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☆ Japan has made the world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube. And it actually works
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Chris Lau | Nodoka Katsura | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Tokyo CNN —Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube — one so tiny that you might need a pair of tweezers to solve it. Each face of the cube, which is made from aluminum, measures about five millimeters (around 0.2 inches) across. “The 5-milimeter Rubik’s Cube is the result of the trinity of machines, cutting tools, and players’ passion,” said Kiyokazu Saito, president of Iriso Precision, the company brought in for the precision cutting, in a promotional video on the toymaker’s website. Guinness World Record confirmed the micro-cube as the world’s smallest rotating puzzle cube in August. The miniature cube in comparison to a standard one.

Persons: MegaHouse, “, ”, Kiyokazu Saito, Tony Fisher, Ernő Rubik, Max Park, Wang Yiheng, Luke Garrett, Aaron Huynh, China’s Du Yusheng Organizations: Tokyo CNN, Iriso, CNN, Guinness Locations: British, Long Beach , California, China

☆ Cape penguin found in Japan after two weeks missing at sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Lex Harvey | Nodoka Katsura | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

African penguins can swim up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) a day, he said, but in captivity, their muscle mass decreases. But, amid the destruction, the typhoon was a boon for little Pen, Imai said. “She survived because of the typhoon,” Imai said. “It was almost miraculous timing.”Pen's keeper, Ryosuke Imai, rescued Pen after someone spotted her on a beach 45 kilometers from where she escaped. “When we first received the report, I couldn’t believe there was really a penguin,” Imai said.

Persons: Ryosuke Imai, Pen's, Gekidan, Pen, Imai, ” Imai, Gan, Penters wasn’t, ” Pen, ” Organizations: Tokyo CNN, CNN Locations: Japan

Tokyo CNN —Israel will not be invited to this year’s peace ceremony commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki to promote a “peaceful and somber atmosphere” at the August 9 event, the city’s mayor told local media Wednesday. Nagasaki’s mayor Shiro Suzuki told reporters Wednesday that Israel’s exclusion was due to security concerns and was not a political decision. Hiroshima’s annual peace ceremony is the larger of the two and representatives from 115 countries and the European Union are set to attend this year. Some local activists and peace advocates accused Hiroshima authorities of double standards for excluding Russia and Belarus but allowing Israel to take part. However, Russia and Belarus are exceptions due to the invasion of Ukraine,” a Hiroshima city government spokesperson told CNN last month.

Persons: Tokyo CNN —, Shiro Suzuki, “, ”, Gilad Cohen, Israel, Suzuki, don’t Organizations: Tokyo CNN, CNN, Hamas, European Union, Israel’s, Israel, Kyodo Locations: Tokyo CNN — Israel, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Israel, Gaza, Japan, Russia, Belarus, Moscow, Ukraine, ”

However, Russia and Belarus are exceptions due to the invasion of Ukraine,” a Hiroshima city government spokesperson told CNN. Envoys from Russia and Belarus haven’t attended since Hiroshima excluded them in 2022 following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February that year. Russia used Belarus as one of the launch pads for its assault and later moved some of its tactical nuclear weapons there. “As a city of international peace, Hiroshima city needs to invite all nations, regardless of whether they are at war or not,” said Kunihiko Sakuma, president of Hiroshima Hidankyo, an atomic bomb survivors’ advocacy group. Hiroshima authorities said they only send invitations to countries with embassies in Japan and have never invited Palestinian representatives to the ceremony.

Persons: haven’t, Israel, ”, Hiroshima’s, Belarus haven’t, Tetsuji Kumada, Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, Fumio Kishida, Volodymyr Zelensky, Naoya Azuma, Kunihiko Sakuma, Yoko Kamikawa, Junko Ogura Organizations: Tokyo CNN —, CNN, “, ”, European Union, Hiroshima’s, Russia, Hamas, Reuters, AP Japan, Kyodo, ” Kyodo, Mission of Locations: Tokyo CNN — Hiroshima, Gaza, Hiroshima, Israel, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, ”, “ Russia, Nagasaki, Palestine, Japan, Israeli, Al, Khan, Reuters Japanese, Hiroshima Peace, Kyiv, Tokyo, Mission of Palestine

“Today, I would like to announce that a settlement has been reached in the civil trial with the three perpetrators who were found guilty in the criminal trial,” Gonoi said. Authorities initially seemed unwilling to believe her but Gonoi’s refusal to be silenced eventually prompted prosecutors to reopen investigations in a sweeping probe into sexual harassment across the JSDF. The broad investigation led by Japan’s defense ministry found that Gonoi had suffered physical and verbal sexual harassment daily between late 2020 and August 2021. Not backing downAs a child, Gonoi said she saw JSDF members as heroes. The defense ministry eventually launched a broad investigation into sexual harassment across the JSDF that found Gonoi had suffered physical and verbal sexual harassment daily between late 2020 and August 2021.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, Rina Gonoi, ” Gonoi, Gonoi, “, Yoshiaki Saito, Japan’s, Kazuhiro Nogi, Fumio Kishida, Boram Jang, “ Rina Gonoi, ” Jang Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, “, Japan Self, Defense Force, NHK, CNN, Japan’s Ministry of Defense, Authorities, Getty, Japanese, Gonoi, Amnesty Locations: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Japan, Higashi, Japan’s, Miyagi, Fukushima, AFP, East Asia

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