It’s been a while. I started this blog back in 2021 with two posts and then promptly forgot it existed. Classic developer move. So here we are — a fresh start, a new theme, and an actual commitmen...

MR -医薬情報担当者- is a five-episode WOWOW drama about a pharmaceutical sales rep, starring Osamu Mukai (向井理). It began on October 4, 2026, and episode 1 is free to watch. It is based on the 2021 novel M...

An investigation led by the United Arab Emirates is under way into the co-pilot of a Flydubai Boeing 737 who is suspected of trying to hijack the plane and crash it in a terrorist attack on Israel....

Actress Yuri Nakamura (中村ゆり, real name 中村友理) died of rectal cancer on September 1, 2026, at age 44. Her agency, Alpha Agency, announced the death on September 14. She died surrounded by her family ...

Fuji TV’s medical drama Kyumei Byoto 24-ji (救命病棟24時, “Emergency Room 24 Hours”) comes back on October 12, 2026, its first new season in about 13 years. It is the sixth series, and the first to air ...

Keigo Higashino, the writer behind The Devotion of Suspect X and The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, died on July 23, 2026, at age 68. His publisher, Kodansha, announced the death on July 27 ...

On April 12, 2026, Viktor Orbán — one of the EU’s longest-serving and most disruptive leaders — lost Hungary’s parliamentary election to Péter Magyar’s Tisza party in a landslide. Within two weeks ...

Japan has a word for almost every gradation of summer heat. There is natsubi (夏日) — a summer day, when the mercury clears 25°C. Then manatsubi (真夏日), a midsummer day, at 30°C. Then mōshobi (猛暑日), a...