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      <image:title>The Reality Seen by Undercover Investigators: What is Happening in the Deepest Parts of the Dark Web</image:title>
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      <image:caption>When traveling with children, it&#039;s more important to consider &quot;what to prevent&quot; rather than increasing the number of items you bring. The summary of the original article also highlighted major themes </image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Recently Clingy&quot; is a Red Flag - Is That &quot;Affection&quot; Really a Sign of Love? Why Many Pet Owners Miss Their Dogs&#039; Pain</image:title>
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      <image:caption>When work becomes tough, the solution isn&#039;t always just changing jobs. Drawing on themes covered by Tim Duggan from the Sydney Morning Herald, this article delves into the concept of &quot;job crafting&quot; as</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There is increasing evidence that Native Americans have been using dice-like tools to incorporate chance into games for over 12,000 years. A new study systematically re-examines bone-made two-sided &quot;b</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is Alone Time a Luxury? The Appeal of &quot;Solo Life&quot; That Social Media Overlooks - &quot;Alone Time&quot; Isn&#039;t Loneliness</image:title>
      <image:caption>Eating alone, going out alone, traveling alone—such actions are still often perceived as &quot;lonely&quot; or as if &quot;someone is missing.&quot; However, in reality, many people choose &quot;solo activities&quot; for the freed</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resilient Asian Manufacturing: The Cracks of &quot;Invisible Price Increases&quot; Expanding Beneath the Surface</image:title>
      <image:caption>The manufacturing sector in Asia has not yet collapsed. China&#039;s Manufacturing PMI remains in expansion territory, and South Korea is showing strength, buoyed by semiconductor demand. Meanwhile, in Jap</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Chicks Remember &quot;Gentle Hands&quot; — The Warmth of Humans May Create a Sense of Happiness</news:title>
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      <image:title>Chicks Remember &quot;Gentle Hands&quot; — The Warmth of Humans May Create a Sense of Happiness</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Bristol and other institutions has suggested that chicks may not only find gentle human contact &quot;not unpleasant,&quot; but actively remember it as a positive experien</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Who is Going to the Moon For? — Why Manned Spaceflight Still Captivates Our Hearts</news:title>
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      <image:title>Who is Going to the Moon For? — Why Manned Spaceflight Still Captivates Our Hearts</image:title>
      <image:caption>The original article from Phys.org argues that the reason manned spaceflight strongly captivates people is because &quot;humans themselves are at the center of the story.&quot; Artemis II is a 10-day mission th</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Should Social Media Be Banned for Those Under 15? The French Senate Debate Highlights the Boundary Between &quot;Protection&quot; and &quot;Surveillance&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Should Social Media Be Banned for Those Under 15? The French Senate Debate Highlights the Boundary Between &quot;Protection&quot; and &quot;Surveillance&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A bill to restrict social media use for those under 15 has entered the Senate deliberations in France, further strengthening the momentum to prioritize child protection. This move is driven by concern</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/rakuten-mobile-netcracker-ai-revolution-future-network-partnership-expansion</loc>
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      <news:title>After the price competition comes the business design competition: Why Rakuten Mobile is refining its AI-compatible BSS</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Rakuten Mobile has extended its partnership with Netcracker. What stands out in this announcement is not merely the maintenance of systems, but the reaffirmation of AI-enabled cloud-native BSS as a gr</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Abnormal behavior cannot be explained solely by the current environment — How lifelong stress research is changing welfare assessments</news:title>
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      <image:title>Abnormal behavior cannot be explained solely by the current environment — How lifelong stress research is changing welfare assessments</image:title>
      <image:caption>A study has been published indicating that the abnormal repetitive behaviors of rhesus macaques housed in experimental facilities are related not only to their current environment but also to the accu</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Does Fashion Originate from the Center? — The Answer from the Antwerp Six After 40 Years</news:title>
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      <image:title>Does Fashion Originate from the Center? — The Answer from the Antwerp Six After 40 Years</image:title>
      <image:caption>&quot;The Antwerp Six,&quot; which began at MoMu in Antwerp, Belgium, is the first large-scale exhibition in 40 years to revisit the six Belgian designers who gained attention in London in 1986. Importantly, th</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Are U.S. Military Bases a Safeguard or a Target? Gulf Countries&#039; Distrust of the U.S. and the Reorganization of the Middle Eastern Order</image:title>
      <image:caption>The prolonged conflict involving the United States and Iran is visibly altering the sentiment towards the U.S. in the Gulf countries. While these nations outwardly maintain their relationships with Wa</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Shopify&#039;s &quot;AI-Driven Shopping&quot; Revolution: How Your Online Shopping Experience Will Change</news:title>
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      <image:title>Shopify&#039;s &quot;AI-Driven Shopping&quot; Revolution: How Your Online Shopping Experience Will Change</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shopify&#039;s &quot;Agentic Storefronts&quot; is a new sales channel that connects product discovery to purchase on AI platforms like ChatGPT. Instead of the traditional process of searching, comparing, and visitin</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/alzheimers-disease-new-hope-memory-science</loc>
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      <news:title>Is the Key to Alzheimer&#039;s Prevention in the &quot;Locus Coeruleus&quot;? The Current State of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research</news:title>
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      <image:title>Is the Key to Alzheimer&#039;s Prevention in the &quot;Locus Coeruleus&quot;? The Current State of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vagus nerve stimulation, which involves stimulating the vagus nerve near the ear or neck, is gaining attention as a new candidate for addressing memory decline due to Alzheimer&#039;s disease and aging. Th</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The article from Greek Reporter romantically portrays the golden ratio as the &quot;secret of harmony&quot; in ancient Greece. Indeed, the golden ratio, an irrational number approximately equal to 1.618, has he</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>With the prolonged situation in the Middle East, the crude oil market is experiencing more than just a price increase. Notably, the &quot;floating storage,&quot; which plays a role in buying time when supply an</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The essence of the provocative term &quot;Lazy CEO&quot; is not about slacking off. It is the idea that executives and managers should not take on everything themselves, but rather create systems, delegate task</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The functionality of the Strait of Hormuz has been destabilized due to the Iran war, causing significant turmoil in the global crude oil and LNG markets. China, which also relies on Middle Eastern oil</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The large Arctic whale, the bowhead whale, has shown remarkable resilience to climate change over the past 11,000 years. However, commercial whaling, which lasted for about 400 years from the 16th cen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Era When &quot;War&quot; and &quot;Shopping Basket&quot; Are Connected - Growing Food Insecurity in the UK</image:title>
      <image:caption>Food insecurity is once again becoming a serious issue in the UK. According to The Food Foundation, as of January 2026, 12% of UK households are experiencing food insecurity, affecting 6.3 million adu</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Netflix is transitioning from a &quot;content company&quot; to a &quot;live broadcast company&quot; — Live sports are transforming the advertising business.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The reason Netflix is starting to seriously invest in live sports is not just about expanding its subscriber base; it&#039;s also about the growth of its advertising business. The original article points o</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At GTC 2026, NVIDIA unveiled DLSS 5, which garnered attention as a new technology that goes beyond the traditional &quot;frame rate improvement&quot; focus of DLSS. It uses AI to transform lighting and material</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Cells Were &quot;Reading the Invisible Future&quot; - The 100-Micrometer Sense That Holds the Key to Cancer Spread</image:title>
      <image:caption>A study has been reported that challenges the conventional view that cells move by sensing only the scaffolding they are directly in contact with. It was found that individual abnormal cells can detec</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Your 40s can serve as a starting point for redesigning your life and career, rather than marking the beginning of decline. An article from manager magazin, titled &quot;Diese sechs Fragen sollten Sie sich </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Why Cats Can Land on Their Feet When They Fall: A New Answer to a 300-Year-Old Mystery</news:title>
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      <image:caption>When a cat falls from a high place, how does it manage to twist its body in mid-air and land on its feet? A new study in 2026 addressing the long-known &quot;falling cat problem&quot; has shown that there is a </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The mathematical constant pi (π), which emerges when dividing a circle&#039;s circumference by its diameter, has fascinated humanity for millennia. From the approximate values of ancient Babylonia and Egyp</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has halted the global rollout of its video generation AI, &quot;Seedance 2.0.&quot; The decision comes amid concerns about copyright infringement raised by major Hollywo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New clothes may look clean, but they can potentially have chemicals, excess dyes, and dirt from the manufacturing, transportation, store display, and fitting processes. Experts particularly recommend </image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Could &#039;Plastic Waste in the Body&#039; Disrupt the Immune System? The Eerie Mechanism Revealed by Recent Research&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Could &#039;Plastic Waste in the Body&#039; Disrupt the Immune System? The Eerie Mechanism Revealed by Recent Research&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Recent research has indicated that microplastics derived from polystyrene can accumulate in immune cells called macrophages within the body, potentially hindering their ability to process dead cells a</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;What Happens in a &#039;Persistent Male Pond&#039; - A New Discovery on How Fish Reproductive Behavior Shakes Ecosystems&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;What Happens in a &#039;Persistent Male Pond&#039; - A New Discovery on How Fish Reproductive Behavior Shakes Ecosystems&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from the University of California, Santa Cruz, among others, has demonstrated that the intensity of persistent mating pursuit behavior by male western mosquitofish towards females can </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Rising Energy and Food Prices: The Candid Opinions on Social Media Confronting Each Country&#039;s Emergency Measures</news:title>
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      <image:title>Rising Energy and Food Prices: The Candid Opinions on Social Media Confronting Each Country&#039;s Emergency Measures</image:title>
      <image:caption>Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and concerns over supply instability, countries around the world are implementing policies to curb rising fuel and food prices. India is prioritizing the se</image:caption>
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      <news:title>People Who Lose Weight, Those Who Plateau, and Those Who Suffer Side Effects: The Turning Point of Weight Loss Drugs</news:title>
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      <image:title>People Who Lose Weight, Those Who Plateau, and Those Who Suffer Side Effects: The Turning Point of Weight Loss Drugs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wegovy and Zepbound have significantly transformed obesity treatment, but they do not work the same for everyone. While clinical trials show high weight loss effects, in reality, people can be categor</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/key-to-controlling-climate-fungus-discovered</loc>
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      <news:title>Do Mushrooms Call for Rain? ― The Impact of Fungal Proteins That Freeze Water</news:title>
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      <image:title>Do Mushrooms Call for Rain? ― The Impact of Fungal Proteins That Freeze Water</image:title>
      <image:caption>An international research team has detailed how fungi possess &quot;ice nucleation proteins&quot; that can freeze water at relatively high sub-zero temperatures. The subject of the study is fungi from the Morti</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The World Can&#039;t Sleep - The &quot;Sleep Crisis&quot; Highlighting the Cost of Work, Anxiety, and Smartphones</news:title>
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      <image:title>The World Can&#039;t Sleep - The &quot;Sleep Crisis&quot; Highlighting the Cost of Work, Anxiety, and Smartphones</image:title>
      <image:caption>While people around the world understand that &quot;sleep is more important than diet and exercise for living a long and healthy life,&quot; more than half report getting a good night&#039;s sleep only four days a w</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hibernating queen bumblebees can survive underwater for several days. This astonishing phenomenon was reported in 2024, but a new study in 2026 revealed that queen bees actually absorb oxygen from the</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the Illinois Institute of Technology and other institutions experimentally analyzed why people tend to stick to familiar choices rather than trying new brands or technologies. The</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Australian cat product brand &quot;Michu&quot; has introduced design, environmental consideration, and a social media-friendly presentation to the cat litter market, which often focuses solely on functional</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A new discovery has garnered attention: European hedgehogs may be able to hear ultrasonic sounds that are inaudible to humans, up to at least 85kHz. A research team from the University of Oxford and o</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Is the price of gasoline going to rise again?&quot; Concerns spread due to tensions in the Middle East; will the IEA&#039;s release of reserves be a trump card?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tensions in the Middle East, exacerbated by Iran&#039;s expanding attacks, are significantly shaking the crude oil market. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has heightened its alert, stating that the r</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The international passenger train connecting China and North Korea is set to resume operations for the first time in about six years, following a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid sell</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The long-tailed macaques at Bali&#039;s Uluwatu Temple engage in a &quot;snatch and exchange&quot; behavior, where they take tourists&#039; glasses or smartphones and return them in exchange for food. Meanwhile, African </image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Real Cause of the &quot;Burger War&quot; Started by the McDonald&#039;s CEO - A Controversy Spreading Like Wildfire with Just One Bite</image:title>
      <image:caption>The tasting video for the new burger &quot;Big Arch&quot; by McDonald&#039;s CEO Chris Kempczinski was originally intended as a promotional piece for the new product. However, the unnaturally small bite and the corp</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;AI is a National Strategy&quot;: Trump&#039;s Move Transforms Silicon Valley and the Global Market</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Trump administration&#039;s AI policy aims to strengthen U.S. AI dominance by reducing regulations, accelerating infrastructure investment, and emphasizing competition with China. However, this approac</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>OpenAI has once again postponed the &quot;adult mode&quot; for ChatGPT. This feature was intended to unlock more mature expressions, including erotica, for adult users who have passed age verification. Initiall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The worsening situation in the Middle East has significantly disrupted the supply of crude oil and fuel through the Strait of Hormuz, leading to rising prices and supply concerns for gasoline, diesel,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Among the often-avoided &quot;flies&quot; seen in gardens, there is actually a strong ally for gardening. Hoverflies (Syrphidae) visit flowers for nectar and pollen as adults, aiding in pollination. Meanwhile, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Starting from an article by GreekReporter, which focuses on the role AI played in the Iran War, the emphasis is not merely on &quot;future weapons&quot; but rather on AI as a foundational technology that accele</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>President Trump praised the U.S. military operation against Iran at the White House, describing it as a &quot;12 to 15 out of 10&quot; performance. He claimed that &quot;the army, navy, communications, and leadershi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AWS has announced the AI agent platform &quot;Amazon Connect Health&quot; for healthcare institutions. It automates repetitive administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling, identity verification, clinica</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The detailed three-dimensional structure of the protein complex &quot;Augmin,&quot; which supports the internal cytoskeleton of plant cells, has been elucidated. Augmin assists in the branching formation of mic</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Day Pornhub Disappears from Australia&quot; - The Shock of &quot;Internet Blocking&quot; Initiated by Age Verification Law</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Australia, the implementation of mandatory age verification for porn sites has sparked significant debate, as companies operating major sites like Pornhub have indicated plans to block access for d</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;High for You, Low for Your Neighbor&quot; — Are Pricing Algorithms Really &quot;Evil&quot;? : Economics of Distinguishing &quot;Good Data&quot; from &quot;Bad Data&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Online, &quot;personalized pricing&quot; is becoming more prevalent, where prices for the same product vary depending on the individual, based on factors like browsing history and location to estimate &quot;willingn</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In conjunction with International Women&#039;s Day 2026, a research institute from Ipsos and King&#039;s College London conducted a survey involving approximately 23,000 people across 29 countries. The survey r</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At the opening of the National People&#039;s Congress, China emphasized &quot;high-tech investment and scientific and technological innovation&quot; as its top priority amid escalating tensions with the United State</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/energy-crisis-winner-middle-east-conflict-market-turmoil</loc>
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      <image:caption>In Iran, a resource-rich country, power outages and fuel shortages have become chronic issues. The underlying causes include aging infrastructure, stagnant investment, and excessive consumption due to</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amid rising tensions in Iran, gold, which is typically in demand during such times, has instead declined. This is due to several factors: the strength of the US dollar and US Treasury bonds, which ten</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Convertible new car sales are sharply declining in Germany. In 2025, new registrations are expected to be 33,924 units, a 17% decrease from the previous year, now accounting for only &quot;1 in 84 new cars</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In response to the escalating tensions in the Middle East, the market has strengthened its risk-averse stance. The dollar has risen due to a preference for safe-haven assets, and the continued rise in</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AI is shifting from being a &quot;bonus for capable individuals&quot; to a &quot;penalty for those who can&#039;t.&quot; An article in FOCUS highlights the reality that managers who do not use AI are being excluded from promo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Measures against violence in healthcare settings tend to focus on security and post-incident responses. However, exposure to violence places healthcare professionals in a state of chronic vigilance, w</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Standing before the Babylonian army were the &quot;Greek mercenaries&quot;: Historical records speak of the lost battle</image:title>
      <image:caption>Around 568/567 BCE, during Nebuchadnezzar II&#039;s invasion of Egypt, it is possible that Greeks (mercenaries and settlers) incorporated into the Pharaoh&#039;s army clashed with the Babylonian forces. Fragmen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;World&#039;s Transit City&quot; Turns into an Isolated Island Overnight - Chaos at Dubai Airport, Stranded Travelers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dubai faced a major disruption as it was hit by missile and drone attacks from Iran, leading to airspace closure and mass flight cancellations, rendering the &quot;world&#039;s largest aviation hub&quot; dysfunction</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Trump administration&#039;s policy towards Iran is characterized by &quot;controlled escalation,&quot; aiming to maximize pressure while avoiding full-scale war. This approach consists of four pillars: ① limited</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/measles-threat-sydney-vaccination-future-protect</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;The Most Frightening is &#039;Unknown Transmission Route&#039; ― Why Measles is Quietly Spreading in Sydney&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Most Frightening is &#039;Unknown Transmission Route&#039; ― Why Measles is Quietly Spreading in Sydney&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>NSW Health has issued a warning that measles could be spreading &quot;unnoticed&quot; in Sydney. Some of the infected individuals do not have known contact histories or match previously announced exposure locat</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/anthropic-ai-industry-dilemma-self-governance-trap-risks</loc>
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      <news:title>Anthropic and the Dilemma of the AI Industry: &quot;Safety First&quot; Supposedly — Who Cornered Anthropic?</news:title>
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      <image:title>Anthropic and the Dilemma of the AI Industry: &quot;Safety First&quot; Supposedly — Who Cornered Anthropic?</image:title>
      <image:caption>The U.S. government has moved to suspend dealings and effectively exclude Anthropic for refusing to repurpose its technology for large-scale domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. TechCrun</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Will AI Go to the Battlefield: OpenAI&#039;s &quot;Prohibited Uses&quot; and the Controversial Points on Social Media</news:title>
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      <image:title>Will AI Go to the Battlefield: OpenAI&#039;s &quot;Prohibited Uses&quot; and the Controversial Points on Social Media</image:title>
      <image:caption>OpenAI has entered into a contract to provide AI to U.S. defense authorities, explicitly outlining &quot;red lines&quot; (prohibitions) for military use. The agreement bans activities such as mass surveillance </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Are Chinese EVs Dangerous? The &quot;Undisclosed Evidence&quot; Leading to a Chain of Distrust</news:title>
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      <image:title>Are Chinese EVs Dangerous? The &quot;Undisclosed Evidence&quot; Leading to a Chain of Distrust</image:title>
      <image:caption>Concerns are growing in Germany that &quot;always-connected cars,&quot; primarily manufactured in China, could pose national and corporate security risks by collecting sensitive information through location dat</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the Brazilian Amazon, a baby boy has been born to the Akuntsu, an indigenous group that was on the brink of extinction, with only three women survivors for many years. For these women, who had chos</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the bidding war over the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Netflix refused to increase its offer and withdrew, giving Paramount Skydance the upper hand. Paramount proposed terms of $31 p</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Generative AI can assist in writing papers, summarizing literature, and improving English expressions, providing a significant boost for researchers, especially those who are non-native English speake</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Animals do not perceive the same second in the same way. Researchers have gathered indicators of the &quot;perception of time (visual temporal resolution)&quot; in various animals and demonstrated a strong corr</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Reports that Stripe is considering acquiring &quot;all or part of the assets&quot; of PayPal have caused PayPal&#039;s stock to surge. The discussions are in the early stages, and both companies have declined to com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Discord announced that it is postponing the global rollout of its Age Assurance feature, initially planned for March, to late 2026. On social media, there was a strong backlash due to the perception t</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Apple is mandating age verification for downloading 18+ apps in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore, with the App Store automatically conducting adult verification through &quot;reasonable methods.&quot; Additiona</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Russia is increasingly fixing its economy into a wartime regime to continue the war, while its fiscal situation is becoming strained due to declining revenue from oil and gas, which are pillars of its</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The stagnation in voter turnout among young people is not only due to apathy but also because of multiple &quot;barriers&quot; such as &quot;the voting process being difficult to understand,&quot; &quot;lack of motivation,&quot; a</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Language Barrier&quot; Delays Innovation: The True Cause of the &quot;Half Delay&quot; for Japanese Technology Reaching the U.S.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The delay in translating Japanese patents into English significantly hinders the dissemination of knowledge to the United States. A study that utilized changes in the U.S. patent system found that lan</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The European Commission of the EU has stated that it will not accept any move by the United States to raise tariffs, emphasizing that &quot;a deal is a deal.&quot; This comes in the context of the U.S. Supreme </image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Growing Sentiment in Germany that &quot;Childbirth is a Luxury&quot; - 55% Say &quot;No More Children&quot;: Rising Living Costs Undermine the Future of Families</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In Germany, an increasing number of people feel they &quot;cannot afford to have children.&quot; According to a survey conducted by INSA for the German newspaper &quot;Bild am Sonntag,&quot; 55% agreed with the statement</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-future-money-5-revolutions</loc>
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      <news:title>The Era of &quot;Automation&quot; in Repayment, Savings, and Credit: Changes AI and Open Banking Bring to Household Finances</news:title>
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      <image:caption>With advancements in AI and open banking, the way we handle our money is changing. The article organizes five key points: 1) new credit scoring using open data, 2) debt rehabilitation that monitors sp</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/tariffs-economic-impact-potential-benefits</loc>
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      <news:title>Who Benefits from Tariffs? Tariffs Are Not &quot;Protection&quot; but &quot;Additional Taxation on Households&quot; ─ The Real Reason the Market Is Wary</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Regarding U.S. tariff policy, Tony Roth from Wilmington Trust pointed out that &quot;the economic pain outweighs the long-term benefits.&quot; Tariffs are essentially akin to a &quot;sales tax&quot; on consumers, with a </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/gogh-yellow-secret-colorful-story</loc>
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      <news:title>Why Does &quot;Yellow&quot; Move the Heart? - More Than Just Seeing &quot;Yellow&quot;: The Van Gogh Museum&#039;s Challenge to Immerse with Light, Scent, and Sound</news:title>
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      <image:caption>An exhibition titled &quot;Yellow. Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour&quot; is being held at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, with the color &quot;yellow&quot; as the main focus. Starting with &#039;Sunflowers&#039;, the exhibition explore</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Don&#039;t Go, Vote&quot; Arrives as an Ad: A &quot;Smartphone Ad&quot; Stood in Front of the Polling Station — Evidence That Social Media Micro-Targeting Lowered Voter Turnout</image:title>
      <image:caption>A study has been reported that quantifies for the first time the potential impact of &quot;vote deterrence ads&quot; on social media in reducing actual voter turnout. Over 10,000 participants, representing a po</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Australia has benefited from its image as a &quot;cheerful and positive&quot; country, but a decline in happiness rankings is being discussed as potentially weakening the country&#039;s appeal—its soft power—beyond </image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Fish Thought in Front of the Mirror&quot; — The Challenge of &quot;Self-Recognition&quot; Presented by the Cleaner Fish</image:title>
      <image:caption>The cleaner wrasse (Putzerfisch) has accelerated the debate on self-recognition by exhibiting &quot;mirror mark test&quot;-like responses: attacking its reflection, displaying strange movements, and attempting </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In response to Australia&#039;s lead in &quot;restricting minors&#039; use of social media,&quot; Germany&#039;s CDU and SPD have begun discussing age-based usage bans and &quot;youth-oriented specifications.&quot; The aim is to reduce</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from Stanford University has demonstrated the potential of maintaining immune cells in the lungs, such as macrophages, in a &quot;vigilant state&quot; through nasal administration. This approach</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Rightward Shift Just by Watching &#039;Recommendations&#039; for a Few Weeks? The &#039;Irreversible&#039; Impact of X Algorithm&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Rightward Shift Just by Watching &#039;Recommendations&#039; for a Few Weeks? The &#039;Irreversible&#039; Impact of X Algorithm&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>An experiment conducted over seven weeks with approximately 5,000 U.S. users suggests that the &quot;For You&quot; recommendation feed on X (formerly Twitter) may shift users&#039; political attitudes towards a more</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The &quot;AI Champions&quot; Who Don&#039;t Shake Hands ─ A Few Seconds of Silence on the Stage in India Stirred the World</news:title>
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      <image:title>The &quot;AI Champions&quot; Who Don&#039;t Shake Hands ─ A Few Seconds of Silence on the Stage in India Stirred the World</image:title>
      <image:caption>At an AI summit held in India, a few awkward seconds were captured and spread across social media when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, while attempting to strike a pose symbolizi</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Reality of Copyright Challenged by Gemini&#039;s New Feature: Mass-Producing &quot;Authentic-Sounding Music&quot; in 30 Seconds</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Reality of Copyright Challenged by Gemini&#039;s New Feature: Mass-Producing &quot;Authentic-Sounding Music&quot; in 30 Seconds</image:title>
      <image:caption>Google&#039;s Gemini app has integrated DeepMind&#039;s music generation model &quot;Lyria 3&quot; as a beta feature. It can generate 30-second music tracks from text and images (also referencing videos), with lyrics cre</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Is SNS an Addiction or Just &quot;Overuse&quot;? : Meta Trial Questions the Design&#039;s Guilt — Mentions Efforts to Protect Minors</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In Los Angeles, USA, a lawsuit is underway against Meta (Instagram) and Google (YouTube), accusing them of designing social media to &quot;create addiction&quot; in children. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledg</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/chatgpt-smart-usage-tips-dialogue-prompt-techniques</loc>
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      <image:title>People Who Aren&#039;t Swayed by AI Ask This: 10 ChatGPT Prompt Hacks</image:title>
      <image:caption>The key to getting &quot;fast and good answers&quot; from ChatGPT lies not in difficult specialized knowledge, but in the &quot;format of asking questions.&quot; An article from ZDNET introduces 10 prompt habits such as </image:caption>
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      <news:title>China&#039;s New Policy on Declining Birthrate: Regulating Posts Hesitant About Marriage and Childbirth</news:title>
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      <image:title>China&#039;s New Policy on Declining Birthrate: Regulating Posts Hesitant About Marriage and Childbirth</image:title>
      <image:caption>China&#039;s internet regulatory authority (CAC) has intensified its crackdown on posts and videos that include content discouraging marriage and childbirth during the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) peri</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Water bed? Lava bed? &quot;Which would you choose to sleep on&quot;: The bizarre bed trend going viral on TikTok</news:title>
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      <image:title>Water bed? Lava bed? &quot;Which would you choose to sleep on&quot;: The bizarre bed trend going viral on TikTok</image:title>
      <image:caption>AI-generated videos on TikTok that prompt viewers with the question &quot;Which bed would you sleep in?&quot; are rapidly increasing. These videos feature beds made from unrealistic materials like water, metal,</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The New Face of Exploitation through Passion — When &#039;Loving Your Job&#039; Becomes an &quot;Obligation&quot;: The Cost of the &#039;Love&#039; Companies Demand</news:title>
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      <image:title>The New Face of Exploitation through Passion — When &#039;Loving Your Job&#039; Becomes an &quot;Obligation&quot;: The Cost of the &#039;Love&#039; Companies Demand</image:title>
      <image:caption>&quot;To love your work&quot; is not merely about satisfaction or engagement; it is a state where three elements are simultaneously present: ① enthusiasm for the work itself, ② commitment to the organization, a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the Winter Olympics ski jumping event, a controversy known as &quot;Penis-gate&quot; has resurfaced. The issue originated from the theory that male athletes temporarily enhance their private parts with subst</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The year 2026 is the Year of the Horse, specifically &quot;Hinoe-Uma&quot; in the traditional Japanese zodiac, also known as the &quot;Fire Horse.&quot; Around the time of the Lunar New Year, a narrative comparing &quot;snake</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Reason Why Work Progresses Once You Stop Multitasking</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Reason Why Work Progresses Once You Stop Multitasking</image:title>
      <image:caption>The key to productivity lies not in &quot;managing&quot; time itself, but in managing your actions and priorities. Since a day consists of 24 hours that cannot be increased, the outcome depends on what you choo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japan&#039;s GDP for the October-December quarter of 2025 grew at an annualized rate of +0.2%, significantly below market expectations of +1.6%. Personal consumption increased by only +0.1%, with high livi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Teenagers&#039; use of social media averages several hours a day, raising concerns about sleep deprivation due to staying up late, fluctuations in self-esteem, and increased passive consumption. Research s</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The live-action Disney film &#039;Snow White&#039; has been reported to incur a loss of over $100 million (a nine-figure deficit), drawing renewed attention to the ballooning production costs, challenging promo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Donations by the ultra-wealthy in the United States are drawing attention. According to estimates by Forbes and others, figures like Buffett stand out in terms of total donation amounts, but the low d</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Black T-shirts and Denim Saved - A Simple Laundry Trick to Make Clothes Last Longer! 3 Reasons Why &quot;Inside-Out Washing&quot; Works</news:title>
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      <image:caption>By simply &quot;turning clothes inside out&quot; before washing, you can reduce the damage caused by friction on the outside, making it easier to protect prints, decorations, and fibers. Additionally, detergent</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Don&#039;t Treat It Like Public Domain Material&quot; - Disney Issues Cease and Desist to ByteDance: Where Are the Boundaries of AI Learning?</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Don&#039;t Treat It Like Public Domain Material&quot; - Disney Issues Cease and Desist to ByteDance: Where Are the Boundaries of AI Learning?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Disney has sent a cease-and-desist request to ByteDance regarding their new AI video generation tool, &quot;Seedance 2.0,&quot; alleging unauthorized use and learning from Disney&#039;s copyrighted materials. Disney</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Have East German cities achieved countryside-level air quality? Invisible pollution accumulates in the city — How to balance life with Feinstaub (fine particulate matter)</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Leipzig, under certain weather conditions (particularly east winds or stable atmospheric conditions), particulate matter (such as PM10) tends to linger in urban areas, leading to poorer air quality</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Light and Shadow of the Olympics: Is the Olympics the Pinnacle of Life or Just the Beginning? — The Reason Why Winning Can Still Be Difficult</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Olympics represent the ultimate stage for athletes, but the moment the competition ends, some are overwhelmed by feelings of &quot;emptiness,&quot; &quot;burnout,&quot; and &quot;self-denial.&quot; Regardless of winning or los</image:caption>
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      <news:title>PFAS: From &quot;Collect and Dispose&quot; to &quot;Break Down and Recycle&quot;: Can Water-Sensitive Lithium Save Water Pollution? The Expectations and Realities Highlighted by PFAS Decomposition Research</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A report has emerged suggesting the possibility of decomposing 95% of PFOA, a representative of PFAS (commonly known as &quot;forever chemicals&quot;), using an electrochemical reaction with lithium, and recove</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Cycle of Poverty Affecting South Korean Regions: The Future of Educational Reform Holds the Key - An Era Where Assets Determine Social Class More Than Household Income</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Cycle of Poverty Affecting South Korean Regions: The Future of Educational Reform Holds the Key - An Era Where Assets Determine Social Class More Than Household Income</image:title>
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      <image:title>❤️ Wasn&#039;t Really a &quot;Heart&quot;? How the Red Heart Became a Universal Language - How the Symbol of Love Captivated the World</image:title>
      <image:caption>The red hearts that flood Valentine&#039;s Day have actually grown as a &quot;concept&quot; largely unrelated to the anatomical heart. In the 14th century, Giotto left depictions surprisingly close to the actual hea</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Loneliness is not a bug, but a feature: The apps searching for love are not optimizing for &quot;love&quot; — The truth behind the design that never stops swiping</image:title>
      <image:caption>While usage of dating apps increases before Valentine&#039;s Day, the article points out that &quot;the apps are optimized not for the success of romance, but for continued use and monetization.&quot; The design, wh</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2026, celebrity relationships prioritize &quot;practicality&quot; over &quot;romance.&quot; While natural connections at work remain strong, curated apps like Raya, introductions by friends, professional matchmakers, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>YouTube TV is reportedly set to launch a sports-focused skinny bundle &quot;within the next few weeks.&quot; Priced at $65 per month, it is approximately 22% cheaper than the current basic plan, which costs $83</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In a study that conducted an integrated analysis of 6,049 records over the past decade on pollution in rivers, estuaries, coasts, and mangroves worldwide, 46% were classified as &quot;dirty/very dirty.&quot; Ap</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Mercor&#039;s &quot;APEX-Agents,&quot; which measures the professional skills of AI agents, Anthropic&#039;s Opus 4.6 has significantly improved its scores, leading to a reevaluation of its suitability for specialized</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Monika Schnitzer, the chair of Germany&#039;s &quot;Council of Economic Experts&quot; (known as the &quot;Five Wise Men&quot;), sparked a debate by stating, &quot;Gen Z is working more than previous generations. Criticism of young</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Australian media, an &quot;internal culture war&quot; over the revamp of the culture section has come to the forefront. A symbolic appointment for the newly established culture section was overturned in a sh</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Débora Garofalo, a public school teacher from São Paulo, has been awarded the newly established &quot;Global Teacher Influencer of the Year&quot; by the Varkey Foundation, recognizing her as the &quot;most influenti</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Wave of the AI Revolution Hits the Financial Industry! Will Financial Analysts be &quot;Replaced&quot;? ― Anthropic Ventures into the &quot;Next Battlefield&quot; with Claude</image:title>
      <image:caption>U.S.-based Anthropic is making a full-scale entry into the financial analysis sector with its latest model, &quot;Claude Opus 4.6.&quot; The company has announced that the model can interpret corporate data, ti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tinder is testing an AI feature called &quot;Chemistry&quot; as a countermeasure to &quot;swipe fatigue&quot; and burnout. By answering questions and (with consent) analyzing the smartphone&#039;s camera roll, it aims to esti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An international research team has suggested that the ability of snakes to survive without food for several months to a year may be due to the loss (or significant degradation) of the gene for the &quot;hu</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Could Forest Soil Become a &quot;Methane Vacuum&quot;? Surprising Climate Feedback Revealed by 24 Years of Data</image:title>
      <image:caption>Forest soils are an important &quot;sink&quot; for absorbing methane from the atmosphere. A study that continuously measured soil gases at 13 sites in southwestern Germany for up to 24 years reported that metha</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Revival of Oysters&quot; May Protect Fisheries — A Mechanism to Break the Chain of Disease</image:title>
      <image:caption>Oysters have been shown to potentially protect surrounding organisms by filtering not only algae and nutrients from the water but also pathogens. A study by the College of William &amp; Mary (VIMS) in the</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Under the Name of &quot;Stability,&quot; News Disappears: The Shock of Mass Layoffs at The Washington Post</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Washington Post has announced that it will reduce its workforce by about one-third and significantly scale back its coverage in areas such as sports and international reporting. The editorial chie</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Not Just &#039;Declining Birthrate&#039;: War, Migration, and Climate Change Redraw the Population Map&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The global population decline is not merely a result of low birth rates; it is also driven by the interplay of war, migration, and climate change. &quot;Countries with declining populations&quot; and &quot;cities at</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The European Union is preparing to propose a &quot;strategic partnership&quot; to the United States aimed at reducing dependency on China for critical minerals, such as rare earth elements. The proposal include</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AI technology that can determine concussions (mild traumatic brain injuries) in sports settings within seconds by detecting changes in an athlete&#039;s &quot;voice&quot; is gaining attention. As demonstrated by the</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study has emerged challenging the intuition that soybeans grow better with larger leaves. By focusing on the gene GmJAG1, which determines leaf shape, researchers created numerous closely related li</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Donald Trump announced on social media that he has &quot;agreed&quot; to a trade deal with India, which involves reducing tariffs on Indian goods from a total of 50% to 18%. In return, India is said to have pro</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Information Leak on AI Social Network &quot;Moltbook&quot; — The Risks of &quot;Vibe Coding&quot; Leading to &quot;As Short as 3 Minutes&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>It has been revealed that due to a configuration error, a large amount of information on &quot;Moltbook,&quot; a social networking service dedicated to AI agents, was left accessible and modifiable from outside</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There is a growing trend of companies explaining layoffs as a result of &quot;AI-driven efficiency.&quot; However, there is a strong suspicion that the reality might be &quot;AI washing,&quot; where &quot;other reasons&quot; such </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Starbucks is aiming to reverse its sales slump by accelerating technology investments that reduce &quot;on-site friction,&quot; such as AI ordering for drive-thrus, virtual assistants for baristas, and automate</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An opera window is a small fixed window embedded in the C-pillar at the rear of a vehicle. Originally, it spread as a means to reduce blind spots created by thick pillars, but in the 1970s, it was ove</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Trump administration announced a policy to formulate a &quot;binding agreement&quot; with allied countries within 180 days to weaken China&#039;s control over rare earths (and surrounding minerals). Australia, w</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The suggestion from the department store stylist was not to &quot;increase your work clothes&quot; but to &quot;rotate a few key pieces.&quot; The main items are a &quot;power dress,&quot; a &quot;lace camisole,&quot; and &quot;neutral wide pant</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>To enhance value for its members, Costco has introduced several initiatives: 1) enhanced gasoline rebates with the partnership card (up to 5% at Costco gas stations), 2) early entry at 9 AM for Execut</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Finally, Will the &quot;One Second&quot; be Updated? The Day Optical Atomic Clocks Redefine World Time</image:title>
      <image:caption>Optical atomic clocks are gaining attention as a strong candidate for updating the definition of &quot;one second&quot; in the future. By using a frequency (optical) that is orders of magnitude higher than that</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Google&#039;s AI Instantly Replicates Fortnite! A Day That Shakes the Norms of Game Development: AI Instantly Generates &quot;Playable Worlds&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A major search engine company has released a &quot;world-generating AI&quot; that creates 30 to 60-second interactive game-like videos from still images and text, leading to it being spread on social media as a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A new social networking service has emerged where only AI agents can post, and humans are limited to &quot;viewing only.&quot; Initially, the platform focused on sharing tips for improving work efficiency. Howe</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Pollution is Not Just &quot;Evil&quot; — &quot;Traces of Humanity&quot; Unravel Earth&#039;s Mysteries</news:title>
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      <image:caption>While pollution harms the environment, it also serves as a clue for scientists to determine &quot;when, where, and what happened.&quot; Anthropogenic substances such as lead in ice cores, radionuclides from nuc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to U.S. reports, actress Catherine O&#039;Hara has passed away at the age of 71. She was globally beloved for her roles as the mother in &#039;Home Alone&#039; and Moira in &#039;Schitt&#039;s Creek,&#039; and she was a </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;Mushroom (functional mushroom) gummies&quot; are gaining a presence in U.S. stores. An article in the NYT about a journalist&#039;s one-month trial of &quot;WonderDay&quot; gummies has sparked discussions, with social m</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study estimating health damage caused by PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) using a hemispheric-scale atmospheric quality model is gaining attention. The research suggests that simply reducing emission</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The phenomenon where the contributions of female researchers are undervalued or often recorded as the achievements of their male counterparts is known as the &quot;Matilda Effect.&quot; This concept, introduced</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Where is the &#039;Hollywood of the North&#039; in Sydney being born? — The Reality Facing the 2.6 Billion Yen Studio Plan&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Competition is intensifying around Sydney for a &quot;second major filming hub.&quot; The NSW government, in response to a shortage of production space, has established a capital support framework and is advanc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The UK government is strengthening its &quot;dual approach&quot; policy, which aims to boost productivity through AI adoption while mitigating the pain of job losses. They plan to expand free AI basic training </image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;85 Seconds to Human Extinction&quot; — The Reality of Nuclear, Climate, and AI Deteriorating Simultaneously</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;85 Seconds to Human Extinction&quot; — The Reality of Nuclear, Climate, and AI Deteriorating Simultaneously</image:title>
      <image:caption>The U.S. &quot;Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists&quot; has set the &quot;Doomsday Clock&quot; to the shortest time in history, &quot;85 seconds to midnight.&quot; The collapse of nuclear disarmament frameworks, conflicts overshado</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Reasons for Staying Silent Despite Knowing It&#039;s &quot;Right&quot; ─ The Psychology Behind Why Some Speak Up Against Prejudice While Others Remain Silent</image:title>
      <image:caption>When encountering discrimination, some people speak up while others remain silent. Recent research explains these differing reactions not only in terms of &quot;courage&quot; but also through underlying cultura</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TikTok has settled a &quot;social media addiction&quot; lawsuit in the United States, following Snap&#039;s earlier settlement and thus stepping away from the courtroom. The plaintiff (K.G.M.) claimed that the compa</image:caption>
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      <image:title>What Changed with the Transfer of TikTok Operations? The &quot;Censorship Anxiety&quot; That Led to the UpScrolled Migration Rush</image:title>
      <image:caption>Following the transfer of TikTok operations in the United States, led by companies like Oracle, there is growing distrust over concerns that &quot;censorship might increase.&quot; This has led to a movement tow</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The research team at Caltech has developed a new method called &quot;Sidewinder,&quot; which connects short DNA fragments (oligos) in the correct order using markers akin to &quot;page numbers,&quot; and then neatly remo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The perception of AI as a &quot;job killer&quot; leads to a decrease in people&#039;s satisfaction with democracy and their willingness to participate in politics, as demonstrated by a survey of approximately 37,000</image:caption>
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      <image:title>In the wake of TikTok&#039;s &quot;Americanization,&quot; the open TikTok alternative &quot;Skylight&quot; surpasses 380,000 users.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Coinciding with the establishment of the spin-off of TikTok&#039;s U.S. operations, updates to the privacy policy and system outages have led to a surge in user distrust. As an alternative, attention has t</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It has been reported that Apple plans to announce a new Siri utilizing Google&#039;s generative AI &quot;Gemini&quot; in late February 2026. The new Siri will refer to personal data and on-screen information to carr</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Michael Guillen, a former Harvard University physics professor, has sparked discussion by claiming that there might be a heaven (the realm of God) beyond the universe&#039;s &quot;cosmic horizon.&quot; The dista</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Speculation about an official Nintendo x IKEA collaboration has been reignited following a TikTok post reminiscent of &quot;Animal Crossing.&quot; In the past, IKEA has already generated buzz by recreating its </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>To avoid a ban in the United States, TikTok has established a new company called &quot;TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC,&quot; where the majority is held by the U.S. side. ByteDance&#039;s stake is limited to 19.9%, wh</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;ChatGPT Health&quot; provided by OpenAI connects medical records and health app information to offer advice, while operating as a &quot;consumer service&quot; outside the strict regulatory framework of medical inst</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One year since Trump&#039;s return to office, an analysis concludes that it was &quot;worse than imagined.&quot; It describes how tariffs, hardline immigration policies, pressure on institutions, and friction with a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Following President Trump&#039;s request for legislation to &quot;cap credit card interest rates at 10% for one year,&quot; it has been reported that Bank of America and Citi are considering new cards with interest </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has announced plans for 2026 that include expanding the use of AI, such as enabling creators to make Shorts with their &quot;AI-generated likenesses.&quot; On the other hand, he acknowled</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The ancient Roman historian Tacitus&#039;s aphorism, &quot;They make a desert and call it peace,&quot; highlights the danger of rulers labeling a &quot;convenient order&quot; as peace. The article points out that Rome&#039;s &quot;Pax </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ukraine has announced its intention to provide battlefield data, including &quot;combat statistics&quot; and &quot;drone footage (millions of hours)&quot; accumulated over approximately four years of conflict with Russia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The adoption of smart electricity meters in Latin America and the Caribbean is set to rapidly expand towards 2030. According to Berg Insight, the adoption rate is expected to reach 9.7% by 2025, with </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The hot spring bathing of Japanese macaques (snow monkeys) in Jigokudani, Nagano, has been shown to affect not only their cold resistance but also the &quot;distribution&quot; of lice on their bodies and the co</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>China&#039;s population is projected to decrease to 1.404 billion by 2025, marking the fourth consecutive year of population decline. The number of births is expected to be 7.92 million, with a birth rate </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Phil, an American actor, is hired by a &quot;rental family&quot; agency in Tokyo, where he begins work filling &quot;holes in someone&#039;s life,&quot; such as attending funerals or playing the role of a father. While the be</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2006, Sweden abolished its wealth tax, quietly altering the &quot;norms&quot; of its welfare state. At the time, the pension generation overlooked this change, not seeing it as a political issue. However, th</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The possibility that the length of a dog&#039;s ears is influenced by a combination of genetic polymorphisms centered around the MSRB3 region (on canine chromosome 10) has been suggested through genome ana</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We evaluate the people around us daily, but not all moral actions carry the same weight. Multiple experiments conducted on U.S. adults found that &quot;treating others fairly (Equality)&quot; and &quot;respecting ot</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Polarization of opinions is often equated with social friction (the difficulty of conflict). However, new research suggests that we should distinguish between &quot;polarization&quot; as a proportion of the pop</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While vintage tableware is making a comeback, it has been reported that the glaze on old dishes may contain heavy metals such as lead and cadmium, which can potentially leach into food. Acidic foods, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While claims linking &quot;acetaminophen (Tylenol) and autism&quot; are spreading on social media, what the medical community is truly concerned about is &quot;overdose.&quot; In the United States, it is a major cause of</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>What is driving up Alphabet&#039;s stock is not so much the strength of its research, but rather a &quot;series of winning strategies.&quot; It is symbolic that Apple has adopted Gemini as the foundation for the nex</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The phenomenon where your body suddenly &quot;jumps&quot; just before falling asleep, causing you to wake up startled, is often referred to as &quot;hypnic jerks&quot; or &quot;sleep starts&quot; and is generally considered harmle</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>YouTube has updated its ad-friendly guidelines, steering towards allowing full ad revenue for certain sensitive topics such as self-harm, suicide, domestic violence, adult sexual violence, abortion, a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Canada has announced a policy to significantly reduce additional tariffs on Chinese-made EVs and establish an import quota. While competitively priced Chinese EVs are gaining a foothold in North Ameri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At NRF 2026 in New York, advancements in &quot;selling with AI&quot; made significant strides, featuring technologies such as hologram customer service, AI-driven in-search payments, and in-store gaze and attri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A rumor spread on social media claiming that the new Trump Mobile device had &quot;approximately 600,000 pre-orders, generating $60 million just from deposits.&quot; However, there is no evidence to support thi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>U.S. publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group have filed a motion to intervene in a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. federal court in California, alleging that their books and textbooks were u</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the Mayo Clinic has tested a system that uses smartwatches to collect data on children&#039;s heart rates, movements, and sleep patterns to detect &quot;tantrum precursors&quot; and notify paren</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As we age, we feel that &quot;time flies&quot; because our days become routine and there are fewer &quot;new memory cues.&quot; In childhood, there are many unknown events and our attention is easily scattered, so we rem</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At COP30 (Belém), a common measure for assessing global &quot;adaptation to climate change,&quot; known as the &quot;Belém Adaptation Index,&quot; was agreed upon. This index focuses on areas directly impacting daily lif</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Conspiracy theories are not just misinformation; they are tied to the sense of belonging and identity of those who believe in them, making them resistant to correction by mere &quot;facts.&quot; The European st</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Why Does Nature Branch into Threes and Fours: Optimizing &quot;Surfaces&quot; Instead of Wires</image:title>
      <image:caption>Branching networks such as blood vessels, nerves, and trees could not be fully explained by the traditional &quot;shortest wiring&quot; optimization. The research team approached these as 3D structures with thi</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/technology-love-optimization-silicon-valley-challenge</loc>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;Love Symposium&quot; held in San Francisco was a gathering for those looking to &quot;optimize&quot; love and marriage through technology. The proposals were bold, featuring tools for predicting relationship lo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Basel in Switzerland has developed an index called &quot;WEDO&quot; to measure how far one can engage in dialogue with someone holding differing opinions. In virtual scena</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;volatile substances&quot; such as nitrogen found in lunar soil (regolith) cannot be fully explained by the solar wind alone. A new study suggests that ions from Earth&#039;s upper atmosphere may be strippe</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Reason for Not Entrusting Investments to AI Wasn&#039;t Its Capability ─ The Key Lies in &quot;Trust Through Attachment&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>&quot;If you don&#039;t like dark roast, this coffee isn&#039;t for you.&quot; This kind of &quot;exclusive&quot; advertising has been shown in research to actually increase the purchasing intent of those whose preferences align w</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Want to Stay Again&quot; is Determined More by &quot;People&quot; than Facilities? Six Years of Research Reveals the Key to Repeat Stays in Vacation Rentals</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the UK, Iran, and other countries analyzed the factors that lead to a desire to &quot;stay again&quot; in &quot;P2P accommodations&quot; like Airbnb. Through a multi-stage study involving review anal</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Guidelines that allow veterinarians to diagnose and monitor canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CCDS) more consistently have been published by an international working group. CCDS is a progressive </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Global warming may not reduce parasitic infections in monarch butterflies; instead, it could potentially weaken their &quot;defense mechanisms.&quot; A study by the University of Georgia found that resistance t</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team at Penn State has proposed a method to accelerate the design of metasurfaces (microstructures that manipulate light) using LLMs. They convert the shapes into &quot;language sequences&quot; as a </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Urban greenery provides cooling through shade and transpiration—a commonly accepted notion, but there are exceptions. Satellite analysis of 761 cities across 105 countries reveals that grasslands are </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When children complain about not being able to &quot;wake up&quot; or &quot;not wanting to go to school&quot; after winter break, it might seem like a matter of willpower or determination. However, underlying issues such</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, &quot;idol clubs&quot; and school-sanctioned &quot;student idols&quot; are emerging in schools across the country. In Nagano Prefecture, a high school has announced plans to establish a professional-oriented &quot;i</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New regulations on &quot;junk food (HFSS/LHF)&quot; advertising have been implemented in the UK. The regulations target products identified as &quot;high in fat, salt, or sugar&quot; according to nutritional profiles and</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Apple Watch Series 11 is a model that updates its internals with a focus on &quot;health, communication, and AI&quot; rather than a major redesign. The most significant new feature is the &quot;Hypertension Noti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Authorities in France and Malaysia have launched investigations into the chatbot &quot;Grok,&quot; integrated into X&#039;s xAI, for allegedly generating deepfake images that sexually manipulate women and minors. In</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Can &#039;Learn to Invest in 30 Seconds&#039; Ruin Your Retirement? Strategies for Protecting Retirement Money in the Age of Finfluencers&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>NDTV Profit, based on a study by PGIM India, reported that 23% of respondents follow financial influencers (finfluencers) as a source of advice, and about 32% of them acted on investment decisions wit</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2025, AI evolved from text generation to &quot;autonomous work-progressing AI agents using tools,&quot; with the acceleration of standardization (such as MCP and A2A) and productization (like agent-based bro</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Fatigue from the Normalization of Bombing&quot;: The Current State of Western Counterterrorism as Seen in the French and British Airstrikes in Syria</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Fatigue from the Normalization of Bombing&quot;: The Current State of Western Counterterrorism as Seen in the French and British Airstrikes in Syria</image:title>
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      <image:caption>The main eight countries of OPEC+ reaffirmed on January 4 that they will not increase crude oil supply for the first quarter of 2026 (January to March), maintaining the status quo. In 2025, crude oil </image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is the Venezuelan Upheaval a &quot;21st Century Doctrine&quot;: The Nexus of Military, Oil, and International Order</image:title>
      <image:caption>Reports have emerged that the US military has detained Maduro in Venezuela, with the US suggesting involvement &quot;until transition.&quot; According to POLITICO, multiple experts view this as a demonstration </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>IKEA announced the &quot;Phone Sleep Collection,&quot; a miniature bed designed not for people, but for smartphones. When you place your smartphone on the NFC-equipped bed, the IKEA UAE app tracks the time your</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Many parents struggle with whether to give their children an allowance, when to start, and how much is appropriate. Experts emphasize that &quot;the right answer varies for each family, but the &#039;way it is </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On January 3, 2026, tensions escalated sharply following the announcement that the United States had captured Venezuela&#039;s Maduro. The background includes his indictment in 2020, an increase in the bou</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Not &#039;couldn&#039;t acquire,&#039; but &#039;didn&#039;t acquire&#039;? The reason the Dodgers passed on the Japanese star&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>FanSided pointed out that the Dodgers not acquiring the top Japanese free agents this offseason is not a sign of &quot;decline,&quot; but rather a result of roster fit and risk assessment. Murakami signed a two</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Employment Insecurity&quot; in Germany Reaches Levels Not Seen Since the Financial Crisis - 16% Feel Their Jobs Are Unstable, Yet Despair Doesn&#039;t Spread</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Germany, the percentage of people who feel their jobs are &quot;unstable&quot; has increased to 16%, reaching the highest level since the financial crisis in 2009. The survey highlights that anxiety is parti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The difficulty in attention associated with ADHD can be viewed as a &quot;failure to separate signal from background noise.&quot; Research at Rockefeller University has shown in mice that reducing a specific va</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While the New Year acts as a &quot;milestone&quot; that encourages action, in recent years, unstable social conditions and a lack of mental leeway have made &quot;change&quot; itself a burden, especially for young people</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The reason airplane seats are blue is more rational than just aesthetic preference. Blue is less likely to stimulate anxiety and tends to convey a sense of calm and trust. Additionally, dark blue is a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Elon Musk responded with &quot;OK, but we must thoroughly eliminate gaming&quot; to a proposal on X suggesting that payments to creators should be increased beyond those on YouTube. Product lead Nikita Bier als</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sensational headlines such as &quot;Adenovirus Rampant&quot; and &quot;Mysterious Incurable Disease&quot; have spread in the UK, amplifying anxiety on social media. However, the UKHSA&#039;s recent (mid-December 2025) test po</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Indian government announced that its nominal GDP has reached $4.18 trillion, surpassing Japan to become the fourth largest in the world. Currently, the real GDP growth rate is at a high level, and</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study reported in PNAS Nexus demonstrates that AI can detect self-reported posts on social media such as &quot;unemployed&quot; or &quot;no job,&quot; and accurately predict U.S. unemployment insurance claims (UI claim</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Over 30,000 fossils have been discovered on the island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic, suggesting that a complex marine food web, including predators like ichthyosaurs, may have been established just ab</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Day Meta Acquired a &quot;General AI Agent&quot; - What the Acquisition of Manus Indicates About the &quot;Next AI War&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Day Meta Acquired a &quot;General AI Agent&quot; - What the Acquisition of Manus Indicates About the &quot;Next AI War&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Meta has acquired Manus, a general-purpose AI agent company with Chinese roots. The valuation is reported to be between $2 to $3 billion according to sources, and the plan is to continue operating Man</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study from the UK reported that &quot;1 in 10 teenagers finds conversations with AI chatbots more satisfying than with humans, and 1 in 3 would choose AI over humans for serious discussions.&quot; Meanwhile, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MIT has developed a new aluminum alloy optimized for 3D printing. By using machine learning and simulations, they narrowed down over a million material candidates to about 40. The alloy takes advantag</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a very common condition that occurs when the balance between &quot;good bacteria (mainly lactobacilli)&quot; and &quot;overgrown bacteria&quot; in the vagina is disrupted. Changes in the amoun</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Even if you think you &quot;understand&quot; a dog&#039;s emotions, your own mood as an owner might distort your interpretation. A study by Arizona State University involved inducing moods in college students and ha</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>China&#039;s cyber regulatory authority has announced a draft regulation targeting services that mimic human personalities and thoughts, known as &quot;anthropomorphized AI,&quot; and has begun soliciting public fee</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>During the year-end and New Year holidays, there is an increase in posts about outings, homecomings, and travels. However, even if you intend to share &quot;fun photos,&quot; details such as signs, utility pole</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;When I placed my smartphone on a park bench, it started charging immediately&quot;—this &quot;magical&quot; experience has become a hot topic on social media. The setting is a railway promenade in Chofu City, Tokyo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>President Putin described the &quot;1% growth rate&quot; as a result of an &quot;intentional slowdown,&quot; comparing the cumulative growth over three years with that of the West. However, external agencies view the gro</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Millennial to Generation Z &quot;Christian influencers&quot; are gaining support from young people by connecting the Bible to &quot;everyday struggles&quot; through podcasts and social media. They delve into topics such </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The matchmaking app &quot;Known,&quot; currently in beta in San Francisco, aims to deeply understand users through &quot;conversations with voice AI&quot; rather than input forms. With an average onboarding conversation </image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Kind AI&quot; at Risk: Why Does AI Call Itself &quot;I&quot;? — The Reason Chatbots Get Too Close to Humans</image:title>
      <image:caption>The design of AI chatbots speaking in the first person (&quot;I&quot;) creates a more natural conversation while also enhancing anthropomorphism, where humans perceive a &quot;mind&quot; or &quot;personality&quot; in the AI. Exper</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FBI authorities revealed that on December 19, 2025, Chinese postdoctoral researcher Youhuang Xiang was indicted for smuggling E. coli bacteria into the United States and providing false statements to </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On December 19, 2025, Google filed a lawsuit against SerpApi, which extensively acquires and provides search results. Google claims that SerpApi bypassed its defense mechanism (SearchGuard) designed t</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When boiling broccoli, many people wonder, &quot;Should I cut it into florets first?&quot; or &quot;Should I boil it whole and then cut it?&quot; The conclusion is that both methods are &quot;correct,&quot; and the best approach v</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Increase in &quot;Transfer of Airline Tickets&quot; Posts on Social Media: The Trap of &quot;Transferable Airline Tickets&quot; Targeting &quot;Fan Expeditions&quot; and Measures to Prevent Visiting Tourists from Getting Involved</image:title>
      <image:caption>As travel demand increases during the year-end and New Year holidays, there has been a rise in social media posts offering to transfer or receive airline tickets under hashtags like &quot;#航空券譲&quot; and &quot;航空券お譲</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Illegal Taxi&quot; Crackdown Hits Record 113 Cases—The Spread of Illegal Transportation Amid the Surge in Inbound Tourists and Safety Measures Travelers Can Take</image:title>
      <image:caption>The crackdown on illegal taxis, known as &quot;shiro-taku,&quot; which involve using private vehicles without permission to receive fares, reached a record high of 113 cases from January to the end of October 2</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The United States has approved the sale of weapons to Taiwan totaling approximately $11.1 billion across eight deals, with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notifying Congress and initiat</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is Roomba Becoming a Spy? Social Media&#039;s Concerns About &quot;Chinese Ownership&quot; and the Future of Smart Homes</image:title>
      <image:caption>iRobot, known for its Roomba, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States and will be acquired by its major Chinese manufacturing partner, Picea Robotics. CEO Gary Cohen emphasized that t</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Deep Sea Water in Antarctica: &quot;Earth&#039;s Conveyor Belt - Its Driving Source is Faltering&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The &quot;Antarctic Bottom Water&quot; produced off the coast of Cape Darnley in Antarctica flows northward through the deep sea, supporting the global ocean circulation. An Australian team identified a &quot;delica</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Focusing on year-end &quot;work resolutions,&quot; the article argues that the 40-hour workweek and the 9 to 5 schedule are historically constructed systems that can be changed. The culture of praising long wor</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Ending the Era of &#039;Invite Spam&#039;? What Makes Bluesky&#039;s Find Friends Different&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bluesky has introduced the &quot;Find Friends&quot; feature to help users discover friends from their contacts. Unlike automatic invitations that spread &quot;invite spam,&quot; this feature is characterized by &quot;double c</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It has been reported that Amazon may invest at least around $10 billion in OpenAI. The aim is to capture OpenAI&#039;s massive demand for computational resources while gaining adoption for AWS and its in-h</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japanese companies are increasingly focusing on India. This trend is driven not only by the &quot;China Plus One&quot; strategy but also by domestic labor shortages and stagnant growth in Japan. India&#039;s expandi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;A Memorable Christmas Table&quot; is determined more by a design that encourages gathering and conversation than by expensive tableware or perfect presentation. Start by choosing a color scheme (within th</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to a study featured in Phys.org and published in PNAS Nexus, people tend to significantly overestimate the proportion of harmful actors on social media. In a U.S. survey (n=1,090), participa</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is the Decline in Academic Performance Due to Smartphones? Examining the Effectiveness of &quot;School Smartphone Bans&quot; with the Latest Data</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to WBUR (December 16, 2025), the impact of smartphones and social media might be contributing to the decline in academic performance, and the question is whether banning phones in schools ca</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The United States Trade Representative (USTR) warned on December 16 that it would not hesitate to take &quot;retaliatory&quot; measures such as imposing fees on European companies or restricting services, in re</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the Arctic, from October 2024 to September 2025, record-high temperatures and increased precipitation are expected to coincide, resulting in the smallest maximum sea ice extent in 47 years of satel</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>What people working with chronic depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and similar conditions needed most was not standardized systems, but &quot;trust from their supervisors&quot; and &quot;flexibility.&quot; Researche</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>To reduce cracks and potholes caused by winter freeze-thaw cycles, a research team has proposed an &quot;algae-derived asphalt binder.&quot; They compared four types of algal oils through calculations and exper</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;Anthropause,&quot; a period of reduced human activity due to lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, brought unexpected changes to urban ecosystems. In Los Angeles, the beak shapes of dark-eyed juncos</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;DV Case Registry&quot; and &quot;Protection Order Registry&quot; established by the Mississippi Attorney General&#039;s Office aim to enhance the initial response and victim protection for high-risk domestic violenc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the United States, lawsuits are increasing over GLP-1 receptor agonists (such as Ozempic) allegedly inducing a blood flow disorder in the optic nerve, known as &quot;NAION,&quot; leading to blindness. The fe</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The AI stock frenzy is reminiscent of the dot-com era. Stock market indicators are in overvalued territory (U.S. stock CAPE in the 40s), and similar to the &quot;fiber optic construction race&quot; of the past,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The NYT highlights the gap between China, which is advancing nuclear fusion with a nationwide effort, and the U.S., which is driven by startups, using clues such as the massive tokamak-related facilit</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Why Roomba &quot;Couldn&#039;t Find Its Way Home&quot;: The Pitfalls of Smart Appliances Highlighted by iRobot&#039;s Bankruptcy</image:title>
      <image:caption>In December 2025, MIT-originated robotics company iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Once a pioneer in popularizing household robots with the Roomba, the company faced a tumultuous journey. After</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Google Translate Enters the Era of &quot;Reading the Air&quot;: Achieving Translations that Convey &quot;What You Want to Say&quot; with Gemini</image:title>
      <image:caption>In December 2025, Google announced a major update to Google Translate utilizing Gemini. The update improves the translation of idioms, slang, and regional expressions that can be &quot;misaligned when tran</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The proliferation of generative AI raises alarms that even extremists with limited funding and personnel can expand their propaganda, recruitment, and dissemination of chaos at low cost using deepfake</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The horizontally elongated (almost rectangular) pupils of sheep and goats are a survival strategy as herbivores that need to escape predators. Combined with eyes positioned on the sides of their heads</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Ripple Effect of 50% Tariffs: India vs. Mexico Trade Friction Divides Social Media into &quot;Limited Impact&quot; and &quot;Domino Effect&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mexico is advancing its plan to impose tariffs of up to 50% on imports from countries without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), prompting the Indian government to initiate discussions with Mexico, labelin</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Day Earphones Become &quot;Interpreters&quot;: Advancing Towards &quot;Universal Translation&quot; — Smarter Idioms and Conversations with Google Translate × Gemini</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Day Earphones Become &quot;Interpreters&quot;: Advancing Towards &quot;Universal Translation&quot; — Smarter Idioms and Conversations with Google Translate × Gemini</image:title>
      <image:caption>Google Translate has expanded the &quot;Live Translate&quot; feature, previously exclusive to Pixel Buds, to be usable with general Bluetooth earphones. The beta version has been launched in the United States, </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/roblox-kids-parent-guide-what-to-do-2025</loc>
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      <image:title>150 million people play &quot;Roblox&quot; daily—what should parents do if their children say they want to use it?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Roblox is a massive platform where users worldwide can play &quot;experiences&quot; created by others, with recent data showing a daily active user (DAU) base of around 150 million. 

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      <image:title>Is It Impossible to Cut Back on Spending for Your Favorite Activities? The Unwavering &quot;Mental Living Expenses&quot; Amid Rising Prices—A Survey Reflects Real Consumption Trends</image:title>
      <image:caption>In an era of rising prices, more people feel that they &quot;cannot cut back on spending for supporting their favorite idols or hobbies.&quot; According to a recent survey, while about 80% of people involved in</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Using the threat of &quot;calling the police&quot; to make a disobedient child comply—this act occurred at a municipal daycare center in Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture, where a daycare worker received a reprimand</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>During the Christmas cake season, &quot;cake selection&quot; is no longer just about &quot;taste and appearance.&quot; In Japan, the presence of &quot;walnuts&quot; as a cause of food allergies has been rapidly increasing in recen</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>During sales periods like Black Friday, our desire to &quot;consider the environment and labor&quot; can easily diminish online. Research from universities in the UK and elsewhere points out that online shoppin</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As a way to prevent winter break homework from becoming an &quot;extension of classes,&quot; the &quot;Tarsia Puzzle,&quot; which involves solving math problems like a jigsaw puzzle, is gaining attention. This method inv</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As tensions escalate with rocket and artillery exchanges along the border between Thailand and Cambodia, resulting in casualties and an increasing number of refugees, Thailand&#039;s interim Prime Minister</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld the finding of contempt against Apple in the Epic lawsuit concerning the injunction allowing external payment methods. The court found that Apple</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kirin Holdings is set to fully implement beer production using its proprietary AI. This system identifies and proposes adjustments for the necessary components to achieve the desired taste, such as bi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Reddit has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court (High Court) in Australia over the &quot;restriction on social media accounts for those under 16&quot; that began on December 10, 2025. Reddit argues that this </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study conducted by the UCL Centre in the UK, involving 21 secondary schools and 2,778 students in England, found that 59.4% of students reported encountering Holocaust-related information on social </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>YouTube has offered some creators in the United States the option to receive payments in PayPal&#039;s stablecoin &quot;PYUSD.&quot; YouTube will make payments in fiat currency, and PayPal will convert it to PYUSD o</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study by Oregon State University in the United States has shown that the perception of a cat&#039;s emotions is significantly influenced by the context, such as the background of the photo, the viewer&#039;s </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A new study from the University of Portsmouth in the UK has revealed that despite the severe impact of heavy menstrual symptoms on work productivity and mental health, the topic is rarely discussed in</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Espoo, a suburb of Helsinki, Finland, known for its harsh winter weather, food delivery is quietly beginning to take to the &quot;sky.&quot; A collaboration between the cloud kitchen startup Huuva, Irish dro</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On November 30, 2025, a national referendum was held in Switzerland on a proposal to &quot;impose a 50% tax on inheritance assets exceeding 50 million Swiss francs (approximately 62 million dollars).&quot; The </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Brazil, the world&#039;s largest coffee-producing country, there is a shift from the dominant Arabica variety to the more heat and disease-resistant Robusta variety. This shift is driven by the impacts </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;Before meals,&quot; &quot;within 30 minutes after meals,&quot; &quot;between meals&quot;—these are the timings always specified on prescriptions and medication instructions. International reports have also highlighted that t</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In conjunction with &quot;World Compassion Day&quot; on November 28, the German newspaper &#039;WELT&#039; is highlighting how children learn compassion and how adults can &quot;relearn&quot; it. Research by neuroscientist Olga Kl</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japan&#039;s government debt exceeds twice its GDP, making it stand out globally as the &quot;world&#039;s largest debtor nation,&quot; sparking continuous expressions of concern and anger on social media. However, much </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The ZME Science article &quot;Consciousness Could Be an Ancient Trait Evolved Millions of Years Ago, Not a Human Superpower&quot; introduces recent research suggesting that consciousness might not be a unique h</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Recent ancient DNA research has revealed that cats likely formed close relationships with humans not 10,000 years ago when agriculture began, but rather just about 3,500 to 4,000 years ago in North Af</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The development of the brain goes through five stages: &quot;True adulthood&quot; begins at 32? The latest neuroscience outlines the &quot;five life stages.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Cambridge analyzed brain images of approximately 3,800 individuals aged 0 to 90, revealing that the brain&#039;s &quot;wiring&quot; undergoes five phases throughout a lifetime.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As the temperature drops and you bring out winter bedding and blankets from storage, have you ever noticed that &quot;your cough won&#039;t stop at night&quot; or &quot;your child&#039;s cough and runny nose suddenly got wors</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In winter, not only in Japan but around the world, there is an increase in static electricity troubles such as &quot;a zap when touching a doorknob,&quot; &quot;fear of elevator buttons,&quot; and &quot;a feeling that smartph</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One of the issues affecting farmland worldwide is &quot;soil compaction,&quot; where soil is compressed by heavy machinery or drought. This makes it difficult for roots to grow, and when combined with drought, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne signed the founding contract of &quot;Apple Computer Company,&quot; which is set to be auctioned again at Christie&#039;s in January 2026, with an estima</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The latest research analyzing data from the World Values Survey across 32 countries indicates that people&#039;s subjective well-being (SWB) is significantly influenced by &quot;societal risk perception&quot; and th</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The genome of the peculiar deep-sea creature known as the &quot;vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis)&quot; has proven to be the key to filling the evolutionary gap between octopuses and squids. A team from the Univer</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As the full-scale Christmas shopping season begins in the United States, a trend of &quot;non-buying Americans&quot; is becoming noticeable, driven by a strong inclination towards saving among consumers. In a c</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Just One More&quot; Destroys the Brain? How Short Video Addiction Steals Focus and Sleep - The Destination of a Brain Accustomed to &quot;Instant Pleasure&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Samvel Martirosyan, a media expert from Armenia, has warned that excessive use of short video platforms may negatively impact attention span, sleep quality, and mental health. According to internation</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Is it true that the universe is faster than light? A Simple Explanation of Why the Theory of Relativity Remains Intact&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The universe is expanding at a pace that exceeds the speed of light, but what is being violated is not the speed of objects, but rather the &quot;stretching of space itself,&quot; which does not contradict the </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A large-scale study published in 2025 in the medical journal JAMA Neurology, involving approximately 11.3 million U.S. veterans, reported that individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a hig</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is Cosmic Dust the Origin of Life? Stardust is Not Just Trash - Cosmic Dust Mass-Producing the Building Blocks of Life</image:title>
      <image:caption>An international research team from Heriot-Watt University has demonstrated through experiments that mineral dust drifting in space can act as a &quot;catalyst&quot; for creating complex organic molecules, whic</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;No Escape Even in the Deep Sea: The Impact of &#039;Forever Chemicals&#039; PFAS on Whales and Dolphins&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>An analysis of the livers of 127 whales and dolphins stranded along the coast of New Zealand revealed the presence of &quot;forever chemicals&quot; known as PFAS in all 16 species tested. These chemicals were f</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>OpenAI has enhanced the shopping features integrated into ChatGPT by launching a new feature called &quot;Shopping Research&quot; to support shopping during Black Friday and the holiday season. Originally, Chat</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/apple-foldable-iphone-innovation-luxury-price</loc>
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      <news:title>Apple&#039;s First Foldable iPhone, Estimated Price Around 400,000 Yen? — Analysts Discuss the &quot;Ultra-Premium Strategy&quot; and the Future of the Smartphone Market in 2026</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Apple is rumored to finally launch its &quot;first foldable iPhone&quot; as early as 2026, with analysts worldwide speculating on this development. Arthur Liao, an analyst at Taiwan&#039;s Fubon Research, predicts t</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Increase in Violence Against Women and Girls: The Reality of &quot;One Every Three Days&quot; ─ Violence Against Women Becomes an &quot;Invisible Pandemic&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Increase in Violence Against Women and Girls: The Reality of &quot;One Every Three Days&quot; ─ Violence Against Women Becomes an &quot;Invisible Pandemic&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Approximately one in three women worldwide has experienced violence, and this rate has remained largely unchanged for over 20 years. In Germany, the number of victims of domestic violence has increase</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Pressure from China and the Boycott of Japanese Products: The Quiet Progress of the Japan-Philippines Defense Network</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Pressure from China and the Boycott of Japanese Products: The Quiet Progress of the Japan-Philippines Defense Network</image:title>
      <image:caption>The &quot;Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA)&quot; came into effect in September 2025, and the first joint training was conducted in October. This agreement has made it easier for the Self-Defe</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ukraine-nato-defense-us-request-international-relations</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-25T00:38:18+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Ukraine&#039;s Pursuit of a &quot;NATO-style Shield&quot; ─ Diverging Views Between the United States and Europe</news:title>
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      <image:title>Ukraine&#039;s Pursuit of a &quot;NATO-style Shield&quot; ─ Diverging Views Between the United States and Europe</image:title>
      <image:caption>In November 2025, the &quot;28-Point Peace Proposal&quot; presented by the United States called for Ukraine to reduce its military forces, cede territory, and abandon NATO aspirations, while leaving &quot;security g</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/japan-eel-culture-conservation-future</loc>
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      <image:caption>The high-end cuisine &quot;unagi,&quot; indispensable on Japanese dining tables, is now at the center of global discussions on resource conservation. The eel resources near Japan continue to decline, and the In</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/bag-nui-fashion-world</loc>
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      <news:title>The World Takes Notice of the &quot;Bag Plushie&quot; Culture: A New Global Fashion Trend to Casually Wear Your &quot;Likes&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The World Takes Notice of the &quot;Bag Plushie&quot; Culture: A New Global Fashion Trend to Casually Wear Your &quot;Likes&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Walking through Japanese streets, there&#039;s a noticeable increase in the &quot;bag with plush&quot; style, where people hang a plush toy (&quot;nui&quot;) from their bags, ranging from school bags to high-end mini bags. Th</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/agricultural-revolution-climate-crisis-natural-approach</loc>
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      <news:title>Agriculture Transforms from &quot;Climate Villain&quot; to &quot;Key Solution&quot; — &quot;3N Agriculture&quot; Protecting Nature, Carbon, and Nutrition Simultaneously Changes the Future of Our Tables</news:title>
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      <image:title>Agriculture Transforms from &quot;Climate Villain&quot; to &quot;Key Solution&quot; — &quot;3N Agriculture&quot; Protecting Nature, Carbon, and Nutrition Simultaneously Changes the Future of Our Tables</image:title>
      <image:caption>Agriculture and food systems have often been labeled as the &quot;culprits&quot; of global warming. In fact, the entire food system, from production to transportation, processing, and disposal, is said to accou</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Sanae Takaichi, Japan&#039;s First Female Prime Minister, Shakes Up &quot;Long Working Hours Japan&quot; — Is &quot;2 Hours of Sleep, Waking Up at 3 AM&quot; a Reform or a Step Backward?</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sparked controversy both domestically and internationally by revealing her extreme work schedule, which includes &quot;2 hours of sleep&quot; and &quot;waking up at 3 a.m.&quot; Critics </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Peace in Ukraine Contingent on &quot;European Approval&quot; - No to Trump&#039;s 28-Point Peace Plan: German Chancellor Scholz Indicates &quot;Europe&#039;s Line&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The Irish study &quot;MENCALLHELP2&quot; analyzed 7,132 data entries from support organizations for male victims of domestic violence, reporting that 1,232 of these were consultations regarding domestic violenc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The popular children&#039;s smartwatch in China, &quot;Little Genius,&quot; is not only equipped with location tracking and calling features but also includes social networking functions where users compete for like</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Clarkson University in the United States has reported a method for breaking down PFAS, often referred to as &quot;forever chemicals,&quot; by simply grinding them together with granular activated carbon that ha</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Pokémon GO, is it possible to defeat the &quot;5-star Shadow Raid Shadow Latios&quot; solo? 

To get straight to the point, considering the current game mechanics and player capabilities, it is realistic to </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In November 2025, at COP30 held in Belém, Brazil, UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly emphasized the necessity of tripling funding for climate change &quot;adaptation.&quot; As the Amazon approaches </image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Why Invite AI Too?&quot; A New Meeting Room for Up to 20 People + AI? The &quot;Third Member&quot; Created by ChatGPT Group Chat</image:title>
      <image:caption>In November 2025, a significant turning point arrived for ChatGPT. OpenAI finally released the group chat feature to users worldwide. Now, up to 20 people can join a chat room with ChatGPT, allowing t</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Sydney, a measles case with an untraceable source of infection has been confirmed, prompting NSW health authorities to issue a warning that &quot;measles is likely circulating in the community.&quot; This ca</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Microsoft has updated the Advanced Paste feature in its utility collection &quot;PowerToys&quot; for Windows 11, enabling the use of on-device AI running on the PC&#039;s NPU via Foundry Local and Ollama. This updat</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bath &amp; Body Works has introduced &quot;aroma advertising&quot; with vanilla and fir scents at the shuttle platform of New York&#039;s Grand Central Station. This is a first for the MTA, with approximately 9 to 14 kg</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Generative AI chatbots are anticipated to serve as &quot;AI teachers,&quot; capable of providing personalized learning on a large scale. However, research from Stevens Institute of Technology and others indicat</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study tracking approximately 14,000 children aged 11 to 14 in South Australia revealed that from 2019 to 2022, the percentage of children who use social media &quot;every day&quot; surged from 26% to 85%. Mea</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/energy-cost-fluctuations-electricity-gas-prices-fall-households-background</loc>
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      <image:caption>In Germany, energy prices for many households using standard electricity and gas contracts (&quot;basic supply = Grundversorgung&quot;) will be reduced starting January 2026. According to data compiled by the c</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/mamatomo-zero-hitori-de-ii</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-11-16T15:31:10+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Towards an Era Where Having Zero &quot;Mom Friends&quot; Becomes the Norm: From 6% to Nearly Half in 20 Years, the Reasons Behind It and Why &quot;Being Alone Isn&#039;t Bad&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The number of &quot;mothers without mom friends&quot; has surged over the past 20 years. According to a survey by the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, only 6.2% of parents had &quot;zero mom friends&quot; in 2003, where</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/online-fashion-giants-temu-shein-growth-slowing-background-future-trends</loc>
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      <news:title>The Beginning of the End for Ultra-Cheap E-Commerce: What the Growth Slowdown of Temu &amp; Shein Reflects About the Reality of E-Commerce in 2026</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Beginning of the End for Ultra-Cheap E-Commerce: What the Growth Slowdown of Temu &amp; Shein Reflects About the Reality of E-Commerce in 2026</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chinese ultra-low-cost e-commerce platforms, Temu and Shein, are showing signs of slowing growth. According to the latest analysis by ECDB, the growth rate by 2026 is projected to stabilize at around </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/baidu-ai-revolution-ernie-5-0-semiconductor-strategy</loc>
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      <news:title>Decoding Baidu&#039;s All-Out AI Strategy: A Single Company for China&#039;s &quot;GPU + ChatGPT + RoboTaxi&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Decoding Baidu&#039;s All-Out AI Strategy: A Single Company for China&#039;s &quot;GPU + ChatGPT + RoboTaxi&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chinese tech giant Baidu has unveiled its roadmap for the next-generation large-scale model &quot;ERNIE 5.0&quot; and its proprietary AI chips M100/M300, aiming to build a computational cluster of one million u</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/openai-german-court-ruling-copyright-infringement-ai-law-future</loc>
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      <image:caption>In November 2025, the Munich District Court in Germany ruled that OpenAI&#039;s ChatGPT violated German copyright law by learning and reproducing the lyrics of German songs without permission. The court or</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/warming-threat-lakes-reservoirs-methane-emissions-climate-scenarios</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-14T00:48:45+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Lakes and Reservoirs Threatened by Global Warming: Increasing Methane Emissions Could Worsen Climate Scenarios</news:title>
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      <image:title>Lakes and Reservoirs Threatened by Global Warming: Increasing Methane Emissions Could Worsen Climate Scenarios</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Linköping University in Sweden and NASA simulated methane emissions up to the year 2100 based on data from 767 lakes and reservoirs worldwide. The results indicated that in the wa</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/loneliness-youth-friendship-isolation</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-14T00:46:38+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Despite the lively nature of LINE and Instagram... Research reveals the &quot;gap between loneliness and comfort&quot; experienced by Generation Z.</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/qR9EegRJ.webp?1763048798</image:loc>
      <image:title>Despite the lively nature of LINE and Instagram... Research reveals the &quot;gap between loneliness and comfort&quot; experienced by Generation Z.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Many young people feel &quot;unfulfilled&quot; despite having a reasonable number of friends and plans. A study conducted in the United States with 4,812 participants showed that while young people are blessed </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-conversation-openai-chatgpt-5-1-appearance</loc>
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      <news:title>The Era of Choosing ChatGPT&#039;s Personality Has Arrived: How GPT-5.1 Changes the &quot;Temperature of Conversation&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>OpenAI has announced GPT-5.1, updating ChatGPT&#039;s conversational style to be &quot;smarter and warmer.&quot; The Instant and Thinking models have been enhanced, and the introduction of eight personality presets </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/medical-cannabis-training-revolution</loc>
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      <image:caption>In regions where medical cannabis has been legalized, there has been a surge in patient usage, while a &quot;education gap&quot; has emerged as many doctors and medical students lack sufficient knowledge. In re</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/gene-editing-pest-resistant-crops-revolution</loc>
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      <image:caption>Pests such as weevils and rice weevils, which prefer starch, ravage corn and legume seeds, causing significant damage from the fields to storage facilities. The wild ancestral species possessed protei</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/jomon-dna-mystery-denisovan-influence</loc>
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      <image:caption>A recent large-scale genomic study (Current Biology, 2025) has reconstructed the history of interbreeding with Denisovans in East Asia, showing that the **Jomon people of the Japanese archipelago have</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/article-20251113-000956</loc>
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      <news:title>Do Cancers Not Lose to Evolution? ― The Discovery That Rapidly Evolved Animals Have &quot;Fewer Malignant Tumors&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Do Cancers Not Lose to Evolution? ― The Discovery That Rapidly Evolved Animals Have &quot;Fewer Malignant Tumors&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A new study published in the English PNAS analyzed data from 77 bird species and 87 mammal species, demonstrating that &quot;lineages with faster body size evolution have a lower prevalence of malignant tu</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/bitcoin-queen-fall-behind-64-billion-seizure-impact-cryptocurrency-world</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13T00:23:45+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>The Fall of the &quot;Bitcoin Queen&quot;: The Impact of the $6.4 Billion Seizure Case on the Cryptocurrency World</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Fall of the &quot;Bitcoin Queen&quot;: The Impact of the $6.4 Billion Seizure Case on the Cryptocurrency World</image:title>
      <image:caption>Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, originally from China, was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court in London on November 11, 2025. He was found guilty of launderin</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/eco-friendly-myth-behind-bamboo-dinnerware-chemical-risk</loc>
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      <news:title>Bamboo = A False Sense of Security? A Halt to Eco-Marketing! Melamine Migration Exceeding Legal Standards and Pesticides Detected in Bamboo Tableware</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A study conducted by the Czech Technical University investigated 33 &quot;bio-based&quot; tableware products containing bamboo and found that approximately 30% of them contained melamine, with several exceeding</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/amazing-adaptability-of-invasive-plants-nature-integration</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13T00:19:01+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>The Remarkable Adaptability of Invasive Plants: Do Invasive Plants &quot;Get Eaten&quot; to Fit In? — A New Discovery Suggests Integration into the Food Web Within a Few Hundred Years</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/zrPebMXA.webp?1762960741</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Remarkable Adaptability of Invasive Plants: Do Invasive Plants &quot;Get Eaten&quot; to Fit In? — A New Discovery Suggests Integration into the Food Web Within a Few Hundred Years</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Leipzig University in Germany and iDiv analyzed interaction data involving 12,000 plant species and 26,000 species of small herbivores (such as leaf miners, gall midges, and aphid</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/college-students-challenge-modern-economy-circus-skills</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13T00:16:36+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Tuition, Jobs, Resumes: The Reality of the &quot;Circus Generation&quot; Juggling It All - Before the &quot;Acrobatics&quot; of Work and Learning Reach Their Limits</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/6XVQMerp.webp?1762960596</image:loc>
      <image:title>Tuition, Jobs, Resumes: The Reality of the &quot;Circus Generation&quot; Juggling It All - Before the &quot;Acrobatics&quot; of Work and Learning Reach Their Limits</image:title>
      <image:caption>Canadian researcher Alison Taylor illustrates the survival strategies of university students as &quot;circus acts.&quot; These include juggling academics and work simultaneously, tightrope walking to maintain b</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/wikipedia-ai-enterprise-api-2025-11-12</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12T19:15:28+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Is the Free Ride Over? — Wikipedia Demands AI Companies to &quot;Cease Unauthorized Use&quot; and &quot;Fair Compensation&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Is the Free Ride Over? — Wikipedia Demands AI Companies to &quot;Cease Unauthorized Use&quot; and &quot;Fair Compensation&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>On November 10, 2025 (U.S. time), the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, officially requested generative AI development companies to cease scraping (unauthorized bulk collection) of conte</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/world-environmental-rights-crisis</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Climate Crisis = Inequality Crisis&quot;: 3.4 Billion People Facing Triple Threat, 95 Million Facing Quintuple Threat — A Current View of the Earth from a Rights Perspective</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Climate Crisis = Inequality Crisis&quot;: 3.4 Billion People Facing Triple Threat, 95 Million Facing Quintuple Threat — A Current View of the Earth from a Rights Perspective</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to a global analysis by the University of Colorado, over 99% of the world&#039;s population is threatened by at least one environmental human right related to &quot;air, water, climate, food, and biod</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-12T10:36:56+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The European Space Agency&#039;s (ESA) magnetic field observation satellite, Swarm, has indicated an expansion of the region known as the &quot;South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA),&quot; where Earth&#039;s magnetic field is wea</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Hong Kong published a meta-analysis in Nature Cities, revealing that the relationship between urban greenery and mental health forms an &quot;inverted U-shape.&quot; The &quot;</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>iRobot, the company behind the Roomba robot vacuum, is facing severe financial difficulties. By Q3 2025, their cash and cash equivalents are expected to be less than $25 million, and the CEO has admit</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Unique Hawaiian &quot;Red Blueberry Ohelo&quot; Originated in Japan: The Pacific Rim Route of the Blueberry Genus</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The ancestor of Hawaii&#039;s wild blueberry &quot;Ohelo (Vaccinium)&quot; is reported to have originated not from North America, but from Northeast Asia (most closely related to Japan&#039;s V. yatabei), according to a </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A German newspaper has pointed out that sitting in a child seat while wearing a thick winter jacket increases the load on the abdomen and other areas, posing a danger. ADAC tests have shown risks even</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Impact of a 73% Cost Reduction: The Era of &quot;Humanoid Robots&quot; Made in India - The 3 Trillion Yen Shock of India&#039;s &quot;Deep Tech&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>India&#039;s deep tech market is projected to expand to $30 billion by 2030. The current market size is between $9 billion and $12 billion (FY2025), having grown 2.5 times over the past five years. The dri</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Future of Tuna Lies in the Midwater — Correlation Diagram of Deep-Sea Mining and the Food Web: Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Our Dining Tables</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Future of Tuna Lies in the Midwater — Correlation Diagram of Deep-Sea Mining and the Food Web: Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Our Dining Tables</image:title>
      <image:caption>It has been suggested that discharge plumes, which occur when processing materials extracted from the seabed during deep-sea mining, could dilute the natural food particles in the midwater zone (appro</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/virus-dementia-unexpected-connection-prevention-future-protection</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11T07:48:43+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Skin diseases reaching the brain: The more often shingles recur, the more dangerous it becomes? Breaking the chain of &quot;reactivation&quot; with a vaccine</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A recent study utilizing medical data from over 100 million individuals has reinforced the possibility that the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes shingles, may increase th</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/obesity-olympic-popularity-health-trends</loc>
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      <news:title>The Right to Lose Weight Determined by Insurance, Income, and Culture — Behind the GLP-1 Boom: The Fading &quot;Effort Theory&quot; and the Strengthening &quot;Medicalization&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Right to Lose Weight Determined by Insurance, Income, and Culture — Behind the GLP-1 Boom: The Fading &quot;Effort Theory&quot; and the Strengthening &quot;Medicalization&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The obesity crisis in the United States and the rapid expansion of GLP-1 medications (such as Ozempic) are coinciding, with prescription rates standing out in &quot;hotspots&quot; across the South, Midwest, and</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/youth-future-crisis-1000000-unemployed-uneducated-background</loc>
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      <news:title>Invisible Isolation, Increasing Diagnoses: To Learn, Work, or Be Left Behind — The Reality and Remedies of the UK&#039;s &quot;1 Million NEET Era&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/orB68grP.webp?1762814285</image:loc>
      <image:title>Invisible Isolation, Increasing Diagnoses: To Learn, Work, or Be Left Behind — The Reality and Remedies of the UK&#039;s &quot;1 Million NEET Era&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the UK, the number of 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment, or training (NEET) has reached approximately 948,000 as of June 2025, with projections indicating it will soon exceed one mill</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/new-trend-dating-women-choose-male-detox</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10T08:48:36+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-11-10T08:33:48+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Self-Care Through Taking a Break from Dating: What is the &quot;Male Detox&quot; Women Are Choosing? #boysober Spreading Among Gen Z</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/0r33Njr9.webp?1762732116</image:loc>
      <image:title>Self-Care Through Taking a Break from Dating: What is the &quot;Male Detox&quot; Women Are Choosing? #boysober Spreading Among Gen Z</image:title>
      <image:caption>Among Gen Z women, the trend of distancing themselves from romance, sex, and dating apps, known as &quot;#boysober,&quot; is gaining traction. This movement was sparked by an American comedian&#039;s practice of a o</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/france-surveillance-sea-in-global-ethics-regulation</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10T08:46:13+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-11-10T08:32:35+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Shein Under French Scrutiny: The Balance Between Global Corporate Ethics and Regulation - The Cost of Cheapness in an Era of Transparency</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/yr4xNyrb.webp?1762731973</image:loc>
      <image:title>Shein Under French Scrutiny: The Balance Between Global Corporate Ethics and Regulation - The Cost of Cheapness in an Era of Transparency</image:title>
      <image:caption>The French government has demanded corrective action after child-like sex dolls and weapons were found on SHEIN&#039;s marketplace. Following SHEIN&#039;s decision to halt third-party sales and remove the offen</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/delhi-air-pollution-economic-health-impact</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10T08:41:22+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>The skies of Delhi are a warning signal! What are the economic and health impacts caused by air pollution? The reality of a city where &quot;breathing hurts.&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/krYbkAXP.webp?1762731682</image:loc>
      <image:title>The skies of Delhi are a warning signal! What are the economic and health impacts caused by air pollution? The reality of a city where &quot;breathing hurts.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the Delhi metropolitan area, several observation points reported an Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeding 400, with the citywide average reaching 361, placing it in the &quot;red zone.&quot; Multiple locations h</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/climate-intervention-impact-world-food-crisis-protein-decline-concern</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10T08:44:02+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Is Global Food at Risk Due to Climate Intervention? — Concerns Over Declining Protein Levels: Altering the Climate Could Change Our Dining Tables</news:title>
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      <image:title>Is Global Food at Risk Due to Climate Intervention? — Concerns Over Declining Protein Levels: Altering the Climate Could Change Our Dining Tables</image:title>
      <image:caption>A new study by Rutgers University and others indicates that &quot;Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI),&quot; which involves dispersing sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/future-medical-revolution-gene-editing-lowers-cholesterol</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10T08:36:27+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-11-10T08:29:23+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Future of Medical Revolution: New Technology Dramatically Lowers Cholesterol with Gene Editing</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/2rqK29Rx.webp?1762731387</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Future of Medical Revolution: New Technology Dramatically Lowers Cholesterol with Gene Editing</image:title>
      <image:caption>CRISPR Therapeutics&#039; single-dose treatment CTX310 inactivated hepatic ANGPTL3 using CRISPR-Cas9, reducing LDL cholesterol and triglycerides by approximately half. This was presented at AHA2025 and pub</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/decode-cat-language-science-quiz</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-09T11:34:38+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Want to test your cat language skills? That &quot;tail wagging&quot; might not mean happiness — A &quot;Cat Quiz&quot; created by scientists</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/1wJyk4RN.webp?1762655678</image:loc>
      <image:title>Want to test your cat language skills? That &quot;tail wagging&quot; might not mean happiness — A &quot;Cat Quiz&quot; created by scientists</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cats are actually &quot;super&quot; communicators, but many humans misinterpret their signals. According to an article published in Live Science on November 7 (sourced from The Conversation), an Australian stud</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/space-food-revolution-insects-future-mission</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;The Day &#039;Insects&#039; Come to the Cosmic Kitchen&quot;: Looks Like Powder, Actually Insects: The Food Design Revolution Begins on Spacecraft</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Day &#039;Insects&#039; Come to the Cosmic Kitchen&quot;: Looks Like Powder, Actually Insects: The Food Design Revolution Begins on Spacecraft</image:title>
      <image:caption>The European Space Agency (ESA) is systematically exploring the potential of insects as sustainable food for long-term space missions. A review paper has reported that crickets and mealworms are light</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Unexpected Impact of Cannabis Retail Stores: Notable Among Ages 21–24 and 65+ - A Blueprint for &quot;Moderation&quot; Varies by Generation</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Online reviews not only aid readers in making decisions but also influence the behavior of the writers themselves. According to research by Bayes Business School and others (Journal of Marketing), wri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>25 years since UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (WPS). According to the latest analysis, incorporating &quot;women&#039;s participation and inclusion&quot; in peace agreements reduces the likelihood of civil war </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In late October 2025, a wave of workforce reductions took place, starting with Amazon&#039;s cut of approximately 14,000 employees, followed by Chegg (45%), Salesforce (4,000 employees), and UPS (48,000 em</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end on November 2, 2025. Recent discussions have criticized DST for going against &quot;human nature&quot; by reinforcing a capitalist view of working hours, using the indigenous</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth called for enhanced maritime capabilities and regional unity to counter China&#039;s &quot;destabilizing&quot; actions at the ASEAN Defense Ministers&#039; Meeting. He also proposed shar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A &quot;blue dog&quot; was photographed in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, leading to speculation on social media about &quot;radioactive mutation&quot; or &quot;AI synthesis.&quot; Experts from local authorities explaine</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has noted signs of economic improvement in September due to a recovery in manufacturing, exports, and tourism, but assessed that growth in the third quarter (July-September)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In a randomized trial conducted by the University of Birmingham involving 40 young men, it was found that drinking **high-flavanol cocoa (approximately 695mg total flavanols)** just before sitting for</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While 53% of Generation Z view cash as a &quot;last resort&quot; and 29% consider cash payments &quot;outdated/cringe,&quot; paradoxically, 54% find themselves spending more unconsciously with cash. This is driven by a p</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;Bird Theory,&quot; which has resurfaced on TikTok, is a trend that observes the &quot;catch and throw of interest&quot; based on how someone reacts to trivial topics like &quot;I saw a bird today.&quot; This trend is roo</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Sawayaka&quot; makes its debut in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City—Bay Dream Shimizu store grand opening. Despite heavy rain the day before, fans lined up, with a record-breaking queue of &quot;about 500 people&quot; before the store opened.</image:title>
      <image:caption>On November 2, 2025, &quot;Sumiyaki Restaurant Sawayaka,&quot; known as a soul food spot for Shizuoka residents, opened its first location in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, called &quot;Bay Dream Shimizu Store.&quot; The v</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/buying-cars-auction-pros-cons</loc>
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      <image:caption>Used car auctions present a strong trade-off: while they offer the potential to &quot;buy cheaper than the market price&quot; and &quot;make decisions quickly,&quot; they also come with the drawbacks of &quot;being sold AS-IS</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;How many special rules does Shohei Ohtani have?&quot; - &quot;Stop the favoritism&quot; - Criticism over game delays due to extended warm-ups and the fairness debate surrounding Ohtani with the Dodgers</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On November 2, 2025 (Japan time), the American media outlet Sportskeeda published an article titled &quot;Is Shohei Ohtani Receiving Special Treatment?&quot; The article reported that some fans expressed outrag</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Is &#039;One Size Fits All&#039; Really True? The Ambiguity of Free Size Design&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>&quot;Free size/One size&quot; is a convenient size label designed to fit &quot;as many people as possible&quot; due to stock and sewing considerations. In reality, it often overlooks variations in height, body type, bon</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/bonbon-drop-seal-boom-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>The &quot;Sticker Exchange&quot; of the Reiwa Era is Reviving—The Unprecedented Boom of &quot;Bonbon Drop Stickers&quot; and the &quot;Counterfeit Scandal,&quot; Insights Gained from Comparing with Global Collection Culture</news:title>
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      <image:title>The &quot;Sticker Exchange&quot; of the Reiwa Era is Reviving—The Unprecedented Boom of &quot;Bonbon Drop Stickers&quot; and the &quot;Counterfeit Scandal,&quot; Insights Gained from Comparing with Global Collection Culture</image:title>
      <image:caption>The &quot;Bonbon Drop Seals&quot; introduced in 2024 have gained popularity, especially on social media, due to their plump, transparent appearance reminiscent of candy. By December 2024, collaboration with Sun</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hyundai and Kia have jointly announced their entry into the Japanese market, aiming to strengthen their lineup of environmentally friendly vehicles. This move is expected to further intensify competit</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Circle of Friendship Among Monkeys: The Social Bonds of Chimpanzees and Bonobos - The Secret of the &quot;Circle of Friends&quot; Shared with Humans</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Circle of Friendship Among Monkeys: The Social Bonds of Chimpanzees and Bonobos - The Secret of the &quot;Circle of Friends&quot; Shared with Humans</image:title>
      <image:caption>The social relationships of chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit a layered structure that expands &quot;from intimate friends on the inside to superficial connections on the outside,&quot; similar to humans, accordi</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The United Nations Warns! The Risk of Nuclear War Enters &quot;Danger Zone&quot;: Reasons Why Nuclear Risk Has Reached an &quot;Abnormally High Level&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In response to reports about the U.S. resuming nuclear testing, the United Nations expressed strong concern, stating that &quot;the current nuclear risk is already alarmingly high.&quot; The Comprehensive Nucle</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Rejuvenation of Plants? Discovery of a Molecular Switch that Controls Leaf Aging</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Korea&#039;s DGIST and others have discovered a new molecular switch that influences the onset of leaf senescence. The long non-coding RNA transcribed in the nucleus, known as &quot;CHLOREL</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is the Future of Luxury Brands in Crisis? The Shocking 99% Profit Drop of Porsche: Luxury Shifts from “Things” to Experiences</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2025, the &quot;norms&quot; of luxury were shaken. A combination of U.S. tariffs, a slowdown in China, and temporary costs associated with revising EV strategies led Porsche to report a loss of approximately</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The &quot;AI-Face Distribution Revolution&quot; Beginning with &quot;PayPal×ChatGPT&quot; — The Market is Enthusiastic, but the Field is Just Starting: Challenges Remaining in PayPal&#039;s &quot;AI Payments&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The &quot;AI-Face Distribution Revolution&quot; Beginning with &quot;PayPal×ChatGPT&quot; — The Market is Enthusiastic, but the Field is Just Starting: Challenges Remaining in PayPal&#039;s &quot;AI Payments&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In partnership with OpenAI, the integration of &quot;PayPal payments within ChatGPT&quot; is set to be realized, with PayPal prominently featuring &quot;Agentic Commerce&quot; using NVIDIA&#039;s Nemotron open model. On the a</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Trump Demands China Crack Down on Fentanyl — Tariffs to 47%, Temporary Truce on Rare Earths: The Practical Outcomes and Side Effects of the Trump-Xi Meeting</image:title>
      <image:caption>On October 30th (local time), U.S. President Trump suggested that if China strengthens its crackdown on fentanyl and its precursors following his meeting with President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Kore</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The protein Dsup from the world&#039;s toughest organism, the tardigrade, acts as a &quot;molecular shield&quot; by closely associating with DNA to protect it from radicals and radiation. In foundational research fr</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Saudi Arabia&#039;s Major Transformation with Plans to Build 300,000 New Hotel Rooms for Tourism! Can the Desert Kingdom Become a Tourism Powerhouse?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Saudi Arabia has positioned tourism as the second engine of growth, aiming to welcome 150 million visitors annually by 2030. Following the lifting of tourism visa restrictions in 2019, the number of v</image:caption>
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      <image:title>A Map of Mosquito Cells Will Change the Future! The First Step Towards Eradicating Diseases</image:title>
      <image:caption>Researchers at Rockefeller University have released the world&#039;s first &quot;whole-body&quot; mosquito cell atlas. They analyzed 367,000 nuclei from 19 tissues of both male and female Aedes aegypti using snRNA-s</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Rupee Crisis: The Impact of a Strong Dollar and the Underlying Economic Dynamics</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Indian Rupee fell to as low as 88.7437 per dollar on October 30 (local time), nearing the all-time low of 88.8050 recorded in September, due to the strengthening of the US dollar and diminishing e</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Chainsaw Man&quot; and &quot;Attack on Titan&quot;: The Shadow of Modern Masculinity Reflected from the Same Starting Point to Different Horizons</image:title>
      <image:caption>Denji from &quot;Chainsaw Man&quot; and Eren from &quot;Attack on Titan&quot;—these two characters are like the two sides of a coin with &quot;frozen emotions.&quot; Polygon&#039;s feature article asserts that these two embody differen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Why Does Trump Want to Resume Nuclear Testing? Exploring the Background of Breaking 30 Years of Silence: Understanding &quot;Nuclear Test Resumption&quot; Through Three Scenarios</image:title>
      <image:caption>President Trump announced on social media the &quot;immediate resumption of nuclear weapons testing.&quot; The aim is to demonstrate &quot;equal conditions&quot; to Russia and China, but it&#039;s unclear whether this refers </image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Harmony of Nature: The Secret of How Synchronized Frequencies Aid Digestion - Physics Unraveling the Mysteries of Digestion</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Harmony of Nature: The Secret of How Synchronized Frequencies Aid Digestion - Physics Unraveling the Mysteries of Digestion</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from UC San Diego has mathematically solved the phenomenon of intestinal peristalsis as &quot;frequency synchronizing in a stepwise manner,&quot; explaining how food is transported and mixed in </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Research conducted by National Taiwan University and others has demonstrated in mice that mild skin stimulation can trigger &quot;lipolysis&quot; of subcutaneous fat, where released monounsaturated fatty acids </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The bowhead whale in the Arctic can live for nearly 200 years and has a low incidence of cancer. The protein &quot;CIRBP,&quot; which aids in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, has been highlighted as a po</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study by the University of Oxford and others reports that the &quot;energy flow&quot; in ecosystems driven by African birds and mammals has decreased to about 64% of its pre-colonial levels, representing a re</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Even though they may look similar, teeth are not bones. Teeth are accessory organs of the digestive system, with a surface enamel that is extremely hard but difficult to regenerate. Bones, on the othe</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The meta-analysis by the AHA, published in JAHA, once again demonstrated the increased cardiovascular risk following infections, such as a fourfold increase in myocardial infarction and a fivefold inc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A critical bug has been officially confirmed for &#039;Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A&#039; on Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, where &quot;Pokémon capture always fails under certain conditions.&quot; This issue is expected to be fixed wi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In response to the global decline in same-store sales that began in 2024, Starbucks has launched a major renovation initiative under the slogan &quot;Back to Starbucks,&quot; focusing on expanding seating, impr</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amidst a severe shortage of personnel at driving schools, the &quot;AI Driving School,&quot; a related company of Minami Fukuoka Driving School in Fukuoka Prefecture, has developed an &quot;AI training car&quot; that is </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>OpenAI has released estimated data indicating that more than 1 million users disclose content related to suicidal thoughts or plans to the generative AI &quot;ChatGPT&quot; every week. This accounts for approxi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Halloween in Shibuya for 2025 has moved from the &quot;self-restraint&quot; approach of last year to a phase of exploring &quot;coexistence.&quot; This shift is backed by the 2024 ordinance amendment, which enforces </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Toho officially announced on October 28, 2025, that the release of the live-action film &#039;Osomatsu-san: Humanity&#039;s Degeneration Plan!!!!!?&#039; will be postponed. Initially scheduled for a nationwide relea</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-education-usage-results</loc>
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      <news:title>Does AI Improve the &quot;Cost-Effectiveness of Studying&quot;? &quot;Achieving the Same Scores with Less Effort&quot; — Insights from AI-Enabled Classes on Learning Efficiency</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On October 28th (U.S. time), NVIDIA announced a partnership with Uber to globally expand a Level 4 autonomous driving network. Utilizing the new platform &quot;DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10&quot; and AV software, they </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On October 28, 2025, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously approved new measures to close loopholes in equipment approvals concerning the &quot;Covered List&quot; of Chinese security risk</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At TechCrunch Disrupt on October 28 (U.S. time), Netflix announced plans to further expand its experiments with vertical videos for mobile. However, they emphasized that they do not intend to &quot;compete</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study by the University of Eastern Finland has shown that arts-based methods (such as painting, music, theater, and play) are effective in leadership education. These methods enhance emotional intel</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An article from a German local newspaper introduced the claim that &quot;intelligent people say &#039;I&#039;m not sure, but probably...,&#039;&quot; which has become a topic of discussion on social media. The core of this cl</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amazon.com in the United States is preparing to cut up to 30,000 jobs in its corporate division, with notifications to employees set to begin on October 28 (U.S. time), according to multiple sources. </image:caption>
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      <news:title>&lt;Immigration and Society&gt; The Appeal of &quot;Dekasegi&quot; Fades in Japan: A Sharp Decline in Chinese Workers, What&#039;s Next After Vietnam?</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Japan has long been a &quot;country to earn money in,&quot; or a &quot;dekasegi destination.&quot; In the 2000s to 2010s, Chinese workers, and in the late 2010s to 2020s, Vietnamese workers supported the factories, careg</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the UK, the trend of &quot;pub closures&quot; is becoming increasingly serious, with predictions that by 2025, pubs may close at a rate of &quot;one per day.&quot; This trend is driven by rising business taxes and ene</image:caption>
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      <image:title>An Era Where 1.2 Million People Confess &quot;I Want to Die&quot; to AI Weekly — Conversations Related to Suicide Account for 0.15% Weekly</image:title>
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      <news:title>Why Does the Accuracy of AI Detection Depend on Humans? The Reason Human-Likeness is Key</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Detection of AI-generated text has evolved, but limitations such as false positives, bias, and ease of circumvention remain significant. An article published in October 2025 argues that &quot;people are pe</image:caption>
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      <news:title>A Storm of 30,000 People: The Impact of Amazon&#039;s &quot;Largest-Ever Layoffs&quot; and the Pros and Cons of AI</news:title>
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      <image:title>A Storm of 30,000 People: The Impact of Amazon&#039;s &quot;Largest-Ever Layoffs&quot; and the Pros and Cons of AI</image:title>
      <image:caption>Amazon is reportedly planning to cut up to 30,000 jobs in its corporate sector, with an initial announcement on the 28th revealing about 14,000 job cuts. The affected areas include Human Resources (PX</image:caption>
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      <image:title>What is the impact of air pollution on workplace safety? The new norm of a surge in occupational accidents with a &quot;doubling&quot; of PM2.5 levels</image:title>
      <image:caption>Air pollution, such as PM2.5, not only affects health but also increases the &quot;probability and severity of occupational accidents,&quot; according to a study by Yonsei University in South Korea. The study c</image:caption>
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      <image:title>When the Queen &quot;Loses Her Scent&quot;: The Molecular Switch That Triggers a Honeybee Coup</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada reported that when a queen bee is infected with a virus, her ovaries shrink, and the production of the key component &quot;methyl ole</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Montenegro has shown the fastest growth in the world in terms of wealthy population, with a 124% increase over the past decade. The background to this includes currency stability due to the de facto a</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Alcohol, Opioids, Tobacco: The Diet Drug Ozempic Emerges as a Promising Star in Addiction Treatment</image:title>
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      <image:caption>According to the latest German survey &quot;Video Trends 2025,&quot; there are 41.6 million regular viewers of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Reels has the widest reach at 39%, while TikTok boasts</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The upper limit of metabolic output that humans can sustain over a long period is about 2.5 times the basal metabolic rate (BMR). A new study published in Current Biology (2025) tracked 14 ultra-endur</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A new study from the state of Hawaii has revealed a life expectancy gap of up to 18.6 to 19 years among major racial and ethnic groups. Chinese individuals have a life expectancy of 88.2 years, Other </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On October 26, 2025, Japan&#039;s H3 rocket No. 7 successfully launched the new unmanned supply ship HTV-X1 from Tanegashima. Approximately 14 minutes later, it was placed into the designated orbit. The HT</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Berlin—The &quot;mushroom boom&quot; is accelerating in Brandenburg. Gatherers describe the forest as &quot;a place without noise,&quot; emphasizing observation and tranquility over results, a perspective that resonates </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On Tuesday, October 21, the price of gold temporarily plummeted by 6.3%, dropping from the previous day&#039;s all-time high of $4,381.52 to $4,082.03, and remained weak around $4,113 over the weekend. The</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wage labor transforms people&#039;s &quot;differences&quot; into competition, severing workplace solidarity into fine pieces. Labor sociologist Nicole Mayer-Ahuja points out that distinctions between regular/irregul</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, &quot;completely cashless operations&quot; on local bus routes, where passengers can only use IC cards or contactless payments, are rapidly spreading. This shift is driven by a severe crisis of deteri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japanese middle and high schools, there is a noticeable shift from the traditional &quot;fixed uniforms&quot; of the Showa to Heisei eras, such as &quot;everyone wearing the same blazer&quot; or &quot;boys in gakuran and g</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Tokyo&#039;s bustling Shinjuku district, specifically in the &quot;Kabukicho&quot; area, there have been numerous sightings of rats. On social media and in the media, comments such as &quot;They&#039;re definitely increasi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The University of Washington has developed a conductive granular hydrogel composed of PEDOT:PSS microparticles. These particles can be easily shaped via injection or 3D printing and, once adhered, fun</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Universe Seen by a Telescope 1 Kilometer Deep in the Ocean - Neutrino Astronomy: A New Window Opened by KM3NeT</image:title>
      <image:caption>The European neutrino telescope KM3NeT, currently under construction in the deep sea of the Mediterranean, detected a cosmic neutrino with one of the highest energies ever observed (KM3-230213A) in Fe</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiated a Section 301 investigation on October 24th to assess the implementation of the &quot;Phase One Agreement.&quot; The deadline for public comments is December 1st, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The new 1,000 yen bill of Japan, set to be issued on July 3, 2024, features Katsushika Hokusai&#039;s masterpiece &quot;The Great Wave off Kanagawa&quot; on its reverse side. At first glance, it appears to be an art</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In mid-October, gold futures surged to over $4,300 per ounce, but by the 24th, they had rapidly fallen back to around $4,100. In London, the benchmark price softened from $4,253 in the AM and $4,294 i</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nvidia-uber-future-transport-revolution-autonomous-driving-tech</loc>
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      <image:title>&quot;Uber&#039;s Driving Data × NVIDIA&#039;s Cosmos&quot; — The Day Autonomous Driving AI Engulfs &#039;Reality&#039;</image:title>
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      <image:caption>The EU summit on October 23, 2025, reached an agreement to cover Ukraine&#039;s &quot;urgent funding needs&quot; for 2026-27. Meanwhile, the proposal for a &quot;reparation loan&quot; to raise approximately €140 billion using</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Google announced that with its quantum chip &quot;Willow&quot; and the new algorithm &quot;Quantum Echoes,&quot; it has achieved the world&#039;s first &quot;verifiable quantum supremacy.&quot; The chip demonstrated a speed 13,000 time</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Satellites in low Earth orbit, which continue to increase in number, burn up in the atmosphere at the end of their mission, releasing alumina particles. Recent studies suggest that re-entry and rocket</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Missouri has unveiled a method that combines drone imagery and AI to accurately assess the population and habitats of waterfowl, such as mallards and northern pi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In October 2025, three mosquitoes believed to be Culiseta annulata, a species adapted to cold climates, were identified for the first time in Iceland. They were collected around a red wine trap and id</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to a study published in the Journal of Marketing and featured in Phys.org on October 22, 2025, the &quot;first like&quot; displayed in advertisements serves as a powerful signal that not only increase</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Does the Choice of Antidepressants Affect Health? New Research Reveals Diversity in Drug Side Effects: A &quot;Physical Side Effect Map&quot; of 30 Antidepressants</image:title>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Tennessee and other institutions has identified an entirely new protein family (commonly referred to as L-N2OR/L-NosZ) that reduces the greenhouse gas nitrous ox</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Are the Earth&#039;s Lungs Running Out of Breath? Record CO₂ Increase and OCO-2 Shutdown Crisis: On the Eve of the Amazon and Earth&#039;s &quot;Carbon Balance&quot; Collapse</news:title>
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      <image:title>Are the Earth&#039;s Lungs Running Out of Breath? Record CO₂ Increase and OCO-2 Shutdown Crisis: On the Eve of the Amazon and Earth&#039;s &quot;Carbon Balance&quot; Collapse</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2024, the CO₂ levels in Earth&#039;s atmosphere increased at the fastest pace on record, with an annual increase reaching approximately 3.7 ppm. Satellite analysis indicates that the Amazon, which has l</image:caption>
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      <image:title>YouTube&#039;s New AI Tool Fights Deepfakes! What AI Likeness Detection Changes: The Day YouTube Delves into Facial &quot;Copyright&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>YouTube has begun rolling out &quot;Likeness Detection&quot; for its Partner Program as a countermeasure against deepfake videos that closely resemble real individuals, created by AI. This feature automatically</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In October 2025, Eric Lu (USA, 27 years old) won the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition. This marks the first victory by an American since Garrick Ohlsson&#039;s win 55 years ago in 1970. In the f</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The U.S. newspaper industry continues to shrink, with the latest survey indicating that 136 newspapers will cease publication or suspend operations between 2024 and 2025. This expansion of local &quot;news</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An Australian newspaper described the rare earth agreement between the Trump administration and Australia as a &quot;knife,&quot; while characterizing China&#039;s export controls as a &quot;bazooka.&quot; In reality, the U.S</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Are the Wealthy in the UK the Key to Tax Revenue? The Astonishing Contribution of the Top 1% and Its Impact</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to the latest HMRC data from the UK, the top 1% of taxpayers are responsible for 33% of income tax and CGT for the 2023/24 fiscal year. Just the top 100,000 taxpayers account for about 20%, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>EU energy ministers have agreed on a plan to phase out Russian gas (both pipeline and LNG) by January 1, 2028. The roadmap includes a ban on new contracts starting in January 2026, with short-term con</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The biggest competitors for luxury brands are the products they have sold in the past. The secondary market is expanding at three times the rate of the primary market and is expected to reach up to $3</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2025, the average FICO score in the United States has decreased to 715. Notably, Generation Z (ages 18–29) experienced the largest drop among all generations, with an average score of 676. The main</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Background of Cyber Attacks by Chinese Hackers on F5 Networks: Risks Hidden in US and UK Warnings</image:title>
      <image:caption>The breach disclosed by US-based F5 on October 15 (local time) includes the leak of some source code from BIG-IP, unpublished vulnerability information, and limited customer configuration data. The US</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Europe&#039;s dependence on China for pharmaceuticals is accelerating. A new industry survey warns that China&#039;s share is expanding not only in generics but also in biosimilars and precursor chemicals, incr</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Shockwaves in U.S.-Colombia Relations: Trump&#039;s Statement &quot;Petro is an Illegal Drug Lord&quot; and Implications of Tariff Suggestions</image:title>
      <image:caption>On October 19th (Eastern US time), US President Trump labeled Colombian President Petro as a &quot;drug lord&quot; and suggested an immediate halt to aid to Colombia and an increase in tariffs. In response, Col</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Incyte presented Phase 1 data for two drug candidates at ESMO 2025 (October 17-21, Berlin). The TGFBR2×PD-1 bispecific antibody INCA33890 showed an ORR of 15.2% in MSS colorectal cancer, including man</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Mexican government&#039;s plan to introduce an 8% tax (IEPS) on &quot;violent (adult) video games&quot; by 2026 has gained traction following approval from the lower house. The tax will target games rated C (18+</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-art-copyright-world</loc>
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      <image:title>How &quot;Original&quot; is Generative AI: Approaching the Copyright Threshold with Fingerprints - A New Negotiation Technique to Turn &quot;Similarity&quot; into Value</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Guardian reported that U.S. company Vermillio tested how much generative AI outputs rely on existing works using a &quot;neural fingerprint.&quot; Results showed an 80-87% match in Doctor Who-style visuals.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is Methane in the Arctic Ocean Once Again a Trigger for Global Warming? Where is the &quot;Switch&quot;? - The Dangerous Chain of the Arctic Ocean, Microorganisms, and Global Warming</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the Arctic Ocean, there exists a &quot;methane switch&quot; where anaerobic methane oxidation (AOM) on the seabed transitions to aerobic oxidation (AeOM) in the water column. During the PETM period (about 56</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The common belief that &quot;cold is the enemy of batteries&quot; is overshadowed by the fact that &quot;heat&quot; is actually the biggest factor in reducing battery lifespan. Jalopnik points out that in scorching weath</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The declining birthrate in East Asia is severe, with Japan&#039;s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) projected to be 1.15 and births at 686,000 in 2024. NextBigFuture proposes a grand plan to &quot;return to a TFR of 2</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Fate of the Nuclear Agreement: The Background of Iran&#039;s Demand for Sanctions Relief and the International Community&#039;s Response</image:title>
      <image:caption>On October 18, 2025, Iran declared that international restrictions on its nuclear program had &quot;ended,&quot; citing the expiration of the 10-year term of UN Security Council Resolution 2231. Meanwhile, the </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The long-established American media outlet AFRO suggests that backyard gardens and community gardens contribute to children&#039;s nutritional education, reduce household food expenses, strengthen neighbor</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard applied a new definition of obesity that combines BMI with waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and body fat percentage (using metho</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Based on a national survey in Finland, the mechanism by which forests contribute to daily happiness has been organized under the concept of &quot;Forest Happiness.&quot; Happiness arises from three dimensions: </image:caption>
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      <image:title>That One Word as a &quot;Warning Signal&quot; — How Social Media Comments Combat Misinformation: Latest Research Shows the &quot;Power of Comments&quot; and Their Limitations</image:title>
      <image:caption>While user comments on social media can serve as &quot;quick warning signals&quot; to help identify misinformation, incorrect comments can also be a &quot;double-edged sword&quot; that undermines trust in the truth. A la</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/rise-fall-mystery-ancient-maya-city</loc>
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      <news:title>Exploring the Mystery of the Rise and Fall of Ancient Maya Cities: Drought, Conflict, and Massive Infrastructure - A Model of the Rise and Decline of Ancient Maya Cities</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A new study published in the US journal PNAS quantifies that the cities of the Classic Maya period developed through the interaction of &quot;climate deterioration (drying),&quot; &quot;external and internal militar</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/lawsuit-over-monitoring-legal-residents-sns-trump-administration-eff-labor-union</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Deported for a Single Post?&quot; The Current State of Free Speech Bound by AI and Visas: The Battle of EFF and Labor Unions Against the Trump Administration</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Deported for a Single Post?&quot; The Current State of Free Speech Bound by AI and Visas: The Battle of EFF and Labor Unions Against the Trump Administration</image:title>
      <image:caption>The EFF and major U.S. labor unions (UAW, CWA, AFT) have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration&#039;s AI-driven &quot;Catch &amp; Revoke</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Amazing Neural Compass of Bat Brains: A New Discovery That Doesn&#039;t Rely on the Moon and Stars</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Amazing Neural Compass of Bat Brains: A New Discovery That Doesn&#039;t Rely on the Moon and Stars</image:title>
      <image:caption>On the uninhabited Lazum Island off the coast of East Africa, a team from the Weizmann Institute of Science has recorded the activity of single neurons in Egyptian fruit bats during free flight in the</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/senegal-reveals-truth-french-colonial-army-massacre-wwii</loc>
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      <news:title>The Truth About the Massacre by French Colonial Forces During World War II: The Full Account of the 1944 Thiaroye Massacre Revealed by Senegal and the Reparations Needed Today</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Truth About the Massacre by French Colonial Forces During World War II: The Full Account of the 1944 Thiaroye Massacre Revealed by Senegal and the Reparations Needed Today</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Senegalese government has submitted a white paper from an academic committee to the president regarding the 1944 incident where French colonial forces shot West African soldiers at the Thiaroye mi</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/fast-fashion-light-shadow-europe-tax-sustainable-future</loc>
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      <news:title>Slow Down the Fast Fashion Frenzy: Europe&#039;s Blueprint for &quot;Slow Consumption&quot; - Transforming Closets with Repair Incentives and EPR</news:title>
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      <image:title>Slow Down the Fast Fashion Frenzy: Europe&#039;s Blueprint for &quot;Slow Consumption&quot; - Transforming Closets with Repair Incentives and EPR</image:title>
      <image:caption>The EU is moving forward with plans to impose a 2-euro handling fee on cross-border parcels and to eliminate the 150-euro duty exemption threshold. Meanwhile, France has passed a bill in the Senate to</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/apple-expands-renewable-energy-investment-europe-china-expansion</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-17T01:20:24+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>The Power Struggle in the AI Era: Why Apple Secured 650MW in Europe - Further Expansion in China</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Power Struggle in the AI Era: Why Apple Secured 650MW in Europe - Further Expansion in China</image:title>
      <image:caption>In October 2025, Apple secured a total of 650 megawatts of renewable energy (wind and solar) in Europe. This includes 110MW each in Greece and Latvia, 131MW in Spain, 40MW in Poland, 99MW in Romania, </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/household-dryer-invisible-threat-microfiber-contamination-truth</loc>
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      <news:title>The Invisible Threat Posed by Household Dryers: The Truth About Microfiber Pollution</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Invisible Threat Posed by Household Dryers: The Truth About Microfiber Pollution</image:title>
      <image:caption>A new study by the Desert Research Institute (DRI) and others in the United States has demonstrated through citizen science that household dryers are a significant source of microfiber emissions. Base</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/politician-emotional-tweets-social-media-strategy-discovery</loc>
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      <news:title>The Trap of &quot;Going Viral&quot; ― Who Do Politicians&#039; Emotional Tweets Influence and Who Do They Alienate? : The Optimal Point of Political Communication</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Trap of &quot;Going Viral&quot; ― Who Do Politicians&#039; Emotional Tweets Influence and Who Do They Alienate? : The Optimal Point of Political Communication</image:title>
      <image:caption>A new study by Beth L. Fossen from Indiana University and David A. Schweidel from Emory University, published in Information Systems Research, reveals that while emotional posts by politicians on soci</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/earth-mystery-86-percent-life</loc>
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      <news:title>The Mysteries of Earth: The 86% of Life We Don&#039;t Know - Biodiversity and the Dilemma of &quot;Counting&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Mysteries of Earth: The 86% of Life We Don&#039;t Know - Biodiversity and the Dilemma of &quot;Counting&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The famous estimate that there are approximately 8.7 million species on Earth, with 86% (and 91% in the ocean) yet to be described, continues to have a strong impact. This is largely due to the delaye</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/coronavirus-vaccine-safety-early-pregnancy</loc>
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      <news:title>New Study Reveals Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Early Pregnancy — Evidence from 520,000 Births on Pregnancy and mRNA Vaccines</news:title>
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      <image:title>New Study Reveals Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Early Pregnancy — Evidence from 520,000 Births on Pregnancy and mRNA Vaccines</image:title>
      <image:caption>A study published in JAMA Network Open, using the national registry of France, analyzed 527,564 births and concluded that mRNA vaccination during early pregnancy (0–13 weeks) does not lead to a signif</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/trump-administration-venezuela-ship-blast-truth</loc>
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      <news:title>What is the Truth Behind the Trump Administration&#039;s Bombing of a Venezuelan Ship? A New War in the Caribbean</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/NREjOGw4.webp?1760630769</image:loc>
      <image:title>What is the Truth Behind the Trump Administration&#039;s Bombing of a Venezuelan Ship? A New War in the Caribbean</image:title>
      <image:caption>Since September, the U.S. administration has publicly declared lethal attacks on small boats off the coast of Venezuela, considering them as **&quot;illegal combatants of drug cartels.&quot;** By October 14, it</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/google-ai-video-tool-flow-evolution-realism-new-feature</loc>
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      <news:title>Google&#039;s AI video generation tool &quot;Flow&quot; evolves! The AI camera &quot;Veo 3.1&quot; that even produces sound is redefining the boundaries of &quot;direction, editing, and sound.&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Google&#039;s AI video generation tool &quot;Flow&quot; evolves! The AI camera &quot;Veo 3.1&quot; that even produces sound is redefining the boundaries of &quot;direction, editing, and sound.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Google announced the video generation model &quot;Veo 3.1&quot; and the production tool &quot;Flow&quot; that incorporates this model. Flow features editing capabilities that allow users to add light and shadows to AI-ge</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nano-particles-future-alcohol-related-liver-treatment</loc>
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      <news:title>Cutting Liver Inflammation at Its Root: New Hope for Treating Alcohol-Related Liver Disease</news:title>
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      <image:title>Cutting Liver Inflammation at Its Root: New Hope for Treating Alcohol-Related Liver Disease</image:title>
      <image:caption>The study reported by Phys.org on October 14 (Japan time) explores an attempt to halt inflammation and scarring (fibrosis) in alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) by directly targeting Kupffer cells, </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/mystery-brain-shrinkage-alzheimers-women</loc>
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      <news:title>The Mystery of the Brain: Why Do Men&#039;s Brains Shrink Faster While Alzheimer&#039;s Disease is More Common in Women?</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Mystery of the Brain: Why Do Men&#039;s Brains Shrink Faster While Alzheimer&#039;s Disease is More Common in Women?</image:title>
      <image:caption>A recent longitudinal study has shown that men experience a reduction in brain volume across wider regions than women as they age. However, this does not explain the &quot;female predominance&quot; factor in Al</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/youth-crime-rate-decline-reasons</loc>
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      <image:caption>Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have pointed out that solving marine plastic pollution requires moving away from a &quot;collection and recycling-centric&quot; approach </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The comprehensive review published on October 13, 2025, sounded the alarm that even though the phase-out of leaded gasoline has been completed, lead exposure in the environment continues to cause seve</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Google will consolidate text ads in search results under a section labeled &quot;Sponsored results&quot; at the top of the page, allowing users to collapse them with a &quot;Hide ads&quot; button after scrolling past. Th</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the summer of 2025, the unemployment rate for Black individuals rose for three consecutive months, reaching 7.5% in August. This increase is attributed to federal personnel reductions (a decrease o</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On October 12, 2025, China&#039;s leading EV manufacturer BYD announced the establishment of an autonomous driving R&amp;D center in collaboration with the city of Rio de Janeiro. The center will be located wi</image:caption>
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      <image:title>92 Years Old, 43 Years in Power - The Cameroonian Presidential Election Reflects the &quot;Wall of Time&quot;: Paul Biya&#039;s New Challenge</image:title>
      <image:caption>On October 12, 2025, a presidential election was held in Cameroon, with 92-year-old Paul Biya seeking an eighth term as vote counting progresses. Biya has maintained power for 43 years since taking of</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/yunnan-love-blooms-wedding-economic-impact</loc>
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      <image:caption>In Yunnan Province, destination weddings that combine travel and ceremonies are simultaneously boosting tourism and local services. During the Golden Week, places like Dali and Lijiang are nearly full</image:caption>
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      <image:title>China and North Korea to Strengthen Strategic Cooperation: The Art of Balanced Diplomacy - Beijing&#039;s &quot;Not Overstepping&quot; Strategy Towards the North</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his willingness to &quot;strengthen strategic cooperation on international and regional issues&quot; in a letter to General Secretary Kim Jong-un. The announcement was mad</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Germany, a study reported that approximately 14% of patent applications (about 1 in 7) are filed by researchers and engineers with immigrant backgrounds. In 2000, it was &quot;1 in 20,&quot; and in 2020, it </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/article-6smx1fqf</loc>
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      <news:title>The Brain Becomes Strongest with &quot;Seven Senses&quot;? — The Mystery of the &quot;Critical Dimension&quot; Revealed by Recent Research: Maximizing Memory Capacity Occurs in Seven Dimensions</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A paper published in Scientific Reports on August 15, 2025, analyzed the long-term behavior of the physical trace of memory, known as an &quot;engram,&quot; using a mathematical model. The study concluded that </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A report highlighting a significant gender gap in HIV prevention in the West Midlands (October 11, 2025) has garnered attention. Sparked by social media posts from the regional bureau, discussions hav</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A recent behavioral experiment involving approximately 1,000 participants demonstrated that multitasking significantly impairs the detection of phishing. When the cognitive load on working memory incr</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-revolution-future-crisis-occupations-living-way</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Jobs Taken by AI / Jobs That Remain&quot;—Where is the Boundary Between &quot;Words&quot; and &quot;Hands&quot;: The Reality Depicted by Microsoft Research and Sky News</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Jobs Taken by AI / Jobs That Remain&quot;—Where is the Boundary Between &quot;Words&quot; and &quot;Hands&quot;: The Reality Depicted by Microsoft Research and Sky News</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sky News introduced the 40 jobs most susceptible to AI and the 40 least affected, based on the &quot;AI Applicability Score&quot; calculated from 200,000 Copilot conversations by Microsoft Research. Language-ce</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/china-us-conflict-argentina-tensions-cold-war-debate</loc>
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      <image:caption>On Thursday, October 9, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besent stated on FOX that &quot;President Milei is determined to &#039;eliminate&#039; China&#039;s influence from Argentina,&quot; and the United States has confirmed a s</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/mit-innovative-gene-editing-tool-shaping-future-of-medicine</loc>
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      <news:title>The Safety of Gene Therapy Takes a Leap Forward: MIT&#039;s vPE Opens Clinical Doors - Approaching the Day When &quot;If It Reaches, It Heals&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On October 10, 2025, ScienceDaily reported on a new improved version of prime editing from MIT called &quot;vPE.&quot; This version addresses the traditional challenge of unintended insertions and deletions (in</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/blood-test-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-diagnosis-future-tech</loc>
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      <news:title>Visualize the Invisible Illness: 96% Expectation, Certainty to Follow - Distinguishing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with &quot;3D Genome&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Visualize the Invisible Illness: 96% Expectation, Certainty to Follow - Distinguishing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with &quot;3D Genome&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A UK study has indicated the possibility of diagnosing ME/CFS through a blood test. The study recorded a sensitivity of 92%, specificity of 98%, and overall accuracy of 96% using approximately 200 bio</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/male-contraceptive-future-molecular-switch-discovery</loc>
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      <news:title>A New Era for Male Contraceptives? Altering Glucose Flow: Discovery of the &quot;Overdrive&quot; Switch for Sperm</news:title>
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      <image:title>A New Era for Male Contraceptives? Altering Glucose Flow: Discovery of the &quot;Overdrive&quot; Switch for Sperm</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team at Michigan State University has identified a &quot;molecular switch&quot; that causes a surge in glycolytic flux in sperm before they reach the egg. Through stable isotope tracing and mass spec</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/china-new-greenhouse-gas-reduction-pledge-climate-leadership</loc>
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      <news:title>China&#039;s New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Pledge: Can It Become a True Leader in Climate Change Action?</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On September 24, 2025, China announced its first economy-wide absolute reduction target at the United Nations, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 7-10% from their peak by 2035. The announcement</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-future-bubble-revolution-risk-opportunity</loc>
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      <news:title>Is the Future of AI a Bubble or a Revolution? — The Risks and Possibilities Behind Massive Investments</news:title>
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      <image:title>Is the Future of AI a Bubble or a Revolution? — The Risks and Possibilities Behind Massive Investments</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nextbigfuture in the US examined the massive chain of AI infrastructure investments—NVIDIA&#039;s phased investment of up to $100 billion in OpenAI to build a 10GW data center, with the first phase expecte</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/fast-fashion-light-shadow-paris-department-store-employees-protest-shein-contrac</loc>
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      <news:title>80,000 Signatures, Brand Defection, Public Financial Withdrawal — Why Paris Department Store Employees are Protesting the Shein Contract</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On October 10th, workers protested in front of the BHV in Paris against the permanent introduction of Shein (on the 7th floor) by SGM. At the scene, city officials and union representatives gave speec</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/china-rare-earth-management-trump-national-security-conflict</loc>
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      <news:title>Rare Earth War Again — The U.S.-China Game of Chicken Over China&#039;s Export Controls and &quot;100% Tariffs&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Rare Earth War Again — The U.S.-China Game of Chicken Over China&#039;s Export Controls and &quot;100% Tariffs&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>China has significantly strengthened its export controls related to rare earths, announcing new regulations that require government approval for products manufactured abroad if they contain &quot;China-ori</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/naked-mole-rat-dna-reveals-longevity-secret</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11T00:44:53+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-10-11T00:22:02+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Do Four Amino Acids Delay &quot;Aging&quot;? The Secret of Longevity Unveiled by the DNA of Naked Mole Rats: The Remarkable Power of These Underground Creatures</news:title>
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      <image:title>Do Four Amino Acids Delay &quot;Aging&quot;? The Secret of Longevity Unveiled by the DNA of Naked Mole Rats: The Remarkable Power of These Underground Creatures</image:title>
      <image:caption>A potential explanation for the longevity of naked mole-rats has been suggested through a &quot;specification difference&quot; in the DNA damage sensor cGAS. In humans and mice, cGAS suppresses homologous recom</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/4-year-old-child-intelligence-adult-level-latest-research-surprising-fact</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11T00:42:48+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-10-11T00:20:27+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&quot;Rearrange the Invisible Rabbits&quot;: The Surprising Logical Skills Demonstrated by a 4-Year-Old - The Moment Play Turns into Learning</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/OwanzMr0.webp?1760110968</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;Rearrange the Invisible Rabbits&quot;: The Surprising Logical Skills Demonstrated by a 4-Year-Old - The Moment Play Turns into Learning</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to a new study introduced by the German newspaper HNA, the conventional belief by Piaget that &quot;systematic thinking is difficult for those under 7 years old&quot; may need reconsideration. Researc</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-era-new-threat-250-documents-language-model-vulnerable</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11T00:40:33+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-10-11T00:19:02+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Are Giant Models Powerless? The Trigger is &lt;SUDO&gt;: How to Implant a Backdoor in AI with Just 250 Documents</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/NREjZGw4.webp?1760110833</image:loc>
      <image:title>Are Giant Models Powerless? The Trigger is &lt;SUDO&gt;: How to Implant a Backdoor in AI with Just 250 Documents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Anthropic, AISI, and the Alan Turing Institute demonstrated that backdoors can be implanted in LLMs ranging from 600M to 13B in size with just 250 malicious documents. The attack is a DoS type that ca</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/trump-new-sanctions-russia-impact</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11T00:37:19+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-10-11T00:16:51+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Trump Hints at New Sanctions Against Russia — Will the Sanctions Take Effect: G7 Pressure, U.S. Hesitation, Market Nervousness</news:title>
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      <image:title>Trump Hints at New Sanctions Against Russia — Will the Sanctions Take Effect: G7 Pressure, U.S. Hesitation, Market Nervousness</image:title>
      <image:caption>On October 9th (U.S. time), U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at the White House, was asked whether he would impose additional sanctions on Russia. He re</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/family-size-impact-education-costs-parent-choice-deep-insights</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11T00:32:20+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-10-11T00:05:59+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>An only child is an &quot;filling the gap&quot; investment, while those with siblings are an &quot;expanding&quot; investment? The &quot;purchased education&quot; and &quot;unselected education&quot; based on family size</news:title>
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      <image:title>An only child is an &quot;filling the gap&quot; investment, while those with siblings are an &quot;expanding&quot; investment? The &quot;purchased education&quot; and &quot;unselected education&quot; based on family size</image:title>
      <image:caption>The media affiliated with the American Marketing Association (AMA) highlighted a Journal of Marketing paper reporting that the number of children in a family influences the direction of educational sp</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/discord-data-leak-impact-prevention</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11T00:29:46+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Massive Data Breach on Discord! &quot;Selfies You Thought Were Deleted&quot; - The Biggest Weakness Created by Age Verification</news:title>
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      <image:title>Massive Data Breach on Discord! &quot;Selfies You Thought Were Deleted&quot; - The Biggest Weakness Created by Age Verification</image:title>
      <image:caption>In October, Discord disclosed that an external customer support contractor was compromised, potentially affecting around 70,000 users. The breach may have included ID images, names, emails, the last f</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/love-signals-red-blue-expert-partner-selection-tips</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11T00:26:09+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-10-11T00:01:17+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The outcome of a first date is determined by &quot;a word to a third party&quot;: &quot;Sincerity, kindness, and friendship&quot; are the ultimate green flags.</news:title>
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      <image:title>The outcome of a first date is determined by &quot;a word to a third party&quot;: &quot;Sincerity, kindness, and friendship&quot; are the ultimate green flags.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A British survey reported on October 9, 2025, revealed that **women perceive &quot;bad manners&quot; as a strong red flag (57%), while men tend to place more emphasis on appearance (35% consider it &quot;very import</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/moai-statue-secrets-ancient-wisdom-reviving-walking-giant-mystery</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-10T00:40:54+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-10-10T00:15:31+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Secret of the Moai Statues: The Mystery of the Walking Giants Revived by Ancient Wisdom - Putting an End to a 500-Year-Old Mystery: The Giants of Rapa Nui &quot;Walked Upright&quot; with Ropes</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A research team from Binghamton University and other institutions has supported the long-standing mystery of how the giant stone statues, Moai, of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were transported with the hy</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Will the Day Come When Dogs Can Really &quot;Talk&quot;? ─ Button Dogs: Myth or Science? Exploring the &quot;Talking Dogs&quot; Debate Through Language Evolution, AI, and Welfare</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The impact of AI and automation is not uniform. An analysis by Phys.org highlights that jobs relying on repetitive manual labor, which are more common among young men with lower educational attainment</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On October 8, 2025, New York City filed a 327-page lawsuit in federal court against Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and ByteDance, alleging that social media has &quot;addicted&quot; children and worsened the mental heal</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Vibe Coding&quot; Spreads Worldwide: Google&#039;s &quot;Opal&quot; Expands to 15 Countries, Becoming a Key Player in the No-Code AI Era</image:title>
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      <image:title>Facebook is becoming like TikTok!? A time when &quot;what your friends liked&quot; is streaming in</image:title>
      <image:caption>Meta has redefined the video experience on Facebook, further enhancing TikTok-style discoverability. They have revamped the recommendation engine to increase the exposure of Reels released on the same</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is AI Alone Not Enough? The &quot;Slight Human Support&quot; That Worked in Schools: Why a Small Human Touch Can Multiply the Learning Effect of AI</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Hong Kong, and Stanford University conducted a study on &quot;hybrid tutoring,&quot; which combines the use of AI tutors with human remote guid</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Independent reported on the reality that elementary school children in the United States are not meeting the recommended sleep duration. A new study from Brown University (Frontiers in Pediatrics,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The state of São Paulo, Brazil, reached the highest fire danger level of &quot;emergency (purple)&quot; across almost the entire state on Monday, October 6, 2025. The combination of dry conditions and extreme h</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>China has tightened its export controls on germanium (Ge) by implementing a licensing system and banning exports, while also cracking down on circumvention. As a result, the global supply has rapidly </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Apple and Google have stopped distributing apps like &quot;ICEBlock,&quot; which visualizes the movements of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through crowdsourcing. This action was prompted by a re</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Major media outlets have reported that OpenAI&#039;s AI video generation app &quot;Sora&quot; quickly surged to the top of the free rankings on the US App Store shortly after its release, reaching the number one spo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This week (October 4, 2025, Japan time), the tech world is abuzz with news. Apple has released iOS 26.0.1 for iPhones, addressing initial bugs. This &quot;stable version&quot; following a major update is recomm</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;coronal rain&quot; observed on the sun is a &quot;plasma rain&quot; that occurs when the hot corona rapidly cools after a flare. Traditionally, this phenomenon could not be explained without prolonged heating, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The review paper published in Nature Geoscience concludes that four major Earth system elements—the Greenland ice sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the Amazon rainforest, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The molecular mechanism by which the pain receptor channel TRPA1 rapidly inactivates (desensitizes) after calcium influx has been shown to involve calmodulin (CaM) binding primarily with its C-lobe to</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Facial recognition has become a foundational technology in society, used in smartphone unlocking and airport gates. However, challenges such as privacy concerns, bias, and the difficulty of data colle</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Electricity is the &quot;currency&quot; of AI - Why China is accelerating with energy and infrastructure: The &quot;Chinese-style AI national project&quot; combining electricity, networks, and chips</image:title>
      <image:caption>China&#039;s acceleration in AI is supported not only by chips and models but also by a national-level infrastructure strategy that integrates power, communications, and data centers. A prime example is &quot;E</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study has been published supporting the possibility of an ancient ocean in the northern hemisphere of Mars, based on the &quot;behavior&quot; of its terrain. On Earth, large rivers exhibit a &quot;backwater zone&quot; </image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Day the Definition of &quot;Incurable&quot; Changes - The Impact of 75% Progression Suppression: AMT-130 Gene Therapy Transforming Huntington&#039;s Disease</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Day the Definition of &quot;Incurable&quot; Changes - The Impact of 75% Progression Suppression: AMT-130 Gene Therapy Transforming Huntington&#039;s Disease</image:title>
      <image:caption>uniQure, a Netherlands/US-based company, has achieved the primary endpoint at the 36-month mark in a Phase 1/2 trial of its Huntington&#039;s disease gene therapy, AMT-130, targeting early-stage patients. </image:caption>
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      <news:title>The condition for wanting to become something is &quot;having someone to push you&quot;: A new norm in childhood political education that strongly influenced girls</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A study involving approximately 360 children aged 5 to 11 from the United States and China examined what predicts the motivation to pursue political leadership (political ambition). The results indica</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/why-is-coal-regaining-attention-in-america-trump-administration-strategy</loc>
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      <image:caption>The Trump administration announced on September 29 the resumption and expansion of coal leases on 13.1 million acres (approximately 53,000 km²) of public land, along with a $625 million investment for</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Exploring the Impact of a Government Shutdown: What Happens in America? Airports Operate, Research Halts - Cash Balance Over Blame Game</news:title>
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      <image:title>Exploring the Impact of a Government Shutdown: What Happens in America? Airports Operate, Research Halts - Cash Balance Over Blame Game</image:title>
      <image:caption>On October 1, 2025, the U.S. federal government entered a shutdown due to the failure to pass a spending bill and the breakdown of a Continuing Resolution (CR). While essential services necessary for </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In California, the &quot;SB 53 (Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act)&quot; has been enacted, mandating transparency in frontier AI. The law requires major AI development companies to disclose t</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Exploring the Background and Impact of the Huge Settlement in Trump&#039;s YouTube Account Suspension Issue</image:title>
      <image:caption>YouTube in the United States has settled a lawsuit with former President Donald Trump over the suspension of his account in 2021, agreeing to pay $24.5 million. Of this amount, $22 million will be all</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Winning with Quantity Despite Falling Short on Performance: Huawei AI Chip&#039;s Counterattack - The International Impact of Nvidia&#039;s Instability&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Huawei plans to double the production of its top-tier AI chip, the &quot;Ascend 910C,&quot; to approximately 600,000 units by 2025, and expand the overall Ascend lineup to a maximum of 1.6 million dies by 2026,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In September 2025, the Brazilian Society of Traffic Medicine (Abramet) warned that drivers with ADHD have a &quot;nearly double&quot; likelihood of being involved in accidents. According to reports, characteris</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Between the Full Moon and the Smartphone: The Disappearing &quot;Menstruation&quot; and the Rhythm of the Moon - A Subtle Clue Seen in the Cycle of the Moon and Women</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf of Greece is renowned as the producer of what is considered the world&#039;s highest quality pistachios. According to the article, pistachios were introduced in the</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Female CEOs face narrower entry paths compared to their male counterparts, and their tenure is shorter, averaging about 5 years compared to 8 years for men. According to global data from 2018 onwards </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Beef prices in the United States have reached record highs. The average price of ground beef rose to $6.32 per pound in August 2025, and the overall CPI (Consumer Price Index) for beef increased by 13</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2024, household financial assets in India are projected to grow by **+14.5%**, marking the fastest increase in the past eight years. Contributions to this growth include a +28.7% rise in stocks and</image:caption>
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      <image:title># The Shock of the IKEA Tax: &quot;Who Pays the Tariffs?&quot; — The &quot;Invisible Tax Increase&quot; Felt by Households Behind Record Tax Revenue</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Trump administration has imposed high tariffs on items such as furniture, large trucks, and branded pharmaceuticals, which will take effect in stages starting October 1. These tariffs are paid by </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The study set to be published in September 2025 thoroughly analyzed the body of Maria Branyas, who passed away at the age of 117, using &quot;multi-omics&quot; from her genome to her gut microbiome. The results</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 26, 2025, a U.S. federal district court dismissed DJI&#039;s lawsuit seeking removal from the Department of Defense&#039;s &quot;Chinese Military Companies&quot; list, broadly recognizing the DoD&#039;s discretio</image:caption>
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      <image:title>YouTube Premium Evolution: Video Learning Accelerated, High-Quality Sound x &quot;4x Speed&quot; Takes Viewing Experience to Another Level</image:title>
      <image:caption>YouTube Premium has officially introduced high-quality audio and a playback speed slider with up to 4x speed (in 0.05 increments). This feature is being gradually enabled on iOS, Android, and desktop </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Making Air Travel Safer! Innovative Theory Significantly Reduces Turbulence Risk: New Theory on Turbulence and Real-World Applications</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Recent research has shown that the frequency of &quot;strong clear-air turbulence&quot; in the North Atlantic has increased by 55% from 1979 to 2020, highlighting turbulence as a safety issue beyond mere discom</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Why Human Resource Development is the Key to Corporate Success: From the Era of &quot;Hiring&quot; to the Era of &quot;Nurturing&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Why Human Resource Development is the Key to Corporate Success: From the Era of &quot;Hiring&quot; to the Era of &quot;Nurturing&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the current climate of recruitment challenges and the rapid obsolescence of skills, SMEs should not solely rely on &quot;buying from outside&quot; but rather focus on a talent portfolio strategy centered aro</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/taiwanese-film-festival-success</loc>
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      <image:caption>In the latter half of 2025, Taiwanese cinema made a significant impact at major Western film festivals. At Locarno, Angel Wu&#039;s short animation &quot;Force Times Displacement&quot; received the Medien Patent Ver</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Germany, there is growing attention on fraudulent use of IBANs involving automated voice calls claiming to be from PayPal and the misuse of guest payments that do not require an account. The automa</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The New York Times article titled &quot;Marketing at Warner Bros., One Battle After Another,&quot; published on September 26, 2025, highlights the relentless challenges faced by the marketing team at Warner Bro</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;Even without a cold or pollen, once I start coughing due to smells or cold air, it doesn&#039;t stop.&quot; More people are experiencing this. The underlying concept is a new one called &quot;cough hypersensitivity</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 19, 2025, four companies—JR East, JR Central, JR West, and JR Kyushu—agreed to fully integrate their separately operated online reservation services (&quot;Ekinet,&quot; &quot;EX Service/Smart EX,&quot; &quot;e54</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max has achieved the most &quot;substantial&quot; evolution in recent years. The primary reason for this acclaim is not AI tricks but rather serious investment in core hardware aspects suc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The NYT video highlights several reasons why the United States might be at a disadvantage in the new space race centered on the moon. These reasons include a lack of political and budgetary continuity</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The White House has announced a new framework for the operation of TikTok in the United States, where &quot;the U.S. will manage the recommended algorithm, and six out of seven seats on the oversight board</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Washington Post reported on September 20 that some scientists at the EPA&#039;s Office of Water were instructed to temporarily halt the publication of their papers. Manuscripts that are not in the proo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 19 (local time), U.S. President Trump claimed a &quot;TikTok deal&quot; following a phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, the Chinese government only stated that it &quot;respec</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hulu&#039;s &quot;Are You My First?&quot; is a dating reality show where 21 men and women explore love and intimacy with the theme of &quot;inexperience.&quot; The pace is more relaxed compared to previous works, and there&#039;s </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Google&#039;s image editing model &quot;Gemini 2.5 Flash Image&quot; (commonly known as Nano Banana) is going viral globally, with photo trends like 3D figurine creation, 90s Bollywood-style retro sarees, and &quot;Hug M</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, social media metrics related to him and TPUSA surged. YouTube subscribers increased from approximately 3.8 million to over 5 million, with weekly views rising </image:caption>
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      <news:title>A popular breakfast chain plans to solve increasing customer issues</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A major breakfast chain, popular primarily in the United States, has announced a new plan to address issues raised by customers in recent years, such as &quot;long wait times&quot; and &quot;service decline due to o</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/parents-futoko-sns-support-2025-09-17</loc>
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      <image:caption>School refusal in children is a long-term challenge for parents, often accompanied by feelings of isolation, anxiety, and self-blame. In recent years, support outside of school has expanded, particula</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, against the backdrop of expanding e-commerce and a shortage of delivery drivers (known as the &quot;2024 Problem&quot;), the government (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) is con</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The &quot;once-in-a-lifetime&quot; green glow—Comet Lemon (C/2025 A6) will make its closest approach to Earth in October. Don&#039;t miss its &quot;collaboration&quot; with the meteor shower.</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In the fall of 2025, the green-glowing Lemon Comet (C/2025 A6) will be at its best for observation. It will make its closest approach to Earth around October 20-21, at a distance of approximately 0.60</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The LRC blog post dated September 15 warned that while President Trump predicts the &quot;greatest boom in history,&quot; the reality is the &quot;greatest bubble in history.&quot; The underlying issues include increased</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An article from The Conversation published on Phys.org organizes the latest research on &quot;how much money is needed to be happy.&quot; A 2010 U.S. study indicated that emotional well-being plateaued at an an</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Reality of Imminent NY Social Regulations ─ The Battle Over Nighttime Notification Suspension and Age Verification: NY&#039;s Vision of a &quot;Minor&#039;s Schedule&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Reality of Imminent NY Social Regulations ─ The Battle Over Nighttime Notification Suspension and Age Verification: NY&#039;s Vision of a &quot;Minor&#039;s Schedule&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The state of New York has released a proposed rule for implementing the new law &quot;SAFE for Kids Act,&quot; which addresses the use of social media by minors. Under this proposal, parental consent is require</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A new analysis by NASA/JPL indicates that solar activity, which had been weakening since the 1980s, reversed its trend in 2008 and has entered an upward trajectory. Based on long-term data from OMNIWe</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Amazon Collapse Scenario Read Through Maps: The &quot;Point of No Return&quot; in the Amazon, Equivalent to the Loss of an Area the Size of France</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Amazon Collapse Scenario Read Through Maps: The &quot;Point of No Return&quot; in the Amazon, Equivalent to the Loss of an Area the Size of France</image:title>
      <image:caption>MapBiomas analyzed satellite data from 1985 to 2024 and warned that the Amazon&#039;s native vegetation has decreased by approximately 52 million hectares (-13%), with a critical threshold (20-25%) now in </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 16, 2025, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the city of Kobe announced the first confirmed case in Japan of a high-risk Mpox (formerly &quot;monkeypox&quot;) virus infection known as C</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Decoding the Mechanism of &quot;Getting Used&quot; to Noise at the Molecular Level: A New Strategy to Turn Down Inflammation Volume - Treatment Targets for Inflammation and Hearing Have Come Much Closer</news:title>
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      <image:title>Decoding the Mechanism of &quot;Getting Used&quot; to Noise at the Molecular Level: A New Strategy to Turn Down Inflammation Volume - Treatment Targets for Inflammation and Hearing Have Come Much Closer</image:title>
      <image:caption>The research team at OHSU visualized at the atomic level the P2X receptor group that detects extracellular ATP, specifically P2X7, which is involved in inflammation, and P2X2, which is related to hear</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/child-sos-school-refusal-parents-first-words-guide-2025-09-17</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Not wanting to go to school&quot; is a sign of SOS. The first &quot;words&quot; parents should say and a guide to support them starting today.</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Not wanting to go to school&quot; is a sign of SOS. The first &quot;words&quot; parents should say and a guide to support them starting today.</image:title>
      <image:caption>When a child says, &quot;I don&#039;t want to go to school,&quot; it can unsettle any parent. However, this is not &quot;laziness&quot; but a significant SOS signal indicating &quot;it&#039;s tough as it is now.&quot; The first step needed </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/popmart-labubu-slowdown-marketcap-2trn-20250917</loc>
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      <image:title>&quot;Pop Mart Plummets as &#039;Labubu&#039; Popularity Wanes — Nearly 2 Trillion Yen in Market Value Vanishes, Is the Global Boom at a Standstill?&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Concerns about the slowing popularity of &quot;LABUBU,&quot; the flagship character of the Chinese designer toy company POP MART, have spread, leading to a sharp decline in the company&#039;s stock on the Hong Kong </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Japanese blockbuster film &quot;National Treasure&quot; (directed by Sang-il Lee) has surpassed 10.13 million viewers and earned 14.27 billion yen in box office revenue within 102 days of its release. It ha</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tokyo Disneyland (Urayasu, Chiba) canceled the press preview of the new daytime parade &quot;The Villains&#039; Halloween &#039;Into the Frenzy&#039;&quot; on September 16, 2025, due to high temperatures and heatstroke warnin</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On the night of September 12, Yokkaichi City in Mie Prefecture experienced a record-breaking torrential rain with 123.5mm falling in one hour. This led to the flooding of the underground parking lot &quot;</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Pharmacies Transition from &quot;Medicine Sales Points&quot; to &quot;Local Health Consultation Hubs&quot;: Germany&#039;s Move to Expand Available Services and Implications for Japan</news:title>
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      <image:caption>German Federal Health Minister Nina Warken has expressed plans to revise the system so that pharmacies (Apotheken) can offer a more diverse range of medical, preventive, and health information service</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Indian accessory manufacturer Unix has announced the ultra-compact mobile battery &quot;Voltro,&quot; which boasts being &quot;half the size of a palm.&quot; It features a capacity of 10,000mAh, a maximum output of 22.5W</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have derived a new &quot;representation (infinite series)&quot; of the mathematical constant π. They achieved this by combining tool</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to a new report by UCL (September 2025), school meals can serve as a lever for industrial policy that transforms not only children&#039;s nutrition and education but also the local economy and su</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A study by Oxford University has demonstrated that &quot;invisible commands&quot; embedded in desktop wallpapers, social media images, advertisements, PDFs, and more can hijack AI OS agents that operate by taki</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the &quot;Octopus Garden&quot; located on the seabed off the coast of California, thousands of octopus relatives (Muusoctopus robustus) create nests in the seabed crevices to protect their eggs. Recent resea</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A palm-sized fossil collected in 2015 from the coast near Sidmouth, Devon, UK, has been identified as one of the oldest members of Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara) and was published in Natu</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Choosing a Pay and Adding Points...&quot; The Complexity of Cashless Payments in Japan—Is Cash Necessary for the Vulnerable? Insights from International Comparisons on the &quot;Ideal State&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Japan&#039;s cashless system is a &quot;complex system&quot; where multiple layers such as QR code payments (commonly known as ○○ Pay), credit cards, transportation IC cards, iD/QUICPay, and online banking intricate</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (September 14, 2025, in Los Angeles), British rising star Owen Cooper (15) won the &quot;Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series&quot; award for his role in Netflix&#039;s</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle&quot; recorded an estimated $70 million during its opening weekend in North America (September 12-14, 2025), ranking first in the weekend box office. This </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Taiwan&#039;s top official on China policy, Chiu Chui-cheng, delivered a speech in Washington, warning that &quot;China is preparing for war to seize Taiwan. If Taiwan falls by force, it will disrupt the region</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Professor Shigeki Takeuchi and his team at Kyoto University have developed a foundational technology that allows for selecting specific communication partners within a quantum key distribution (QKD) n</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Health insurance in the United States is expected to see a significant price increase in 2026. Aon predicts a +9.5% increase for corporate group insurance, while proposals for individual ACA market pl</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, emphasized at an ancient theater in Athens that &quot;what the next generation needs most is the ability to learn how to learn.&quot; As AI evolves and updates convention</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Japan&#039;s major telecommunications and IT companies are making headlines with their &quot;AI leaders.&quot; Rakuten introduced &quot;Mikitani AI,&quot; an AI avatar of its chairman, at the earnings briefing in May 2025. Th</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 11, 2025, a collaborative research group from RIKEN, the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, and Shiga University of Medical Science announced the development of a mo</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Tariffs at 15%, Investments at $550 Billion — Major Shift in Japan-U.S. Relations: &quot;Melting Tariffs with Investments&quot; : Exchange Rates to the Market, Tariffs to Politics</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Texas at Austin has suggested that the early Martian atmosphere may have been rich in &quot;reductive and highly reactive sulfur gases&quot; such as H₂S (hydrogen sulfide)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from Auburn University and Colorado State University has combined molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with AI regression models to analyze the operational principles of &quot;catch bonds,&quot; </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has published a paper suggesting that there is over a 90% probability of observing a &quot;burst&quot; from primordial black holes (PBH) within this </image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;How &#039;Mario Kart&#039; Enhances Real Driving Skills: The Unexpected Safety Benefits of Gaming&quot;</news:title>
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      <news:title>YouTube Fully Opens &quot;Multilingual Audio&quot; - The Day the World Comes Closer with &quot;Automatic Dubbing&quot;: The Borders for Creators Disappear</news:title>
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      <image:title>YouTube Fully Opens &quot;Multilingual Audio&quot; - The Day the World Comes Closer with &quot;Automatic Dubbing&quot;: The Borders for Creators Disappear</image:title>
      <image:caption>YouTube is gradually rolling out &quot;Multi-language Audio&quot; to all creators. This feature allows creators to add multiple language audio tracks to their videos, and it also offers &quot;automatic dubbing&quot; powe</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NASA has implemented internal measures to restrict participation in its programs and access to facilities and networks for Chinese nationals holding valid U.S. visas. On September 5th, it was reported</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The period around the start of a new school term, particularly in Japan, is a time when mental health issues among children and young people tend to surface, especially in September after the summer b</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 11, 2025, the official websites of Nogizaka46, Sakurazaka46, and Hinatazaka46 simultaneously issued a notice regarding &quot;celebratory flowers&quot; (such as stand flowers and dressing room flowe</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Developed thunderclouds are currently forming in central Tokyo. Be on alert for &quot;guerrilla thunderstorms&quot; through tonight.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Marriage in Japan has undergone a significant transformation over the past half-century, shifting from &quot;marriages arranged by institutions and communities (Showa era)&quot; to &quot;marriages based on individua</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/towing-tube-accident-japan-safety-guide</loc>
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      <image:caption>Recently, there have been a series of serious accidents involving water toys, including towing tubes, in lakes and sea areas across Japan. Notably, in Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, a towing tube pulled</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Early childhood, particularly the period when children enter kindergarten, is a crucial time for their learning, social skills, and emotional development. A research team at the University of Missouri</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Decline in Reading Comprehension Among American High School Students: Educational Challenges and the Path Forward - Classrooms and the Collapse of Reading Comprehension in the Smartphone Era</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brazilian economic media outlet InfoMoney (Reuters distribution) reported that reading skills among U.S. high school seniors (12th grade) have fallen to their lowest level in over 30 years, with more </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to a new study reported by Brazil&#039;s InfoMoney, an analysis of 1,005 children aged 6 to 8 in Hong Kong found that higher intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are abundant in f</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NVIDIA has announced a new GPU, the &quot;Rubin CPX,&quot; based on the next-generation architecture &quot;Rubin.&quot; The goal is to process &quot;million-token level&quot; long-context inference, such as video generation and un</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 10th, protests and disruptive actions occurred across France in response to the call &quot;Bloquons tout&quot; (&quot;Stop Everything&quot;), leading to road blockades and widespread traffic delays and cance</image:caption>
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      <news:title>By slightly changing the order screen, carbon emissions can be reduced — from CO₂ 2,280g to 1,530g. How the &quot;default settings&quot; of a delivery app changed the weight of a meal.</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The University of Bonn in Germany conducted a study to examine how much CO₂ emissions could be reduced by changing the UI of a food delivery app. In an experimental app, 1,011 participants created bur</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Apple Watch &quot;The Most Powerful Health Update Ever&quot; - Blood Pressure Notifications and Sleep Score Now Available on Older Models: Your Wrist as the Gateway to Healthcare</image:title>
      <image:caption>Apple has introduced features such as high blood pressure notifications, sleep scores, new gestures (Wrist Flick), and live translation with watchOS 26, alongside the new Apple Watch. The high blood p</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-11T00:39:49+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Japan is Abuzz with Early &quot;Information Releases&quot;—The Reason Behind the Mixed Reactions of Joy and Confusion to FamilyMart&#039;s Christmas Reservations and Tokyo Disney&#039;s &quot;Disney Christmas&quot; Announcement</news:title>
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      <image:title>Japan is Abuzz with Early &quot;Information Releases&quot;—The Reason Behind the Mixed Reactions of Joy and Confusion to FamilyMart&#039;s Christmas Reservations and Tokyo Disney&#039;s &quot;Disney Christmas&quot; Announcement</image:title>
      <image:caption>In early September, FamilyMart announced the start of reservations for their Christmas products (beginning September 12 at 10:01) and revealed that BE:FIRST would be this year&#039;s ambassador. They also </image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-11T00:46:14+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Strategy × Super Speed × Showdown—The Online Competitive Puzzle Game &#039;SHIKA-Q&#039; Set for Worldwide Release in Fall 2025</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The Yokohama-based game studio AGNI-FLARE has announced the global release (with some regional exceptions) of their new online competitive puzzle game, &quot;SHIKA-Q,&quot; scheduled for the fall of 2025. The g</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Bullet Climbing Has Almost Disappeared&quot; — How Has Mount Fuji Changed in 2025? The Reality of New Rules on the Shizuoka Side and a Guide for the Upcoming Season</image:title>
      <image:caption>On September 10, 2025, Mount Fuji concluded its summer climbing season. This year, the Shizuoka side&#039;s three routes (Fujinomiya, Gotemba, and Subashiri) fully implemented new rules, including &quot;pre-lea</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/iphone-17-17pro-air-vs-iphone-16-spec-compare</loc>
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      <news:title>What has evolved in the &quot;iPhone 17/17 Pro&quot;? — A thorough spec comparison with the iPhone 16 series, including the ultra-thin &quot;iPhone Air&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>What has evolved in the &quot;iPhone 17/17 Pro&quot;? — A thorough spec comparison with the iPhone 16 series, including the ultra-thin &quot;iPhone Air&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2025, Apple&#039;s new lineup includes the &quot;iPhone 17,&quot; &quot;iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max,&quot; and the ultra-thin &quot;iPhone Air&quot; at just 5.6mm. The common features are: ① the latest A19 generation (with A19 Pro for the</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/iphone-air-5-6mm-6-5inch-27h-159800-2025-09-10</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T21:02:08+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>iPhone Air Officially Announced—&quot;5.6mm Thickness, 6.5-inch Display, Up to 27 Hours of Video Playback, Starting at ¥159,800.&quot; Ultra-Thin Design Sets a New Standard</news:title>
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      <image:title>iPhone Air Officially Announced—&quot;5.6mm Thickness, 6.5-inch Display, Up to 27 Hours of Video Playback, Starting at ¥159,800.&quot; Ultra-Thin Design Sets a New Standard</image:title>
      <image:caption>On September 10, 2025, Japan time, Apple announced the new model &quot;iPhone Air,&quot; which is the thinnest in its history. It features a thickness of just 5.6mm, weighs 165g, and comes with a 6.5-inch 120Hz</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/sapporo-daycare-choking-verification-report-2025-09-10</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T20:18:14+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Sapporo: One-Year-Old Boy Dies at Licensed Nursery School Due to &quot;Inappropriate Food Size&quot; — Investigation Report Highlights Issues in Reporting System and Life-Saving Procedures</news:title>
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      <image:title>Sapporo: One-Year-Old Boy Dies at Licensed Nursery School Due to &quot;Inappropriate Food Size&quot; — Investigation Report Highlights Issues in Reporting System and Life-Saving Procedures</image:title>
      <image:caption>On October 23, 2024, a tragic incident occurred at a licensed daycare center in Kita Ward, Sapporo, where a 1-year and 1-month-old boy choked on food during lunch and subsequently died. On September 1</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/zangyo-cancel-kaiwai-2025-09-10</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T19:56:53+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tired of the &quot;Assumption of Overtime&quot; Work Style? — The Background and Practical Responses to the Growing &quot;Overtime Cancellation Community&quot; Among Young People</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/W7RmGor9.webp?1757501829</image:loc>
      <image:title>Tired of the &quot;Assumption of Overtime&quot; Work Style? — The Background and Practical Responses to the Growing &quot;Overtime Cancellation Community&quot; Among Young People</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2025, the term &quot;Overtime Cancellation Movement&quot; has emerged on social media. This movement, primarily among younger workers, celebrates and shares the idea of leaving work on time as a fundamental </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/methanol-poisoning-risk-australia-safety-measures-youth-protection</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T19:26:38+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A new safety hub warns young Australians about the dangers of methanol poisoning.</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/8aXQbMRQ.webp?1757505749</image:loc>
      <image:title>A new safety hub warns young Australians about the dangers of methanol poisoning.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In response to the increase in overseas travel among young people and the methanol poisoning death of a teenage Australian in Laos, the Australian government has launched a new **&quot;Partying Safely Hub&quot;</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/surprising-side-male-monarchs-motherly-figure</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-10T00:43:50+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T00:13:19+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Strength and Kindness Can Coexist: The World That Has Viewed Male Monarchs as &quot;Mothers&quot; - The Impact of &quot;King = Mother&quot;: From the Bible to Francis I and Modern Politics</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/yWXz2AX1.webp?1757432630</image:loc>
      <image:title>Strength and Kindness Can Coexist: The World That Has Viewed Male Monarchs as &quot;Mothers&quot; - The Impact of &quot;King = Mother&quot;: From the Bible to Francis I and Modern Politics</image:title>
      <image:caption>Historians Luis Corteguera and Irene Olivares from the University of Kansas have discussed how the metaphor of viewing male monarchs as &quot;mothers&quot; was widely used, particularly in early modern Europe. </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/katou-junichi-challenge-success-japanese-top-twitch-streamer-trajectory</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-10T00:37:36+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Who is Junichi Kato: The &quot;Pinnacle&quot; of Japanese Twitch Uses Contradictions as a Weapon - Cheers and Sighs Both Turn into Viewership</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/M2XK10wK.webp?1757432256</image:loc>
      <image:title>Who is Junichi Kato: The &quot;Pinnacle&quot; of Japanese Twitch Uses Contradictions as a Weapon - Cheers and Sighs Both Turn into Viewership</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kato Junichi, known as &quot;Unko-chan,&quot; has risen to the top of the Japanese-speaking Twitch community. From his debut on Niconico Live in 2009, becoming a full-time streamer in 2016, and fully entering T</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/streaming-sengoku-era-video-on-demand-future-challenges</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T00:07:28+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Does &quot;Making Them Wait&quot; Beat &quot;Releasing All at Once&quot;? The Optimal Release Pace for Boosting Subscriptions — How &quot;The Next Episode&quot; Mechanism Impacts Subscriptions</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/J0r3kWr9.webp?1757431177</image:loc>
      <image:title>Does &quot;Making Them Wait&quot; Beat &quot;Releasing All at Once&quot;? The Optimal Release Pace for Boosting Subscriptions — How &quot;The Next Episode&quot; Mechanism Impacts Subscriptions</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Carnegie Mellon University and other institutions conducted a randomized field experiment to examine how user behavior and subscription retention change depending on whether video</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/quantum-dot-polymer-fusion-future-microled-display-innovation</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-10T00:22:49+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T00:06:03+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Era of Bending is Followed by &quot;Stretching&quot;: From Robotic Skin to Wearable Healthcare — &quot;50% Stretch&quot; and High Color Reproduction Achieved with Quantum Dots × Polymer Integration</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/1yr4L4rb.webp?1757431369</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Era of Bending is Followed by &quot;Stretching&quot;: From Robotic Skin to Wearable Healthcare — &quot;50% Stretch&quot; and High Color Reproduction Achieved with Quantum Dots × Polymer Integration</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team led by DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) in South Korea has developed a new method to chemically cross-link quantum dots (QD) with stretchable polymers. This </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/tiktok-europe-monthly-users-2-billion</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-10T00:25:23+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T00:04:41+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>TikTok Europe Reaches &quot;200 Million Monthly Users&quot; - What Should Brands and Artists Change: Seismic Shifts in Culture, Retail, and Live Events</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/pkrY4zwP.webp?1757431523</image:loc>
      <image:title>TikTok Europe Reaches &quot;200 Million Monthly Users&quot; - What Should Brands and Artists Change: Seismic Shifts in Culture, Retail, and Live Events</image:title>
      <image:caption>TikTok has surpassed 200 million monthly active users (MAR) in Europe, a significant increase from 175 million the previous year. This figure covers 32 countries, including the European Economic Area </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-reveals-stress-level-amazon-fish-tambaqui</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-10T00:16:28+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T00:03:13+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Darker Means More Dangerous? Understanding Fish Mentality Through Color: Visualizing Stress in Amazon&#039;s Star Tambaqui with AI</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/yOwaQLw0.webp?1757430988</image:loc>
      <image:title>Darker Means More Dangerous? Understanding Fish Mentality Through Color: Visualizing Stress in Amazon&#039;s Star Tambaqui with AI</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and EMBRAPA has developed an AI tool to determine the stress levels of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), a major aquaculture fish native to the A</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/environmentally-friendly-corn-cultivation-sustainable-future-key-new-research</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-10T00:08:57+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-10T00:01:53+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>How to Make Corn a &quot;Decarbonized Crop&quot; — Differences in Temperate, Subtropical, and Tropical Regions: Blueprint for Low-Emission Corn</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/ENREPKX4.webp?1757430537</image:loc>
      <image:title>How to Make Corn a &quot;Decarbonized Crop&quot; — Differences in Temperate, Subtropical, and Tropical Regions: Blueprint for Low-Emission Corn</image:title>
      <image:caption>An international team from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has integrated life cycle assessment (cradle-to-gate) into the CNMM–DNDC model and validated it</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/snowman-raul-broccoli-keychain-resale-2025-09-09</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09T19:08:26+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-09T19:08:11+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&quot;Reselling at 15 Times the Price&quot; Snow Man&#039;s Raul Causes a Stir with the Identity of the &quot;Cheap Keychain&quot; Attached to His Luxury Bag</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/D2rqOQRx.webp?1757412506</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;Reselling at 15 Times the Price&quot; Snow Man&#039;s Raul Causes a Stir with the Identity of the &quot;Cheap Keychain&quot; Attached to His Luxury Bag</image:title>
      <image:caption>Raul from Snow Man was spotted with a luxurious black bag during his stay in Korea, adorned with a charming &quot;broccoli&quot; plush keychain. This single photo caused quite a stir online. Fans investigated a</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/dotonbori-dive-mizunaka-no-kiken-2025-09</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09T18:50:15+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-09T18:50:00+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Dotonbori Dive: What Dangers Lurk Underwater?</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/MnRDVOrZ.webp?1757411415</image:loc>
      <image:title>Dotonbori Dive: What Dangers Lurk Underwater?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dotonbori, the symbol of Osaka&#039;s Minami district, is famous for the &quot;Dotonbori Dive&quot; often seen during celebrations like the Hanshin Tigers&#039; victory. While it may seem like an impulsive act driven by </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/jal-honolulu-pilot-drinking-mlit-warning-2025-09-09</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09T18:45:48+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-09T18:45:34+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to &quot;Issue a Strict Warning as Early as Tomorrow&quot; to JAL—Urging Measures to Prevent Recurrence Following the Honolulu Pilot&#039;s Drinking Incident</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/z1wJxkXN.webp?1757411148</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to &quot;Issue a Strict Warning as Early as Tomorrow&quot; to JAL—Urging Measures to Prevent Recurrence Following the Honolulu Pilot&#039;s Drinking Incident</image:title>
      <image:caption>Japan&#039;s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has decided to issue a &quot;strict warning&quot; (administrative guidance) to Japan Airlines (JAL) as early as September 10, 2025, followi</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/mcd-happyset-0912</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09T18:32:57+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-09T18:32:43+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>McDonald&#039;s Announces Happy Meal Sales Method Starting September 12 - First Day Limited to &quot;In-Store &amp; Drive-Thru Only,&quot; Purchase Limited to 3 per Group</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/9JRbmVX0.webp?1757410377</image:loc>
      <image:title>McDonald&#039;s Announces Happy Meal Sales Method Starting September 12 - First Day Limited to &quot;In-Store &amp; Drive-Thru Only,&quot; Purchase Limited to 3 per Group</image:title>
      <image:caption>McDonald&#039;s Japan will implement restrictions on the sales method and purchase quantity of four types of Happy Sets/Happy Set Books, which will be released on Friday, September 12th, to prevent bulk pu</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/revenge-taishoku-japan-2025-09-09</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09T18:30:39+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-09T18:30:26+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Deleting data, sending snarky emails... The reality of &quot;revenge resignation&quot; that troubles workplaces</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/pYX2zEXA.webp?1757410239</image:loc>
      <image:title>Deleting data, sending snarky emails... The reality of &quot;revenge resignation&quot; that troubles workplaces</image:title>
      <image:caption>In recent years, &quot;revenge resignation&quot;—a resignation accompanied by retaliation against the company or superiors—has become visible in Japan. Common methods include: ① mass deletion of work data from </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/seven-eleven-robot-pilot-2025-arakawa</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-09T18:27:51+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-09T18:27:27+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>7-Eleven to Trial &quot;In-Store Robots&quot; — Aiming for Labor Reduction and Service Enhancement by Taking Over Restocking, Cleaning, and Customer Service</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On September 9, 2025, Google officially launched the &quot;AI Mode&quot; in Japanese. By selecting the [AI Mode] tab newly added to the search results page, an AI powered by a custom version of Gemini 2.5 provi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The question posed by the regional newspaper France-Antilles in Guadeloupe, &quot;Should tap water really be filtered?&quot; has sparked debate on social media. The administration (ARS) explains that the qualit</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Red Sea Shock: The Day the &quot;Invisible Artery&quot; Connecting Asia and the Middle East Got Clogged</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Simultaneous disruptions occurred in the Red Sea submarine cables, leading to widespread communication slowdowns from Asia to the Middle East. NetBlocks reported &quot;degraded connectivity in multiple cou</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The clinical trial that served as the basis for the news reported by Germany&#039;s RP ONLINE was published in JAMA Internal Medicine on September 2, 2025. In this trial, a group of 227 individuals used a </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Coca-Cola regards India as a &quot;market with significant long-term potential&quot; and plans to continue its &quot;proactive investments&quot; in infrastructure and supply networks without being swayed by short-term de</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unstoppable but Not Fast: Azure Delays Due to Red Sea Cable Disruption Expose the World&#039;s &quot;Narrow Neck&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Around September 6, 2025, multiple submarine cable disruptions, including SMW4 and IMEWE, occurred in the Red Sea, leading to decreased connectivity across a wide area from Asia to the Middle East. Mi</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Scroll to Translate&quot; feature debuts in &quot;Kakotte Search&quot;—translation continues seamlessly, offering more freedom and a smoother experience.</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Scroll to Translate&quot; feature debuts in &quot;Kakotte Search&quot;—translation continues seamlessly, offering more freedom and a smoother experience.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Google has added a &quot;Scroll and Translate&quot; feature to its &quot;Circle to Search&quot; gesture search function for Android. This new feature allows translations to continue automatically even when the screen is </image:caption>
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      <news:title>LINE Major Overhaul: VOOM Tab Removed → Focus on Shopping as a &quot;Super App&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In September 2025, the LINE app will undergo a major overhaul, with the &quot;VOOM&quot; tab in the bottom menu gradually being replaced by a &quot;Shopping&quot; tab. As a result, LINE VOOM will still be accessible via </image:caption>
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      <news:title>In August, bankruptcies exceeded 800 for the first time in 12 years—&quot;labor shortage bankruptcies&quot; have tripled due to soaring labor costs, interpreting Japan&#039;s predicament in comparison with overseas.</news:title>
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      <image:title>In August, bankruptcies exceeded 800 for the first time in 12 years—&quot;labor shortage bankruptcies&quot; have tripled due to soaring labor costs, interpreting Japan&#039;s predicament in comparison with overseas.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In August 2025, the number of monthly bankruptcies in Japan reached 805, surpassing 800 for the first time in 12 years since August 2013, marking an 11.3% increase compared to the same month the previ</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Apple&#039;s New Frontier in 2025: The iPhone 17 Series Paves the Way for the Future</image:title>
      <image:caption>On September 9, 2025, technology giant Apple unveiled its next-generation smartphone, the iPhone 17 series. During this event, the iPhone 17 Air, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max were introduced alongside the l</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The latest installment in the popular golf game series, &quot;Everybody&#039;s Golf World&quot; (PS5/Nintendo Switch/Steam), was released on September 4, 2025 (with the Steam version on the 5th). Shortly after its r</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Large-scale Demonstration in the Capital, 19 Dead; Youths Oppose Social Media Ban in Nepal</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Centered around Nepal&#039;s capital, Kathmandu, youth-led protests against the government&#039;s simultaneous blocking of 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, X, and WhatsApp, expanded natio</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A popular Japanese instant yakisoba brand has sparked debate by opting not to print traditional cooking instructions on the inner lid, instead featuring only a QR code labeled &quot;Instructions here.&quot; Thi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Designs on e-commerce sites and apps that guide users towards unfavorable choices, such as displaying &quot;Only 1 item left in stock,&quot; &quot;Sale ends in 5 minutes,&quot; or default settings that lead to subscripti</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Revolution in Presbyopia Treatment? Clear Vision Up Close in 30 Minutes? The Truth Behind the New Drug That Uses the &quot;Pinhole Effect&quot; for Near Vision</news:title>
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      <image:title>Revolution in Presbyopia Treatment? Clear Vision Up Close in 30 Minutes? The Truth Behind the New Drug That Uses the &quot;Pinhole Effect&quot; for Near Vision</image:title>
      <image:caption>Germany&#039;s &quot;RP ONLINE&quot; has introduced a new eye drop containing aceclidine that may improve near vision, sparking discussions on social media. In the United States, LENZ Therapeutics&#039; VIZZ (aceclidine </image:caption>
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      <news:title>In the quiet alpine meadows, insects are disappearing—Signs of collapse progress even in &quot;untouched&quot; areas</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Researchers from the University of North Carolina have quantified flying insects in the alpine meadows of Colorado over 15 seasons from 2004 to 2024, finding an average annual decline of 6.6%, resulti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On September 6, 2025, research teams from Penn State and Yale reported a new method called &quot;spVelo,&quot; which adapts RNA velocity analysis to spatial transcriptomics and multi-batch conditions. This meth</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Deleted 4 Minutes: &quot;You Can Erase a Video, But Not the Event&quot; — The Critical Point of &quot;Editing and Permission&quot; Revealed by Reuters&#039; Retraction</image:title>
      <image:caption>Reuters reported on September 6 that a four-minute video, which included a conversation between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin about longevity picked up during a military parade in Beijing, was deleted</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/2025-09-smartphone-price-shift</loc>
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      <image:caption>Since the introduction of ahamo, povo, and LINEMO in 2021, Japan&#039;s smartphone fees have been in a &quot;price-cutting battle.&quot; However, by 2025, the tide has clearly shifted. In June, Docomo introduced a n</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/capture-mystery-moon-eclipse-photography-tips</loc>
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      <image:title>A Complete Guide to Beautifully Capturing a &quot;Lunar Eclipse&quot; with Your Smartphone: The Shortest Route to Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>A lunar eclipse can be safely observed with the naked eye and can be adequately recorded with just a smartphone. This guide, with the motto &quot;minimal equipment, maximum satisfaction,&quot; covers everything</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/pajero-fukkatsu-2026</loc>
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      <news:title>The Pioneer of the RV Boom, &quot;Pajero,&quot; Set to Make a Comeback &quot;By the End of Next Fiscal Year&quot; — The Legendary 4WD Returns to the Japanese Market</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Pioneer of the RV Boom, &quot;Pajero,&quot; Set to Make a Comeback &quot;By the End of Next Fiscal Year&quot; — The Legendary 4WD Returns to the Japanese Market</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Mitsubishi &quot;Pajero,&quot; which led Japan&#039;s &quot;RV (Recreational Vehicle) boom,&quot; is finally expected to make a comeback in Japan. According to an NHK report dated September 6, 2025, it is stated to be rev</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-skills-boost-salary-global-market-value</loc>
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      <news:title>How High Are the Salaries of Workers with AI Skills?—Understanding the True Nature of the &quot;Wage Premium&quot; with the Latest Data</news:title>
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      <image:title>How High Are the Salaries of Workers with AI Skills?—Understanding the True Nature of the &quot;Wage Premium&quot; with the Latest Data</image:title>
      <image:caption>The presence or absence of AI skills is beginning to become a &quot;second educational background&quot; that significantly differentiates salaries, even within the same job role. According to the latest cross-s</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse Occurring This Sunday—World Viewing Highlights and Time Guide</news:title>
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      <image:caption>From September 7th (Sunday) to 8th (Monday), 2025, the second total lunar eclipse of the year, commonly known as the &quot;Blood Moon,&quot; will occur. This total eclipse will be visible across a wide area inc</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Courage to Face the &quot;Absence of God&quot;: Why Mother Teresa Was Truly Heroic - Teresa&#039;s &quot;Darkness&quot; Illuminates Us</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Courage to Face the &quot;Absence of God&quot;: Why Mother Teresa Was Truly Heroic - Teresa&#039;s &quot;Darkness&quot; Illuminates Us</image:title>
      <image:caption>Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, the postulator for Mother Teresa&#039;s (Saint Teresa of Calcutta) canonization, points out that her most &quot;heroic&quot; aspect was enduring a profound spiritual darkness (a sense of G</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Reality of the Mediterranean&#039;s &quot;Tropicalization&quot; - Disappearing Seagrass and Increasing Invasive Fish: What the 32°C Sea Brings</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Reality of the Mediterranean&#039;s &quot;Tropicalization&quot; - Disappearing Seagrass and Increasing Invasive Fish: What the 32°C Sea Brings</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2025, the Mediterranean experienced its warmest July on record, with some areas reaching over 28°C, creating a &quot;lukewarm sea.&quot; A recent meta-study integrated 131 studies on Mediterranean marine and</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/eu-google-fine-advertising-market-future</loc>
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      <news:title>EU Targets Ad Tech &quot;Conflict of Interest&quot;: Google Fined Approximately 350 Billion Yen ─ 60-Day Rule and Separation Theory</news:title>
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      <image:title>EU Targets Ad Tech &quot;Conflict of Interest&quot;: Google Fined Approximately 350 Billion Yen ─ 60-Day Rule and Separation Theory</image:title>
      <image:caption>The European Commission, on September 4, 2025 (local time), imposed a fine of 2.95 billion euros (approximately 3.5 billion dollars) on Google for favoring its own ad exchange &quot;AdX&quot; in the ad technolo</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Diffusion Equation of Meme-ified Extreme Discourse: Is &quot;It&#039;s Just a Joke&quot; a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card? — How Extreme Content Spreads in Everyday Life</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/eVXgD3Rn.webp?1757211600</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Diffusion Equation of Meme-ified Extreme Discourse: Is &quot;It&#039;s Just a Joke&quot; a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card? — How Extreme Content Spreads in Everyday Life</image:title>
      <image:caption>A study from the University of Copenhagen theorized the spread of extreme content through a hybridization with memes, everyday posts, and jokes, referring to this phenomenon as a &quot;HYPE space.&quot; On Inst</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/toritetsu-sunflower-manner-2025-09</loc>
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      <news:title>Unauthorized entry into private property to set up tripods in sunflower fields and cutting down garden trees—these are some of the worst behaviors of certain &quot;train enthusiasts&quot; that are becoming problematic in various regions.</news:title>
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      <image:title>Unauthorized entry into private property to set up tripods in sunflower fields and cutting down garden trees—these are some of the worst behaviors of certain &quot;train enthusiasts&quot; that are becoming problematic in various regions.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In recent years, the actions of &quot;tori-tetsu&quot; (railway photography enthusiasts) who deviate from proper manners have become a social issue within Japan&#039;s railway photography culture. At the &quot;Ogaki Sunf</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/3dcg-anime-criticism-and-attachment-2025-09-06</loc>
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      <image:title>Why is 3DCG Animation Criticized? — Between Affection for &quot;Hand-drawn&quot; and Evolution</image:title>
      <image:caption>In recent years, Japanese anime has actively incorporated 3DCG (including full 3D, cel-look 3D, and hybrid styles). While there are highly acclaimed examples such as &quot;Land of the Lustrous,&quot; &quot;BEASTARS,</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Popularity of Myakumyaku Continues Even After the Closing—The Background and Future of the &quot;Official Merchandise Continued Sales&quot; of the Osaka-Kansai Expo</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Popularity of Myakumyaku Continues Even After the Closing—The Background and Future of the &quot;Official Merchandise Continued Sales&quot; of the Osaka-Kansai Expo</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Osaka-Kansai Expo (held from April 13 to October 13, 2025) is nearing its closing date, but the sale of &quot;Expo Official Licensed Products,&quot; primarily featuring the official character &quot;Myakumyaku,&quot; </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/wbc-2026-tokyo-dome-ticket-176man-netflix-exclusive</loc>
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      <news:title>WBC Ticket Prices Soar—Becoming &quot;Platinum&quot; Without Terrestrial Broadcasts: Tokyo Dome Japan Matches Reach Up to 17.6 Million Yen</news:title>
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      <image:title>WBC Ticket Prices Soar—Becoming &quot;Platinum&quot; Without Terrestrial Broadcasts: Tokyo Dome Japan Matches Reach Up to 17.6 Million Yen</image:title>
      <image:caption>The 6th World Baseball Classic (WBC), set to open in March 2026 at the Tokyo Dome, has set the highest ticket price for Japan games at 1.76 million yen for a mass suite (capacity of 10 people), with l</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/chatgpt-parental-controls-2025-10</loc>
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      <news:title>ChatGPT, Parental Control for Minor Accounts to be Enabled—Significant Safety Measures Strengthened Following the Suicide of a 16-Year-Old Boy, to be Implemented by October</news:title>
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      <image:caption>OpenAI in the United States is set to enhance safety measures for teenage users of its conversational AI, &quot;ChatGPT,&quot; by introducing &quot;parental controls&quot; next month (October 2025). This feature will all</image:caption>
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      <news:title>One in five elementary school students uses a &quot;parent taxi&quot; every day—Considering the future of school drop-offs and pick-ups in Japan based on the latest data from Germany</news:title>
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      <image:title>One in five elementary school students uses a &quot;parent taxi&quot; every day—Considering the future of school drop-offs and pick-ups in Japan based on the latest data from Germany</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to a recent survey conducted in Germany, approximately 19% of elementary school students commute to and from school daily in their parents&#039; cars, known as &quot;parent taxis,&quot; and an additional 9</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/camera-shake-photography-revolution-brown-university-research-surprising-fact</loc>
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      <news:title>Tripod Stabilization, a Thing of the Past? Achieving &quot;Super Resolution&quot; with Handshake — The Future of Cameras That Become Sharper the More They Shake</news:title>
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      <image:title>Tripod Stabilization, a Thing of the Past? Achieving &quot;Super Resolution&quot; with Handshake — The Future of Cameras That Become Sharper the More They Shake</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team at Brown University has demonstrated that by intentionally moving a camera slightly during exposure, it is possible to reconstruct &quot;super-resolution&quot; images that exceed the sensor&#039;s re</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nepal-social-media-block-censorship-public-voice</loc>
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      <image:caption>The NYT features the potential of &quot;brain-healing pills.&quot; The focus is on pharmacologically reopening the &quot;window&quot; of neuroplasticity after damage and combining it with rehabilitation and learning task</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Mexico Playing the Tariff Card Against China? - The Ripple Effects of Mexico&#039;s New Tariffs on China: Balancing Domestic Industry Protection and Trade Strategy Between the U.S. and China</image:title>
      <image:caption>On September 4, 2025, Mexican President Sheinbaum revealed that the country is considering the introduction of tariffs on imports from countries without a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The primary focus</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/genetically-modified-e-coli-revolutionizing-biodegradable-plastic</loc>
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      <news:title>Bacteria-Created &quot;Petroleum-Free&quot; Plastic: What is PDCA, Which Shows Potential to Surpass PET?</news:title>
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      <image:title>Bacteria-Created &quot;Petroleum-Free&quot; Plastic: What is PDCA, Which Shows Potential to Surpass PET?</image:title>
      <image:caption>On September 4th (Japan time), Phys.org reported that a research group from Kobe University successfully produced the biodegradable plastic precursor &quot;2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (PDCA)&quot; at high yie</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Day Mark Zuckerberg Sued Mark Zuckerberg: A Bizarre Courtroom Drama Sparked by a Name</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Day Mark Zuckerberg Sued Mark Zuckerberg: A Bizarre Courtroom Drama Sparked by a Name</image:title>
      <image:caption>An Indiana bankruptcy attorney, Mark S. Zuckerberg, has filed a lawsuit against Meta and its CEO, Mark E. Zuckerberg, claiming business damages due to repeated wrongful suspensions by Facebook. Over t</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/oral-bacteria-heart-attack-link-research-influence</loc>
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      <news:title>Can Myocardial Infarction Be Triggered by &quot;Infection&quot;? Oral Care That Goes Beyond Brushing: An Invisible Bacterial Barrier as the &quot;Final Push&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Can Myocardial Infarction Be Triggered by &quot;Infection&quot;? Oral Care That Goes Beyond Brushing: An Invisible Bacterial Barrier as the &quot;Final Push&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A study published in JAHA in August 2025 indicated that oral bacteria such as Streptococcus viridans can form biofilms within atherosclerotic plaques and remain dormant. Upon certain stimuli, fragment</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/impact-of-climate-change-on-harvests</loc>
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      <image:title>The &quot;Harvest Gamble&quot; Intensifies with Climate Fluctuations ― Global Warming Shakes the World&#039;s Dining Tables</image:title>
      <image:caption>A recent study led by UBC and reported by Phys.org has, for the first time on a global scale, quantified how global warming causes &quot;wild fluctuations&quot; in the harvest of summer crops worldwide. For eve</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/counterfeit-luxury-brands-tiktok-dangerous-trend-influence</loc>
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      <news:title>The Illusion of &#039;Cheap Authenticity&#039; - Counterfeit Luxury Brands from China: The Dangerous Trend Spreading on TikTok and Its Impact</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Illusion of &#039;Cheap Authenticity&#039; - Counterfeit Luxury Brands from China: The Dangerous Trend Spreading on TikTok and Its Impact</image:title>
      <image:caption>In April 2025, a video claiming &quot;Luxury is made in China and can be bought cheaply factory-direct&quot; went viral on TikTok, causing DHgate and Taobao to rise to the top of U.S. app stores. However, the m</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/apple-siri-evolution-google-gemini-ai-assistant-future</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-05T00:47:56+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Apple Taming External LLMs: How Siri × Gemini is Transforming Mobile Search</news:title>
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      <image:title>Apple Taming External LLMs: How Siri × Gemini is Transforming Mobile Search</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to a report by TechCrunch, which introduced Bloomberg&#039;s coverage, Apple plans to significantly revamp Siri and launch a powerful &quot;answer engine&quot; for web searches in 2026. The internal code n</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/india-cuts-consumer-goods-tax-economy-revamp-strategy</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-05T00:38:21+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Countering the 50% US Tariff &quot;Headwind&quot; with a Domestic Demand Boost — India Significantly Cuts Taxes on Consumer Goods! A New Strategy to Revitalize the Economy Affected by US Tariffs</news:title>
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      <image:title>Countering the 50% US Tariff &quot;Headwind&quot; with a Domestic Demand Boost — India Significantly Cuts Taxes on Consumer Goods! A New Strategy to Revitalize the Economy Affected by US Tariffs</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Indian government plans to simultaneously reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on hundreds of items to support domestic demand amid the headwinds of high tariffs imposed by the United States. T</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/cat-dementia-signs-protect-pet-health</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-05T00:35:27+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Is the &quot;Night Crying&quot; of an Elderly Cat a Sign? — That &quot;Accident&quot; Might Be a Call for Help: Dementia in Cats, 8 Signs and the Latest in Care</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/7AXGLmRZ.webp?1757000127</image:loc>
      <image:title>Is the &quot;Night Crying&quot; of an Elderly Cat a Sign? — That &quot;Accident&quot; Might Be a Call for Help: Dementia in Cats, 8 Signs and the Latest in Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>An article dated September 3, 2025, on Phys.org explained that cats, like humans, can suffer from dementia (feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome), with behavioral changes being the first signs. The t</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/drug-abuse-crisis-fentanyl-impact-prevention-japan</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-05T00:29:11+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-05T00:18:36+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Is Fentanyl Spreading in Japan? ─ What is Happening in Japan, a Stronghold of Drug Enforcement, in the Era of Synthetic Drugs</news:title>
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      <image:title>Is Fentanyl Spreading in Japan? ─ What is Happening in Japan, a Stronghold of Drug Enforcement, in the Era of Synthetic Drugs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Japan Today&#039;s Kuchikomi section has raised an alarm, warning that the abuse of drugs containing fentanyl could potentially expand in Japan. The article&#039;s headline suggests that the overseas drug crisi</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/graveyard-misconduct-foreign-visitor</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-04T16:39:41+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Swinging a Sotoba and Eating Offerings: Interview with a Foreign Man Involved in Misconduct at a &quot;Japanese Cemetery.&quot; His Apology with a Smile Raises Questions About &quot;Cultural Boundaries.&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Swinging a Sotoba and Eating Offerings: Interview with a Foreign Man Involved in Misconduct at a &quot;Japanese Cemetery.&quot; His Apology with a Smile Raises Questions About &quot;Cultural Boundaries.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>A video has gone viral showing a foreign man visiting Japan drinking an offering of canned chuhai and pulling out a sotoba (a wooden grave marker) to wave it around in a cemetery believed to be in the</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/butsukari-ojisan-why</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-04T16:33:11+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-04T16:32:56+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&quot;Is the Number of &#039;Colliding Old Men&#039; Increasing? — Why Middle-Aged Men Intentionally Bump into Pedestrians&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Is the Number of &#039;Colliding Old Men&#039; Increasing? — Why Middle-Aged Men Intentionally Bump into Pedestrians&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In recent years, the nuisance behavior known as &quot;butsukari ojisan&quot; (butsukari otoko) has once again drawn attention in urban areas of Japan. This involves intentionally bumping into people with should</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/aces-legacy-12x-risk</loc>
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      <image:title>&quot;Suicide Attempts&quot; Are 12 Times Higher—Understanding and Breaking the &quot;Aftermath of Adversity&quot; That Persists Into Adulthood in Society</image:title>
      <image:caption>Childhood adversities such as abuse, neglect, witnessing domestic violence, and parental mental illness or addiction have long-term impacts on health and life in adulthood. Internationally recognized </image:caption>
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      <image:title>Training: How Muscles Maintain Health—&quot;Strong Muscles&quot; Boost Lifespan and Quality of Life</image:title>
      <image:caption>Muscles are more than just &quot;organs for movement&quot;; they function as &quot;endocrine organs&quot; that regulate overall health. During exercise, muscles secrete bioactive substances called myokines, which are inv</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/aviation-industry-transformation-demand-challenges-opportunities</loc>
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      <news:title>Demand Influences Delivery Schedules: The Era Where &quot;Promised Time&quot; is Created by Demand Forecasting</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/YgXpBmw2.webp?1756967768</image:loc>
      <image:title>Demand Influences Delivery Schedules: The Era Where &quot;Promised Time&quot; is Created by Demand Forecasting</image:title>
      <image:caption>With the recent expansion of e-commerce and the growing consumer demand for &quot;fast and reliable delivery,&quot; delivery schedules are evolving from &quot;fixed timetables&quot; to &quot;dynamic commitments&quot; that adapt to</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Why Did &#039;Exit 8&#039; Take the World by Storm?—The Multi-Layered Design Technique of Turning a &#039;Storyless&#039; Indie Game into a Film&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The indie game &quot;The Exit 8&quot; gained worldwide popularity with its simple rule: if you find an &quot;anomaly&quot; in the underground passage, turn back. The live-action film &quot;The Exit 8&quot; is set to be released in</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/total-lunar-eclipse-unveils-cosmic-mysteries</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-04T15:26:22+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Total Lunar Eclipse on Sunday: Approximately 85% of the World Can Observe It. In Japan, the &quot;Red Full Moon&quot; Will Be Visible in the Early Hours of Monday, September 8th.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A total lunar eclipse, the second one this year, will occur from September 7th (Sunday) to September 8th (Monday). During the totality, the moon will be completely immersed in Earth&#039;s shadow (umbra), </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/amazon-forest-deforestation-climate-change-impact</loc>
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      <news:title>A Little Deforestation Can Significantly Alter the Climate: The Mechanism by Which Deforestation Stops Rain in the Amazon - The Truth of the Amazon Dry Season: Rain -74%, Temperature +16%</news:title>
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      <image:title>A Little Deforestation Can Significantly Alter the Climate: The Mechanism by Which Deforestation Stops Rain in the Amazon - The Truth of the Amazon Dry Season: Rain -74%, Temperature +16%</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from the University of São Paulo in Brazil and other institutions analyzed the reduction in precipitation and rise in temperature during the Amazon dry season from 1985 to 2020, attrib</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/amazon-ai-shopping-revolution-lens-live-transforms-daily-shopping</loc>
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      <news:title>The Day Physical Store Aisles Become the &quot;Entrance to E-commerce&quot; — How Amazon &quot;Lens Live&quot; is Changing the Norms of &quot;On-the-Spot Purchases&quot;: Price Comparison is Now Faster Than Your Fingertips</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Day Physical Store Aisles Become the &quot;Entrance to E-commerce&quot; — How Amazon &quot;Lens Live&quot; is Changing the Norms of &quot;On-the-Spot Purchases&quot;: Price Comparison is Now Faster Than Your Fingertips</image:title>
      <image:caption>Amazon has launched an expanded visual search feature called &quot;Lens Live&quot; on its iOS app in the United States. By simply pointing the camera, it automatically detects objects in view and displays match</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/germany-new-challenge-mandatory-service-discussion</loc>
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      <news:title>The Choice of &quot;Mandatory for Both Genders&quot; ─ The Federal Army &quot;Needs Women&quot;: Can Equality Be Proven Through &quot;Sharing the Burden&quot;?</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Choice of &quot;Mandatory for Both Genders&quot; ─ The Federal Army &quot;Needs Women&quot;: Can Equality Be Proven Through &quot;Sharing the Burden&quot;?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Henning Otte, the military commissioner of the German Bundestag, has proposed a &quot;one-year mandatory service (Pflichtdienst)&quot; applicable not only to men but also to women. The service would include not</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/immersive-horror-boom-2025-09-03</loc>
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      <news:title>Why the Current &quot;Horror Boom&quot;? — The True Nature of &quot;Immersive&quot; Horror Experiences Taking Over Museums and Planetariums</news:title>
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      <image:title>Why the Current &quot;Horror Boom&quot;? — The True Nature of &quot;Immersive&quot; Horror Experiences Taking Over Museums and Planetariums</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2025, Japan&#039;s horror experiences have expanded beyond the realm of movies to include museums, planetariums, theme parks, and even VR spaces. The full-fledged horror production &quot;Melody of Reflection</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/uq-mobile-price-hike-2025-11</loc>
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      <news:title>The era of price hikes for budget SIMs is upon us—UQ Mobile has shocked its old plan subscribers with a notification of a 220 yen monthly increase.</news:title>
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      <image:title>The era of price hikes for budget SIMs is upon us—UQ Mobile has shocked its old plan subscribers with a notification of a 220 yen monthly increase.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Starting November 1, 2025, UQ Mobile will revise the monthly fees for its &quot;old plans,&quot; which are no longer accepting new sign-ups, by increasing them by either 110 yen or 220 yen, rather than a unifor</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ear-kabi-otomycosis-earbuds-2025-09-03</loc>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/pkrYdywP.webp?1756887575</image:loc>
      <image:title>Be Cautious of &quot;Ear Mold&quot; with Prolonged Use of Earphones—Heat Causes Moisture in Ears Leading to Growth, Treatment Can Be Prolonged</image:title>
      <image:caption>During the hot season when sweat and humidity are prevalent, the &quot;stuffiness&quot; caused by earphones, which have become widely worn due to wireless technology, can easily lead to fungal infections in the</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/switch2-3months-overheat-performance-limits-2025-09-03</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03T15:47:51+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Three Months After the Release of Nintendo Switch 2: Overheating and Performance Issues Highlighting Its Limitations and Challenges</news:title>
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      <image:title>Three Months After the Release of Nintendo Switch 2: Overheating and Performance Issues Highlighting Its Limitations and Challenges</image:title>
      <image:caption>Three months after its release on June 5, 2025, the Nintendo Switch 2 continues to sell at a &quot;record-breaking pace.&quot; However, several issues have become apparent, such as overheating warnings in high-</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/raising-child-happiness-5-steps-new-education-perspective</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03T18:41:26+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Education: How Can We Make Children Happy? — Evidence and Practical Approaches for Japanese Households</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/D2rqvnXx.webp?1756892486</image:loc>
      <image:title>Education: How Can We Make Children Happy? — Evidence and Practical Approaches for Japanese Households</image:title>
      <image:caption>&quot;The desire to raise happy children&quot; is a simple wish, and the key to answering it directly lies not in leaving it to chance but in the small accumulations within the family. According to the German m</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/gmail-user-fake-alert-phishing-threat-prevention-tips</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-03T15:16:26+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Gmail Security Alerts Are &quot;Misinformation,&quot; Yet Phishing Continues to Target Inboxes Daily: Google&#039;s Official View and Practical Guide</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/MnRDKaXZ.webp?1756881410</image:loc>
      <image:title>Gmail Security Alerts Are &quot;Misinformation,&quot; Yet Phishing Continues to Target Inboxes Daily: Google&#039;s Official View and Practical Guide</image:title>
      <image:caption>Headlines such as &quot;Gmail Emergency Alert for 2.5 Billion Users&quot; and &quot;Everyone Should Change Their Passwords&quot; have been spreading, but Google clearly denied these reports as &quot;entirely false&quot; in an offi</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/seaweed-coastal-ecosystem-impact</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03T00:41:48+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-03T00:29:32+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Behind the &quot;CO₂ Absorption Source&quot; - Could Seaweed Washed Ashore Contribute to Global Warming? Invisible Greenhouse Gases Rising from the Beach</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/9JRbbnR0.webp?1756827708</image:loc>
      <image:title>Behind the &quot;CO₂ Absorption Source&quot; - Could Seaweed Washed Ashore Contribute to Global Warming? Invisible Greenhouse Gases Rising from the Beach</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Monash University in Australia has reported that aerobic methanotrophic archaea, primarily from the Methanosarcinaceae lineage, are widely distributed in shallow coastal waters an</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/amazing-secrets-seasonal-brain-changes</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03T00:39:07+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>In winter, the &quot;brain shrinks&quot; of the shrew — Reversible brain shrinkage indicates a path to neural regeneration</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/pYX2VgXA.webp?1756827547</image:loc>
      <image:title>In winter, the &quot;brain shrinks&quot; of the shrew — Reversible brain shrinkage indicates a path to neural regeneration</image:title>
      <image:caption>The shrew (Sorex araneus) exhibits the &quot;Dehnel phenomenon,&quot; where it reduces its brain volume by about 9% in winter and enlarges it again in spring. Recent research using non-invasive MRI (diffusion m</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/protecting-children-future-against-hidden-threat-e-cigarettes</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03T00:22:57+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>&quot;Permanent Scars on Children&#039;s Bodies&quot;? Confronting the Hidden Threats of E-Cigarettes — Doctors Concerned About the Impact of E-Cigarettes on the &quot;Brain and Heart&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/zAryZZXq.webp?1756826577</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;Permanent Scars on Children&#039;s Bodies&quot;? Confronting the Hidden Threats of E-Cigarettes — Doctors Concerned About the Impact of E-Cigarettes on the &quot;Brain and Heart&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>On September 1, 2025, at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual conference, doctors expressed strong concerns about the &quot;potential irreversible harm of e-cigarettes on children&#039;s brains and c</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-stethoscope-revolutionary-heart-health-tech</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-03T00:15:46+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-03T00:05:16+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Detecting &quot;Heart Failure Signs&quot; in Just 15 Seconds — From &quot;Listening&quot; to &quot;Diagnosing&quot;: AI x Stethoscope Doubles Diagnosis and Increases AF Detection by 3.5 Times in Demonstration</news:title>
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      <image:title>Detecting &quot;Heart Failure Signs&quot; in Just 15 Seconds — From &quot;Listening&quot; to &quot;Diagnosing&quot;: AI x Stethoscope Doubles Diagnosis and Increases AF Detection by 3.5 Times in Demonstration</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Imperial College London has tested a card-shaped AI stethoscope that simultaneously captures heart sounds and ECG, analyzing them with cloud AI, in primary care settings. In real-</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/self-checkout-pickpocket-2025-09-02</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-02T13:20:26+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Pickpocketing at Self-Checkout is Scarier than Shoplifting: Overcoming the Barrier of &quot;The Store is Not the Victim&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Pickpocketing at Self-Checkout is Scarier than Shoplifting: Overcoming the Barrier of &quot;The Store is Not the Victim&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Japan, where the adoption of self-checkout systems is advancing, a frequently overlooked risk is &quot;pickpocketing.&quot; Around self-checkout areas, wallets and smartphones are temporarily exposed, and cu</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/record-breaking-heatwave-impacts-measures-uk-japan-korea</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-02T13:31:27+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>The UK, Japan, and South Korea Experience the &quot;Hottest Summer on Record&quot; ── The Reasons Behind Simultaneous Extreme Heat Due to the Climate Crisis and How We Can Prepare</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/GNwdgoR0.webp?1756787487</image:loc>
      <image:title>The UK, Japan, and South Korea Experience the &quot;Hottest Summer on Record&quot; ── The Reasons Behind Simultaneous Extreme Heat Due to the Climate Crisis and How We Can Prepare</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the summer of 2025 (June to August) in the Northern Hemisphere, the UK, Japan, and South Korea simultaneously recorded their &quot;hottest summer on record.&quot; The UK&#039;s seasonal average temperature reache</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/mcd-happyset-resale-2025</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-02T13:12:37+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>[McDonald&#039;s Happy Meal Controversy] Early Termination Due to Rampant Reselling... Criticism Mounts Against Unethical Behavior—Has the Original Spirit Been Lost?</news:title>
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      <image:title>[McDonald&#039;s Happy Meal Controversy] Early Termination Due to Rampant Reselling... Criticism Mounts Against Unethical Behavior—Has the Original Spirit Been Lost?</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the summer of 2025, issues surrounding McDonald&#039;s Happy Meals arose nationwide due to bulk buying for resale purposes and food waste. During the distribution of &quot;Pokémon Cards&quot; from August 9 to 11,</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/survival-competition-mating-strategy</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-02T13:15:49+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Small mites &quot;eat&quot; their rivals to win: Mating competition increases aggression, but they go easy on close relatives</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/EzrPmZXA.webp?1756786549</image:loc>
      <image:title>Small mites &quot;eat&quot; their rivals to win: Mating competition increases aggression, but they go easy on close relatives</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Flinders University in Australia conducted a detailed examination of how mating competition among male bulb mites, Rhizoglyphus echinopus, which damage bulb crops like onions and </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/2025-09-september-sky-lunar-eclipse-japan</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-02T13:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>September Night Sky &amp; Astronomy Information— A &quot;Nearly 3-Year&quot; Total Lunar Eclipse Across Japan, Partial Solar Eclipse in the South Pacific</news:title>
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      <image:title>September Night Sky &amp; Astronomy Information— A &quot;Nearly 3-Year&quot; Total Lunar Eclipse Across Japan, Partial Solar Eclipse in the South Pacific</image:title>
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      <image:caption>ARC is a task that involves identifying and applying &quot;hidden rules&quot; in color grids to measure generalization from a few examples. In an interview with Live Science, Greg Kamradt of the ARC Prize expla</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the 2010s, while malls in the United States were closing one after another, China continued construction, doubling the number of malls to approximately 6,700 since 2013. However, with the rise of e</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Universal Studios Japan (USJ) officially announced the end of its nighttime flagship show, &quot;Universal Spectacle Night Parade: Best of Hollywood,&quot; on September 1, 2025 (Monday). The parade, which began</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Age 16 Barrier&quot; and AI — Could Australia&#039;s Social Media Age Verification Be the Solution? Transparency and Remedies Are Key to Age Verification</image:title>
      <image:caption>Australia plans to implement a ban on social media for those under 16 starting in December 2025. The government&#039;s final report on the Age Assurance Technology Trial evaluated that a composite &quot;age ass</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The heat in Tokyo varies significantly based on &quot;perception&quot; and &quot;location,&quot; making it difficult to capture the detailed reality with traditional meteorological statistics alone. Addressing this chall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Starting this week (Tuesday, September 2, 2025, Japan time), non-immigrant visas for the United States will generally require in-person interviews. The previously widely applied &quot;interview waiver&quot; (co</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The team at the Salk Institute has demonstrated that a &quot;microprotein&quot; called SLC35A4-MP helps maintain the morphology and function of mitochondria in brown adipocytes of mice, supporting adaptation to</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The medieval village of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, located near Montpellier in southern France, with a population of about 250, faces severe pressure from the 600,000 to 800,000 visitors it receives ann</image:caption>
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      <image:title>35 Years of German Reunification: The Background and Future of the Expanding East-West Wage Gap</image:title>
      <image:caption>The wage gap between East and West Germany widened again in 2024. According to reports, the average full-time salary in the West is €63,999, while in the East it is €50,625, resulting in a difference </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/low-vaccination-rates-lead-to-whooping-cough-tragedy</loc>
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      <news:title>The Consequences of Declining Vaccination Rates: The Tragedy of an Infant Lost to Whooping Cough - Lessons from the UK&#039;s Tragic News on Creating a &quot;System for Safe Choices&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Consequences of Declining Vaccination Rates: The Tragedy of an Infant Lost to Whooping Cough - Lessons from the UK&#039;s Tragic News on Creating a &quot;System for Safe Choices&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The first infant death from whooping cough in 2025 has been confirmed in the UK. The mother was unvaccinated during pregnancy, bringing the importance of maternal vaccination back into focus. Accordin</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/chinese-manufacturing-slump-global-economy-impact</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-01T11:54:44+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-09-01T11:46:00+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>What is the impact of the continued slump in China&#039;s manufacturing sector on the global economy? The coexistence of &quot;two Chinas&quot; in the PMI: Overall expansion, but a slowdown in construction.</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/Lxwo37wA.webp?1756695284</image:loc>
      <image:title>What is the impact of the continued slump in China&#039;s manufacturing sector on the global economy? The coexistence of &quot;two Chinas&quot; in the PMI: Overall expansion, but a slowdown in construction.</image:title>
      <image:caption>China&#039;s August PMI highlighted a clear polarization: &quot;Non-manufacturing barely expanding, while manufacturing continues to contract.&quot; The non-manufacturing PMI stood at 50.3 (up from 50.1 in July), ma</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/butaminton-revival-2025-natsukashi-heat</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T11:56:39+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Showa-era toy &quot;Butaminton&quot; remains popular in the Reiwa era—not just for nostalgia, but also due to a new factor: the &quot;heatwave boost.&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/D2rqznXx.webp?1756609017</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Showa-era toy &quot;Butaminton&quot; remains popular in the Reiwa era—not just for nostalgia, but also due to a new factor: the &quot;heatwave boost.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Showa-era party toy &quot;Butaminton,&quot; originally released by Nomura Toy in 1987, is set to make a comeback in April 2025 as a Reiwa version from MegaHouse. With improvements to the shuttlecock, allowi</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/brush-wet-or-dry-fluoride-how-to-2025-08-31</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T11:53:08+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T11:52:55+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Before brushing your teeth, do you wet the toothbrush or not?</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/MnRDEawZ.webp?1756608788</image:loc>
      <image:title>Before brushing your teeth, do you wet the toothbrush or not?</image:title>
      <image:caption>In conclusion, the basic recommendation is to &quot;start brushing with a dry toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste.&quot; It is not necessary to wet the brush or toothpaste with water beforehand. There are two ma</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/tokyo-lost-and-found-bulk-sale-2025-08-31</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T11:45:42+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T11:45:26+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Lost Items, Not Wasted—Including Brand-name Goods and Rare Cards. What is the Metropolitan Police Department&#039;s &quot;Lost Property Center&quot; Bulk Sale?</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/9JRb6nR0.webp?1756608342</image:loc>
      <image:title>Lost Items, Not Wasted—Including Brand-name Goods and Rare Cards. What is the Metropolitan Police Department&#039;s &quot;Lost Property Center&quot; Bulk Sale?</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Tokyo, a vast number of lost items are delivered to the Metropolitan Police Department every year. In 2024, a record high of approximately 4.756 million items were reported, with about 30% of them </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/iphone-calculator-car-unlock-viral-video-truth-technology-misconception</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T12:05:29+09:00</lastmod>
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        <news:language>en</news:language>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T11:39:59+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Unlocking a car with an iPhone calculator!? The TikTok trend of &quot;opening with a calculator&quot; goes viral, but it&#039;s actually a complete fake.</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/pYX2BgXA.webp?1756609529</image:loc>
      <image:title>Unlocking a car with an iPhone calculator!? The TikTok trend of &quot;opening with a calculator&quot; goes viral, but it&#039;s actually a complete fake.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A video claiming that &quot;an iPhone calculator can open car doors&quot; has been circulating in Brazil. The post suggests that entering &quot;95011680&quot; into the calculator and pressing &quot;=&quot; would open the doors of </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/etsy-ebay-shein-new-tariffs-50-percent-extra-charges-consumers-hit</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T11:52:28+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T11:17:35+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Era of Tariffs on All Packages: A Shockwave for Etsy, eBay, and Shein! New Tariffs Hit Consumers with Up to 50% Additional Charges</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/1qR9p9XJ.webp?1756608748</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Era of Tariffs on All Packages: A Shockwave for Etsy, eBay, and Shein! New Tariffs Hit Consumers with Up to 50% Additional Charges</image:title>
      <image:caption>On August 29, 2025, the United States halted its &quot;de minimis&quot; policy, which exempted imported parcels valued under $800 from tariffs, on a global scale. Tariffs are expected to range between 10% and 5</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/taiwan-issue-uk-japan-joint-statement-china-backlash</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T11:42:57+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T11:10:39+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, and South China Sea - A New &quot;Red Line&quot; Over the Taiwan Strait: China Immediately Reacts to Japan-UK Statement</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/QWR686rj.webp?1756608177</image:loc>
      <image:title>Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, and South China Sea - A New &quot;Red Line&quot; Over the Taiwan Strait: China Immediately Reacts to Japan-UK Statement</image:title>
      <image:caption>The joint statement from the Japan-UK defense ministerial meeting held in Tokyo on August 28 reaffirmed that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are essential for global prosperity and strongly o</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/french-people-face-financial-shortage</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T11:23:42+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T10:55:47+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Is Being in the Red a &quot;Habit&quot; or &quot;Past&quot;? One in Three French People Face Insufficient Funds! Exploring the Background</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/zAry3ZRq.webp?1756607022</image:loc>
      <image:title>Is Being in the Red a &quot;Habit&quot; or &quot;Past&quot;? One in Three French People Face Insufficient Funds! Exploring the Background</image:title>
      <image:caption>A recent survey in France revealed that 31% of people experienced a deficit in the past 12 months, with about 8% habitually running a monthly deficit. This marks an improvement from 2023 (36%), attrib</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/trump-tariff-policy-judicial-ruling</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T11:08:25+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T10:52:38+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&quot;Emergency Powers Tariffs&quot; Halted: Judicial Scrutiny on Trump&#039;s Tariff Policy, U.S. Court of Appeals Rules It Illegal</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/Zow1LLR8.webp?1756606105</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;Emergency Powers Tariffs&quot; Halted: Judicial Scrutiny on Trump&#039;s Tariff Policy, U.S. Court of Appeals Rules It Illegal</image:title>
      <image:caption>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on August 29-30 (local time) that most of the &quot;global tariffs&quot; imposed by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Po</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/russia-lng-arrives-china-energy-trend</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T10:58:34+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T10:50:20+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>China Receives First LNG Under Russian Sanctions ─ A New Energy Trend Emerging Beyond International Sanctions</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/qnXx4kXM.webp?1756605514</image:loc>
      <image:title>China Receives First LNG Under Russian Sanctions ─ A New Energy Trend Emerging Beyond International Sanctions</image:title>
      <image:caption>On August 28, 2025, the tanker &quot;Arctic Mulan,&quot; carrying LNG from Russia&#039;s &quot;Arctic LNG 2,&quot; which is subject to U.S. sanctions, docked at the Beihai LNG terminal in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chi</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/tiktok-nagesen-280man-kyoto-lawsuit-2025-08-30</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T01:25:49+09:00</lastmod>
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        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T01:25:36+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>A 10-year-old boy&#039;s ¥2.8 million &quot;donation&quot; leads to a lawsuit against TikTok and Apple—seeking a refund and questioning the cancellation of a minor&#039;s contract and platform responsibility</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/bkw7Z8R4.webp?1756571149</image:loc>
      <image:title>A 10-year-old boy&#039;s ¥2.8 million &quot;donation&quot; leads to a lawsuit against TikTok and Apple—seeking a refund and questioning the cancellation of a minor&#039;s contract and platform responsibility</image:title>
      <image:caption>In a case involving a then 10-year-old boy residing in Kyoto City, who purchased a large number of coins for &quot;gifting&quot; to streamers on the video-sharing app TikTok, amounting to approximately 3.7 mill</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/tamagotchi-100m-29years-2025-08-28</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T01:22:01+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T01:21:32+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tamagotchi Surpasses 100 Million Units Sold—29 Years Since Its Release. The World is Once Again Enthralled by &quot;Caring&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/GNwdPow0.webp?1756570921</image:loc>
      <image:title>Tamagotchi Surpasses 100 Million Units Sold—29 Years Since Its Release. The World is Once Again Enthralled by &quot;Caring&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>On August 28, 2025, Bandai announced that the worldwide cumulative shipments of the handheld digital pet &quot;Tamagotchi&quot; have surpassed 100 million units. This milestone was revealed at the booth opening</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/kids-smartphone-addiction-treatment-2025-08-30</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T01:19:08+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T01:18:44+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Children&#039;s &quot;Smartphone Addiction&quot; Continues to Rise Year by Year—What is Needed to Break Free? A Close Look at the Frontlines of Treatment</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/VMXOE7wo.webp?1756570748</image:loc>
      <image:title>Children&#039;s &quot;Smartphone Addiction&quot; Continues to Rise Year by Year—What is Needed to Break Free? A Close Look at the Frontlines of Treatment</image:title>
      <image:caption>Children&#039;s smartphone addiction is not just &quot;in your head.&quot; According to the latest domestic survey, the smartphone ownership rate among children under 18 has reached about 50%, with usage exceeding 2</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/sns-summer-gap-girls-2025</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T01:16:12+09:00</lastmod>
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      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T01:15:52+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Spending on Hawaiian villas and supporting favorite idols... How do female students deal with the economic disparities that appear on social media during summer vacation?</news:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/WzrWLpX9.webp?1756570572</image:loc>
      <image:title>Spending on Hawaiian villas and supporting favorite idols... How do female students deal with the economic disparities that appear on social media during summer vacation?</image:title>
      <image:caption>The summer vacation timeline is filled with images of &quot;Hawaii vacation homes,&quot; &quot;luxurious trips,&quot; and &quot;extravagant spending on fan activities and merchandise.&quot; While social media can be enjoyable, the</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/shitagi-disney-legal-risks-20250829</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T01:10:20+09:00</lastmod>
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        <news:language>en</news:language>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T01:10:04+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Is &quot;Underwear Disney&quot; Illegal? — Legal Rules in Japan and the Dress Code at Tokyo Disney Resort that Foreigners Should Know</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/m6XVkoRp.webp?1756570220</image:loc>
      <image:title>Is &quot;Underwear Disney&quot; Illegal? — Legal Rules in Japan and the Dress Code at Tokyo Disney Resort that Foreigners Should Know</image:title>
      <image:caption>At Tokyo DisneySea, photos of revealing outfits showing underwear spread on social media, sparking controversy under the term &quot;Underwear Disney.&quot; Lawyer Toru Okumura, an expert on indecent exposure ca</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/zombie-tobacco-okinawa-2025-08-28</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T01:04:02+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T01:03:30+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&quot;Zombie Tobacco&quot; and Feeling &quot;Close to Death&quot;—The Reality and Countermeasures of Dangerous Drugs Spreading in Okinawa</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/7AXGemwZ.webp?1756569842</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;Zombie Tobacco&quot; and Feeling &quot;Close to Death&quot;—The Reality and Countermeasures of Dangerous Drugs Spreading in Okinawa</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Okinawa, a dangerous trend known as &quot;Zombie Tobacco&quot; is spreading among young people. This involves inhaling e-liquid mixed with the anesthetic Etomidate (not approved in Japan), leading to serious</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nintendo-switch-2-invite-sales-3-points-2025-08-30</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-31T00:56:49+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-08-31T00:56:33+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Popular Switch 2 Moves to &quot;Invite-Only Sales&quot; — Three Key Points for International Audiences</news:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/eWRj1NXG.webp?1756569409</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Popular Switch 2 Moves to &quot;Invite-Only Sales&quot; — Three Key Points for International Audiences</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nintendo&#039;s next-generation console, the &quot;Nintendo Switch 2,&quot; will begin &quot;invitation sales&quot; on the My Nintendo Store in Japan due to the congestion caused by lottery sales. Eligible accounts are those </image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:caption>The head of the FBI&#039;s cyber division in the United States has announced that the hacking group &lt;Salt Typhoon&gt;, allegedly supported by China, has infiltrated at least 200 companies within the U.S. The </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>911 centers in the United States are experiencing chronic staff shortages and burnout, leading to longer wait times. Aurelian, a startup from Y Combinator, has raised $14 million to address this issue</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It has been reported that the Mexican government is considering raising tariffs on imports from China, including automobiles, textiles, and plastics, in its 2026 budget proposal. This move is influenc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NVIDIA announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 (May–July) on August 27, 2025 (U.S. time), reporting a revenue of $46.7 billion, which is a 56% increase year-over-yea</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The German newspaper Fuldaer Zeitung has compiled the latest trends regarding alcohol consumption in old age and the risk of dementia. Neurologist Dr. Restak recommends &quot;abstaining from alcohol by the</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Switch 2 achieved phenomenal global sales right after its release, but behind the scenes, there are growing concerns, particularly at the Gamescom venue, about the difficulty in obtaining &quot;develop</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In California, the parents of 16-year-old Adam Lane have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, following their son&#039;s suicide. The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT (GPT-4o) degraded its sa</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japanese city halls, the use of generative AI for official tasks is rapidly expanding. What began as grassroots experimentation has now evolved into secure implementations that integrate APIs with </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, apps that allow users to engage in &quot;romantic activities&quot; with AI partners rather than human counterparts are quietly gaining popularity. A prime example is &quot;LOVERSE&quot; by Samantha Corporation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Apple will hold a special event titled &quot;Awe Dropping&quot; at Apple Park on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), which is 2:00 AM Japan Standard Time (JST) on Wednesday, Sep</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The city of Toyoake in Aichi Prefecture has submitted a proposal to the city council that aims to limit the use of smartphones and similar devices to within two hours a day during &quot;leisure time,&quot; excl</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to a report by Forbes, Google has urged the majority of Gmail users to update their passwords (or transition to passkeys), stating that &quot;many recent intrusions are initiated by passwords thr</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Brazilian National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (ANA) has declared a &quot;quantitative crisis situation of water resources&quot; for four rivers in the Amazon basin: the Juruá, Purus, Acre, and Iaco. </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On August 25, President Trump expressed his desire to meet with Kim Jong-un by the end of the year during his first US-South Korea summit, raising the possibility of resuming US-North Korea dialogue. </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The United States will fully terminate the &quot;de minimis&quot; provision on August 29, which has allowed for simplified declarations and duty exemptions on imports valued at $800 or less. In British Columbia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UCSF has identified the iron-related protein FTL1 as a central molecule in brain aging and memory decline. FTL1 was found to increase in the hippocampus of aged mice, and this increase is linked to sy</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the travel destinations of the world in 2025, Spain has seen the emergence of the highly venomous sea slug known as the &quot;blue dragon,&quot; leading to temporary bans on swimming. In the Caribbean, sarga</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Toyota has released the latest teaser for the new &quot;GR Supra&quot; supercar, which is being developed for participation in Australia&#039;s &quot;Repco Supercars Championship.&quot; On August 20, 2025 (Japan time), they u</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As housing prices remain high, particularly in the metropolitan area, more dual-income households are opting for &quot;pair loans&quot; or &quot;income combination&quot; options, as a single name often does not meet the </image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba&quot; Surpasses 28 Billion Yen in Box Office Revenue, Overtaking &quot;Titanic&quot; to Become the Third Highest-Grossing Film in Japan</news:title>
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      <image:caption>&quot;Theatrical Version &#039;Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns&#039;&quot; (released on July 18, 2025) has recorded a box office revenue of 28,087,694,600 yen and attracted 19,825,555 viewers i</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Google is introducing a &quot;satellite calling&quot; feature for the Pixel 10 series, allowing voice and video calls on WhatsApp even when out of cellular range. The announcement was made on August 22 (U.S. ti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hong Kong&#039;s immigration authorities have refused to renew the work visa of Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong-Wilkins without providing a reason. The Foreign Correspondents&#039; Club (FCC) of Hong Kong e</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Diabetes diagnosis completed in 10 minutes with a smartphone! One drop from your fingertip × smartphone = HbA1c. Testing goes &quot;from the hospital to your pocket.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The UK&#039;s National Health Service (NHS) has piloted what is considered the world&#039;s first smartphone test for type 2 diabetes, called the &quot;Diabetes Health Check.&quot; Developed by PocDoc, this method involv</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The German Economy Needs &quot;Surgery&quot;: Tariffs, High Energy Costs, and Regulations — The Triple Burden on the German Economy, Merz&#039;s Gamble</image:title>
      <image:caption>On August 23, German Chancellor Merz stated that revitalizing the economy is &quot;more difficult than anticipated,&quot; acknowledging that Germany is facing a &quot;structural crisis&quot; rather than a temporary econo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rumors of a massive credential leak involving PayPal are spreading. A hacker known as &quot;Chucky_BF&quot; is reportedly selling a set of approximately 15.8 million email and plaintext password combinations fo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As the new rice sales season intensifies, a rice specialty store reported that 5kg of Koshihikari from Kochi, priced at 8,800 yen, sold out immediately. Similarly, 5kg of &quot;Churahikari&quot; from Okinawa, p</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Japanese woman who fell in love with an interactive generative AI and established a relationship akin to a common-law marriage said, &quot;I am happy,&quot; as reported by Asahi Shimbun. This example reflects</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The series of branch-fall incidents in British Columbia is closely related to the stress that cumulative drought and high temperatures impose on trees. When dryness slows down photosynthesis and growt</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At Jackson Hole, Chairman Powell stated that &quot;policy is already restrictive, and a change in the balance of risks could justify an adjustment,&quot; opening the door to a rate cut in September. While cauti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In response to the impact of U.S. tariffs and brand closures on the Australian fashion industry, New South Wales (NSW) unveiled its first &quot;Fashion Sector Strategy&quot; on August 21. This strategy involves</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The German regional newspaper Fuldaer Zeitung introduced &quot;eight foods&quot; similar to the MIND/Mediterranean diet, aimed at dementia prevention. These include whole grains, vegetables, leafy greens, nuts,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>OpenAI has opened its first office in India, located in New Delhi, as it aims to strengthen collaboration with the government, businesses, developers, and academia by building a local team. A few days</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Extreme Heat is an Occupational Hazard: WHO×WMO Present &quot;7 Prescriptions for Workplace Heat Countermeasures&quot; - Addressing Heat Stress is Both a Health and Management Issue</image:title>
      <image:caption>The United Nations health and meteorological agencies (WHO and WMO) released a new joint report on August 22, 2025, calling for urgent action to protect workers from heat stress. This significant upda</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Behind the Positive Growth... The Reason for Argentina&#039;s Economy Declining for Two Consecutive Months</image:title>
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      <image:caption>In the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, a so-called &quot;Convenience Store Mount Fuji&quot; photo spot saw the reinstallation of a &quot;curtain&quot; on August 7, 2025. This time, a brown curtain about 1.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Toyota has released the latest teaser for the new &quot;GR Supra&quot; supercar, which is being developed for participation in Australia&#039;s &quot;Repco Supercars Championship.&quot; On August 20, 2025 (Japan time), they u</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Google&#039;s &quot;AI Mode,&quot; a new search interface that allows users to search in a chat format, was previously available only in the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. However, as of August 21, 20</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Meta has officially introduced AI translation on Instagram and Facebook Reels, allowing automatic dubbing into different languages with just a toggle before posting. The feature uses synthesized voice</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Little Red Riding Hood&quot; for Internet Fatigue? — A Study Suggests Grimm&#039;s Fairy Tales Restore Resilience: Slow Stories in an Era of Rapid Information</image:title>
      <image:caption>Researchers from Austria, the UK, and Japan investigated whether reading Grimm&#039;s fairy tales could mitigate the effects of internet browsing on young people&#039;s resilience (psychological recovery abilit</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A team from the University of Melbourne has demonstrated that &quot;van der Waals (vdW) materials,&quot; such as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), can generate &quot;optical vortices (o</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Canada, over the past 20 years, the THC concentration in cannabis has increased approximately fivefold, ushering in an era of &quot;high-THC&quot; where much of the dried flower in the legal market contains </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>YouTube (Google) has agreed to a $30 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit concerning children&#039;s privacy violations, pending approval from a U.S. federal court. The settlement pertains to Ameri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>For many years, the &quot;praise sandwich&quot; (positive → negative → positive) has been a standard method for delivering negative feedback. However, a research team from Western University (Ivey Business Scho</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Is the report that &quot;Google&#039;s database was hacked, putting 2.5 billion Gmail users at risk&quot; true? A thorough explanation of the facts and practical measures</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On August 20, some media outlets reported that &quot;Google&#039;s database has been hacked, putting 2.5 billion Gmail users at risk.&quot; However, the facts currently known indicate that Google&#039;s &quot;Gmail core user </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/sfts-2025-08-19</loc>
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      <image:caption>The number of domestic infections of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), transmitted by ticks, reached a cumulative total of 135 by August 10, 2025, surpassing the previous record of 1</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Naniwa Danshi Fukuoka Performance &quot;Production Release Seats&quot; Application: Is &quot;Matching FC Information with Pia Information&quot; Crucial? ── Changes in the System, Practical Points to Note, Reactions on Social Media, and Future Prospects</image:title>
      <image:caption>Reports on social media have indicated that the application process for the &quot;production release seats&quot; at the Naniwa Danshi Arena Tour Fukuoka performance (Marine Messe Fukuoka A Hall) has shifted fro</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, which represents popular idols and was formerly associated with the Johnny&#039;s group, announced on August 13, 2025, that a U.S. federal court in the Northern District of California</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ministop-expiry-mislabel-2025-08-18</loc>
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      <image:caption>The major convenience store chain Ministop has announced that inappropriate actions were taken in some of its stores regarding the &quot;handmade rice balls,&quot; &quot;handmade bento boxes,&quot; and &quot;in-store processe</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Noise, Not Music, Flows into the Brewing Tank: White Noise Shortens Beer Fermentation by One Day: Fermentation Speeds Up Through &quot;Particle Motion&quot; Rather Than Pressure</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Otago in New Zealand reported that applying white noise at 800-2000Hz to fermenting beer using a linear actuator (LAT) causes yeast to remain suspended in the li</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The World Bank&#039;s PPP-based statistics depict a sharp decline in extreme poverty from about 47% in 1981 to around 10% today. On the other hand, when recalculated using BNPL, which is based on the price</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Elon Musk&#039;s X (formerly Twitter) experienced a significant decline in new installations on Android, leading to a 26% year-over-year decrease in total mobile downloads in July. Particularly on Google P</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Germany, a Forsa public opinion poll was conducted to gauge support for banning social media use (such as TikTok and Instagram) for children and young people under the age of 16. The results showed</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nvidia, which holds the core of AI technology, has become a dominant force through its GPUs and ecosystem development. According to Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis, the company effectively monopo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, even though dual-income households have become the majority, the lifestyle of being a full-time housewife remains deeply rooted. The associated feelings of &quot;narrow shoulders&quot; or &quot;difficulty </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In conclusion, there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that &quot;eating specific foods can cure cancer.&quot; Cancer is a disease that progresses due to multiple factors, including genetic mutatio</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR) in Beijing, China, has successfully created a &quot;bulk, sizable&quot; sample of &quot;hexagonal diamond (lonsdale</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fujifilm will once again raise the prices of cameras and lenses in the U.S. market. The implementation date is set for August 30, 2025. The company informed DPReview that it will make additional price</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The French publication Medisite highlighted air purifiers as &quot;home appliances that could lower the risk of myocardial infarction.&quot; This claim is based on a randomized crossover trial published in the </image:caption>
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      <image:title>Tax Reform Without Sanctuary and the Crossroads of British Horse Racing — An Unprecedented Strike in the UK Horse Racing Industry: Delving into the Background of the Protest Against the Gambling Tax Hike</image:title>
      <image:caption>The British Horseracing Authority (BHA), the governing body of UK horse racing, is protesting the government&#039;s proposed &quot;unified online gambling tax&quot; by staging an unprecedented strike on Wednesday, S</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The world&#039;s first &quot;Humanoid Robot Competition&quot; was held in Beijing, China, from August 15 to 17, featuring 280 teams from 16 countries and over 500 robots competing in events ranging from track and fi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2025, U.S. retail foot traffic trends have polarized with Target&#039;s slowdown and Walmart&#039;s resilience. According to Placer.ai&#039;s Q2 analysis, Walmart&#039;s same-store visits have remained stable, ranging</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Making Silent Communication Possible: The Current State of BCI Transforming Support for People with Speech Impairments - &quot;Speaking Just by Thinking&quot; Becomes a Reality</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from Stanford University has reported a brain-computer interface (BCI) that deciphers &quot;inner speech&quot;—words thought silently in the mind—using AI and displays them as text. The study in</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Promise of &#039;No Invasion&#039; - Trump&#039;s Revelation of Xi&#039;s Assurance. Is the Taiwan Strait Really Secure?&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>U.S. President Trump stated on FOX News that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him, &quot;We will not invade Taiwan while you are president.&quot; Xi also reportedly said, &quot;China is very patient.&quot; This statemen</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The women-focused community app &quot;Les Amis,&quot; originating from Europe, has launched in New York. It primarily targets women, transgender individuals, and the LGBTQ+ community, with a core demographic in</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The U.S.-based Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed a chemistry-focused LLM called &quot;GAMES&quot; (Generative Approaches for Molecular Encodings), which can directly generate molecular structure</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>W.K. Kellogg Co. in the U.S. plans to completely eliminate artificial coloring agents (FD&amp;C dyes) from breakfast cereals like &quot;Froot Loops&quot; and &quot;Apple Jacks&quot; by the end of 2027. Products for schools w</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>With the rapid increase in AI data centers, power grids have become a bottleneck in the global AI competition. A report by Fortune highlights that while the U.S. faces delays in grid connections and e</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>ING will fully integrate the digital wallet &quot;wero,&quot; developed by the European banking union EPI, into its app in Germany this August. Wero enables instant account-to-account payments that can be sent </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In conjunction with &quot;Left-Handers Day&quot; on August 13, a feature by Germany&#039;s Tagesspiegel served as a starting point to organize the myths and facts surrounding left-handedness. Left-handers make up ab</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An international team from Swansea University has inhibited SARS-CoV-2 infection by 98.6% in cultured human lung cells using sugar-coated polymer nanoparticles that mimic cell surface glycans (polysia</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Unseen PFAS in Sydney Tap Water&quot; — &quot;Meets Standards, But Is It Safe?&quot; The &quot;Invisible Contaminant&quot; PFAS</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Unseen PFAS in Sydney Tap Water&quot; — &quot;Meets Standards, But Is It Safe?&quot; The &quot;Invisible Contaminant&quot; PFAS</image:title>
      <image:caption>In an analysis published on August 11, 2025, by a research team from UNSW Australia, 31 types of PFAS were detected in Sydney&#039;s tap water, with 21 of these being unreported in domestic tap water befor</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On August 11, U.S. President Trump extended the &quot;truce&quot; on tariffs against China by 90 days, avoiding the automatic tariff increase that was scheduled for August 12. As a result, the additional 30% ta</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Redefining Habitable Zones with Liquids: Can We Live Without &quot;Water&quot;? - The Ecosystem of Space Unlocked by Ionic Liquids</news:title>
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      <image:caption>A research team from MIT has demonstrated through experiments that sulfuric acid and nitrogen-containing organic compounds can react to naturally form a liquid salt known as &quot;ionic liquid.&quot; Ionic liqu</image:caption>
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      <news:title>One of the world&#039;s largest Japanese pensions, the &quot;small headquarters&quot; takes on a big challenge — GPIF, which has managed 260 trillion yen with 187 people, is finally expanding its recruitment.</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The world&#039;s largest public pension fund, the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan, is set to increase its staff. This decision comes as its managed assets are projected to expand to appr</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to the latest survey by Sunstar (published in July 2025), approximately 70.3% of parents with children aged 0-6 reported having experienced guilt over not being able to brush their children&#039;</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Transforming running from a &quot;solo endeavor&quot; to &quot;enjoying with friends&quot;—this is the essence of the &quot;Group Run&quot; phenomenon spreading worldwide. Centered around communities known as Crews, these group ru</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>President Trump has announced plans to impose a 50% tariff on Indian products, leading to a spread of calls in India to boycott and avoid American brands. The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), affiliated w</image:caption>
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      <news:title>A Genetic Bug Remaining in the King of the Sea? The Unsolved Mystery of Great White Shark DNA - The Inexplicable Divergence in Apex Predators that Survived the Ice Age</news:title>
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      <image:title>A Genetic Bug Remaining in the King of the Sea? The Unsolved Mystery of Great White Shark DNA - The Inexplicable Divergence in Apex Predators that Survived the Ice Age</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to a recent study reported by IFLScience, it has long been observed that while the nuclear DNA of great white sharks is almost identical worldwide, their mitochondrial DNA (inherited materna</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/oof-reform-scam-thumbnail</loc>
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      <image:caption>Consultations regarding &quot;roof inspection scams&quot; reported to consumer centers nationwide have surged to about three times the number in fiscal year 2018, reaching a five-year high in fiscal year 2022. </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/us-government-nvidia-amd-ai-chip-sales-fee-china-impact</loc>
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      <news:title>The &quot;15%&quot; Burden on NVIDIA and AMD - Export Controls Shift to Revenue Share</news:title>
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      <image:caption>It has been reported that the U.S. government has reached an agreement with NVIDIA and AMD to resume export licenses for AI chip sales to China, on the condition that 15% of the sales revenue is contr</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As the trend of career changes among middle-aged individuals in their 40s and 50s gains momentum, there is a sharp increase in &quot;middle-aged newcomers&quot; venturing into industries where they have no prio</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In certain coastal areas centered around Yamagata Prefecture, there is a unique custom during the Obon festival where miniature cars, or &quot;minicars,&quot; are hung from the eaves of houses. This tradition i</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>McDonald&#039;s Japan has acknowledged the serious disruptions caused by bulk purchases and reselling activities during the Happy Meal &quot;Pokémon&quot; campaign, which began on August 9, 2025. These activities le</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The youthful appearance that everyone dreams of. Did you know that people who look young despite their age share common daily habits? In this article, we will introduce five habits practiced by indivi</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Political Turmoil in Japan Deepens—&quot;Thick Fog&quot; Over Next Year&#039;s Budget and Bank of Japan&#039;s Interest Rate Hike Timing</news:title>
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      <image:title>Political Turmoil in Japan Deepens—&quot;Thick Fog&quot; Over Next Year&#039;s Budget and Bank of Japan&#039;s Interest Rate Hike Timing</image:title>
      <image:caption>The political situation regarding Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba&#039;s future has become increasingly uncertain due to a decline in influence within the ruling party and election defeats. There is speculat</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Design of &quot;Minimal Rules x Maximum Experience&quot; That Resonates with Generation Z - The True Nature of &quot;Make imPACt&quot; Launched by Pac-Man on Its 45th Anniversary</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Design of &quot;Minimal Rules x Maximum Experience&quot; That Resonates with Generation Z - The True Nature of &quot;Make imPACt&quot; Launched by Pac-Man on Its 45th Anniversary</image:title>
      <image:caption>Since its arcade debut on May 22, 1980, Pac-Man has expanded the reach of video games with its simple controls and non-shooting concept, evolving into a cultural icon. Celebrating its 45th anniversary</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Helsinki&#039;s Preschools: A Unique Approach to Tackling Bullying from Early Childhood - Transforming Helsinki&#039;s Childcare with 13 Guidelines</image:title>
      <image:caption>The capital of Finland, Helsinki, will implement a common model for preventing and intervening in bullying in all city daycare centers starting in the fall of 2025. This decision is based on a survey </image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Wave of Tariffs Reaches Prices: Cheap Gasoline, Expensive Furniture. The True Nature of Fluctuating U.S. Inflation</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Wave of Tariffs Reaches Prices: Cheap Gasoline, Expensive Furniture. The True Nature of Fluctuating U.S. Inflation</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the United States, ahead of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) release in July (scheduled for August 12 at 21:30 Japan time), it is widely expected that the upward effect of tariffs will gradually spre</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Hyundai Motor Group Ranks 2nd in the World for Operating Profit in the First Half of the Year, Surpassing VW for the First Time</news:title>
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      <image:title>Hyundai Motor Group Ranks 2nd in the World for Operating Profit in the First Half of the Year, Surpassing VW for the First Time</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the first half of 2025, Hyundai Motor Group (Hyundai + Kia) achieved the second-highest consolidated operating profit in the world, surpassing Germany&#039;s Volkswagen (VW) for the first time. The comb</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Is Trump Considering Reevaluating Marijuana Regulations? Neither Legal Nor Illegal? What Federal &quot;Rescheduling&quot; Changes and What It Doesn&#039;t</news:title>
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      <image:title>Is Trump Considering Reevaluating Marijuana Regulations? Neither Legal Nor Illegal? What Federal &quot;Rescheduling&quot; Changes and What It Doesn&#039;t</image:title>
      <image:caption>Following a report by The Wall Street Journal, speculation has intensified that the Trump administration is considering &quot;reclassifying&quot; cannabis from the most stringent federal category (Schedule I) t</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/200-years-human-nature-connection-60-percent-decline-impact-future-perspective</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-11T11:15:13+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>A 60% Reduction in the Connection Between Humans and Nature Over 200 Years: Can Cities Increase &quot;Greening&quot; Tenfold? Exploring the Science of Connecting Families with Nature</news:title>
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      <image:title>A 60% Reduction in the Connection Between Humans and Nature Over 200 Years: Can Cities Increase &quot;Greening&quot; Tenfold? Exploring the Science of Connecting Families with Nature</image:title>
      <image:caption>Professor Miles Richardson and his team at the University of Derby reported that the &quot;connection&quot; between humans and nature has decreased by over 60% since 1800. The frequency of nature-related words </image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Elementary School Students Were Crying&quot; - Foreigners Bought Up All the Happy Meals: Current Crew Members Criticize Reselling and &quot;Careless Response,&quot; McDonald&#039;s Japan Ends Distribution and Apologizes</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Elementary School Students Were Crying&quot; - Foreigners Bought Up All the Happy Meals: Current Crew Members Criticize Reselling and &quot;Careless Response,&quot; McDonald&#039;s Japan Ends Distribution and Apologizes</image:title>
      <image:caption>The distribution of Pokémon cards for Happy Meal &quot;Pokémon&quot; buyers, conducted by McDonald&#039;s Japan for a limited period of three days from August 9 to 11, exceeded sales expectations and ended at many s</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/switch2-russia-parallel-import-2025-08-10</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;The Widely Circulated &#039;Nintendo Switch 2&#039; in Russia: The Reality of Parallel Imports, Testimonies from Sellers, and the Reality Faced by Users&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Widely Circulated &#039;Nintendo Switch 2&#039; in Russia: The Reality of Parallel Imports, Testimonies from Sellers, and the Reality Faced by Users&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Approximately two months after its global release on June 5, 2025, Nintendo&#039;s &quot;Nintendo Switch 2&quot; is widely available in Russia. This situation arises from the unique circumstances where Nintendo halt</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/osaka-police-4th-assault-2025-08-10</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Yakuza with the Cherry Blossom Badge&quot;—Two officers from the Osaka Prefectural Police&#039;s Fourth Investigative Division arrested on suspicion of assault during a house search. Former officers voice concerns, saying &quot;It&#039;s unacceptable in this day and age,&quot; shaking the pride of the &quot;aggressive Fourth Division.&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Yakuza with the Cherry Blossom Badge&quot;—Two officers from the Osaka Prefectural Police&#039;s Fourth Investigative Division arrested on suspicion of assault during a house search. Former officers voice concerns, saying &quot;It&#039;s unacceptable in this day and age,&quot; shaking the pride of the &quot;aggressive Fourth Division.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Assistant has stopped speaking, and hands back control to the User.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On August 10, 2025, Netflix officially announced the production (order) of Season 3 of the live-action adventure &#039;ONE PIECE&#039;. The announcement took place at the annual event &quot;ONE PIECE DAY 2025&quot; held </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/amaterasuite-new-mineral-okayama-2025-08-08</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-08-10T23:54:18+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Discovery of New Mineral &quot;Amaterasu Stone&quot; ─ A Titanosilicate Named After Japan&#039;s &quot;Sun Goddess&quot; Found in Jade from Niimi, Okayama Prefecture</news:title>
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      <image:title>Discovery of New Mineral &quot;Amaterasu Stone&quot; ─ A Titanosilicate Named After Japan&#039;s &quot;Sun Goddess&quot; Found in Jade from Niimi, Okayama Prefecture</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team led by the Institute for Solid State Physics at the University of Tokyo has discovered a new mineral, &quot;Amaterasuite&quot; (scientific name: Amaterasuite), in jadeitite from the Ōsa Mountain</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The &quot;On-Call Doctor&quot; of Space is AI - The Beginning of &quot;Earth-Independent Healthcare&quot; as Envisioned by NASA and Google: The Lifeline for Mars-Bound Crew, the Birth of the AI Doctor</image:title>
      <image:caption>NASA and Google are jointly developing an AI medical assistant called the &quot;Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant (CMO-DA)&quot; to prepare for long-term and long-distance missions, such as those to the Mo</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/trump-administration-military-drug-cartels</loc>
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      <image:title>The Trump Administration: Will It Resort to Military Action Against Drug Cartels? - A New Phase in the Drug War: Mobilizing the Military and Intelligence Agencies, Latin America Torn Between Alliance and Conflict</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Trump administration has announced its intention to address drug cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) by using &quot;other elements of national power,&quot; including the U.S. milita</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Apple has announced the &quot;American Manufacturing Program,&quot; pledging an additional $100 billion (totaling $600 billion) over the next four years for domestic manufacturing in response to tariff pressure</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On August 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in his hometown of Varanasi that &quot;India is on the path to becoming the world&#039;s third-largest economy,&quot; urging citizens to embrace &quot;Swadeshi&quot; (a retur</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the United States, deaths from the abuse of nitrous oxide (commonly known as laughing gas), used in medical and confectionery applications, have surged from 23 cases in 2010 to 156 cases in 2023, a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In July 2025, Japan experienced an average temperature of +2.89°C above normal, marking the highest on record and breaking records for the third consecutive year. In Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, a tempera</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 26, 2025, the &quot;mass recall&quot; conducted in 24 electoral districts in Taiwan was entirely rejected, allowing 24 KMT legislators, criticized for being pro-China, to retain their seats. The citizen</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amid a surge in visitors to Japan (with a record 36.87 million annually in 2024), there are increasing reports of multinational issues on and around the Shinkansen, such as &quot;unauthorized seat occupati</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fujifilm has implemented a significant price revision for digital cameras and interchangeable lenses in the U.S. market. Notable price increases for fixed models include the X100VI, which rose from $1</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In July 2025, the average temperature in Japan was **2.89°C higher than usual, marking the third consecutive year of record-breaking July temperatures. This is the highest value since records began in</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In recent years, an increasing number of users have been experiencing fatigue with online dating, and new forms of meeting people that don&#039;t rely on dedicated dating apps are gaining attention. Surpri</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The University of Illinois and Bond Pet Foods in the United States have developed &quot;brewed chicken protein&quot; by incorporating chicken muscle protein genes into brewer&#039;s yeast and cultivating it in large</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The research team at the University of Montreal&#039;s IREx announced on July 31, 2025, that they have confirmed the existence of the fifth planet, L 98-59 f, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 31, 2025, TechCrunch reported that &quot;public links from ChatGPT are being indexed by Google and others.&quot; When the &quot;discoverable by search engines&quot; option is turned ON during shared link generati</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;Rhisotope Project,&quot; initiated by the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and others, involves embedding trace amounts of radioactive isotopes into rhino horns. This system allows for </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The research paper &quot;Policing Extremism on Gaming-Adjacent Platforms: Awful but Lawful?&quot; is the first to systematically demonstrate how &quot;gaming-adjacent platforms&quot; such as Discord, Twitch, and Steam ar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Forest City, a &quot;future city on the sea&quot; constructed by major Chinese developer Country Garden at the southern tip of Malaysia, was initially envisioned with a total investment of $100 billion and a po</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the United States, starting this weekend (Sunday, August 3, 2025), Nintendo will increase the prices of the original Switch family (Standard/Lite/OLED), some accessories, and amiibo. While the pric</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The consecutive days of extreme heat can not only lead to heatstroke but also potentially remove the &quot;brakes on aging&quot; within the body. High temperatures initially cause dehydration and sleep deprivat</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 30, 2025, Google DeepMind announced the &quot;AlphaEarth Foundations,&quot; a foundational model capable of compressing and analyzing vast satellite data using AI to provide an overhead view of the Eart</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AI startup Fable, backed by Amazon, launched the alpha version of its generative AI streaming platform &quot;Showrunner&quot; on July 31, aiming to be the &quot;Netflix of AI.&quot; Users can input a few lines of prompts</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In February 2024, Chester Cooper, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas, independently signed a secret agreement to allow SpaceX&#039;s reusable rocket, the Falcon 9 booster, to splash down in the count</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As of March 2025, 15 rupees out of every 100 rupees of total credit card debt in India were overdue by more than 90 days, with the default rate rising by 2.5 percentage points compared to the same mon</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Indian tea industry is expected to see a further 15-20% decline in yield in West Bengal and Assam in 2025, following a production decrease of 109 million kg in 2024 (a year-on-year drop of 7.8%). </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nicolas Puech, the fifth-generation founder of Hermès (82), filed a lawsuit against Eric Fremont (67), a financial manager he had trusted for 25 years, claiming that 6 million Hermès shares (worth app</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Mysteries of the Universe: Can Life Exist Without Light? Cosmic Rays Paving the Way for Habitats on Mars and Icy Moons</image:title>
      <image:caption>Associate Professor Dimitra Atri and her team at NYU Abu Dhabi have demonstrated through numerical calculations that &quot;radiolysis,&quot; where galactic cosmic rays collide with underground water or ice to p</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Latest Report Visualizing Global Hunger Disparities: South America Decreases, Africa Increases</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to the report &quot;The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025)&quot; published by five UN agencies on the 28th, 8.2% of the global population, or 673 million people, faced hunge</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Argan Trees Are Crying: Desertification Progresses Behind the Beauty Boom</image:title>
      <image:caption>The argan forests, native only to southwestern Morocco, are rapidly declining due to the explosive demand from the cosmetics industry and prolonged droughts. Argan oil, known as the &quot;golden drop,&quot; pro</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In recent years, there has been a trend in Thailand of keeping lions as pets in homes and cafes, with the number of registered lions rapidly increasing to about 500. Legally, registration and microchi</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Moscow Angered, Kyiv Delighted—Trump&#039;s &quot;100% Tariff&quot; Shakes the World</image:title>
      <image:caption>President Trump of the United States announced a reduction in the deadline for imposing a &quot;100% additional tariff&quot; on countries continuing to trade with Russia, aiming to stop Russia&#039;s invasion of Ukr</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is the Dental Industry a &quot;Declining Industry&quot;? — The Real Reasons Behind the Record Pace of Bankruptcies and Closures, and the Path to Success</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2024, the number of bankruptcies among medical institutions (hospitals, clinics, and dental offices) reached a record high, with dental offices experiencing an increase in bankruptcies and closures</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reason Why Moms with Strollers Flock to the Sunshine 60 Observatory on Weekday Afternoons</image:title>
      <image:caption>The observation facility located on the top floor of Sunshine 60 in Ikebukuro (251 meters above ground) underwent a complete renovation in April 2023 and reopened as &quot;Tenbou Park.&quot; Designed as a &quot;sky </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Tamagawa Barbecue &quot;Garbage Abandonment&quot; Worsens—Overcoming the Dilemma of &quot;Rapidly Increasing Visitors&quot; and Cleanup Volunteers</news:title>
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      <image:title>Tamagawa Barbecue &quot;Garbage Abandonment&quot; Worsens—Overcoming the Dilemma of &quot;Rapidly Increasing Visitors&quot; and Cleanup Volunteers</image:title>
      <image:caption>The issue of &quot;littering&quot; by barbecue visitors, noise, and open fires has once again become severe along the banks of the Tama River in the metropolitan area. On July 27, 2025, AERA DIGITAL addressed t</image:caption>
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      <image:title>A Misunderstanding Not of 5 Million, but 500 Million Years - The True Identity of Ancient Creatures Revealed! Not &quot;Squid,&quot; but a Startling New Fact</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detailed analysis of nectocaridid fossils discovered in Sirius Passet, northern Greenland, has revealed that the organism previously considered the &quot;oldest squid ancestor&quot; is actually a member of the </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The supply of rare earth elements is a lifeline for modern high-tech industries, and China, which dominates this supply, once exerted pressure on Japan. This article reflects on that historical event </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>U.S. President Donald Trump announced that starting August 1, tariffs of up to 50% would be imposed on countries that have not reached an agreement. The UK, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to the latest report by the BBC, the &quot;CBI (Citizenship by Investment) programs&quot; in five countries—Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia—are thriving.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 28, U.S. President Trump and European Commission President von der Leyen agreed on a new trade framework in Scotland, centered around a 15% tariff on imports from the EU. The market breathed a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As of July 18, 2025, the wholesale price of domestic pork has reached a record high of approximately 948 yen per kilogram, causing distress among restaurants specializing in dishes like tonkatsu and s</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;first five minutes&quot; right after checking into a hotel abroad is the golden time to ensure your travel safety and protect your finances. The U.S. Department of State and other authorities recommen</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The popularity of Pokémon cards in the United States has surged, with a notable increase in the value of Japanese edition cards. By July 2025, Japanese cards were being traded for approximately 50 mil</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It has been revealed that the popular manga &quot;Space Brothers&quot; by Chūya Koyama will conclude with its next volume, Volume 46, after 18 years since its serialization began. The latest Volume 45, released</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The digital pet &quot;Tamagotchi,&quot; which was born in 1996, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026. Bandai is set to release the latest model, &quot;Tamagotchi Paradise,&quot; on July 12, 2025, with pre-orders r</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/uniqlo-disney-magic-for-all-10th</loc>
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      <image:caption>The collaborative project between Uniqlo and Disney, &#039;MAGIC FOR ALL,&#039; will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2025. As the first phase launching on August 4th, three series will be released simultaneou</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/popmart-labubu-fever-jp</loc>
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      <image:caption>Chinese designer toy company POP MART has announced that it expects its net profit for the first half of 2025 to increase by more than 350% compared to the same period last year, surprising both the i</image:caption>
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      <news:title>McDonald&#039;s × Pokémon Cards Resurge! Happy Meal Causes Chaos, Attention Drawn to Resale Countermeasure &quot;Tricks&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In July 2025, the collaboration between McDonald&#039;s and the &quot;Pokémon Trading Card Game&quot; (Pokémon TCG) called &quot;Happy Meal Pokémon Cards&quot; has made a comeback, creating a buzz across Japan. The Happy Meal</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Complete Guide to the &quot;Seishun 18 Ticket&quot; for Summer 2025: How to Make the Most of the 3-Day Pass for 10,000 Yen and the 5-Day Pass for 12,050 Yen</news:title>
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      <image:title>Complete Guide to the &quot;Seishun 18 Ticket&quot; for Summer 2025: How to Make the Most of the 3-Day Pass for 10,000 Yen and the 5-Day Pass for 12,050 Yen</image:title>
      <image:caption>The JR Group has announced the release of the &quot;Seishun 18 Ticket&quot; for the summer of 2025. This time, there will be two types available: a 3-day consecutive pass (10,000 yen) and the traditional 5-day </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Manga and anime are media that symbolize Japanese culture, but in recent years, there has been ongoing debate over the &quot;negative impact of extreme violent depictions on children.&quot; A global meta-analys</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/lotteria-unadon-burger</loc>
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      <news:title>Lotteria Innovates with &quot;Unadon Burger&quot; for Doyo no Ushi no Hi — A Whole Rice and Eel Sandwich! A New Option for Japan&#039;s Summer</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The hamburger chain &quot;Lotteria&quot; released a limited-time product, the &#039;Unadon Burger&#039; (priced at 990 yen including tax), to coincide with the Doyo no Ushi no Hi in the summer of 2025 (July 19th and 31st</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;The Myth of &#039;Going Through Some Sites and Handing Over Locally Won&#039;t Get Caught&#039;—Revealing the Illegality of Reselling and the Latest STARTO Market Prices&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Myth of &#039;Going Through Some Sites and Handing Over Locally Won&#039;t Get Caught&#039;—Revealing the Illegality of Reselling and the Latest STARTO Market Prices&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Five years have passed since the enactment of the Ticket Resale Prohibition Law. A common tactic now used by scalpers is &quot;partial payment on certain sites + remaining balance handed over at the venue.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Truth About the Increasing &quot;Straight Neck Double Chin&quot; Among Young People — Ignoring It Could Lead to the Risk of Herniated Discs: A Comprehensive Guide from Causes to Solutions —</image:title>
      <image:caption>In today&#039;s world, where prolonged use of smartphones and computers has become the norm, more young people who are otherwise slim are noticing prominent double chins. One of the causes is &quot;straight nec</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Indoor Shoes or Barefoot at Nursery School? — Exploring &quot;Our Family&#039;s Optimal Solution&quot; for Balancing Child Development and Safety —</image:title>
      <image:caption>Should children wear indoor shoes at daycare, or should they go barefoot? In recent years, more daycare centers have been adopting &quot;barefoot education,&quot; which is believed to stimulate brain and motor </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Caloric Intake of Women in Their 20s Drops Below Post-War Levels: Health Risks and Lack of Diversity Due to &quot;Thinness&quot; Conformity Pressure</news:title>
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      <image:title>Caloric Intake of Women in Their 20s Drops Below Post-War Levels: Health Risks and Lack of Diversity Due to &quot;Thinness&quot; Conformity Pressure</image:title>
      <image:caption>It has been revealed through detailed analysis and reports from the 2025 National Health and Nutrition Survey that the average daily calorie intake of women in their 20s in Japan has fallen to levels </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Are Handheld Fans Allowed in Schools? A Thorough Explanation of the &quot;Convincing Reasons&quot; Behind Permissions and Bans</news:title>
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      <image:caption>As record-breaking heatwaves become the norm, handheld fans, or &quot;handy fans,&quot; have become essential cooling gear for students, potentially life-saving. However, while some schools have fully permitted</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/fermiers-cuisine-anime-worldwide-impact-charm-broadcast-schedule</loc>
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      <news:title>Complete Guide to the Anime &quot;Fermat&#039;s Cooking&quot; All 12 Episodes: A Thorough Explanation from Broadcast and Streaming Schedules to the Charm of &quot;Mathematical Recipes&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Complete Guide to the Anime &quot;Fermat&#039;s Cooking&quot; All 12 Episodes: A Thorough Explanation from Broadcast and Streaming Schedules to the Charm of &quot;Mathematical Recipes&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The TV anime &quot;Fermat&#039;s Cooking&quot; (original work by Yugo Kobayashi), set to air in the summer of 2025, is a coming-of-age drama about a genius high school student, Gaku Kitada, who, after facing setback</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/japan-tourism-challenges-foreigners-manners</loc>
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      <news:title>Overtourism Issues Caused by the Tokyo Tourism Rush and the Government&#039;s New Measures: Understanding the Aim of the Newly Established &quot;Foreign Visitor Coordination Agency (Tentative Name)&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Overtourism Issues Caused by the Tokyo Tourism Rush and the Government&#039;s New Measures: Understanding the Aim of the Newly Established &quot;Foreign Visitor Coordination Agency (Tentative Name)&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>With the tailwinds of the weak yen effect and visa relaxation, the number of visitors to Japan in 2024 is expected to surpass a record 36.8 million. Consumer spending is projected to reach 8.1 trillio</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/bytedance-future-visual-experience-ar-goggles-development</loc>
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      <image:title>TikTok&#039;s Next Move is &quot;Space&quot; - ByteDance&#039;s Shocking Challenge with &quot;Glasses-Sized&quot; MR Goggles</image:title>
      <image:caption>ByteDance, which owns TikTok, is developing an ultra-lightweight mixed reality (MR) goggle-type device through its subsidiary Pico. The target weight is approximately 127g, lighter than Apple&#039;s Vision</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/orange-juice-price-hike-trump-tariffs-international-market-impact</loc>
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      <news:title>Breakfast Crisis!? Orange Juice Prices Soar Due to Trump Tariffs, Highlighting the Contrast Between Brazilian Farmers and US Consumers</news:title>
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      <image:title>Breakfast Crisis!? Orange Juice Prices Soar Due to Trump Tariffs, Highlighting the Contrast Between Brazilian Farmers and US Consumers</image:title>
      <image:caption>In response to the Trump administration&#039;s suggestion in August to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian products, New York&#039;s frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) futures rose by 8.7% to $3.13 per pound,</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/us-mexico-tomato-agreement-background-trade-friction-future</loc>
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      <news:title>Tomato War Reignites — U.S. Withdrawal from Agreement Shakes North American Tables</news:title>
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      <image:title>Tomato War Reignites — U.S. Withdrawal from Agreement Shakes North American Tables</image:title>
      <image:caption>On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce officially withdrew from the &quot;U.S.-Mexico Tomato Suspension Agreement,&quot; which had been in place since 1996, and imposed an average anti-dumping tariff</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/meta-zuckerberg-ai-superintelligence-revolution-future-investment-advance</loc>
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      <news:title>The Birth of the Manhattan-Class Data Center: The Full Scope of Zuckerberg&#039;s &quot;Prometheus Project&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Birth of the Manhattan-Class Data Center: The Full Scope of Zuckerberg&#039;s &quot;Prometheus Project&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>On July 14, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, announced on Threads that the company would invest hundreds of billions of dollars to achieve &quot;superintelligence.&quot; As the first phase, they pl</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Both Weibo and X are buzzing: The -0.3% new home price reflects the reality of China&#039;s economy</news:title>
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      <image:caption>The music label &quot;BMSG,&quot; led by music producer and artist SKY-HI, has made headlines for taking legal action against repeated defamatory acts directed at its artists. Since 2024, malicious posts have b</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>To turn the structural recession of &quot;young people moving away from alcohol&quot; in Japan into an opportunity, Suntory has launched a large-scale project aiming to become &quot;No.1 in the global premium gin ma</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amalgam, commonly known as silver fillings, has been used in dental treatments for many years. It is an alloy containing about 50% mercury, and studies both domestically and internationally have confi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 15, 2025, xAI implemented a &quot;Companion Mode&quot; in the iOS version of &quot;Grok,&quot; allowing users to enjoy natural conversations with 3D avatar-based AI. The initial lineup includes a goth-style anime</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Trap of &quot;Hunger Shopping&quot;—When people are hungry, they tend to buy &quot;extra&quot; items not only in the grocery section but also in electronics and clothing. Experiments have shown that actual purchase a</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The official Pokémon program &quot;Pokémon Presents&quot; will be streamed on July 22, 2025 (Tuesday) at 22:00 JST. The broadcast will be available on the official YouTube channel and various regional social me</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Summer festivals held nationwide require heatstroke prevention as a top priority, as attendees spend long hours under the intense midsummer sun and high humidity. The &quot;Heatstroke Special Alert,&quot; which</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Supporting Activities&quot; Connecting Fans and Communities: Visiting Pilgrimage Sites and Places Associated with &quot;Oshi&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In recent years, there has been a significant increase in &quot;pilgrimages&quot; among foreign tourists who love Japanese pop culture, visiting locations related to their favorite anime, manga, and idols. Acco</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nintendo-live-2025-splatoon-tournament</loc>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;Summer Homework Festival,&quot; held for the first time at the Sky Garden on the 69th floor of Yokohama Landmark Tower from July 18 to August 31, 2025, is an educational event where you can experience</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At Tokyo Skytree®, from July 17 to October 31, 2025, a large-scale collaboration event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the movie &#039;Toy Story&#039; will be held, titled &quot;TOY STORY SKY IN TOKYO SKYTREE®: </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At the Tokyo Auto Salon 2024, students from the Nippon Automobile College (NATS) showcased the &quot;Jimny J1,&quot; a custom car that transforms the compact SUV Suzuki Jimny by &quot;docking&quot; two units side-by-side</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In recent years, as extreme heat has become the norm, the &quot;neck cooler&quot; has exploded in popularity as an easy measure against heatstroke. However, since May 2025, the Consumer Affairs Agency and derma</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drum-type washing machines are attractive for their &quot;water-saving&quot; and &quot;drying performance,&quot; while top-loading washing machines are known for their &quot;washing power&quot; and &quot;low initial cost.&quot; So, how much</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Temples (Buddhist temples) and shrines are facilities established against the backdrop of two separate religions: Buddhism and Shintoism. Over approximately 1,500 years of Japanese history, they have </image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Day Meta Bought a Voice&quot; - The Acquisition of PlayAI Accelerates the &quot;Super Voice&quot; Dominance Race</image:title>
      <image:caption>On July 12, Meta announced the acquisition of the voice AI startup PlayAI. According to an internal memo, all 59 employees of PlayAI will join Meta the following week, reporting directly to Johan Scha</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The New York Times article on July 12 reported on how AI chatbots and automation platforms are revolutionizing wedding planning. With weddings costing over $36,000 on average, couples are utilizing to</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 12, 2025, President Trump announced that a flat 30% additional tariff would be imposed on imports from Mexico and the EU starting August 1. The reasons cited were: 1) inadequate fentanyl regul</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On TikTok, hashtags like #sunburntlines and #tantattoo have been viewed over 200 million times, indicating a surge in videos promoting and praising tanning. According to a report by ARTE, this trend o</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 9, NVIDIA&#039;s market capitalization surpassed $4 trillion for the first time in history. This milestone is driven by the acceleration of the generative AI boom and the explosive growth of the &quot;s</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition, which analyzed 1,024 participants from the ongoing &quot;Rush Memory and Aging Project&quot; in Chicago, older adults who consume more than one</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From January 1 to July 8, 2025, 974 cases of hepatitis A were reported in São Paulo State, marking a 90% increase compared to the same period the previous year, shocking the public. The primary cause </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In May 2025, during the secretive &quot;FrontierMath&quot; conference held in Berkeley, OpenAI&#039;s inference model o4-mini solved the majority of unpublished complex problems prepared by 30 world-renowned mathema</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In July 2025, the Earth rotated faster than usual, with &quot;ultra-short days&quot; observed and predicted on July 9, 22, and August 5, shortening by 1.3 to 1.5 milliseconds. The causes include: ① the &quot;Major L</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor&#039;s Office in France officially launched a criminal investigation into the social media platform &quot;X&quot; (formerly Twitter) on suspicion of manipulating algorithms to</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Since 2015, the sea ice in the Southern Ocean has rapidly decreased, reaching a record low of -1.55 million km² in 2023, described as a &quot;catastrophic level.&quot; Analysis from the European Space Agency&#039;s </image:caption>
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      <image:title>US-India Trade Negotiations: India&#039;s &quot;Special Treatment&quot; Victory ─ The New Hierarchy Hidden in Trump&#039;s Tariff War</image:title>
      <image:caption>The United States and India have entered the final stages of negotiating an interim trade agreement to reduce tariff rates from &quot;26% to below 20%.&quot; Amid President Trump&#039;s announcements of additional t</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The AI Talent Warring States Period: Google &quot;Reverse Acquires&quot; Windsurf to Outmaneuver OpenAI</image:title>
      <image:caption>The deal for OpenAI to acquire generative AI startup Windsurf for approximately $3 billion fell through on July 11. Shortly thereafter, Google secured the rights to use Windsurf&#039;s core technology in e</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, potatoes are a staple vegetable in many households. However, if stored improperly, the natural toxins solanine and chaconine can increase rapidly, potentially causing food poisoning symptoms</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 10, 2025, Judge David Dugan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed by store owners against Apple, Visa, and Mastercard, citing in</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>President Trump has announced plans to impose an additional 50% tariff on Brazilian products starting August 1st. This move will raise the total tariff rate on beef to approximately 76%, leading to a </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 11, 2025, YouTube announced that it will discontinue the popular &quot;Trending&quot; page, which has been around since 2015, within the next few weeks. Viewership has significantly declined over the pa</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Apple is reportedly set to release the &quot;Vision Pro 2&quot; by the end of the year. According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg and sources like Engadget, the SoC will be upgraded from the M2 to the latest M4, </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Launched in June 2025, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT&#039;s official resale service &quot;RELIEF Ticket&quot; allows fan club members to buy and sell digital tickets (QR codes) at face value. The listing period is from 11:00</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While theme parks are often seen as &quot;dreamlands&quot; and &quot;places for family fun,&quot; recent voices on social media and reviews have highlighted concerns such as &quot;children not enjoying themselves,&quot; &quot;content m</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) will delve into the PS5-exclusive open-world samurai action title, &#039;Ghost of Yōtei,&#039; set to release on October 2, 2025, in a special program called &quot;State of Play.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>What is the Best Way to Answer &quot;What Did You Do During This Gap Period?&quot; When Returning to Work After Childcare or Caregiving?</image:title>
      <image:caption>When individuals who have taken a break from work for reasons such as childcare or caregiving aim to re-enter the workforce, the question &quot;What did you do during your gap period?&quot; is unavoidable. This</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Ordinary Daughter&quot; Unknowingly Ends Up in a Sex Industry Shop: The Reality and Countermeasures of Dark Businesses Burdening Young People with High Debt</image:title>
      <image:caption>A high school daughter living in the metropolitan area was pressured to repay &quot;debt&quot; incurred at a host club and was forced to work at a sex industry establishment she was introduced to. This incident</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, rice is a staple food commonly consumed in households, but many people have a limited understanding of the phenomenon of &quot;bugs infesting rice.&quot; This is particularly surprising for foreign to</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Reiwa Era Shopping Spree&quot; Erupts! &quot;Overseas Resellers&quot; Form Lines at Tokyo Stores... The True Identity of the &quot;Mysterious Chinese Figures&quot; Amidst a Surge of Fraud and Reselling</image:title>
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      <image:title>Why Are Train Fares Increasing One After Another Now? — The Compelling Reasons for Entering an &quot;Era of Regular Fare Increases Every Few Years&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>After the end of 2024, major railway operators in the Tokyo metropolitan area, such as JR East, Seibu Railway, and Tsukuba Express, have filed for fare increases. The background includes multiple fact</image:caption>
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      <news:title>University Student Employment Popularity Rankings 2026: A Thorough Analysis of the Rapid Rise of &quot;Ryohin Keikaku&quot; in the Humanities and the Emergence of &quot;Denso&quot; in the Sciences</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In the &quot;Mynavi-Nikkei University Student Employment Popularity Rankings&quot; targeting 2026 graduates (2025 survey), Ryohin Keikaku (MUJI) jumped from 30th to 6th place in the humanities category, while m</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Nursery Bankruptcies at Record Pace: The Era of &quot;Selection&quot; Approaches Due to Declining Birthrate and Rising Costs</news:title>
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      <image:title>Nursery Bankruptcies at Record Pace: The Era of &quot;Selection&quot; Approaches Due to Declining Birthrate and Rising Costs</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the first half of 2025, the number of bankruptcies, business suspensions, and dissolutions among nursery operators reached 22 cases, marking an approximately 70% increase compared to the same perio</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Should You Pay NHK License Fees Without a TV? — A Thorough Explanation of the Changing Boundaries of &quot;Reception Contracts&quot; with the Launch of &quot;NHK ONE&quot; in October 2025</news:title>
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      <image:title>Should You Pay NHK License Fees Without a TV? — A Thorough Explanation of the Changing Boundaries of &quot;Reception Contracts&quot; with the Launch of &quot;NHK ONE&quot; in October 2025</image:title>
      <image:caption>With the introduction of the new internet service &quot;NHK ONE&quot; starting in October 2025, the rules regarding NHK reception fees will undergo significant changes. Previously, a reception contract was requ</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/interior-window-cleaning-guide</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Cleaning Interior Windows&quot; - Wiping with Tap Water Can Be Counterproductive!? A Complete Guide to Proper Maintenance for Clear Car Visibility</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Cleaning Interior Windows&quot; - Wiping with Tap Water Can Be Counterproductive!? A Complete Guide to Proper Maintenance for Clear Car Visibility</image:title>
      <image:caption>While driving, you might suddenly notice the fog on the inside of your windshield. Surprisingly, the habit of &quot;quickly wiping it with tap water&quot; can actually lead to poor visibility and water stains. </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/20250709-konbini-heatwave2025</loc>
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      <news:title>Bring Back Customers in the Scorching Heat! - The 2025 &quot;Blazing Japan&quot; Convenience Store Sales Revolution</news:title>
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      <image:title>Bring Back Customers in the Scorching Heat! - The 2025 &quot;Blazing Japan&quot; Convenience Store Sales Revolution</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2025, Japan experienced consecutive scorching hot days starting in June, leading to a decrease in foot traffic. Convenience store chains faced an unprecedented challenge: &quot;It&#039;s too hot for customer</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Whooping Cough Outbreak: Why Now? A Warning to Modern Society with Lowered Immunity Due to the &quot;Side Effects&quot; of COVID Measures</news:title>
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      <image:title>Whooping Cough Outbreak: Why Now? A Warning to Modern Society with Lowered Immunity Due to the &quot;Side Effects&quot; of COVID Measures</image:title>
      <image:caption>From late 2024 to 2025, there has been a sharp increase in pertussis infections both domestically and internationally. In Japan, in particular, the number of infections is rising, especially among chi</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The &quot;Summer Cleaning&quot; Boom Spreads Due to Extreme Heat: The Latest Method to Refresh Your Home by Taking Advantage of the Heat</image:title>
      <image:caption>In recent years, with record-breaking heatwaves, people have been spending more time indoors, leading to the establishment of &quot;summer deep cleaning&quot; as a new lifestyle trend, second only to the year-e</image:caption>
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      <news:title>NASA Unravels the Astonishing Phenomenon that Deprived Mars of Water! Solar Wind &quot;Dried Up&quot; Mars — The Shocking Moment Captured by MAVEN</news:title>
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      <image:title>NASA Unravels the Astonishing Phenomenon that Deprived Mars of Water! Solar Wind &quot;Dried Up&quot; Mars — The Shocking Moment Captured by MAVEN</image:title>
      <image:caption>On July 7, 2025, NASA announced that data from the MAVEN spacecraft had directly observed, for the first time in the world, the phenomenon of &quot;sputtering,&quot; where the Martian atmosphere is physically &quot;</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Eve of a Tutoring Revolution? The Impact of OpenAI&#039;s &quot;Interactive Group Learning&quot; - An In-depth Look at ChatGPT&#039;s New Feature &#039;Study Together&#039;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Eve of a Tutoring Revolution? The Impact of OpenAI&#039;s &quot;Interactive Group Learning&quot; - An In-depth Look at ChatGPT&#039;s New Feature &#039;Study Together&#039;</image:title>
      <image:caption>OpenAI&#039;s &quot;Study Together,&quot; which is being test-released to some users, is a new learning mode designed to encourage active thinking by having ChatGPT ask questions back. There are hints of a &quot;study gr</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;One Month Since the Launch of the &#039;Nintendo Switch 2&#039; — Behind Its Strong Start and Key Points to Watch Moving Forward&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;One Month Since the Launch of the &#039;Nintendo Switch 2&#039; — Behind Its Strong Start and Key Points to Watch Moving Forward&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The new gaming console &quot;Nintendo Switch 2,&quot; which was launched globally on June 5, sold over 5 million units in just one month, marking the fastest launch in Nintendo hardware history. Its next-genera</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Disappearance of Asian Elephants Puts Tropical Forests at Risk! The Threads of the Forest Woven by Giants — What Breaks When Asian Elephants Disappear</image:title>
      <image:caption>An analysis of 9,822 camera trap instances revealed that tropical forests inhabited by Asian elephants have significantly higher mammal populations and stability in interspecies networks. The disturba</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Epic × Samsung Sudden Settlement! - The Mobile Antitrust War, True Target Shifts to Google</image:title>
      <image:caption>Epic Games dropped its antitrust lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, filed in 2024, on July 7, 2025, with both companies reaching a settlement under undisclosed terms. The dispute centered on whether</image:caption>
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      <news:title>A new &quot;predator&quot; of bacteria revealed! &quot;Five Blades that Steal Lipids&quot; - The shocking &quot;super weapon&quot; PopA hidden by predatory bacteria</news:title>
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      <image:title>A new &quot;predator&quot; of bacteria revealed! &quot;Five Blades that Steal Lipids&quot; - The shocking &quot;super weapon&quot; PopA hidden by predatory bacteria</image:title>
      <image:caption>A research team from the University of Birmingham has discovered that the outer membrane protein PopA of the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus forms an unprecedented pentameric structure,</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Quantum Chips Operating at Room Temperature: The Photonic Revolution Begins with Glass</news:title>
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      <image:title>Quantum Chips Operating at Room Temperature: The Photonic Revolution Begins with Glass</image:title>
      <image:caption>The EU-led QLASS project is developing photonic quantum chips that inscribe waveguides onto glass substrates using lasers. These chips use photons as qubits, allowing them to operate at room temperatu</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/medical-bankruptcies-japan-2025-h1</loc>
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      <news:title>The Bankruptcy of Japanese Medical Institutions at a Record Pace: Understanding Financial Risks and Healthcare Sustainability through Comparison with Overseas</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Bankruptcy of Japanese Medical Institutions at a Record Pace: Understanding Financial Risks and Healthcare Sustainability through Comparison with Overseas</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the first half of 2025 (January to June), there were 35 bankruptcies of medical institutions, surpassing half of the previous year&#039;s total (64 cases) in just six months, marking an unusually high p</image:caption>
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      <news:title>24 days until the &quot;Tariff X-Day&quot; on August 1st - Can the Ishiba administration stop the dollar offensive?</news:title>
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      <image:caption>On July 8th, U.S. President Trump announced the imposition of an additional 25% tariff on Japanese products, effective August 1st, causing the yen to temporarily plummet to 146.88 yen. The Ishiba admi</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Rapid Increase of &quot;Smartphone-Induced Acute Internal Strabismus&quot; — Protecting Children Worldwide</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Rapid Increase of &quot;Smartphone-Induced Acute Internal Strabismus&quot; — Protecting Children Worldwide</image:title>
      <image:caption>Around the world, there has been a surge in cases of &quot;Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia (AACE),&quot; commonly referred to as &quot;smartphone-induced acute esotropia,&quot; among children who use smartphones and ta</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>President Trump has warned that he will impose a 25% tariff on iPhones manufactured abroad, pressuring Apple to produce domestically. However, Google&#039;s/Motorola&#039;s 2013 attempt at a &quot;Made in USA smartp</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 4, 2025, a protest in the Condesa-Roma district of Mexico City against &quot;tourists and digital nomads&quot; turned violent, resulting in the destruction of shops and harassment of tourists. The under</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Andrew Wallace&#039;s paper, published on July 4, 2025, condemns bureaucrats and legislators who ignore the United States Constitution as committing &quot;betrayal of the nation.&quot; He asserts that unconstitution</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On July 1, 2025, Del Monte Foods, founded in 1892, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey, USA. The company&#039;s total liabilities range from $1 billion to $10 billion, and it employs approximatel</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/thai-housing-market-mystery</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Growing &#039;Unbuyable Middle Class&#039;: Social Media Laments Bangkok&#039;s Housing Bubble - Why is the Real Estate Market Booming Despite Economic Slowdown?&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Growing &#039;Unbuyable Middle Class&#039;: Social Media Laments Bangkok&#039;s Housing Bubble - Why is the Real Estate Market Booming Despite Economic Slowdown?&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Despite the economic downturn and declining purchasing power in Thailand, the prices of detached houses in the Bangkok metropolitan area have increased by 2.7% year-on-year. This is attributed to the </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/genzei-zaigen-4points</loc>
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      <news:title>What are tax cuts and funding sources? &quot;Four Points to Consider&quot; before the Upper House election</news:title>
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      <image:title>What are tax cuts and funding sources? &quot;Four Points to Consider&quot; before the Upper House election</image:title>
      <image:caption>As the summer 2025 House of Councillors election approaches, various political parties are competing to include &quot;tax cuts&quot; and &quot;benefits&quot; in their campaign promises. However, before simply thinking th</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/expo2025-wastewater-surveillance</loc>
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      <news:title>Osaka-Kansai Expo to Contain Infectious Diseases with Weekly Sewage Monitoring—The Full Scope of the First &quot;Water Footprint&quot; Monitoring System for a Mega Event</news:title>
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      <image:title>Osaka-Kansai Expo to Contain Infectious Diseases with Weekly Sewage Monitoring—The Full Scope of the First &quot;Water Footprint&quot; Monitoring System for a Mega Event</image:title>
      <image:caption>At the Osaka Expo 2025, set to open in April 2025, an estimated 28.2 million people are expected to attend, including 3.5 million international visitors. To mitigate the risk of infectious diseases as</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/20250703-tomato-heat-rain-west-japan</loc>
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      <news:title>600kg of Tomatoes Destroyed by Extreme Heat: The Double Whammy of &quot;Heatwave × Record-Breaking Short-Term Heavy Rain&quot; Strikes Western Japan</news:title>
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      <image:title>600kg of Tomatoes Destroyed by Extreme Heat: The Double Whammy of &quot;Heatwave × Record-Breaking Short-Term Heavy Rain&quot; Strikes Western Japan</image:title>
      <image:caption>From the 2nd to the 3rd, various regions in western Japan experienced scorching heat exceeding body temperature, while in the evening, areas such as Ukyo Ward in Kyoto Prefecture were hit by torrentia</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/alcohol-impact-elderly-health-drinking-life</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T18:26:45+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Alcohol Risks for Those Over 60: Is Even a Small Amount Dangerous? — The Truth About Senior Drinking According to NYT Reports and Latest Research</news:title>
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      <image:title>Alcohol Risks for Those Over 60: Is Even a Small Amount Dangerous? — The Truth About Senior Drinking According to NYT Reports and Latest Research</image:title>
      <image:caption>Even as people age, some find it hard to give up their evening drink—a habit that actually exposes them to far more serious health risks than in their younger years. Due to decreased body water conten</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/edible-micro-lasers-future-food-technology-integration</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T11:23:01+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Impact of Micro Lasers × Food IoT - Towards Zero Fraud and Zero Waste. A New Map of the Supply Chain Drawn by Edible Micro Lasers</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/9oRl86RV.webp?1751510578</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Impact of Micro Lasers × Food IoT - Towards Zero Fraud and Zero Waste. A New Map of the Supply Chain Drawn by Edible Micro Lasers</image:title>
      <image:caption>An &quot;edible microlaser&quot; made entirely from food ingredients has been developed. When light is applied to oil droplets containing natural dyes like olive oil and vitamin B₂, or water-glycerol droplets, </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/telomerase-protein-discovery-revolutionizing-aging-cancer-research</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-03T11:34:48+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T11:21:11+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Discovery of a &quot;Guide&quot; for Telomerase: Could It Revolutionize Aging and Cancer Research? A Game Changer in Aging Control</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/oeR56Zwm.webp?1751510088</image:loc>
      <image:title>Discovery of a &quot;Guide&quot; for Telomerase: Could It Revolutionize Aging and Cancer Research? A Game Changer in Aging Control</image:title>
      <image:caption>On July 2, 2025, the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) in Sydney, Australia, reported in Nature Communications that the DBHS family (NONO, SFPQ, PSPC1) acts as a traffic coordinator, &quot;guidi</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nasoonia-suzumebachi-mystery-evolution-behavior-human-health-influence</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-03T01:44:41+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T01:13:06+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Unraveling the Mystery of Nasonia Wasps: The Secrets of Scented Parasitic Wasps - Nasonia Cheek Glands Pave the Way for &quot;Chemical × Behavioral&quot; Evolution Theory</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/AQXAZ7RW.webp?1751474681</image:loc>
      <image:title>Unraveling the Mystery of Nasonia Wasps: The Secrets of Scented Parasitic Wasps - Nasonia Cheek Glands Pave the Way for &quot;Chemical × Behavioral&quot; Evolution Theory</image:title>
      <image:caption>The research team at UNH conducted a 3D analysis of the heads of four species of parasitic wasps in the genus Nasoonia and discovered a novel gland called the genal mandibular gland. The size of the g</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/central-asia-environmental-crisis-sustainability-warning</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-03T01:48:56+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T01:09:21+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&quot;The Land Beyond the Limits&quot; — The Shock of &quot;Extreme Unsustainability&quot; Facing Central Asia</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/qVXNWmRk.webp?1751474936</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;The Land Beyond the Limits&quot; — The Shock of &quot;Extreme Unsustainability&quot; Facing Central Asia</image:title>
      <image:caption>The five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan) have significantly exceeded the safe boundaries for land use and the biosphere, falling into a state</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/oil-price-surge-dollar-weakness-china-demand-trigger</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-03T01:37:49+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T01:07:07+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Surge in Crude Oil Prices: Triggered by Dollar Weakness and China&#039;s Demand</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/EdwMPOR2.webp?1751474269</image:loc>
      <image:title>Surge in Crude Oil Prices: Triggered by Dollar Weakness and China&#039;s Demand</image:title>
      <image:caption>On July 1, the crude oil market saw a slight increase, with WTI at $65.45 and Brent at $67.11. One factor was China&#039;s June manufacturing PMI surpassing 50 for the first time in three months, raising e</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/trump-japan-trade-deal-warning-tariffs</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-03T01:33:00+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T01:01:55+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Japan vs. America: The Battle of &quot;Rice and Cars&quot; - The 35% Tariff Exposes Weaknesses in the Supply Chain</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/7MRn8ZrV.webp?1751473980</image:loc>
      <image:title>Japan vs. America: The Battle of &quot;Rice and Cars&quot; - The 35% Tariff Exposes Weaknesses in the Supply Chain</image:title>
      <image:caption>On July 1st, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that an agreement on U.S.-Japan trade negotiations is &quot;doubtful,&quot; suggesting the possibility of imposing tariffs of up to 35% on Japanese products. This</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/chinese-coffee-trend-america-lucky-coffee-debut-new-york</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-03T01:24:59+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T00:57:25+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Shocking $1.99 Per Cup: Luckin Coffee&#039;s &quot;Price Revolution&quot; Challenges Starbucks as It Lands in NY</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/QnXZD4w7.webp?1751473499</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Shocking $1.99 Per Cup: Luckin Coffee&#039;s &quot;Price Revolution&quot; Challenges Starbucks as It Lands in NY</image:title>
      <image:caption>In July 2025, the major Chinese chain &quot;Luckin Coffee&quot; simultaneously opened two stores in New York&#039;s Manhattan. The opening price for all drinks is set at $1.99 per cup. With a business model that emp</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/mystery-sea-spider-genetic-structure</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-03T01:19:35+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-03T00:55:23+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>The Mystery of Sea Spiders: No Need for Abdomen or Heart—The &quot;Subtractive Evolution&quot; Told by Sea Spiders</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/NoR82lr5.webp?1751473175</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Mystery of Sea Spiders: No Need for Abdomen or Heart—The &quot;Subtractive Evolution&quot; Told by Sea Spiders</image:title>
      <image:caption>The draft genome of the North Atlantic sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, released on July 2, revealed a complete absence of the abdA gene from the Hox gene cluster responsible for determining body segm</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/shibuya-tateanashiki-juukyo-demolition-2025</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02T17:26:07+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-02T17:25:33+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Shibuya&#039;s &quot;Pit-Dwelling Style&quot; Building Ends 40-Year History: Former Miki Prune Tokyo Headquarters to be Demolished for Redevelopment</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/8aXQ7MwQ.webp?1751444767</image:loc>
      <image:title>Shibuya&#039;s &quot;Pit-Dwelling Style&quot; Building Ends 40-Year History: Former Miki Prune Tokyo Headquarters to be Demolished for Redevelopment</image:title>
      <image:caption>The conical office building located in Shibuya, Tokyo, commonly known as the &quot;Pit House of Shibuya&quot; (officially named the Former Tokyo Headquarters Building of Sanki Trading), will be gradually demoli</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/uchiwa-visibility-color-font-guide</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02T17:25:50+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-02T17:16:28+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Colors and Characters That Reach Your Favorite: Comprehensive Visibility Guide for Support Fans and Boards</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/Y6Xv8bwO.webp?1751444750</image:loc>
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      <image:caption>To get noticed by your &quot;oshi&quot; at a concert venue, your fan or board needs to &quot;instantly catch their eye.&quot; This article delves into human visual physiology (cones, rods, and the Purkinje effect), color</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/subscription-spending-genz-japan-vs-world</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02T16:56:19+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-02T16:55:42+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Average Subscription Spending of Generation Z: The Differences Between Japan and Overseas!</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/ZorBZArP.webp?1751442979</image:loc>
      <image:title>Average Subscription Spending of Generation Z: The Differences Between Japan and Overseas!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Generation Z, who have grown up with smartphones as a norm (roughly ages 13 to 28), tend to cover all aspects of their lives through subscriptions, from videos, music, and games to beauty and food del</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/summer-aircon-cold-prevention</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02T16:42:33+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-02T16:42:05+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Surviving the Air Conditioning Hell of Midsummer! 10 Tips to Avoid Catching a Cold Even When It&#039;s Scorching Outside and Freezing Inside</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/gGXLVJwx.webp?1751442153</image:loc>
      <image:title>Surviving the Air Conditioning Hell of Midsummer! 10 Tips to Avoid Catching a Cold Even When It&#039;s Scorching Outside and Freezing Inside</image:title>
      <image:caption>Transitioning from the scorching outdoor heat of over 35°C to an indoor environment chilled to around 20°C—this 15°C &quot;temperature roller coaster&quot; is a major factor that disrupts the autonomic nervous </image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/temiyage-culture</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-07-02T16:25:05+09:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2025-07-02T16:23:11+09:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&quot;The Cake I Brought to Share Never Appeared... The Shocking Follow-Up Leaves the Internet Speechless: &#039;It&#039;s Okay to Cut Ties&#039; — A Comparison of Gift-Giving Culture in Japan and Overseas&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Cake I Brought to Share Never Appeared... The Shocking Follow-Up Leaves the Internet Speechless: &#039;It&#039;s Okay to Cut Ties&#039; — A Comparison of Gift-Giving Culture in Japan and Overseas&quot;</image:title>
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      <image:caption>In recent years, &quot;tachinomi,&quot; or standing bars, have been gaining renewed attention across Japan. With affordable pricing, the demand for casual solo drinking, and the need for short stays post-pandem</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>&quot;If you kill one cockroach, assume there are 100 more in your house.&quot; This saying is not an exaggeration but a warning not to overlook their strong reproductive capabilities and group behavior. The Ge</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The globally renowned singer Ado achieved a remarkable feat in 2025 by becoming the first Japanese artist to sell out the Accor Arena in Paris, France (with a capacity of about 20,000) during her ongo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Trump administration is preparing multiple executive orders to rapidly expand the power infrastructure in order to win the AI competition against China. By speeding up grid connections, opening up</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, as part of measures to address the declining birthrate, the rationalization of facility maintenance costs is progressing, leading to the nationwide acceleration of abolishing aging school po</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan, an incident has come to light where elementary school teachers secretly filmed students and shared the images in an anonymous SNS group exclusive to teachers. Within the group, not only were</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The female chimpanzee &quot;Nana,&quot; born in 1998 at Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park, is the first in the world to be born through artificial insemination using sperm collected and cryopreserved from her </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In Japan&#039;s &quot;oshi-katsu&quot; culture, it is not uncommon for fans to &quot;travel&quot; nationwide for live performances or stage shows. However, according to a survey, one in five fans who planned such trips experi</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The discount store &quot;Don Quijote&quot; launched its private brand (PB) &#039;Jounetsu Kakaku Lager Beer&#039; in June 2025, priced at an astonishing 152 yen per bottle (tax included, case equivalent). With its almost</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On June 27, the Berlin State Data Protection Authority recommended that Apple and Google remove the Chinese AI chatbot &quot;DeepSeek&quot; from their domestic app stores, citing illegal data transfers of Germa</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group declared at the shareholders&#039; meeting that they aim to &quot;become the leader in the artificial superintelligence (ASI) platform within 10 years.&quot; The company has invested </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The unprecedented drought in the Amazon River Basin in 2023 has pushed the water level at the Port of Manaus to a record low of 13.59 meters, paralyzing logistics and essential services. The combinati</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Heat Dome&quot; Phenomenon Occurs in the U.S.! Feels Like Over 43°C in NY, 160 Million People Under Heat Warning - Once-in-a-Decade Scorching Heat Arrives</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the central to eastern United States, a &quot;heat dome&quot; phenomenon caused by a persistent high-pressure system is currently unleashing extreme heat. Approximately 160 million people across the country </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>For over 40 years, the &quot;Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)&quot; has been a source of dread for Windows users. Microsoft has announced that in Windows 11 version 24H2, scheduled for release in the summer of 2025,</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to the preliminary estimates by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis) on June 27, 2025, the country&#039;s cherry harvest (including both sweet and sour cherries) is expected to re</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In June 2025, an incident occurred in Osaka City where a cyclist rang a bell at a pedestrian, only to be attacked by a man who was enraged, shouting, &quot;Why are you ringing the bell?&quot; The man then slash</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On June 27, 2025, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that the rainy season in Western Japan (from Kyoto to Kyushu) had ended earlier than ever recorded. This year&#039;s rainy season, which was abou</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Unraveling the Mystery of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Aiming to Predict Risk with 10 Biomarkers</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Globally, the increase in early-onset colorectal cancer in individuals under 50 is becoming a serious issue. A research team led by Professor Michael Samuel from the University of South Australia and </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The trend of &quot;kids&#039; hair removal&quot; is rapidly increasing, with some dermatology clinics lowering the age limit from 12 to 8 years old. This trend is driven by factors such as exposure through social me</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lending your credit card to a friend &quot;just for a little while&quot; might seem like a common situation. However, the membership agreements of major credit card companies in Japan strictly prohibit anyone o</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to the latest report by the Deutsche Bank Research Institute, &quot;Mapping the World’s Prices 2025,&quot; the average post-tax monthly salary in Tokyo has dropped to $2,592 (approximately 370,000 yen</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Following the release of the 2002 film &quot;Lilo &amp; Stitch,&quot; the blue &quot;intergalactic troublemaker&quot; Stitch gained explosive popularity in Japan. This momentum has not waned even after more than 20 years. An</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The CNBC article published on June 26, titled **&quot;AI&#039;s reasoning problems — why &#039;thinking&#039; models may not actually be smarter&quot;**, highlighted the potential for &quot;reasoning models,&quot; which the AI industry</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On June 26, 2025, YouTube began experimenting with displaying an AI-generated &quot;video carousel&quot; at the top of search results for YouTube Premium members in the United States. When users enter &quot;action-o</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On June 26, 2025, YouTube in the United States announced the introduction of an &quot;AI Video Carousel&quot; that uses generative AI to extract and summarize video clips, displaying them in a horizontal scroll</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As part of strengthening its &quot;superintelligence team,&quot; Meta has acquired three researchers: Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai, who led the OpenAI Zurich research lab. According to re</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At the annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) held in Beijing, China, Premier Li Qiang expressed to the bank the need to &quot;strengthen funding for Belt and Road Initiative (BR</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to recent research, it has been found that two-thirds of cats sleep with their left side down. An analysis of 408 YouTube videos revealed that 266 cats (65.1%) sleep on their left side, whil</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>U.S. President Trump warned at the NATO summit held in The Hague that he would &quot;double tariffs on Spain&quot; because Spain did not accept the new defense spending target (5% of GDP). Immediately after the</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When epithelial tissue becomes overcrowded, it typically balances itself through &quot;cell extrusion.&quot; However, a research team from Northwestern Medicine has discovered a new mechanism that alleviates ti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Every time heatstroke prevention is emphasized, the extreme message of &quot;just drink water and you&#039;ll be safe&quot; tends to spread. However, if you continue to consume large amounts of water far beyond the </image:caption>
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      <image:title>Is Using Smartphones in Parenting Acceptable? ――The Impact of Parental &quot;Phubbing&quot; on Children Worldwide and the Practice of Digital Well-being</image:title>
      <image:caption>While smartphones can be useful tools for parenting, practices such as **&quot;parents engrossed in screens at the dinner table&quot; and &quot;showing videos to crying toddlers to quiet them&quot; are spreading across b</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Orange Alert&quot; Level Heatwave Strikes Eastern France: Differences from Japan&#039;s Heatwave and Measures to Learn</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Orange Alert&quot; Level Heatwave Strikes Eastern France: Differences from Japan&#039;s Heatwave and Measures to Learn</image:title>
      <image:caption>From June 21 to 23, 2025, Météo-France issued an &quot;orange alert,&quot; the second-highest level, for the departments of Isère and Rhône. In areas around Lyon and Grenoble, daytime temperatures ranged from 3</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/instax-film-shortage-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>Why is there a shortage of Cheki film—is it only in Japan or is it a global issue?</news:title>
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      <image:title>Why is there a shortage of Cheki film—is it only in Japan or is it a global issue?</image:title>
      <image:caption>In recent years, the &quot;analog revival&quot; trend among Gen Z and Millennials, along with the high demand for photo sessions known as &quot;Cheki-kai,&quot; which are indispensable to Japanese idol culture, have led </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/support-mental-health-ai-app-new-therapy-world</loc>
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      <news:title>New Doors to Psychotherapy Bridged by Family Doctors, Apps, and AI: Insights for Japan from the Neumünster, Germany Case</news:title>
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      <image:title>New Doors to Psychotherapy Bridged by Family Doctors, Apps, and AI: Insights for Japan from the Neumünster, Germany Case</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Neumünster, Northern Germany, an initiative has been launched to reduce the waiting period for psychotherapy, which can be as long as five months. Family doctors (Hausarzt) issue referrals and simp</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/kaigo-global-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>Is &quot;Caregiving = Resignation&quot; a Global Issue? Understanding the Reality Faced by 100,000 People Annually in Japan and Overseas Measures</news:title>
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      <image:title>Is &quot;Caregiving = Resignation&quot; a Global Issue? Understanding the Reality Faced by 100,000 People Annually in Japan and Overseas Measures</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Japan, approximately 100,000 people are forced to leave their jobs each year due to caregiving responsibilities for parents or spouses, making &quot;caregiving-related job resignation&quot; a serious social </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/rakuraku-phone-f41f-jp-for-global-readers</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Raku-Raku Phone F-41F&quot; Returns After 6 Years: The Cultural Divide Between Japan, Which Continues to Preserve the &quot;Feature Phone&quot; Culture, and the Rest of the World</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Raku-Raku Phone F-41F&quot; Returns After 6 Years: The Cultural Divide Between Japan, Which Continues to Preserve the &quot;Feature Phone&quot; Culture, and the Rest of the World</image:title>
      <image:caption>In June 2025, NTT Docomo and FCNT announced the new feature phone &quot;Rakuraku Phone F-41F.&quot; This model marks the first update in approximately six years since the 2019 model. It inherits Japan&#039;s unique </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/google-passkey-warning-20250622</loc>
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      <news:title>Google Issues Warning to 2 Billion Users: The Era of Passwords is Over. Protect the World with &quot;Passkeys&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/NoR89Mw5.webp?-32400</image:loc>
      <image:title>Google Issues Warning to 2 Billion Users: The Era of Passwords is Over. Protect the World with &quot;Passkeys&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Google, whose services like Gmail and YouTube are used by over 2 billion people worldwide, has issued a strong call to transition from traditional passwords to &quot;passkeys.&quot; This move is prompted by the</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/oakley-meta-ai-glasses-20250622</loc>
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      <news:title>Oakley × Meta&#039;s AI Sunglasses &quot;Oakley Meta HSTN&quot; Debut</news:title>
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      <image:title>Oakley × Meta&#039;s AI Sunglasses &quot;Oakley Meta HSTN&quot; Debut</image:title>
      <image:caption>Oakley, a leader in sports eyewear, has teamed up with Meta (formerly Facebook) to announce the &quot;Oakley Meta HSTN,&quot; smart sunglasses equipped with AI features. Priced from $399, the limited edition mo</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nasa-japanese-company-moon-challenge</loc>
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      <news:title>Captured by NASA! The lunar lander &quot;Resilience&quot; from the Japanese company ispace has its crash site captured by a &quot;lunar orbiter.&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Captured by NASA! The lunar lander &quot;Resilience&quot; from the Japanese company ispace has its crash site captured by a &quot;lunar orbiter.&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>NASA&#039;s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured high-resolution images of the crash site of the lunar lander &quot;Resilience,&quot; developed by the Tokyo-based space venture ispace. The crash occurred in J</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/is-low-self-esteem-bad-japanese-psychiatrist-advice</loc>
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      <image:title>Having Low Self-Esteem Isn&#039;t &quot;Bad&quot;—Tips from a Psychiatrist on Living More Comfortably</image:title>
      <image:caption>Low self-esteem is a common concern among many Japanese people. However, according to psychiatrists, it is not necessary to equate &quot;low self-esteem&quot; with being &quot;bad.&quot; In fact, the pressure to &quot;improve</image:caption>
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      <news:title>A Single Phone Call Shakes Japanese Companies: The Challenges Posed by &quot;Resignation Services&quot; and the Reality of Organizational Reform</news:title>
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      <image:title>A Single Phone Call Shakes Japanese Companies: The Challenges Posed by &quot;Resignation Services&quot; and the Reality of Organizational Reform</image:title>
      <image:caption>In January 2025, a phone call reached the president&#039;s office of &quot;Amaze Plus,&quot; a mid-sized manufacturer in Nagoya. It was a resignation declaration from a young employee through a professional agency, </image:caption>
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      <news:title>Eisai Stock Continues to Decline: The True Value of the Pharmaceutical Giant Swaying Between Expectations and Concerns Over Lecanemab</news:title>
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      <image:title>Eisai Stock Continues to Decline: The True Value of the Pharmaceutical Giant Swaying Between Expectations and Concerns Over Lecanemab</image:title>
      <image:caption>The stock price of Eisai &lt;4523, TSE Prime&gt; fell by about 40% in the fiscal year 2024 and, as of June 2025, shows no signs of recovery. German Aktiencheck analyzed that an RSI of 27.3 indicates a clear</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/expo2025-myakumyaku-goods-shortage</loc>
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      <news:title>The Expo Myakumyaku Merchandise Shortage Frenzy: Why the World is Lining Up for &quot;MYAKUMYAKU&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Expo Myakumyaku Merchandise Shortage Frenzy: Why the World is Lining Up for &quot;MYAKUMYAKU&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Official character &quot;Myakumyaku&quot; merchandise from the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo is experiencing a severe shortage less than two months after the event&#039;s opening. Long lines form daily at the venue stores,</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/switch2-guerrilla-sale</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Switch 2&quot; Undergoes &quot;Guerrilla Sales&quot; — Just Over Two Weeks Since Release, Resale Market Sees Changes</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Switch 2&quot; Undergoes &quot;Guerrilla Sales&quot; — Just Over Two Weeks Since Release, Resale Market Sees Changes</image:title>
      <image:caption>The new Nintendo hybrid gaming console, &quot;Switch 2,&quot; released on June 5, 2025, quickly shifted its sales strategy from an initial lottery reservation system to &quot;guerrilla sales,&quot; with sudden availabili</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/remarriage-inheritance-disputes-japan</loc>
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      <news:title>Pitfalls of Remarriage in Later Life × Inheritance Troubles: The Reality of Increasing &quot;Inheritance Disputes&quot; and Will Verification Among In-laws</news:title>
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      <image:title>Pitfalls of Remarriage in Later Life × Inheritance Troubles: The Reality of Increasing &quot;Inheritance Disputes&quot; and Will Verification Among In-laws</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Japan, where the population is aging and the birthrate is declining, remarriages among people in their 60s and 70s are gradually increasing. However, the complexity of family structures has led to </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/japanese-fairy-tales-evolution</loc>
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      <news:title>How Have Japanese Fairy Tales Changed? — The Shifts in Society Reflected in &quot;Stories&quot; and &quot;Endings&quot; from the Meiji to Reiwa Eras</news:title>
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      <image:title>How Have Japanese Fairy Tales Changed? — The Shifts in Society Reflected in &quot;Stories&quot; and &quot;Endings&quot; from the Meiji to Reiwa Eras</image:title>
      <image:caption>Japanese fairy tales (folktales and children&#039;s creative fairy tales) have significantly transformed over the 150 years since the Meiji era. In Meiji, &quot;Momotaro&quot; became a unified version teaching &quot;loya</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/marriage-battle-royale-fertility-crisis</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Japan&#039;s &#039;Marriage Hunting&#039; Turning into a Battle Royale: The Real Marriage Frontline in the Fight Against Declining Birthrates&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Japan&#039;s &#039;Marriage Hunting&#039; Turning into a Battle Royale: The Real Marriage Frontline in the Fight Against Declining Birthrates&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Japan&#039;s declining birthrate has reached a record low, with 720,988 births in 2024, accelerating the population decline. The key factor is &quot;marriage,&quot; yet even the number of marriages has stagnated at </image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Be Cautious if They Talk Less&quot;—The Complete Guide to Overlooked Signs of Heatstroke in Children 2025</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Be Cautious if They Talk Less&quot;—The Complete Guide to Overlooked Signs of Heatstroke in Children 2025</image:title>
      <image:caption>Children are more susceptible to heatstroke than adults due to their immature thermoregulation functions. However, before typical symptoms like &quot;a flushed face&quot; or &quot;lethargy&quot; appear, there are subtle </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Toyota Motor Corporation will revise the prices of new vehicles for the U.S. market starting July 1, 2025. The average price increase will be $270 (approximately 39,000 yen) for the &quot;Toyota&quot; brand and</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Why Does Grandpa Dislike Air Conditioning?&quot;—A Practical Guide to Heat Health for Saving Elderly People Who Insist &quot;A Fan is Enough&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Japan&#039;s summer is known for its high temperatures and humidity, with a globally high risk of heatstroke even indoors. According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, about 60% of those transport</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A manga prediction stating that &quot;a major earthquake will occur in Japan on July 5, 2025,&quot; primarily circulating in East Asia, has led to a wave of travel reservation cancellations to Japan from region</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A research team from Pennsylvania State University has discovered that the key to determining the fate of queen bees and worker bees lies in &quot;parental gene conflict.&quot; Within 192 hours after an egg is </image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brent crude oil prices have surged to around $77 due to the military conflict between Israel and Iran. ICICI Securities estimates that at $75–77, the retail margins for India&#039;s oil marketing companies</image:caption>
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      <image:title>A Massive Heat Dome Hits America: The Prelude to a Dangerously Intense Summer — Challenges of Adaptation and Mitigation Posed by the Heat Dome</image:title>
      <image:caption>A heat dome covering the eastern half of the United States is expected to expose over 200 million people to extreme temperatures feeling above 40°C from this weekend into next week. The NWS has issued</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A data breach involving 16 billion login credentials, considered the largest in history, has been confirmed. The information is distributed across more than 30 datasets and includes usernames, passwor</image:caption>
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      <image:title>What is SoftBank&#039;s Vision for the Future: A $1 Trillion AI and Robotics Complex Plan?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bloomberg has reported that SoftBank is planning a $1 trillion AI and robotics industrial city called &quot;Project Crystal Land&quot; in Arizona, USA. The company is exploring collaborations with major semicon</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As the Thai economy struggles with external headwinds such as high household debt, a 36% tariff from the United States, and slowing demand from China, the Pheu Thai government finds itself in a diffic</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Day Smoke Steals the Sun&quot;—The Vulnerability of the Solar Era Highlighted by Canadian Wildfires</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Canadian wildfires that have been ongoing since the spring of 2025 have exceeded 200 incidents, burning over 5.4 million acres and covering the skies from eastern North America to Europe with smok</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Truth Behind India as the &#039;Third Major Power&#039;: Ranked 3rd in Global Power Generation Growth Rate&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to the latest &quot;World Energy Investment 2025&quot; report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), India has become the third-largest in the world in terms of electricity generation growth rate o</image:caption>
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      <image:title>[The Battle for &quot;1°C&quot;] Summer in the Alps: Could Heavy Rainfall Double? The Future of Intense Rainfall in the Alps</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to a recent study analyzing data from approximately 300 mountain weather observation points in the European Alps, if the regional average temperature reaches +2°C, the frequency of intense r</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The &quot;carbon debt&quot; that cannot be offset even if all of North America is turned into forests</image:title>
      <image:caption>A study published in the journal Communications Earth &amp; Environment indicates that offsetting the 182 billion tons of carbon reserves held by the world&#039;s top 200 fossil fuel companies through reforest</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The &quot;Swallowable IoT&quot; Revolution: The Future of &quot;Internal Dashboard&quot; Envisioned by Ingestible Sensors</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ingestible sensors are next-generation IoMT devices that are swallowed in capsule form and transmit real-time data from within the body, such as pH, temperature, pressure, biomarkers, and vital signs.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The World is Watching! Complete Guide to &quot;Nuikatsu&quot; ── Take a Peek into the Cutting-Edge of Fan Activities Different from Acrylic Stands</image:title>
      <image:caption>&quot;Nui-katsu&quot; is a Japanese trend where people enjoy their daily lives or travels with their favorite character or idol plush toys (&quot;nui&quot;), taking photos and sharing them on social media. Compared to ta</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Why not just let your husband support you?&quot;—The Chain and Structural Background of Non-Regular Public Employee &quot;Pregnancy Discrimination&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Japan, there is a recurring issue where non-regular public employees (such as fiscal year-appointed staff and fixed-term employees) working at local governments or national agencies face terminatio</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Using a Smartphone While Riding&quot; Fines of 12,000 Yen! A Guide to the &quot;Bicycle Blue Ticket&quot; Introduced in April 2026 and a Comparison of Global Penalties</image:title>
      <image:caption>On April 1, 2026, Japan will introduce a new penalty system specifically for bicycles called the &quot;Blue Ticket.&quot; Under this system, offenders aged 16 and over who receive a blue ticket from a police of</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;musty mold smell&quot; that frequently occurs in Japanese households when turning on the air conditioner from the rainy season to summer has also become a concern among foreign residents. The main cau</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Despite being mid-June, an extremely rare atmospheric pattern has been observed where the Baiu front has disappeared from over the Japanese archipelago, and a summer high-pressure system has taken ove</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Japan Bans All Online Casino Advertising - Revised Basic Law on Gambling Addiction Countermeasures Enacted to Curb Access to Overseas Sites</news:title>
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      <image:title>Japan Bans All Online Casino Advertising - Revised Basic Law on Gambling Addiction Countermeasures Enacted to Curb Access to Overseas Sites</image:title>
      <image:caption>On June 18, 2025, Japan&#039;s National Diet passed an amended Basic Law on Gambling Addiction Countermeasures, explicitly prohibiting &quot;the distribution of any information leading users to illegal gambling</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/nhk-drama10-hits</loc>
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      <news:title>The Reason Why NHK Drama 10 Captivates the World—The Secret Behind the &quot;No Misses&quot; from &#039;Shoujiki Fudousan&#039; and &#039;Tokyo Salad Bowl&#039; to &#039;Fune wo Amu&#039;</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Reason Why NHK Drama 10 Captivates the World—The Secret Behind the &quot;No Misses&quot; from &#039;Shoujiki Fudousan&#039; and &#039;Tokyo Salad Bowl&#039; to &#039;Fune wo Amu&#039;</image:title>
      <image:caption>NHK&#039;s 10 PM drama slot, &quot;Drama 10,&quot; is praised by international drama fans for its innovative planning and meticulous production, often considered a &quot;no-miss&quot; lineup. With hits like Tomohisa Yamashita</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/dol-sns-buzz-strategy-20250619</loc>
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      <news:title>Secrets Behind Japanese Idols Creating a Buzz on Social Media: Exploring the Strategy of &quot;Songs with a Twist&quot; and &quot;Slightly Challenging Choreography&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>Secrets Behind Japanese Idols Creating a Buzz on Social Media: Exploring the Strategy of &quot;Songs with a Twist&quot; and &quot;Slightly Challenging Choreography&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The next-generation idols in Japan are making waves globally by focusing on vertical social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube Shorts. They achieve this through &quot;memorable &#039;quirkiness&#039;&quot; and &quot;slig</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/sugiura-taiyo-superdad-2025-summer</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Seal the &#039;I&#039;m Doing It Too&#039; Feeling&quot;—Taiyo Sugiura, Soon-to-Be Father of Five, Talks About His Parenting Method of &quot;Family 5 + ∞ (Infinity) Love&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Seal the &#039;I&#039;m Doing It Too&#039; Feeling&quot;—Taiyo Sugiura, Soon-to-Be Father of Five, Talks About His Parenting Method of &quot;Family 5 + ∞ (Infinity) Love&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the summer of 2025, actor Taiyo Sugiura (43) will welcome his fifth child. While he is thrilled about the birth of a girl, the first since their eldest daughter was born 17 years ago, the secret to</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/google-ai-chatbot-voice-dialogue-japan-impact-new-technology</loc>
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      <news:title>The Era of &quot;Talking&quot; Google Search Begins: AI Voice Chat Feature &quot;Search Live&quot; Begins Public Testing in the U.S.</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Era of &quot;Talking&quot; Google Search Begins: AI Voice Chat Feature &quot;Search Live&quot; Begins Public Testing in the U.S.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In June 2025, Google introduced a new experimental feature called &quot;Search Live&quot; to the mobile version of the Google Search app (Android/iOS), launching a test in the United States that allows real-tim</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Netflix in the US has signed a &quot;carriage agreement&quot; with France&#039;s TF1 Group to allow viewers to watch five terrestrial channels and over 30,000 hours of on-demand programming on the Netflix app within</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;The Future Guarded by AI Security: A New Crime Prevention Revolution Begins in LA, Will It Spread to Japan?&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Future Guarded by AI Security: A New Crime Prevention Revolution Begins in LA, Will It Spread to Japan?&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The &quot;Watched by AI Guards&quot; sign that has appeared in residential areas of Los Angeles indicates homes that have implemented the autonomous security bot Ranger, provided by the Canadian company Arcadia</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Real Danger Lurking in Youth Mental Health: &quot;Dependency&quot; More Than &quot;Time&quot; - Latest Research on SNS and the Lives of Young People</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Real Danger Lurking in Youth Mental Health: &quot;Dependency&quot; More Than &quot;Time&quot; - Latest Research on SNS and the Lives of Young People</image:title>
      <image:caption>A large longitudinal study in the United States (with 4,300 participants, starting at ages 9-10) has shown that &quot;dependent use,&quot; rather than &quot;total screen time,&quot; is a significant risk factor for suici</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Day Breakfast Disappears with a 1°C Rise — The Real Impact of Global Warming on Our Tables</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Day Breakfast Disappears with a 1°C Rise — The Real Impact of Global Warming on Our Tables</image:title>
      <image:caption>An international collaborative study involving Stanford University, published in Nature, analyzed the yields of the world&#039;s six major staple crops across 12,000 regions in 55 countries. The study repo</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Could the Chinese &quot;Dragon Man&quot; Skull Be a Denisovan? Shedding New Light on the Mystery of Ancient Humans!</news:title>
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      <image:title>Could the Chinese &quot;Dragon Man&quot; Skull Be a Denisovan? Shedding New Light on the Mystery of Ancient Humans!</image:title>
      <image:caption>The large skull discovered in Harbin, China, in 1933, which was proposed as a new species Homo longi (commonly known as &quot;Dragon Man&quot;) in 2021, has been found to match genetically and morphologically w</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/penlight-guide-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>The World is Amazed by Japan&#039;s &quot;Glowing Support&quot; Culture! — The Profound World of Penlights from Johnny&#039;s to Anime</news:title>
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      <image:title>The World is Amazed by Japan&#039;s &quot;Glowing Support&quot; Culture! — The Profound World of Penlights from Johnny&#039;s to Anime</image:title>
      <image:caption>Penlights and King Blades are like &quot;another microphone&quot; that help create the world of your favorite idols. However, the customs regarding colors, the number of lights, the way they are waved, and how </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/smartphone-strabismus-30cm30min</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Acute Internal Strabismus&quot; Caused by Excessive Smartphone Use: Protecting Eye Health Worldwide with the 30 cm Rule and 30-Minute Breaks</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Acute Internal Strabismus&quot; Caused by Excessive Smartphone Use: Protecting Eye Health Worldwide with the 30 cm Rule and 30-Minute Breaks</image:title>
      <image:caption>An increasing number of young people worldwide are spending extended periods looking at smartphone screens from a close distance, leading to a condition known as acute internal strabismus (smartphone </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/white-crow-nagahama-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>The White Crow Soaring in Nagahama: A Miracle in Shiga Where Luck and Science Intersect</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/M2XKYAwK.webp?-32400</image:loc>
      <image:title>The White Crow Soaring in Nagahama: A Miracle in Shiga Where Luck and Science Intersect</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the rural area of Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, two completely white carrion crows have been spotted, sparking discussions on social media as &quot;messengers of the gods&quot; and &quot;symbols of good fortun</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/starto-ticket-resale-nakazumi</loc>
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      <news:title>The Resale of STARTO Tickets and the Issue of &quot;Nakadumi&quot; ―― Understanding the Light and Shadow of Fan Culture</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Resale of STARTO Tickets and the Issue of &quot;Nakadumi&quot; ―― Understanding the Light and Shadow of Fan Culture</image:title>
      <image:caption>STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, the rebranded entity from the former Johnny&#039;s Office, has strengthened its measures against ticket scalping by introducing digital tickets and facial recognition. However, high-p</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/paypay-dome-restroom-gender-gap</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Breaking Away from &#039;Women-Only Lines&#039;: Lessons from PayPay Dome on Resolving Gender Disparities in Japanese Restrooms&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Breaking Away from &#039;Women-Only Lines&#039;: Lessons from PayPay Dome on Resolving Gender Disparities in Japanese Restrooms&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In public spaces in Japan, the issue of &quot;toilet disparity,&quot; where only women&#039;s restrooms have long lines, is often highlighted. This is due to differences in the time required for restroom use between</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/gotochi-license-plate-color-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to Standardize &quot;Local License Plates&quot; Nationwide to Full Color — Monochrome Versions to be Completely Phased Out by Fiscal Year 2027</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to Standardize &quot;Local License Plates&quot; Nationwide to Full Color — Monochrome Versions to be Completely Phased Out by Fiscal Year 2027</image:title>
      <image:caption>On June 17, 2025, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism officially decided to unify the &quot;local license plates (design plates)&quot; introduced for regional promotion by discontinuing </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/pertussis-record-cases-japan-20250618</loc>
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      <image:caption>On June 17, Nintendo announced the results of the fourth lottery sale (applications from June 3-11) for the &quot;Nintendo Switch 2&quot; console. Immediately after the email notifications were sent out, &quot;Switc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has indicated that the number of employees in the corporate sector is expected to &quot;decrease over the next few years&quot; as the company fully implements AI (generative artificial int</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Ukrainian government has rapidly expanded its electronic administration platform &quot;Diia,&quot; which integrates apps and portals under the slogan &quot;State in a Smartphone.&quot; By 2025, the app offers more th</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The &quot;iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max,&quot; rumored to be released this fall, is expected to be a major overhaul beyond a mere minor update. The most noticeable change is the enlargement of the rear camera and the r</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On June 23, 2025, Johnny&#039;s Family Club (FC) will completely revise its ticket sales regulations. The new regulations include stricter clauses than before, such as &quot;prohibiting any resale regardless of</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The New York Times article dated June 13, titled &quot;A Launch Party for Hosh, and a Celebration of Native American Culture,&quot; reports on the launch event for the lifestyle brand &lt;Hosh&gt; held at the gallery</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>According to an article from Bloomberg, as the 150th day of the Trump administration approaches, major central banks around the world are increasingly inclined to keep policy interest rates unchanged.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On the evening of June 11, 2025, two junior high school girls playing in the Asahi River in the Kita Ward of Okayama City were swept away, resulting in the deaths of one girl, Hinano Nishihara (13 yea</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the &quot;Global Gender Gap Report 2025&quot; on June 11, where Japan ranked 118th out of 148 countries (score 0.666). This is the same position as last year, and Japan r</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Adjustment disorder is a mental and physical response to a &quot;specific stressor,&quot; characterized by onset within three months of exposure to the stress and typically improving within six months. In contr</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Complete Guide to &#039;Kamiza and Shimoza&#039;: Understanding Japanese Seating Etiquette for Foreign Business Professionals&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Complete Guide to &#039;Kamiza and Shimoza&#039;: Understanding Japanese Seating Etiquette for Foreign Business Professionals&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Japanese business culture, there is a strict hierarchy of seating known as &quot;kamiza&quot; (upper seat) and &quot;shimoza&quot; (lower seat) that applies in meeting rooms, reception rooms, and even inside taxis. Th</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/psittacosis-pregnant-woman-nagasaki-20250612</loc>
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      <image:caption>On June 12, 2025, Nagasaki Prefecture announced that a woman in her 30s who died in 2024 had contracted a bird-borne infectious disease known as &quot;psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci infection).&quot; The woman</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/yamibaito-kyodo-seihan-for-foreigners</loc>
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      <image:title>Deciphering the Criminal Responsibility of the &quot;Dark Part-time Job&quot; Instructors: The Heavy Cross of &quot;Joint Principal Offenders&quot; Unique to Japan</image:title>
      <image:caption>The unique aspect of Japanese law regarding &quot;dark part-time jobs&quot; conducted through social media is that not only the perpetrators but also the masterminds giving orders from afar can face severe pena</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/sexuality-education-japan</loc>
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      <image:caption>According to the latest survey by the Asahi Shimbun, approximately 70% of the boards of education in Japan&#039;s designated cities, prefectural capitals, and Tokyo&#039;s 23 wards believe that there is a need </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/kewpie-ikujishoku-end-20250612</loc>
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      <image:title>Kewpie Baby Food to End 65-Year History ―― Production of All 72 Items to Cease by End of August 2026</image:title>
      <image:caption>As a pioneer in baby food, Kewpie&#039;s &quot;Infant Food&quot; (baby and toddler food), which has been loved since 1960, will cease production of all 72 items by the end of August 2026. The decision was made due t</image:caption>
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      <image:title>21% → Doubling Global Share in 10 Weeks! The True Nature of the &quot;Immune Evasion&quot; Nimbus Variant</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detected in Germany at the end of March 2025 and designated as a &quot;Variant Under Monitoring (VUM)&quot; by the WHO on June 11, NB.1.8.1, commonly known as the &quot;Nimbus variant,&quot; has been rapidly spreading. A</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Breaking Up Over Different Political Parties? A 30-Year UK Study Reveals the Reality of &quot;Political Heterosexuality&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>An analysis of approximately 30 years of panel surveys in the UK by the University of Padua and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research found that couples with differing political party supp</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gold Surpasses the Euro to Become the &quot;Second Key Currency&quot; - How the Global Money Map is Changing</image:title>
      <image:caption>According to the annual report by the European Central Bank (ECB), the share of gold in global foreign exchange reserves is expected to reach 20% by the end of 2024, based on market prices. This surpa</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;A Direct Confrontation with the &#039;Bottomless Pit of Plagiarism&#039;—Disney &amp; Universal Sue AI Giant Midjourney&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;A Direct Confrontation with the &#039;Bottomless Pit of Plagiarism&#039;—Disney &amp; Universal Sue AI Giant Midjourney&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>On June 11, 2025 (U.S. time), U.S. companies Walt Disney and Universal Studios filed a lawsuit against the generative AI image service &quot;Midjourney&quot; for copyright infringement in the Los Angeles Federa</image:caption>
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      <news:title>&quot;Creating a Second Google in China&quot; - The Ambitions of Suspect Ding and the U.S. Judicial Encirclement</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/9JRbyjX0.webp?1749694176</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;Creating a Second Google in China&quot; - The Ambitions of Suspect Ding and the U.S. Judicial Encirclement</image:title>
      <image:caption>On June 11, 2025, the Northern District of California federal court rejected a motion to dismiss charges against former Google software engineer Linwei “Leon” Ding, deciding to proceed with the trial.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chasing Centimetres: Inside South Korea’s Billion-Won Height Boom</image:title>
      <image:caption>In South Korea, known as a beauty powerhouse, height is emphasized as a &quot;status&quot; comparable to educational background and occupation. This has led to a rapid expansion of growth hormone injections, &quot;g</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Children are Wanted, but Cannot be Born&quot; — The UN Report Reflects the &quot;Real Low Birthrate Crisis&quot; and Japan Today</image:title>
      <image:caption>The World Population Report published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in June 2025 pointed out that the decline in birth rates is due to &quot;inability to choose&quot; rather than &quot;lack of desire</image:caption>
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      <image:title>[2025 Edition] Top 5 Ultimate Cases to Protect Your Nintendo Switch 2—A Must-Have for Both On-the-Go and Stay-at-Home Users!</image:title>
      <image:caption>The new Nintendo Switch 2 features a larger 7.9-inch screen compared to its predecessor, and with its price increasing to the high 40,000 yen range, neglecting protection against shocks and scratches </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/global-splatoon3-shichirin-update</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Shine&quot; and &quot;Color&quot; that Repaint the World: A Comprehensive Guide to the 15 New Weapons of the &lt;Shichirin&gt; Unveiled in &#039;Splatoon 3&#039; Ver.10.0.0</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Shine&quot; and &quot;Color&quot; that Repaint the World: A Comprehensive Guide to the 15 New Weapons of the &lt;Shichirin&gt; Unveiled in &#039;Splatoon 3&#039; Ver.10.0.0</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the Ver.10.0.0 update for &quot;Splatoon 3,&quot; scheduled for release on June 12 at 10 AM (Japan time), 15 new weapons will be added from the unique brand, Bankara Collection Shichirin. The highlights are </image:caption>
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      <image:title>Smartphone Covers, Eco Bags, and Inside the Ears: A Comprehensive Guide to Tackling Hidden Mold During the Rainy Season</image:title>
      <image:caption>The rainy season is progressing across the Japanese archipelago. Mold, which rapidly increases in the hot and humid environment, is not only found in bathrooms and closets but also lurks in everyday i</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Switch 2 Surpasses 3.5 Million Units Sold in Four Days—Nintendo&#039;s Fastest Start Ever</image:title>
      <image:caption>On June 11, Nintendo announced that the next-generation console, &quot;Nintendo Switch 2,&quot; surpassed 3.5 million units in global cumulative sales just four days after its release. This marks the fastest la</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The latest research from the University of Utah in the United States has revealed that &quot;bedtime procrastination&quot; due to staying up late is not merely a matter of laziness, but is linked to psychologic</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/swimming-class-abolition-japan</loc>
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      <image:caption>In recent years, there has been a nationwide trend in Japan to reduce or abolish swimming classes in elementary and junior high schools. This movement is driven by several factors: the aging of school</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It has been reported that a male worker at a host club in Osaka had systematized and used a malicious method to exploit female customers&#039; romantic feelings, burdening them with large &quot;deferred payment</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At WWDC 25 in June 2025, &quot;macOS Tahoe 26&quot; was announced as the last major update for Macs equipped with Intel CPUs. This update applies only to four models: the 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019), the 13-inch</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In universities and community colleges across the United States, there has been a significant increase in crimes involving the use of AI chatbots to register large numbers of fictitious &quot;ghost student</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At the WWDC25 keynote on June 9, 2025, Apple announced a major overhaul across its six major platforms: iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, visionOS, and tvOS. The highlights include a new design language ca</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), held in Nice, France from June 9 to 13, focused on addressing the &quot;ocean emergency&quot; and gathered over 60 leaders and 6,000 stakeholders. The agenda inc</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The film &quot;United Passions,&quot; produced by FIFA with a budget of $30 million and released in 2015, recorded a &quot;legendary&quot; flop with a U.S. opening weekend box office of $918, a 0% critic rating on Rotten</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In the Lombardy region of northern Italy, the Japanese-origin invasive scale insect Takahashia japonica, commonly known as the &quot;Lady of the Rings,&quot; has proliferated. The female&#039;s white ring-shaped egg</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In overseas weddings, guest fashion offers a high degree of freedom in terms of colors, patterns, and materials, ranging from silk and linen to vibrant prints. In contrast, Japan has strict dress code</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/2025-ticket-resale-starto</loc>
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      <image:caption>Starting from the end of 2024, STARTO Inc. has filed thousands of requests for disclosure of sender information against Ticket Ryuu and Ticket Jam. By March 2025, the first disclosure order was finali</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/us-japan-trade-talks-progress-g7-summit-step</loc>
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      <image:caption>In early June, during the 5th tariff negotiations held in Washington, the Japanese and U.S. governments made &quot;progress&quot; regarding the handling of additional tariffs of up to 50% imposed on automobiles</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/noro-virus-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>Expanding from Children to Households: Latest Measures Against &quot;Noro-like Virus&quot; You Need to Know Now</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In an unusual turn of events, infectious gastroenteritis, which typically sees an increase in the fall and winter, is experiencing a surge in early summer 2025 in Japan. Reports of outbreaks involving</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/gachapon-tourism-japan</loc>
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      <news:title>Bring the Joy of &quot;Spinning&quot; to Your Travel Destinations—Fall in Love with Japan Even More with the Latest Gacha Gacha Experience!</news:title>
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      <image:caption>Japanese gachapon (capsule toys) have evolved beyond being just &quot;small souvenirs&quot; and have become a tourism attraction that can even influence travel destinations. The largest specialty store in Tokyo</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/2025-june-highlighted-smartphone-games-japanese-popular-series-new-developments</loc>
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      <news:title>[Attention] Cutting-edge Smartphone Games in June 2025! What Do the New &#039;Game of Thrones&#039; and &#039;Puzzle &amp; Dragons 0&#039; Reveal About the Next Generation of Gaming?</news:title>
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      <image:caption>In June 2025, the smartphone gaming market is once again heating up with contrasting hits: the stunning RPG &quot;Game of Thrones: Kingsroad,&quot; a must-see for original fans, and &quot;PUZZLE &amp; DRAGONS 0,&quot; which </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/edible-oil-import-tariff-reduction-fmcg-profit-impact-japan-consumer-analysis</loc>
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      <news:title>Halving of Import Tariffs on Edible Oils Shakes the World: A Thorough Analysis of FMCG Companies&#039; Profit Margin Improvement and Its Impact on Japanese Households</news:title>
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      <image:title>Halving of Import Tariffs on Edible Oils Shakes the World: A Thorough Analysis of FMCG Companies&#039; Profit Margin Improvement and Its Impact on Japanese Households</image:title>
      <image:caption>As a measure against global food inflation, the Indian government has halved the basic import duty on crude edible oils such as palm oil, soybean oil, and sunflower oil from 20% to 10% starting May 31</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/japan-rice-stockpiling-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>The Stockpiled Rice Boom Has Arrived! A Thorough Explanation of the Surge in Rice Prices and the Emergency Measures by Companies</news:title>
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      <image:title>The Stockpiled Rice Boom Has Arrived! A Thorough Explanation of the Surge in Rice Prices and the Emergency Measures by Companies</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2025, Japan is experiencing a &quot;rice stockpiling boom&quot; amid soaring rice prices. While reports suggest the government is considering releasing reserve rice and emergency imports, consumers are rushi</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/disney-ticket-review-2025</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Tokyo Disney to Revise Ticket System—Considering the Revival of Annual Passes&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:title>&quot;Tokyo Disney to Revise Ticket System—Considering the Revival of Annual Passes&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Oriental Land, the operator of Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR), has announced plans to review the current variable pricing system for tickets. Additionally, they are considering the revival of the &quot;Annual P</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/pta-dissolution-japan</loc>
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      <news:title>&quot;Rethinking the &#039;Norm&#039;: The Movement to Dissolve PTAs in Japan and the New Form of Parenting&quot;</news:title>
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      <image:loc>https://data2.chord-stream.com/thumb/oeR5pdXm.webp?-32400</image:loc>
      <image:title>&quot;Rethinking the &#039;Norm&#039;: The Movement to Dissolve PTAs in Japan and the New Form of Parenting&quot;</image:title>
      <image:caption>The PTA in Japan was introduced as part of post-war educational reconstruction and has developed as an organization where parents and school staff collaborate to support school management. However, in</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/mynumber-apple-wallet</loc>
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      <news:publication>
        <news:name>ukiyo journal - 日本と世界をつなぐ新しいニュースメディア</news:name>
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      <news:title>Japan to Integrate National ID &quot;My Number Card&quot; into iPhone</news:title>
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      <image:title>Japan to Integrate National ID &quot;My Number Card&quot; into iPhone</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Japanese government will launch a new service on June 24, 2025, that integrates the My Number Card functionality into iPhones. By registering the My Number Card in Apple Wallet, users will be able</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/switch2-dock-trouble</loc>
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      <news:title>[Breaking News] Beloved Dock Not Fully Compatible with Switch 2!? ― A Comprehensive Report on the Joys and Sorrows of the Dongii Portable HUB &amp; VITURE Pro XR Mobile Dock</news:title>
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      <image:title>[Breaking News] Beloved Dock Not Fully Compatible with Switch 2!? ― A Comprehensive Report on the Joys and Sorrows of the Dongii Portable HUB &amp; VITURE Pro XR Mobile Dock</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Nintendo Switch 2 continues to limit USB-C video output specifications to MyDP, as before, and further requires high power from PD 3.1, rendering popular compact docks like Dongii and VITURE Pro X</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/2025-money-rules-parents-smart-spending</loc>
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      <image:caption>In 2025, it is said that the financial rules cherished by our parents&#039; generation will no longer apply. It is important in Japan to think about new ways of managing money that fit the coming era, free</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ukiyo-journal.com/en/article/ai-sustainability-future-2025-paris-airshow-acodis-new-perspectives</loc>
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      <image:title>The Future of AI and Sustainability: New Perspectives Presented by Akkodis at the 2025 Paris Air Show</image:title>
      <image:caption>At the 2025 Paris Air Show, Akkodis unveiled the AI Path and Sustainability Area, bringing to life the &quot;Decarbonization × Digitalization&quot; of the aerospace and defense industries. In the AI Path, they </image:caption>
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      <image:title>Company X to Prohibit Use of Its Content for AI Training! What Impact Will This Have on Japan?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Social Network X (formerly Twitter) has updated its terms of service to prohibit the use of its content for training AI models. This change makes it more difficult for third parties to use X&#039;s data fo</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The highly anticipated &quot;Nintendo Switch 2&quot; has finally been released simultaneously worldwide, creating a significant buzz among gaming fans. With processing power and graphics performance greatly imp</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;Silent Hill f&quot; Finally Arrives in Japan! Set for Release in Fall 2025, Exploring Its Appeal and Expectations</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the fall of 2025, the highly anticipated latest installment in the series, &#039;Silent Hill f,&#039; will finally be released. The &#039;Silent Hill&#039; series, which has been a leader in the horror game industry f</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PlayStation Latest News: Summary of Titles Announced at State of Play June 2025 and Their Global Impact</image:title>
      <image:caption>At the latest &quot;State of Play&quot; held on June 4, 2025, PlayStation announced a variety of new titles and updates for the PS5 and PSVR2. Notably highlighted were the new fighting game &#039;Marvel Tōkon: Fight</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, stated in an interview that even in an era where AI is rapidly encroaching on workplaces, three fields will &quot;survive&quot; for the time being: ① programmers (AI/softwar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The June 3, 2025 issue of the U.S. magazine Fortune reported that Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid warned that &quot;tariffs could hold the myth of American Exceptionalism hostage.&quot; The comprehensive tari</image:caption>
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