Japan
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One in 10 Japanese aged 80 or above as elderly ratio hits record high
Sep 18, 2023According to ministry data released on Sunday, one in ten Japanese citizens are now 80 years of age or older, and the proportion of the elderly to the general population has reached a record high. According... -
Japan warns against ‘violations’ of UN ban on arms deals with North Korea
Sep 15, 2023After Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kim Jong Un on Thursday, Japan issued a warning against going against UN resolutions over military trade with North Korea. “We are watching (the talks) with concerns including the... -
Japanese foreign minister arrived in Ukraine: embassy
Sep 10, 2023Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has started his visit in Ukraine, the Japanese embassy said Saturday morning, in a show of support for the war-battered country. “Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi arrives in Ukraine,” the embassy... -
Record rain in parts of Japan after tropical storm
Sep 9, 2023Officials announced on Saturday that parts of Japan had experienced their greatest day rainfall in recorded history, with reports of more than 100 landslides following a tropical cyclone. The most rain has fallen in a 24-hour... -
Japan fishermen, locals seek halt to Fukushima water release
Sep 4, 2023A lawsuit will be filed this week by about 100 fishermen and residents of the Fukushima area to prohibit the discharge of effluent from the damaged Japanese nuclear facility, they announced on Monday. Japan started discharging... -
Japan postpones ‘Moon Sniper’ liftoff for third time
Aug 28, 2023Due to bad weather, Japan’s space agency postponed the launch of its “Moon Sniper” lunar mission on Monday for a third time. A research satellite created in collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency was... -
Japan to release water from Fukushima nuclear plant
Aug 24, 2023Japan will start releasing wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, a move that has drawn a strong reaction from China despite Japan’s assurances that it is safe. Twelve years after one of the... -
Hong Kong to curb some Japan food imports over Fukushima water release
Aug 22, 2023After Tokyo said it will release water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear facility into the ocean, Hong Kong’s leader John Lee said Tuesday that he had ordered his administration to “immediately activate” import limits on specific... -
Flights cancelled as typhoon skirts southern Japan
Aug 8, 2023Flights were cancelled, bullet trains partially suspended, and factories shuttered on Tuesday as Typhoon Khanun headed past Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu, bringing heavy rain. The typhoon last week reportedly killed at least two people, injured... -
Typhoon forces Japan atomic bomb commemorations inside
Aug 7, 2023Typhoon Khanun was on track Monday to pour torrential rain on one of Japan’s biggest islands this week, forcing commemorations of the Nagasaki atomic blast to be held indoors. Last week’s typhoon killed at least two...
