Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with the head of the National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, Hiroshi Kishi, on Wednesday, discussing the options for disposing of the radioactive waters – described by the government as “treated” – that have accumulated in storage tanks around the nuclear power plant. The …
Read More »China sent its carrier near Japanese waters because Tokyo and Washington’s encroachment unties Beijing’s hands
On Monday morning, China announced it sent an aircraft carrier group through a location known as the Miyako Strait, an island chain which bridges the gap between the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea. The area largely consists of Japanese waters and has several strategic islands such as Okinawa, …
Read More »Japanese court rules gay marriage ban ‘unconstitutional’ in landmark decision
The ruling poses a challenge to Japan’s constitution, which defines matrimony as being based on “the mutual consent of both sexes.” The wording has been interpreted as only allowing marriage between a man and a woman, and currently same-sex partners are barred from inheriting each other’s assets. They also have …
Read More »Over 70 percent of Japanese people want Tokyo Olympics to be postponed or CANCELLED – survey
The Japanese appear to be quite wary of the Olympics and Paralympics, expected to be held in Tokyo this summer, according to a fresh survey by the Japan Press Research Institute. The projections are based on a poll conducted among some 3,000 people aged 18 or older. Nearly 38 percent …
Read More »Heavy snow causes deadly pileup involving more than 130 cars on Japanese expressway (VIDEO)
The fatal crash took place around midday on Tuesday on the Tohoku Expressway in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, leaving one person dead and 10 others hospitalized, police and firefighters said. Heavy snowfall continues to cover large areas of northern and north-eastern Japan, creating unfavorable conditions for driving. Videos shown on national …
Read More »ISS forced to carry out emergency maneuver to dodge remnant of Japanese rocket – NASA
The three crew members, Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner along with American astronaut Chris Cassidy, began the maneuver before taking up positions on board the Soyuz spacecraft at around 10:21pm GMT in case anything went wrong and they needed to abandon ship. Manning the lifeboats is precarious at …
Read More »Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to resign over health issues – local media
The 65-year-old prime minister has made two hospital visits in the past two weeks, fueling speculation that his health is failing. Japan’s NHK was the first to report that Abe intends to resign, with other outlets later corroborating the scoop. Hiroyuki Hosoda, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said …
Read More »“The last samurai”: how the Japanese 30 years, fought in the Second world
“For him the war is not over” – sometimes talking about the former soldiers and officers. But it is rather an allegory. But the Japanese, Hiroo Onoda was convinced that the war is still going on and a few decades after the Second world war. How did it happen? Spy …
Read More »Japanese spacecraft collected samples of soil of the asteroid. What’s he looking for there?
Japanese space probe “Hayabusa-2” held for the second successful mission for the collection of soil samples from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. We have previously reported that the unit was transmitted to Earth new images of small celestial bodies in the course of this operation. Although the first animated …
Read More »Japanese probe “Hayabusa-2” detonated on the asteroid Ryugu to create a crater
the Japanese aerospace exploration Agency (JAXA) reported on the successful undermining, was made on Friday on the asteroid’s surface Ryugu. JAXA The purpose of the blasting is produced using a special block, which is a copper projectile weighing 2 kg of explosives, which was sent interplanetary probe “Hayabusa-2”, was …
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