tim_hornyak

Words @TheAtlantic @nytimes @TIME @Nature @CNBC @AGU_Eos @kinfolkmag ; Author, Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots; Songwriter @rumdukes

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

For @nytimes I wrote about Japan's 'Sound Princess' toilet noise-canceling tech entering men's rooms. With comments by @TheDonnaBurke @kenmogi https://t.co/I5OLRfh2dc

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

Japanese horse racing fans apparently do not clean venues like Japanese World Cup soccer fans:

[NationalDietLibrary @NDLJP_en]

The climbing season at Mt. Fuji usually opens in early July, but this #sugoroku (Japanese race game) is another way to conquer Japan's highest peak from the comfort of home. #MtFuji #ndldigital
https://t.co/uiGat2p0JF

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

My latest for @thetimes: Jellyfish, sharks and big dreams: how I conquer oceans and summits
Rob Lea has become the first person to cross seven channels and climb seven summits in a grueling challenge that was decades in the making
https://t.co/qCRBAXqcrL

[Infostellar @Infostellar_Inc]

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#Infostellar

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

@GreatDismal Chiba weather today

[Apple TV @AppleTV]

42 years ago, William Gibson introduced the world to Neuromancer. Now, the next chapter is loading.

#Neuromancer @ParamountTVS @anoncontent @DreamCrew_Ent

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

One of these crawled across the tatami into my futon one night. When the alarm was raised, my in-laws charged in with spray cans and fly swatters blazing!

[Tom Fay @T_in_Japan]

Lots of mukade (centipedes) around at the moment - a fact of life in the Japanese countryside.
Got stung by one for the first time recently, the pain is pretty intense!

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

A Japanese man who survived a 2023 bear by using sharp stick to repel the bear has created his own patented bear defense spear.
It's apparently selling well, including among police forces that are reluctant to use powerful firearms.

[Tong Bingxue 仝冰雪 @tongbingxue]

1982 vs. 2026 📸✨

Gan Jing干静, Hangzhou's very first licensed individual business owner after China's Reform and Opening Up. Holding the city's "Individual Business License No. 001," she started out in 1982 taking photos for tourists by the iconic West Lake.

Her journey didn't stop at West Lake. In 1984, she married the Hong Kong distributor for Kodak and later relocated to Singapore. Today, she’s back in the mainland running a successful beauty salon chain, with branches spanning Shanghai, Shenyang, Harbin, and Guangzhou.

The second photo—a heartwarming reunion in 2026 between Gan Jing and photographer Wang Qiuhang, the man behind the original lens of the 1982 photo.

[TokyoReporter @tokyoreporter]

Survey reveals Japan's best prisons: Fuchu boasts best bread, overall comfort https://t.co/YpegJ5Bnxi

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

@asiageoff Big Jim Callaghan!

[The Japan Times @japantimes]

The yen has hit a 40-year low against the dollar after breaking through ¥161.96 mark despite repeated verbal interventions by authorities. 👉 https://t.co/60xBVObx2m

[NationalDietLibrary @NDLJP_en]

Have you ever played #shogi, Japanese chess? This ukiyo-e, published in 1860, depicts a battle between personified shogi pieces. #ndldigital
https://t.co/AWciJWYvKV

[NHK WORLD News @NHKWORLD_News]

A family of spot-billed ducks gets a little help from police officers in Kanazawa to cross a road safely.

More on Japan: https://t.co/3IBXwXJE7T

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

@ThatEricAlper Yeah, you don't want the TV in Japan option. Been watching for 20 years

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

Satoko Kishimoto, the first female mayor of Suginami Ward in Tokyo, won reelection after seeing off ex-mayor Ryō Tanaka. I interviewed her for @Japantimes in 2022 https://t.co/NppzPtAVdC 東京都杉並区長選、現職の岸本聡子氏が再選 自民推薦の前区議ら破るhttps://t.co/A4o7PfPVBf

[eric ゑリｯ久 @shinobu_books]

Back jn the Edo era if a customer couldn’t pay his bill in Yoshiwara, the establishment resorted to Oke-buse 桶伏せ leaving the lout under a barrel on the side of the road until family paid his bill.
If he still couldn’t pay, he would get tattooed and banished

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In Japan, due to the unbearable and sometimes dangerous heat during the summer, this kindergarten has installed a retractable roof so that the children can play in the shade.

[japan @japan]

Could plants one day light our cities? 💡
A Japanese startup, LEP, created glowing trees, even exhibiting a glowing bonsai at Expo 2025 Osaka. This sustainable lighting innovation could reduce CO2 and energy use, offering a natural solution to global warming. 🌱✨

[tim_hornyak @robotopia]

#Sony will stop selling its Aibo #robot dog in Japan, which was originally launched in 1999, cancelled in 2006 and revived in 2018. Service in Japan and sales in the U.S. will continue. ソニーG、aiboの国内販売を終了　アプリ運営や修理は継続 - 日本経済新聞 https://t.co/SRhOswJSZM