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From Tokyo to the World: a Future Made Possible by the Energy-efficient Supercomputer "TSUBAME"

One of the most advanced research projects in the world is currently being carried out in Tokyo: the supercomputer "TSUBAME" at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
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Rhizomatiks has gained international acclaim for its innovative forms of expression, including collaborations with world-famous Bjork and with kyogen performer NOMURA Mansai, and provision of technical support for Perfume's live performances. In the fall of 2019, Rhizomatiks performed Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13, "Light and Sound Installation 'Coded Field'", at Zojoji Temple. With the 2020 Olympics just around the corner, COVID-19 infections were spreading. How did Rhizomatiks spend 2020? We asked MANABE Daito, one of the company founders, about that as well as his expectations regarding the future of art and technology.
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Lighting the Olympic Flame with Hydrogen - Tokyo's Message for the Future

Lighting the Olympic Flame with Hydrogen - Tokyo's Message for the Future

In October 2020, the Japanese government officially announced its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. It set out a "Green Growth Strategy" comprising concrete measures that prioritize the adoption of hydrogen, which does not result in the emission of carbon dioxide. Lighting the Olympic torch for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 with hydrogen not only symbolizes the country's determination to work towards its goal of building a hydrogen-based society, but also serves as a message that Tokyo hopes to send to the rest of the world.

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Roy Tomizawa - The Challenge and Significance of Tokyo2020: Inspiration, Gut Check and a Dream to Bring the World Together Againの画像

Roy Tomizawa - The Challenge and Significance of Tokyo2020: Inspiration, Gut Check and a Dream to Bring the World Together Again

She was five years old, and she watched the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with amazement.

Jackie Joyner Kersee! Carl Lewis!


And so Megumi Ikeda thought one day, this little girl from Nanyo, Yamagata in northern Japan would be as fast and as cool as Jackie Joyner-Kersee.


As it turned out, Ikeda (née Harada) simply didn't have the athletic gifts to excel in track and field. And yet, the flame of high performance can be sparked in unexpected ways. Ikeda would go on to represent Japan at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the Beijing Olympics in individual épée fencing.


Fencing is an old sport, but it is not a money-making sport. People don't fill arenas around the world to watch fencing, wrestling, weightlifting, curling, hammer throwing, cross-country skiing, or the luge.


But every four years, billions of people watch the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
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