Apr 18, 2024 18:13:00

Headline News for April 18, 2024

Indie game publisher PLAYISM has announced that it will release the Nintendo Switch version of the adventure game ' Refind Self: A Personality Test Game ' developed by independent developer Lizardry in summer 2024.

Games reveal your personality, right? The unique ADV game with this theme, 'Refind Self: Personality Diagnosis Game,' will be released on Nintendo Switch in the summer of 2024! | News | PLAYISM Official Website
https://playism.com/news/2024/0418/1561/

'Refind Self: Personality Test Game' Nintendo Switch version announcement trailer-YouTube

Below you can see what it's like to play this game, which diagnoses your personality from various actions during the game.

'Refind Self: Personality Diagnosis Game' play review that can diagnose the personality from every action of the player such as 'picking up items' and 'attacking NPCs', can be played on PC, iOS and Android - GIGAZINE

By the way, we published an article like this on the same day in the same month in the past.

Honda warns sharing sites to delete all 3D models related to 'Honda', original parts will also be deleted without question - GIGAZINE

Amazon releases a lightweight Internet browser with a capacity of just 2MB, called 'Internet' - GIGAZINE

Surprising research results show that gravity can turn into light - GIGAZINE

Satellite communications service 'Starlink' loses communications license in France - GIGAZINE

Apple launches regular deposit service with 4.15% interest rate - GIGAZINE

The Ukrainian military has released a video of a Russian drone being disassembled, and inside was a familiar item in Japan - GIGAZINE

Ubisoft distributes popular game 'Assassin's Creed Unity' for free and donates more than 60 million yen to the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)

'Your evaluation for last year has been released. You worked hard but the results were not what you expected, so unfortunately you were given a D grade. Your salary will be reduced. Please be motivated and do your best this year.'

No matter how I think about it, there's no way I can do my best
— Tetra Alpha SI (@TETRA_IT) April 17, 2024

Videos of foreigners traveling to Japan are hilarious pic.twitter.com/bHHtsaCZx1
— Brown Rice Bolt (@thunderbolt_g39) April 17, 2024

The original video for this image is ↓↓↓ https://t.co/iiHOpYfOr4 …
— Brown Rice Bolt (@thunderbolt_g39) April 17, 2024

My husband was watching the baby monitor and saying things like 'He's sleeping in a weird position... hehe' and 'He's still sleeping like this... it's funny no matter how many times I watch it... lol', but what he was looking at and laughing at the whole time was the bath towel he was using as a blanket ????
My daughter was such a bad sleeper that she was sleeping outside the frame ????
— Clams ☺︎???? (@dddddoraemoon) April 17, 2024

I was in a toilet stall when a young person I didn't know came in.

'Now that I think about it, I was told to ask Iwashi-san about that matter, but I've never spoken to him. Doesn't he seem kind of scary?'
'I understand.'
'Oh, he's a nice guy, he even gave me a Spring Bread Festival sticker.'
'Oh, he's a nice guy.'

I'm glad, I'll give you a Spring Bread Festival sticker...
— Watanabe Iwashi ✌︎('ω'✌︎) (@watanababy2010) April 17, 2024

Here it is, a daunting subject for third grade boys: Japanese romance stories.

The boy brought a plant and said he would come back to eat the fruit when it grew.

Correct answer: The desire to see the protagonist again. Son's answer: Raising the child is too much work, so I want someone to raise the child for me.

Men who understand this are actually scary!
— Odyssey????2028 (@Odyssey37192871) April 16, 2024

◆Science (science, learning, technology)
Biology: The origins of the fight-or-flight system | Nature | Nature Portfolio

The common ancestor of all life on Earth - LUCA | Mitsubishi Electric DSPACE

Unmatched evidence of water on Mars discovered | Gizmodo Japan

I got a call from a TV station today. It was about addiction, and they asked me to explain smartphone addiction from the perspective of the dopamine nervous system.
Apparently they want me to give them some stupid explanation like, 'When dopamine is released due to pleasure, it becomes addictive and people become dependent on it.'
'Well, that's impossible,' he answered.
— Bald Beard (Kiku Sennin) (@96hage) April 17, 2024

From a physical and biological perspective, what functions do extraterrestrial life forms have? 'I seriously tried to imagine what an alien would look like' - Basic Reading

Readable | A new standard for PDF translation, just as it looks

Whole genome analysis reveals genetic origins and characteristics of Japanese people | RIKEN

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
JR Central to introduce 'fully private rooms' that are more luxurious than green cars on Tokaido Shinkansen by fiscal 2026

Family members of man who died after receiving coronavirus vaccine file class action lawsuit claiming government public relations was insufficient | Mainichi Shimbun

Osaka District Court finds defendant not guilty of possessing child pornography: 'Photos leave doubt as to whether victim is under 18' [Osaka Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Stolen gold bowl purchased for 1.8 million yen and resold for 4.8 million yen | NHK | Incident

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 7: Work to put nuclear fuel into reactor halted due to malfunction | NHK | Nuclear power plants around the country

Toyota recalls over 130,000 Prius vehicles, production halted due to risk of doors opening | NHK | Automobiles

UK House of Commons passes bill to ban tobacco sales for people born after 2009 - BBC News

3-year-old girl falls from high-rise apartment building in Hiroshima; did she climb over balcony railing by putting up a step herself? | NHK | Hiroshima Prefecture

Yomiuri Shimbun 'Red yeast rice supplement problem' article's discourse fabricated | NHK | Medical and health

Big Motor acquisition, Itochu and others for 60 billion yen, 250 stores inherited [Evening Scoop] - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Massive eruption at Indonesia's Luang volcano, smoke reaches altitude of 19,000m - Weathernews

161 Ukrainian children abducted to Russia found in Germany so far - Ukrainian police chief

Kusatsu town council members ordered to pay damages for defamation of mayor after finding no sexual relations in the town's mayor's office - Sankei News

[Breaking News] Teachers' unions and others put a stop to Expo field trips following accident in which toilet floors were damaged due to 'underground gas ignition' | Kansai News | News | Kansai Television Broadcasting KTV

[Exclusive] Fukuoka Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of Japan demands Kamiya, who uses 'rice argument' to delete his blog, fearing silencing of free speech - Sankei News

Former aide to Governor Yuriko Koike holds press conference over graduation from Cairo University, questions university statement [Tokyo]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)
KEISUI ART STUDIO | Ripe, deformed red bell peppers look like swollen, red tonsils.

If you're someone who has used the word 'brain dead' in your catchphrase, as in 'It's a task that can be completed if you do it brainlessly,' I'm just trying to give you some good advice, but you should change your catchphrase right now.

At least say something like 'stop thinking.'

I know someone who used this tactic on a customer whose parent had been declared brain dead at the hospital, and the customer was so enraged that all the superiors went to apologize.
— Iguzo ✈ Traveling Programmer (@igz0) April 17, 2024

When I became interested in academics Professor Ikuo Kabashima, Faculty of Law

Important points and various types of 'traditional' bunny girl costumes → Actual situation explained by an experienced person 'The bones are hard' - Togetter

At a local English conversation club...
After explaining about US military rank insignia, this simplified diagram was well received as being easier to understand.
Calling soldiers privates seems to correspond to the fact that officers and non-commissioned officers are called officers.
Also, it is interesting that NCOs (trunks) and soldiers (roots) are the backbone of the military, while colonels and lieutenants are like the branches and leaves, which is typical of the US military. ???? pic.twitter.com/kHt8Ry9u1G
— Kazuzo Kuzuhara (@kuz_kaz) April 17, 2024

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)
Using OpenAI's Batch API to process prompts in bulk at a low cost - Taste of Tech Topics

'Trouble with mamachari' Video 'exposed' on SNS: Legal issues: Lawyer points out possibility of infringement of portrait rights and defamation | NHK | IT/Internet

I've been actively using GitHub Copilot Business because I've found it improves development productivity - Money Forward Developers Blog

The Tokyo District Court ordered the perpetrator to pay 2.2 million yen in damages for slander against Professor Kitamura - Musashi-Kosugi Joint Law Office

Bluesky Meetup vol.2 Launch Report - Yotsuya Lab Official Blog

I wrote this article because I don't really understand the trends in the quantum computer industry in April 2024. by Yuichiro Minato | blueqat

[Final] Can the EV Sakura become a power source for the home? Measurement results of charging and discharging efficiency and future plans [Ken Fujimoto's Solar Report] - Home Appliance Watch

How the university students I talked about today take classes → Using Notion AI, they generate notes based on the syllabus 'before' class → During class, they edit only the differences between their notes and the lecture content on Notion → They let the AI learn by generating PDFs of notes + reference materials, and before exams, they create sample questions and answers to study.
— Kohei Katada???? (@kkatada) April 16, 2024

The smartphone-native generation, who were born and raised in homes without landlines, probably won't understand the meaning of this crescent moon icon. They'll just know that green is start and red is stop, and won't even notice that the orientation is random like thispic.twitter.com/wI56NpY0t8
— Dr. Riron @ App now available (@rironriron) April 16, 2024

Publisher.com and the openBD project have taken the straightforward approach of creating a whitelist to once again provide 'bibliographical records and book images that anyone can freely use' | HON.jp News Blog

My Panasonic jet washer broke so I bought a cheap one on Amazon and I'm generally happy with it - I AM A DOG

Former operator of 'Mangamura' ordered to pay 1.7 billion yen in damages in lawsuit filed by KADOKAWA, Shueisha and Shogakukan for infringing publishing rights of works | NHK | Anime

Damage caused by 'impersonation advertising' to file lawsuit against Meta's Japanese subsidiary for responsibility | NHK | IT/Internet

Former operator of 'Mangamura' ordered to pay 1.7 billion yen in damages to three major publishing companies - Tokyo District Court: Jiji.com

Former operator of 'Mangamura' ordered to pay 1.7 billion yen in damages for publishing popular manga online without permission: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Former operator of 'Mangamura' ordered to pay 1.7 billion yen in damages for publishing works without permission Tokyo District Court | Mainichi Shimbun

Former operator of 'Mangamura' ordered to pay 1.7 billion yen in damages to three publishing companies - Tokyo District Court ruling - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)
472 copies of 'production-related materials' from the popular anime 'Strike Witches'... Four men in their 20s indicted for copyright infringement, selling about 10 million yen online | TBS NEWS DIG

Kenmochi Touya is abused by Flynn and has a mental breakdown [Asobi Daizen] - Nico Nico Douga

A new event, 'Idol Produce', will be held soon!
S-Rare Abe Nana and S-Rare Sato Kokoro will appear as event-exclusive idols!
Please try out the new idol production revived in Deresute! #Deresutepic.twitter.com /3Vtut9NfdB
— Starlight Stage (@imascg_stage) April 17, 2024

Animated movie 'Unicorn Wars' trailer [Pre-release in theaters from Saturday, May 25, 2024!] │ UNICORN WARS - YouTube

Spots - ArclightGames Official

In order to complete your own pack of cute dogs, you will need to complete the six 'dog cards' that will make up your pack through various actions (tricks). To do so, you must roll the dice as instructed by the action you have chosen, and place the dice with the specified result on the dog card's spot. However, any dice that you are unable to place during your turn will be moved to your board (garden). If the total number of dice rolls in your garden exceeds a certain number, a 'burst' will occur!

To complete dogs or prevent them from bursting, you need to use 'bones' and six types of action tiles to make good use of them. Of the 22 types of action tiles, only six are used in the game, so you can enjoy different variations of the game and strategies every time. Only players who can wisely and skillfully select the dice and actions will win the game! What kind of flock will you complete?

I don't want to be hated pic.twitter.com/MET9MHjRNF
— Central Bear (@4RewJJOmWiLzR7L) April 17, 2024

Comedy Central orders new animated series 'GOLDEN AXE,' based on the SEGA video game.

It has been decided that Sega's globally popular game software 'Golden Axe' will be animated by Comedy Central, produced by CBS Studios in the United States. https://t.co/7lGSogtBjS
— Sega Official Account ???? (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) April 18, 2024

◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
Former world champion Kento Momota (29) announces retirement from Japan national team: 'I've reached my physical and mental limits' but will continue playing | TBS NEWS DIG

A new committee will be established to consider the future of the National Sports Festival | NHK | Saga Prefecture

Shogi player Fujii Souta wins the 'Best Shogi Player Award' for the fourth consecutive year | NHK | Fujii Eight Crowns

Hayao Miyazaki, Chizuko Ueno, and Akiko Iwasaki, professor at Yale University, among '100 people in the world' in Time magazine - Sankei News

◆ New products (clothing, food, shelter)

????Today, Thursday, April 18th ~】
⚽Blue Rock ✖︎ Kappa Sushi ????

＼ #Egoistic collaboration #1／
Mini clear stand giveaway campaign held ????

There are 6 different designs available, including Kiyoshi.

Check the coupon screen on the Kappa Sushi app for terms of use and exchange tickets ???? ̖́- #BlueRock #KappaSushi #EpiNagi
— Kappa Sushi [Official] (@kappasushi_jp) April 18, 2024

Buddies make burgers taste better. NEW BUDDY BURGER | Burger King®

'Oi Ocha New Tea' using new tea harvested in 2024 will be released sequentially from Monday, April 22nd | Newsroom | Itoen Corporate Information Site

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