Month: September 2022

State-run Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) will provide financial and technological support to Japan Inc's 'blue' hydrogen and ammonia projects using carbon dioxide capture and storage ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and South Korea have both sent combat aircraft to Australia for the first time to take part in a large multinational air combat exercise. ( read original story ...)

An American diplomat in Tokyo on Tuesday criticized China's “increasingly hostile maritime actions” as a threat to the safety of waterways in the resource-rich Indo-Pacific, as the United States seeks ... ( read original story ...)

The Russian Ministry of Defense said the navies of Russia and China conducted artillery firing at surface targets. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s defense minister says he has ordered a ministry-wide special investigation into growing reports of sexual assault after allegations of harassment were brought by a former soldier ... ( read original story ...)

Simone Biles made one of the biggest moves in her career: withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympic Games. Here's what she has to say about it now in her own words. ( read original story ...)

The state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July, will cost more than $10 million when its held later this month, according to a government estimate ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese prosecutors arrested two officials at a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as part of a widening bribery investigation that media said involved a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board. ( read original story ...)

A powerful typhoon tore through South Korea's southern industrial hubs on Tuesday, leaving at least two people dead, 10 missing and thousands displaced, authorities said. ( read original story ...)

Public opposition to ceremony grows over cost to taxpayer and ex-PM’s ties to Unification church ... ( read original story ...)