Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Japan's population falls for a 15th year with record low births and record high deaths

Japan’s total population has declined for the 15th straight year

July 24, 2024
Japan's population falls for a 15th year with record low births and record high deaths
Asia|Political|World

Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards hold joint search and rescue drill off Japan's eastern coast

Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards have conducted what is believed to be their first joint drill off Japan’s eastern coast, officials said Friday, a move seen as an effort to expand maritime cooperation amid concern about China’s increasingly assertive activity in regional seas

July 19, 2024
News|Political|World

Pacific island leaders agree to enhance Japan's role in the region amid growing China influence

Leaders of 18 Pacific island nations and areas have agreed to an enhanced role of Japan in the region’s development while opposing any attempted coercive activity, as Tokyo seeks greater engagement to counter China’s influence

July 18, 2024
Pacific island leaders agree to enhance Japan's role in the region amid growing China influence
News|World

Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach is rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away

A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach has been rescued 37 hours later after drifting in a swimming ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the Pacific Ocean

July 11, 2024
Health|News

Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery

A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery

July 11, 2024
News|World

Japan Navy helicopters' fatal crash caused by inadequate instructions to crew, says probe report

A Japanese navy report says lack of instructions to the crew and their failure to keep a lookout and communicate led two Japanese navy helicopters to collide during nighttime training in April, killing all eight people on board

July 09, 2024
Business|Environment|News|Science|World

Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China's ban due to Fukushima wastewater

Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

November 03, 2023
Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China's ban due to Fukushima wastewater
News|Political|Science|World

Japan confirms experts met in China to ease concerns over discharge of treated radioactive water

Japan says its experts have held talks with Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing's concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea

March 31, 2024
Health|News|Political|World

Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized

In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities

July 03, 2024
Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized
News|Political

Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges

Eight years ago Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor

July 08, 2024
Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges
News|Political

Tokyo Gov. Koike wins a third four-year term as head of Japan's influential capital

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has easily won reelection to a third four-year term as head of Japan’s influential capital

July 07, 2024
Tokyo Gov. Koike wins a third four-year term as head of Japan's influential capital
Science|Technology

Japan successfully launches an advanced Earth observation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket

Japan has succesfully deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it was launched on a new flagship H3 rocket

July 01, 2024
Japan successfully launches an advanced Earth observation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket
Economy|Environment|News|Science|World

A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan has apparently safely escaped

Japanese officials say a pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off the northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped

February 07, 2024
A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan has apparently safely escaped
News|World

Japan court approves a transgender man's request for legal recognition without needing surgery

A court in western Japan has approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official records without undergoing sterilization surgery

February 07, 2024
News|Political

Japan protests sex assault cases involving US military on Okinawa and their delayed disclosure

Japan’s government has protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which have only recently been made public

June 28, 2024
Japan protests sex assault cases involving US military on Okinawa and their delayed disclosure
Science|Technology

Japan's space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due to weather

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is delaying its planned launch of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket due to expected bad weather at the launch site in southwestern Japan

June 28, 2024
Japan's space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due to weather
News|Technology

Japanese government panel proposes air traffic control measures to boost safety after Haneda crash

A Japanese transport ministry panel has proposed a number of air traffic control measures to boost safety

June 24, 2024
Japanese government panel proposes air traffic control measures to boost safety after Haneda crash
Business|News|Science|Technology|World

Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

Japan has become the fifth country in history to reach the moon

January 19, 2024
Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon
Science|Technology

Japan's space agency was hit by multiple cyberattacks, but officials say no sensitive data was taken

Officials say Japan’s space agency has suffered a series of cyberattacks since last year, but sensitive information related to rockets and satellites was not affected and it is continuing to investigate and take preventive measures

June 21, 2024
Japan's space agency was hit by multiple cyberattacks, but officials say no sensitive data was taken
News|Political

Japan, New Zealand agree on intel sharing pact amid growing regional security concerns

Japan and New Zealand have agreed in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their leaders shared concern about the increasingly challenging security environment in the region, including closer ties between Russia and North Korea

June 19, 2024
Japan, New Zealand agree on intel sharing pact amid growing regional security concerns
Business

Toyota's small car unit Daihatsu raided after faked tests lead it to suspend all vehicle shipments

Japanese transport officials have raided the offices of Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu in a damaging safety scandal after an investigation found improper testing involving 64 models

December 20, 2023
Toyota's small car unit Daihatsu raided after faked tests lead it to suspend all vehicle shipments
Political|World

US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension

The U.S. ambassador to Japan has stressed the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing

May 17, 2024
US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension
World

Japan and India reject Biden's comments describing them as xenophobic countries

Japan and India have decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants while he was speaking during a campaign fundraising event earlier in the week

May 04, 2024
Japan and India reject Biden's comments describing them as xenophobic countries
Environment|Travel

Climbing limits are being set on Mount Fuji to fight crowds and littering

Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan's iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee soon

May 20, 2024
Climbing limits are being set on Mount Fuji to fight crowds and littering
Environment|Science|Technology

A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan's destroyed Fukushima reactor

The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has demonstrated how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year

May 28, 2024
A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan's destroyed Fukushima reactor

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