'The Matrix' rain of green, digital code was inspired by sushi recipes — but that's not all
Simon Whiteley, the film's designer behind the code, reportedly scanned the characters from his wife's Japanese cookbooks to ...
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Mastering Japanese with Migaku: The Ultimate Tool to Learn Japanese
Learning a new language can feel like climbing a mountain—challenging, yet incredibly rewarding. Japanese, with its rich cultural heritage and fascinating writing systems, is no exception. If you’re ...
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Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
The A’s, hopeful Morii would consider the nearly unprecedented jump to an MLB organization instead, sent Japanese area scout Toshiyuki Tomizuka to see Morii in person. “This guy is bona fide ...
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Japanese Charts: Freedom Wars Remastered Makes Its Top Ten Debut
Famitsu has posted the latest boxed sales charts for Japan, and this time, Freedom Wars Remastered makes its debut on the Switch and the PS5. Rather predictably, the Switch version sold more ...
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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Tops the Japanese Charts, Switch Sells 44K, PS5 Sells 13K - Sales
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (NS) has remained in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 22,093 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending February 2, 2025. Black Myth ...
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Japanese cultural agency seeks public opinions on unified Romaji style; mulling first style change in 70 years
which follows the pattern of the 50 Japanese hiragana characters, and “shi” in Hepburn. In schools, the kunrei style has mainly been taught in line with the Cabinet’s announcement ...
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Tsunami advisory lifted after strong earthquake hits Japanese coast
The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at ...
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Freedom Wars Remastered Debuts on the Japanese Charts, Switch Sells 58K, PS5 Sells 12K - Sales
Super Mario Party Jamboree (NS) has remained first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 26,688 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending January 12, 2025. Freedom Wars ...
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Moana 2 sails into a Number 1 debut on the Official Film Chart
Moana 2 journeys into a Number 1 debut on the UK’s Official Film Chart. The sequel to 2016’s much-loved animated Disney film sails straight in at the top on digital downloads only, finishing ...
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Kiss Almost Charts A New No. 1 Hit In America
Kiss surges to No. 2 on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart as “I Was Made For Lovin’ ... [+] You” matches the band's all-time peak on the ranking. Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley ...
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Imogen Heap Charts on Hot 100 With 2005’s ‘Headlock’ Thanks to TikTok
This marks Heap’s first-ever entry on the Hot 100. Even though Heap herself has never had a solo hit on the chart, her songs have made waves here before. Jason Derulo sampled “Hide and Seek” ...