Google Japan's conveyor-belt keyboard brings keys to your fingers - September 7, 2026

Stories on Japan of interest to me, TokyoBill!

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In today’s episode:

Google Japan’s conveyor-belt keyboard brings keys to your fingers;

Zojirushi brews craft beer from rice cooker test leftovers;

Jiro ramen chain uses stickers to welcome first-time female diners;

Car-share hack exposes 1.6 million driver’s license images;

Dewi Sukarno fined 200,000 yen for assaulting former staff;

Meiji University returns Indigenous remains taken from Alaska;

Tokyo University of Science professor wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry;

Japan’s big four beer makers raided over alleged price-fixing cartel