Hirofumi Yamamoto
@hirofumi-yamamoto.bsky.social
Editor, Visual Investigations I specialize in open-source intelligence, uncovering new facts and stories through innovative digital journalism techniques.
The UK on May 11 sanctioned a North Korean children’s camp over suspected ties to Russia’s forced transfer and re-education of Ukrainian children. 【UK sanctions list】 search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk/designations... 【Nikkei original investigation】 asia.nikkei.com/static/vdata...
FCDO - UK Sanctions List Search - GOV.UK
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New: Visual Strory TEPCO’s Nuclear Reactor Restart and the Rising Power Demand Driven by AI vdata.nikkei.com/newsgraphics... As the spread of AI increases demand for data centers, Japan is promoting the use of nuclear power.
New: Visual Investigation Is North Korea's 'princess' walking a path toward succession? asia.nikkei.com/static/vdata... North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a young daughter. Using AI facial recognition technology, Nikkei analyzed 14,115 hours of Korean Central Television footage.
New: Visual Investigation Inside North Korea's bizzare beach resort 🇰🇵 A symbol of the current honeymoon with Russia vdata.nikkei.com/newsgraphics... The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, a sprawling seaside resort on North Korea's eastern seaboard, opened its doors this summer.
New on Bloomberg : “What Is the World Going to Do About Iran’s Uranium?”
What Is the World Going to Do About Iran’s Uranium?
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We just added 100 more Texas agencies using Flock Safety automated license plate readers to the Atlas of Surveillance. As police tech spreads, you can count on EFF to track it and fight for your rights. www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
On one of the most unbelievable satellite images I've ever seen, showing hundreds of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks north of Rafah. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/w...
A World of Misery, From 200 Miles Up
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Magnitude 8.7 #earthquake in Kamchatka, following a M7.4 last week - may be largest earthquake since 2011, 8th largest on record globally, #tsunami warning in place for US west coast and Canada - the historic 1952 M9 closely caused a destructive tsunami across the Pacific
NEW: "Money Machine" in Japanese FT and Nikkei have released the Japanese version of the Apple Vision Pro app Money Machine, with Nikkei engineers leading the localization. Check it out! @data.ft.com @theboysmithy.ft.com www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
経済の流れ3Dで体感 日経･FTがアプリ､Apple Vision Pro向け - 日本経済新聞
日本経済新聞社と英フィナンシャル・タイムズ（FT）は28日、米アップルのゴーグル型端末「Vision Pro（ビジョンプロ）」向けアプリ「Money Machine（マネーマシン）」の日本語版をリリースしました。ユーザーは3D（3次元）空間内で、経済のお金の流れを体感できます。大阪・関西万博の英国パビリオンで8、9日に開催されたイベントで公開されました。同アプリの英語版を2024年9月にリリー
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NEW: Visual Investigation Proliferating Scam Centers in Myanmar: “Prisons” Along the Border Show Three Distinctive Features vdata.nikkei.com/newsgraphics...
In which Republican support for bombing Iran jumped 30 points in a week www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We texted 1,000 Americans about Trump’s Iran strike. Here’s what they said.
A Washington Post poll shows a significant surge in Republican support following Trump’s airstrikes in Iran over its nuclear program.
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Scott Clement@sfcpoll.bsky.social · last yr.New Washington Post flash poll on Trump's Iran strikes, including how attitudes changed since Trump ordered them -> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
【NEW】 Fordow, Iran: Enrichment Facility May Lie Beneath Strike According to the U.S. military, a B-2 stealth bomber departed Whiteman Air Force Base on the morning of June 21 (ET) and dropped a bunker buster on the Fordow facility via a transatlantic route. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
【NEW】 Fordow, Iran: Enrichment Facility May Lie Beneath Strike The Fordow uranium facility is believed to lie 80–90 meters underground. A GBU-57 bunker buster, capable of penetrating up to 200 feet, was likely used to target it. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
【NEW】 Fordow, Iran: Possible Uranium Enrichment Facility Beneath Impact Site Satellite and diagram analysis suggests centrifuges may lie beneath the Fordow impact crater. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
As with Fordow, the search for ventilation shafts and other small external structures are critical to helping understand the scale and purpose of underground facilities, such as those in North Korea. From AccessDPRK, NK's Largest Underground Facilities mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-...
The Largest Underground Sites in North Korea
Kim Jong-un visiting the Kanggye Tractor Plant. Image: Rodong Sinmun, June 2013. There are over 2,500 underground sites in North Korea that ...
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The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors: www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond
Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.
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The Iran-Israel conflict marks the first time in a war where AI-generated videos and images have been widely shared by supporters of both sides as an effective tool to fight the information war. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation
Fake AI videos relating to the conflict have gained over 100 million views online, BBC Verify finds.
bbc.co.uk
Significant damage in downtown Tel Aviv/Ramat Gan. Maslawi Elite Tower, 32.082825, 34.805663 Glass blown out in at least a two-block radius from the tower.
NEW: Fire at Iranian Nuclear Site? Verifying Israeli Strikes with Video Following the Israeli strikes, aircraft have been avoiding Iranian airspace. According to data from Flightradar24, which tracks global air traffic, planes disappeared from Iranian skies.
NEW: Fire at Iranian Nuclear Site? Verifying Israeli Strikes with Video The nuclear facility in Natanz, central Iran, was targeted. We verified footage posted on X and confirmed flames and thick black smoke near the site. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
イラン核関連施設で火災か イスラエル攻撃を映像で検証 - 日本経済新聞
イスラエル軍は13日、イランの核関連施設を含む数十カ所を攻撃したと発表した。首都テヘランの市街地でも被害が報告されている。どこが被害を受けたのか。SNSに投稿された映像や写真を検証した。ナタンズの核施設で火災かイラン中部ナタンズの核施設が標的になった。首都テヘランから南に約230キロに位置する。イスラエルのネタニヤフ首相は13日、X（旧ツイッター）で演説動画を公開し、「ナタンズにある主要な
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NEW: Fire at Iranian Nuclear Site? Verifying Israeli Strikes with Video We verified videos and photos posted on social media. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
A new satellite imagery analysis by Dr. He Yin of Kent State University shows that nearly all of Gaza's crops, tree cover and grassland have been damaged in Israel's invasion — devastation that some have said should be prosecuted as "ecocide."
I believe the Kaliningrad and St Petersburg (and more?) spoof-jammers have increased their reach significantly. The area around Baltic Sea presently affected by electronic warfare directed at GNSS/GPS-receivers is enormous, larger than before. Bbl with a timelapse. Nb, this is reach at 10-30k ft.
The death toll of Israel’s war in Gaza, according to this investigation, includes 266 entire nuclear families (two parents and their children) of three, 192 entire nuclear families of four, 171 of five, 121 of six, 50 of seven, 17 of eight, 10 of nine, 3 of eleven, and 1 of fourteen.
The lives lost in Gaza: A closer look at those killed in the conflict so far
The death toll from the war already dwarfs the numbers killed in previous bouts of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza over many decades.
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Again, cannot stress enough how much people should have fought the proliferation of automatic license plate readers when they had the chance.
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
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New on USA Today : “New Orleans jail escape: Maps and videos show how it happened”
New Orleans jail escape: Maps and videos show how it happened
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