Aso, a former prime minister who has often made controversial remarks since he became deputy prime minister and finance minister … Zhao said, “Japan’s Minamata disease happened not far away …
South Korea aims to fight Japan’s Fukushima decision in world tribunal
South Korea strongly protested against the decision, summoning Koichi Aiboshi, Tokyo’s ambassador in Seoul, and convening an intra-agency emergency meeting to craft its response. Moon, at a …
South Korea aims to fight Japan’s Fukushima decision in world tribunal
South Korea strongly protested against the decision, summoning Koichi Aiboshi, Tokyo’s ambassador in Seoul, and convening an intra-agency emergency meeting to craft its response. Moon, at a …
Japan business lobby lifts ban on hand dryer use citing low COVID risk
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s powerful business lobby Keidanren said Tuesday it is lifting the ban it introduced on the use of hand dryers in restrooms in offices and production sites, after concluding …
Japan business lobby lifts ban on hand dryer use citing low COVID risk
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s powerful business lobby Keidanren said Tuesday it is lifting the ban it introduced on the use of hand dryers in restrooms in offices and production sites, after concluding …
Japan Covid: 100 days until Tokyo Games 2021 but Japan has vaccinated less than 1% of its population
When 2020 Tokyo Olympics volunteers have in recent weeks asked officials how they’ll be protected from Covid-19, given the foreign athletes pouring into Japan for the event and the country’s low …
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: How ready are Japan and Team GB?
The countdown to the delayed Tokyo Olympics is on with 100 days to go to the opening ceremony on 23 July. But how prepared are Japan and Team GB and what will a Games amid a global pandemic look like?
South Korea’s Moon Seeks International Litigation Over Japan’s Fukushima Water Decision
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called for officials to examine ways to bring Japan’s decision to release water from its Fukushima nuclear plant to the International Tribunal for the Law of the …
US pushes Japan to publicly back Taiwan at Biden-Suga summit
Suga will visit the White House on Friday in a summit that underscores the importance of the US-Japan alliance as part of Biden’s strategy to work with allies to counter Beijing. The US wants to refer …
Second chance: clock stopped after Japan tsunami starts ticking a decade later
The clock, which is thought to be about 100 years old, stopped ticking after the north-east coast of Japan was struck by an earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people on 11 March 2011.