Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of a Japanese radical leftist group behind deadly bomb attacks in the 1970s, was wanted for nearly 50 years, with his bespectacled, smiling mugshots almost omnipresent outside police stations across Japan. The saga took a sudden twist last month when a terminally ill man hospitalized near Tokyo declared on his […]
After multiple setbacks, including the failure of its first flight last year, Japan’s satellite program is back on track with the successful launch of its new H3 flagship rocket on Saturday. Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) has now triumphed twice in a row following the launch, with its moon lander Smart Lander for Investigating Moon […]
The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck on Monday afternoon, prompting residents in some coastal areas to flee to higher ground as tsunami waves hit Japan’s west coast, sweeping some cars and houses into the sea. A 3,000-strong rescue crew of army personnel, firefighters and police officers from across the country have been […]
Sydney: Kaoru Mitoma scored twice in the dying minutes as Japan beat Australia 2-0 on Thursday to book their place at a seventh straight World Cup and in doing so also helped Saudi Arabia qualify. It was a crushing blow for an understrength Socceroos who now face a perilous play-off to keep alive their […]
Japan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. Cases remain high and medical systems in Osaka, the hardest-hit area in western Japan, are still overburdened, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga […]
Nissan will invest more than 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion); in building new electric-vehicle battery plants in the U.K. and Japan, according to a report. The Japanese automobile giant and a Chinese-owned battery maker aim to start delivering batteries. Also, to power 700,000 electric vehicles a year from two plants as early as 2024, the […]
Tokyo and Islamabad agreed on debt deferral; amounting to Japanese yen 40 billion (approximately $370 million) for making fiscal space to fight against Covid-19 in Pakistan. Secondly, According to an official statement; this is in line with the G20; Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) decided on April 15, 2020; and the memorandum of understanding (MoU) […]
Japan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Matsuda Kuninori said on Monday that Tokyo had eased travel Restrictions to Pakistan and he personally considered Pakistan a safe country. He said he would Encourage Japanese people to visit this country for tourism and Exploring Business opportunities. The Japanese envoy made these observations when he visited the centuries-old Buddhist caves located […]
Origami is a Japanese word; a combination of two words. “ori” means to fold and “kami” means paper. It is believed that Japanese origami began in the 6th century. Due to the high costs of paper, it was only used for religious ceremonial purposes. In Japan, the crane is a mystical creature and is believed […]
Foreign spectators wishing to attend this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games will be denied entry to Japan, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee said in a statement on Saturday. All tickets purchased by foreign residents will be refunded for postponed games, scheduled to start on July 23. The decision was made after a virtual meeting between […]
