Loekalization Blog
Japanese/Chinese/Korean/English/Dutch game localization
Month: November 2024
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Move Over, Spider-Man: Bagworms Are the New MVPs of Science
The world has officially entered its most absurdly brilliant chapter yet: bagworm silk is here to save us all. Yes, bagworm silk—the stuff these tiny insects spit out to build their cozy little cocoons—has been turned into an industrial powerhouse by none other than Kowa, a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Because apparently curing diseases wasn’t enough;…
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人民 – Jinmin – People
人民 (jinmin) is a word that holds within it the hopes and dreams of humanity. Or at least it pretends to. What it actually holds is a spectacular history of oppression, sarcasm-worthy irony, and the linguistic equivalent of slapping a smiley face on a disaster. Before we dive into this word’s incredible rollercoaster through history,…
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Xinjiang’s Coal Mining Aims for 60 Million Tons a Year
In Urumqi, the Tianshan Laboratory has burst onto the scene like a coal-fueled juggernaut, aiming to not only tackle Xinjiang’s toughest energy challenges but also rewrite the global rulebook on mining. Named after the majestic Tianshan mountains, this cutting-edge research hub is backed by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and armed with ambitions so big…
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€1 Million Fountain of Hope Dies for the Price of 700 Lattes
The “Big Phoenix” fountain in Takarazuka City is a majestic tribute to resilience and rebirth after the Great Hanshin Earthquake—now being put out to pasture for the jaw-dropping, astronomical, earth-shattering cost of… €8,500 ($8,800) a year. That’s right, folks. Not €85,000. Not €8.5 million. Just €8,500. For that price, you can rent a tiny Parisian…
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Tianhe: Saving the Planet While Western Computers Play Call of Duty
While the rest of us were busy debating whether it’s acceptable to microwave eggs, China’s Tianhe supercomputers were out there solving complex data puzzles, predicting the apocalypse, and probably figuring out how to beat Mario Kart on autopilot. Yes, Tianhe just casually snatched the Big Data Green Graph500 crown for energy-efficient graph processing, because of…
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Japan Invents the Reverse Pay Raise
Let me introduce you to the 「103万円の壁」 (103-man yen wall), Japan’s very own fiscal booby trap that’s been making part-time workers cry into their bento boxes for decades. Imagine you’re a part-timer, grinding away to bring in a little extra cash. Everything’s fine and dandy—until your income crosses the magical threshold of 1.03 million yen…
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Carbon Neutrality by 2060? Hold My Green Tea, Says China
China’s Blue Book on Sustainable Development—or as it might as well be called, “The 2024 Guide to Telling Everyone We’re Saving the Planet While Still Building Skyscrapers at Warp Speed”—just dropped at the COP29 climate shindig in Baku. If you’ve never heard of COP29, don’t worry. It’s basically the world’s annual group therapy session for…
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Who Needs Democracy? Meet the Island Ruled by a Dynasty for 64 Years.
Forget democracy, dear reader, and allow me to introduce you to the island of Himeshima, a seven-square-kilometer plot of land in Oita Prefecture that time—and apparently modern governance—forgot. Here, in this land of shrimp, sewage, and dynastic ambition, the Fujimoto family has ruled with a grip so firm that even Game of Thrones’ Tywin Lannister…
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The Hong Kong Story You Didn’t Know
The sentencing of Joshua Wong (黄之锋) and Benny Tai (戴耀廷) is the latest flashpoint in Hong Kong’s transformation under Beijing’s National Security Law. The West portrays these developments as the grim final act for Hong Kong’s freedoms, while mainland China cheers what it sees as long-overdue justice. To fully grasp the stakes here, you need…
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Saito’s Political Resurrection After a Staff Suicide
Motohiko Saito’s re-election in November 2024 is a political story so wild, it makes Tiger King look like a documentary on lawn care. Just two months after being unanimously booted out by the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly for allegations of power harassment, Saito didn’t just crawl back into office—he strutted in, probably to the tune of…
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