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Last orders? Soaring costs and declining demand take toll on Japan’s legendary izakaya
In the bowels of a commercial building in Tokyo’s Shinbashi neighbourhood there is little to suggest that office workers seeing in the year of the snake have lost their appetite for shared plates of Japanese food and jockeys of draught beer. They tuck into plates of charcoal-grilled chicken, bowls of …
Ukraine war briefing: Russia and Iran deepen defence ties as Trump inauguration looms
Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a broad cooperation pact
on Friday as their countries deepened their partnership in the face of stinging western sanctions. Russian and Iranian officials say the “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty” covers all areas, from trade and military cooperation …
In engineering, quantity production is possible only with fine, repeatable measurements. Starting from a problem in aerospace, David McMurtry, who has died aged 84, did much to advance the scientific study of measurement – metrology – and so facilitated hi-tech mass production in many fields.
While working for Rolls-Royce in …
Lindsey Vonn’s ‘impossible’ comeback roars on with 2026 Olympics in frame
‘A mix of emotions’: Hamas deal seen as a betrayal but greeted with joy by Palestinians
ceasefire and hostage release deal
between Israel and Hamas has been greeted with joy by Palestinians, but a more wary approach in Israel, where demonstrators both in favour and against the deal have taken to the streets in protest.The deal, which is supposed …
Police fear ‘rightwing driven’ reaction to grooming gangs will harm victims
Senior police officers fear that government pressure to reinvestigate closed historic cases of gang grooming could make it harder to catch those targeting children today.
more reviews of past cases and also that victims, whose cases did not end in prosecutions, will …Draper delighted hard work paying off after hat-trick of Melbourne marathons
Jack Draper says his trio of five-set victories at the Australian Open are evidence of the hard work he has put into his career, effort that is finally paying off for him in the biggest matches.
“I still have a long way to go, but this is a huge drive …
In 2000, the cognitive neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire published the study that would bring her worldwide fame. It showed that a brain region called the posterior hippocampus was larger in London taxi drivers who had acquired the Knowledge – a mental map of the British capital complete with streets, routes and …
EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
The European Commission has asked X to hand over internal documents about its algorithms, as it steps up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media platform has breached EU rules on content moderation.
The EU’s executive branch told the company it wanted to see internal documentation about its “recommender …
Robots, drones and uncrewed vessels ‘likely to be default’ for future of Navy
The Royal Navy of the future will be dominated by robots, drones and uncrewed vessels leading chiefs to conclude there is no need to try to recruit extra sailors as part of the forthcoming defence review.
Adm Sir Ben Key, the first sea lord, believes that the Navy has to …