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Fifty-metre-long skylight spans length of Kitaoka Group headquarters in Japan

A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan. Wataru Architects redesigned the 40-year-old ...
KSAT

In Japan's Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

AZUMINO – In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys.

Slalom chic: Niseko’s ski lodges zigzag between styles

I don’t think there is a [contemporary] Japanese ski aesthetic,” asserts Vincent McIlduff of ALT Design and Construction, the ...
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Hidden Winter Gem of Japan: The Snow Wall Adventure in Toyama Prefecture

The snow corridors of Toyama offer a magical experience, with towering walls of snow transforming the landscape into a winter ...
IEEE

Building Damage Mapping of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan, Using Semi-Supervised Learning and VHR Optical Imagery

Abstract: Deep learning (DL) models are generally less able to maintain their performance in out-of-domain (OOD) testing. Model transferability is crucial, especially when a model needs to be applied ...