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The Gozenshu Brewery is one of the few in Japan using bodaimoto, a 600-year-old fermentation method, to make sake. They use it to make junmai, or pure rice sake that has no added alcohol or sugar. But mass-produced sake made with cheap additives is threatening the business.