The island nation will ban all new entries of foreign nationals from December 28 until the end of January, the government announced on Saturday. The decision was made following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus present in foreign nationals who had traveled from Britain. Japanese nationals and …
Read More »Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe apologizes for illegal payments scandal after prosecutors say not enough evidence to indict him
The apology came after the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Abe’s longtime aide for not disclosing fees and payments for dinner receptions held for the ex-prime minister’s supporters between 2016 and 2019. Under Japanese law, politicians are prohibited from giving gifts to constituents. Speaking before a parliamentary committee on …
Read More »Russian warship fires torpedoes in Sea of Japan exercises amid rising tensions with US in disputed waters (VIDEO)
In footage released by the Ministry of Defense on Thursday, the newly modernized Marshal Shaposhnikov, an Udalay-class naval destroyer, let off its A-190 artillery unit, as well as its 30mm six-barrel cannon and at least two naval torpedoes in the Peter the Great Bay. The bay has been a hotspot …
Read More »Trump presents Legion of Merit to Indian PM Modi, Japan’s Abe & Australia’s Morrison in nod to anti-China ‘Quad’ alliance
The prestigious military honor was handed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian premier Scott Morrison and Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe on Monday, the head of the National Security Council, Robert O’Brien, announced in a series of tweets. Commending Abe – who resigned his post earlier this year over health …
Read More »Stealth fighters and long-range missiles: Japan’s cabinet greenlights record-breaking military budget
Japan’s cabinet approved on Monday the record-high $1.03 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year starting in April 2021. The package includes a stimulus for the economy which has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic and a hike in defense spending. The military will receive $51.7 billion for …
Read More »Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’, who preyed on users sharing suicidal thoughts online & dismembered victims’ bodies, sentenced to death
Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, was found guilty of a series of grisly crimes he committed over the course of three terrifying months in 2017. Judge Naokuni Yano of the Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court ruled that the defendant was mentally capable to be held responsible for the series of …
Read More »Japan expected to dump over 1 MILLION TONS of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific, fishermen fear ‘catastrophic impact’
Japan has debated what to do with the rapidly increasing store of radioactive wastewater for years, and now the decision to release it into the ocean could be confirmed by the end of the month. Currently, Japan houses the water in more than 1,000 tanks, but with 170 additional tons …
Read More »Japan will host Olympics in 2021 ‘as proof that humanity has DEFEATED the pandemic,’ PM Suga vows at UN
Making his debut speech to the international body on Friday, Suga told the UN General Assembly that Japan is committed to “leave no one behind” amid the health crisis, and argued the 2021 Olympics will serve as a symbolic victory against the virus. “In the summer of next year, Japan …
Read More »Yoshihide Suga becomes prime minister of Japan after Shinzo Abe’s cabinet formally resigns
Suga’s candidacy was approved by both houses of the National Diet, Japan’s parliament. The 71-year-old politician, who was described by the local media as Abe’s close confidant and “right-hand man,” had previously promised to continue his predecessor’s key policies. Suga had held the important position of chief cabinet secretary since …
Read More »Whoever replaces Shinzo Abe, Japan’s slow rot & subservience to US will likely continue
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister is stepping down, and the nation appears to be in shock. But people are stunned simply because the protocol was broken (even if unwell, ill, a Japanese leader is not supposed to abandon his post, abruptly), not because they are fearing or expecting great political, economic, …
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