Tokyo: Japan on Sunday marked 72 years since the world’s first nuclear attack on Hiroshima, with the nation’s traditional contradictions over atomic weapons coming into focus once again. The anniversary came after Japan sided last month with nuclear ... ( read original story ...)
Two killed as Typhoon Noru slams southern Japan
AT least two people have been killed on southern Japanese islands as a powerful typhoon accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds lashed the region, local media report. A 67-year-old man died after sustaining injuries in a fall on Yaku island, while an 84 ... ( read original story ...)
SK Long Sepiling wins at KWN in Tokyo
SK Long Sepiling in upper Baram won the grand prize at the finale of ‘Kid Witness News’ (KWN) – a global hands-on video education programme involving school children, in Tokyo, Japan recently. Teacher-in-charge Muhammad Saffuan Jaffar said their five ... ( read original story ...)
Parsing gender stereotypes in Japan’s media landscape
These issues have been discussed for years in Japan, but the editor of the Asahi forum said that instead of obsessing over gender, the media should present the news in such a way as to “promote equality.” Nevertheless, there are just too many ... ( read original story ...)
Young Japanese Canadians revisit wartime past, hoping to preserve it
Come for the barbecued salmon and takoyaki (fried balls filled with chopped octopus), stay on for the artistic attempts to preserve the legacy of Japanese internment. This is the paradox of the Powell Street Festival, a beautiful, delicious and joyous ... ( read original story ...)
50 years after Guevara’s death, rare Tokyo photo show to shine light on Marxist revolutionary
“What is extremely important is to get to know about the life (of my father), his thoughts and ideals,” Camilo, 55, said in a recent interview with Kyodo News through a Spanish interpreter on his first visit to Japan. As a medical student, Guevara ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Noru threatens widespread flooding across Japan
Typhoon Noru is threatening floods and damaging winds across Japan's main islands as it sweeps in from the northwest Pacific over the next few days. Noru is currently located to the south of Kyushu around 350km to the south of Nagasaki Prefecture and ... ( read original story ...)
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The Rangers ran the attached ad on Sunday morning in the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's national daily paper. The ad was published in the Tokyo Metropolitan Edition, Hokuriku Edition and Hokkaido Edition of the paper. ( read original story ...)
Shinzo Abe’s era may be over as Japan braces for instability
Keeping consumers active has been a long, unfulfilled priority of the Japanese government. "The economy remains our top priority," Abe told a news conference after the reshuffle. This should bring a new push on the so-called "third arrow" of Abenomics. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe sticks to tax hike plan for October 2019
Shinzo Abe changes foreign minister, but successful Japanese diplomacy really comes down to him According to the latest Kyodo News poll conducted after the cabinet reshuffle, the approval rating for Abe’s cabinet has risen 8.6 points since mid-July to 44 ... ( read original story ...)
Rangers take out ad in Japanese newspaper to thank Darvish
Readers of Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun may notice some extra MLB content ... In the Aug. 3 edition of the Dallas Morning News, Darvish took out his own full-page ad to thank the Rangers and their fans for their support, as well as apologize for giving up ... ( read original story ...)
From Privilege to Ragpicker: The Life of Servant of God Satoko Kitahara
It was during this time of reflection that she traveled from Tokyo to Yokohama to see a friend and literally chanced upon Sacred Heart Church. In the left transept stood a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. There was nothing special about it. In fact ... ( read original story ...)
Egyptologists go high tech to unlock ancient mysteries
The muon devices include chemical emulsion instruments from Japan’s University of Nagoya, electronic sensors from the KEK Japanese Research Laboratory, and muon telescopes from the French Atomic Energy Commission. The results are then compared with ... ( read original story ...)
Australian team wins Amazon Robotics Challenge in Japan
The team of 15 from the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision - made up of students from ANU, QUT and the University of Adelaide - came out as victors over 15 other teams from 10 countries in the Amazon Robotics Challenge in Nagoya. The ACRV team at the ... ( read original story ...)
Rinnai to create 300 jobs in Spalding County
Rinnai, a subsidiary of Rinnai Corporation, is headquartered in Peachtree City. Based in Nagoya, Japan, Rinnai Corporation has a network of 20 branches and 86 sales offices in 13 countries across the globe. “Georgia’s economic prosperity is a result of ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon Go news: Mewtwo Raid update, Moltres takedown, new Gym reveal
Here’s what the team Pokemon Go Hub think of the latest changes: “We were not surprised to see BCR removed for Mewtwo and Legendary Beasts, but Ho-Oh caught us off guard, as we’re quite certain he should be available on the Yokohama Pokemon GO ... ( read original story ...)