Social Series
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Unbalanced information diet series: Warped lens on the world / Are Social Media Algorithms in Fact Harmless? Studies Fail to Find Polarizing Effect.
Algorithms, which push posts matching user preferences to social media feeds, create “filter bubbles...
October 17, 2023
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Unbalanced information diet: Warped lens on the world / AI-generated text undermining societal norms
The internet has become a chaotic space, brimming with outrageous, biased and fake information. The ...
October 15, 2023
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Unbalanced Information Diet: Warped Lens on the World / Ads of Japan Firms, Local Govts Being Posted on Dubious Websites
Mangamura — a website that illegally hosted about 70,000 popular manga titles between 2016 to 2018 —...
October 14, 2023
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Unbalanced Information Diet: Warped Lens on the World / YouTubers Post Attention-Grabbing Videos to Rack up Views
“I regret telling lies throughout the court trial. I have wanted to apologize to this day,” a 24-yea...
October 13, 2023
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Unbalanced Information Diet: Warped Lens on the World / YouTubers Post Attention-Grabbing Videos to Rack up Views
The internet has become a chaotic space, brimming with outrageous, biased and fake information. The...
October 11, 2023
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Tokyo’s Nihonbashi Area Transforming into Life Science Hub
The Nihonbashi area of Tokyo is developing into a major hub of the pharmaceutical industry....
August 31, 2023
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Ring Road System Helps Reduce Traffic Jams
This is the fourth installment in a series looking at lessons that have been learned over the past 1...
August 29, 2023
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Bay Area Skyline Changing As ‘Towering Condominiums’ Spring Up
The Tsukishima area in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, is nicknamed Monja Street, a name that comes from the many ...
August 28, 2023
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Tokyo Grows Its Luxury Real Estate to Attract World’s Rich
This is the second installment in a series looking at lessons that can be learned from the past as T...
August 27, 2023
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Great Kanto Quake Shaped Development of Capital’s Central District
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 drastically changed urban development in Japan, raising awareness...
August 27, 2023
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Raising Naomi Osaka, as Told by Her Mother / Emotional Milestones Included Encounter with Idolized Role Model
Naomi Osaka had just won her first tournament as a pro, but that wasn’t what was causing all of the...
August 12, 2023
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Raising Naomi, as Told by Her Mother / Naomi Osaka’s Mother Sustained Family on 3 hrs of Sleep
This is the second installment in a three-part series of interviews with Tamaki Osaka, mother of for...
August 11, 2023
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Raising Naomi, as Told by Her Mother / Naomi Osaka’s Mother Dreamed of Tennis-Playing Sisters
Naomi Osaka, a former world No. 1 in women’s professional tennis, recently gave birth to her first ...
August 10, 2023
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Amazing Nippon / Japan’s Public Toilets and Vending Machines Impress Tourists
This is the fifth and final installment of a series exploring places that attract overseas visitors,...
August 9, 2023
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Amazing Nippon / Japan-Made Whisky, Wine Beloved by Foreign Tourists
This is the fourth installment of a series exploring places that attract overseas visitors, allowing...
August 8, 2023
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