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1 month ago | 
asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah—Eighty years later, Norio Uyematsu returned to the land of his youth here to thank a local farm owner who gave his family a home and life after their incarceration during World War II.
The 94-year-old Japanese-American waited a lifetime to return the favor.
Recently, his long-held wish came true in the form of a historical exhibition at a local museum.
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2 months ago | 
pubs.acs.org | Ryusei Fujimoto |Ryoichi Tatara |Tomooki Hosaka |Daisuke Igarashi
IntroductionClick to copy section linkSection link copied!The cathode reaction in metal–oxygen batteries, also referred to as metal–air batteries, has been extensively studied for the electrochemical management of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to harness it for energy conversion. Alkali metal–oxygen batteries utilizing nonaqueous electrolytes have garnered interest for their high theoretical energy density, which leverages atmospheric oxygen as the cathode active material.
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2 months ago | 
dx.doi.org | Ryusei Fujimoto |Ryoichi Tatara |Tomooki Hosaka |Daisuke Igarashi
IntroductionClick to copy section linkSection link copied!The cathode reaction in metal–oxygen batteries, also referred to as metal–air batteries, has been extensively studied for the electrochemical management of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to harness it for energy conversion. Alkali metal–oxygen batteries utilizing nonaqueous electrolytes have garnered interest for their high theoretical energy density, which leverages atmospheric oxygen as the cathode active material.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi
SAN FRANCISCO--The highly acclaimed series “Shogun” has been nominated in four categories of the 82nd Golden Globes, including for best television drama series, it was announced on Dec. 9.
Hiroyuki Sanada, who produces and stars in the historical drama, was also nominated for best male actor for his portrayal of the powerful Japanese warlord Yoshii Toranaga.
In addition, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano were nominated for best female actor and best male supporting actor, respectively.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
pubs.rsc.org | Daisuke Igarashi |Ryoichi Tatara |Shinichi Komaba |Satoshi Yasuno
Physicochemical properties and application of concentrated KN(SO2F)2/sulfolane solution in high-voltage high-power K-ion batteries
To achieve improved performance and practical applications of K-ion batteries (KIBs), which are considered next-generation batteries without resource constraints, electrolytes that can maximize the electrochemical performance of K-insertable electrode materials are crucial.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi
SAN FRANCISCO--Meta has enlisted a third-party organization in Japan to prevent the spread of misinformation and disinformation on Facebook, Instagram and the text-sharing app Threads.
The company announced Sept. 2 that Litmus will join its fact-checking program made up of third parties, the first entity from Japan.
Litmus will verify the accuracy of posts in Japanese on the three platforms.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi
SAN FRANCISCO--“Shogun,” a historical drama series produced by and starring Hiroyuki Sanada, leads the list of nominees for the 76th Emmy Awards with 25 nominations, including Best Drama Series.
The story centers around warlord Yoshii Toranaga, who is inspired by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Tokugawa Shogunate founder, played by Sanada.
The actor has been nominated for Best Actor, while Anna Sawai was put up for Best Actress.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
paudal.com | Raphaël Haumont |Daisuke Igarashi |Anahi Stone |It’s a failure
1 Views cooking recipe, cuisine, dessert recipe, Enjoy, live, readings, savour, starter and salad recipe, Summer, varied Between the latest thriller that makes you shiver and this book that has caused so much ink to flow, what would you say to a holiday workbook to study on your bath towel, starting with 160 pages to understand our failures in the kitchen and the solutions for spectacular catch-ups? It’s a failure, so what? By Raphaël Haumont, Flammarion ed., 160 p., €15.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi
SAN FRANCISCO--A bronze statue honoring a young survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, whose story of plucky courage touched the hearts of millions around the world, has gone missing from the Peace Park in Seattle.
The statue, “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” by artist Daryl Smith, celebrated the life of Sadako Sasaki, who was exposed to radiation when she was just 2 years old and died of leukemia at the age of 12.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
asahi.com | Daisuke Igarashi
LOS ANGELES--It was business as usual on a recent weekend in the heart of Little Tokyo here, which was crowded with many U.S. citizens, who were mostly seeking Japanese food.
The district remains packed with anime shops and Japanese restaurants. Goods related to Shohei Ohtani, the star slugger for the Los Angeles Dodgers, were also seen among products at storefronts.
But beneath the hustle and bustle lies concerns for the future of the 140-year-old Japanese community district.
