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KYOTO–Researchers from Kyoto University announced the development of a painkiller that relieves suffering more safely than fentanyl and other conventional alternatives. They said the drug is just as effective as existent narcotic analgesic agents, commonly known as opioids, which are used to treat acute pain associated with disease, especially cancer. The painkiller is expected to replace opioids because it is free of …
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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, Lost Soul Aside for PlayStation 5 and PC, and Super Robot Wars Y for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases. Also due out this week are SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch …
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The Trump administration opened an immigrant detention site at a former Japanese internment camp in Texas, leading to condemnation from politicians, advocacy groups, and descendants of survivors of the WWII-era program. Fort Bliss, a military base headquartered in El Paso, is slated to be the site of the largest federal detention center in the country. It currently holds around 1,000 …
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Japanese American groups criticized the construction of a new immigrant detention center in Texas at a military base that was used during World War II to imprison people of Japanese descent. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, which opened this past weekend, will be able to hold as many as 5,000 detainees upon …
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Magical Librarian Ariana: The Books of the Seven Heroes for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch, and Sword of the Sea for PlayStation 5 and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases. Also due out this week are the PlayStation 5 versions of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, The Legend of Heroes: Trails …
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Between the Integra and the Prelude, Honda has recently revived some iconic nameplates from its back catalog. Thankfully, in each case, it stayed pretty faithful to the original concept. But the brand isn’t finished. Having teased that it was working on a new Acura RSX (as in, the early 2000s Integra successor) earlier this year, Honda is back with a …
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It promises the benefits of a 10,000-step walk in just 30 minutes. No gym membership required. Just a pair of shoes and a willingness to alternate between brisk and slow-paced walking in three-minute bursts. Dubbed “Japanese walking,” the latest viral fitness trend is all over TikTok and has people wondering whether this short-interval workout can improve health more efficiently than …
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The red-headed wood pigeon, found only on Japan’s remote Ogasawara Islands, has staged an incredible recovery from the early 2000s, when the bird’s numbers fell to fewer than 80 individuals. The turning point came when conservationists removed feral cats, which, since being introduced to the islands, had been preying on the red-headed wood pigeons (Columba janthina nitens). The population rebounded …
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