A Japanese fashion tycoon who’s booked a SpaceX ride to the moon is going to try out the International Space Station first …
Japanese tycoon planning space station visit, then moon trip
A Japanese fashion tycoon who’s booked a SpaceX ride to the moon is going to try out the International Space Station first …
Only 1% of Japan is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Is it ready for the Olympics?
Two months before the scheduled start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, COVID-19 cases are rising steeply in Japan while immunization is moving at a glacial pace. Only 1% of the population is fully …
Only 1% of Japan is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Is it ready for the Olympics?
Two months before the scheduled start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, COVID-19 cases are rising steeply in Japan while immunization is moving at a glacial pace. Only 1% of the population is fully …
Japan’s Kadokawa Aims To Produce 40 Animated Titles Per Year By 2023
Kadokawa is doubling down on anime. The Japanese media behemoth stated its intention to produce 40 animated titles a year by 2023, in a presentation covering the fiscal year that ended on March 31. To …
Myanmar will free Japanese journalist as gesture to Tokyo
Myanmar’s ruling junta says that as a gesture of friendship with Tokyo, it will free a Japanese freelance journalist who was jailed and charged with spreading false news or information that could caus …
Japan’s Mizuho to stop financing coal mining as calls for emission cuts rise
Mizuho Financial Group Inc 8411.T, Japan’s third largest bank by assets, said on Thursday it would stop financing new thermal coal mining projects from J …
SoftBank and OneWeb to collaborate on satellite communication service business deployment in Japan and global markets
Corp. (“SoftBank”) and OneWeb, today announced an agreement for mutual cooperation to promote OneWeb’s satellite communication services in the …
Japan’s fiscal 2020 travel surplus down 89% due to virus bans
The surplus of the travel balance, showing the amount of money foreign tourists spend in Japan versus Japanese spending abroad, shrank to ¥264.5 billion.
Industry expert sheds light on Japan travelers
There’s a large number of travelers who still feel optimistic about taking a trip in the next 12 months – over a third in Japan,” Lee said.