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The number of islands in Japan has doubled since 1987, a new survey of the country has found. With the help of digital mapping technology, Japan's Geospatial Information Authority has determined that ... ( read original story ...)

A sunken craft located off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan has been confirmed to be wreckage of a long-lost WWII-era US submarine, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. ( read original story ...)

The main engine of the rocket, which is carrying an observation satellite and an experimental sensor to detect missile launches, had already ignited when the launch was halted, the Japan Aerospace ... ( read original story ...)

Utah's legislators unanimously approved two Olympics bills Thursday, one of which allows the governor to provide the IOC financial assurances that could put taxpayers on the hook if something goes ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co on Friday said it will invest an additional USD 82 million to expand passenger car tyre manufacturing capacity up to 4.5 million units next year to meet the increasing demand in the ... ( read original story ...)

Italy's journey towards Expo 2025 Osaka has begun with the publication of notification of the pre-information for the design-build tender for the Italian pavilion. © ANSA ... ( read original story ...)

With an additional investment of US$82 million (Rs 679 crore), the company looks to increase its annual passenger car tyre production capacity in India with Yokohama India, its local passenger car ... ( read original story ...)

MC Digital Realty, a data center joint venture between Mitsubishi and Digital Realty, has launched a new facility in Osaka, Japan. The company announced this week it has opened KIX13, the fourth data ... ( read original story ...)

Former Kishida aide Masayoshi Arai's comments to reporters earlier this month that he wouldn’t want to live next to LGBTQ people and that citizens would flee Japan if same-sex marriages were allowed ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Friday aborted the launch of its first new medium-lift rocket in three decades moments before the H3 vehicle was meant to lift off after secondary booster engines strapped ... ( read original story ...)

The former president of a major Japanese advertising firm pleaded guilty Friday to bribing an Olympics official to secure a coveted sponsorship contract for the Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co. announced that on it began operating a new indoor ice circle test facility at its Tire Test Center of Hokkaido (TTCH). ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that as of January 2023 it has joined the TNFD Forum, a global gathering of institutions that are aligned with the ... ( read original story ...)

In order to satisfy increasing local demand, Yokohama Rubber is expanding passenger car tyre production capacity in India. It will invest US$82 million in its Yokohama India manufacturing and sales ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA—Feline-friendly Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui hopes to make the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo the first one to allow pets, but a number of hurdles stand in the way. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country's age of consent, currently among the world's lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.The move to raise the age of consent to 16 is part of a package of reforms that would also clarify rape prosecution requirements ...