An annual contest for traditional Japanese short poetry in Tottori Prefecture came to an end this month after 20 years due to signs some of the participants might have used artificial intelligence for their submissions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/24/japan/japan-ai-senryu-poetry-writing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ai #tottori #literature #poetry #shigerumizuki
Safety advisories have been issued as heavy snowfall along the Sea of Japan disrupt local transportation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/25/japan/japan-heavy-snow-ishikawa-tottori/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #snow #meteorologicalagency #ishikawa #tottori
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake, measuring a strong 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, struck Shimane Prefecture at 10:18 a.m. on Tuesday. There was no threat of a tsunami. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/japan/shimane-strong-earthquakes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shimane #tottori #earthquakes
When the glass ceiling is a windshield: Severine Lamielle is a quiet trailblazer of the taxi industry as a female expat in Japan’s least populous prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/01/issues/tottori-taxi-driver-lamielle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #tottori #expats #immigration #jobs #taxis
Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai promoted sake and folk crafts from the prefecture in Paris over two days through Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/tottori-governor-paris-promotion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tottori #paris #donaldtrump #us #sake #food #manga #drinking #alcohol