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Fossils from Japan reveal squids evolved and dominated in dinosaur age seas

Fossils · Sapporo

Fossils from Japan reveal squids evolved and dominated in dinosaur age seas

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A new, advanced technique for studying fossils has revealed that squids evolved more than 50 million years earlier than previously thought and dominated Earth’s ancient seas. Cephalopods – the group which includes squids and octopuses – first emerged about 500 million years ago (mya). Very little is known about the evolution of cephalopods over their half-a-billion-year history because soft-bodied animals rarely fossilise. Today, squids are the …Read Article

Man arrested after kicking girlfriend who demanded to see his smartphone

Smartphones · Sapporo

Man arrested after kicking girlfriend who demanded to see his smartphone

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Police in Sapporo have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his 19-year-old girlfriend after they got into an argument when she demanded to see his smartphone. According to police, the incident occurred at the girl’s home between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, TBS reported. The man,…Read Article

First Record of Arion subfuscus in Japan: A Two-Century, Climate- and Trade-Mediated Invasion Pathway

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First Record of Arion subfuscus in Japan: A Two-Century, Climate- and Trade-Mediated Invasion Pathway

In 2024, we report the first confirmed occurrence of Arion subfuscus (Arionidae) in Japan—also the first Arion ever documented there. Specimens from Hokkaido (Northern Japan) were identified by morphology and mitochondrial 16S sequencing. Phylogenetic analyses placed the Japanes...Read Article

Apex Legends Global Series Championships Will Stay in Japan Until at Least 2028

The Year 5 and 6 events have been announced and locked in.Apex Legends · Sapporo See the Story

Multiple Accidents in Sapporo and Asahikawa: 14 People Transported (Kyodo News)

At around 4:20 pm on the 26th, there were multiple calls to 110 reporting an "accident" on National Route 36 near Tsukisamu Higashi 1-jo, Toyohira Ward, Sapporo City. According to the Hokkaido Prefectural Police Toyohira Station, it appears that a truck ran into the opposite lane and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle, then returned to its original lane, causing a chain reaction accident.Sapporo · Sapporo Read Article

Man Arrested in Sapporo for Posting Fake Arrest Warrant, Related to Special Fraud Investigation (Kyodo News)

On the 25th, Sapporo Nishi Police Station arrested Shunpei Mega (33), an unemployed man from Sakaiminami-cho, Musashino City, Tokyo, on suspicion of using a forged official document with a seal, for posting a fake arrest warrant to the home of a man in his 70s in Chuo Ward, Sapporo. The man later became the victim of a special fraud using the fake arrest warrant, and the police stationSapporo · Sapporo Read Article

Hokkaido Univ. allows isolated researchers to operate labs, guide students after complaints

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SAPPORO -- Hokkaido University's chemistry department has permitted several associate professors -- who had previously complained of systematic isolatProfessors · Sapporo Read Article

Girls as young as 8 show cognitive sensitivity to their own body weight, new study finds

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A new study has found that girls as young as eight or nine years old already have a tendency to notice and respond to numbers representing their own body weight, in ways that are different from boys. When these girls were shown a number referring to their weight, their attention was drawn to it and it distracted them from other visual information. This was not the case for boys, suggesting that an awareness of one’s body weight develops differen…Sapporo · Sapporo Read Article

＜Exclusive＞World's Most Dangerous and Poisonous Plant "Baikal Hogweed" Growing at Hokkaido University? Unconfirmed in Japan, Investigation to Be Carried Out

On the 24th, interviews with Hokkaido University and other sources revealed that a Umbelliferae plant believed to be "Giant Hogweed," known as one of the most dangerous plants in the world, was found growing on the campus of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, and the university has requested an investigation from an expert.Sapporo · Sapporo Read Article

EA to Bring ALGS Championship Back to Japan for Two More Years

The City of Sapporo are partnering with the ALGS to give the Championship a temporary home for the next two years.Esports · Sapporo Read Article

Hunting In Another World With My Elf Wife (Literature)

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Saran and Shin, from volume 1 of the manga A young hunter named Shin Nakajima is called in when a brown bear turns up in an urban area in Hokkaido, and the last thing he remembers is rushing in whenLiterature · Sapporo Read Article

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