Tag: Japan

The Japanese firm that operates a ship leaking fuel off the coast of Mauritius has been involved in accidents before, including a 2006 oil spill in the Indian Ocean. Mitsui OSK Lines operates the MV …

“If the right of self-defense is exercised as ‘offense is the best defense’ it would recklessly lead us to a war,” Nagasaki survivor Tanaka Terumi told Newsweek.

Cheese exports worth less than $150,000 could be holding up a trade deal between Britain and Japan. Since Brexit, the UK government has struggled to replicate the trade agreements it once enjoyed with …

Brexit trade deal between the UK and Japan may have met an unlikely obstacle – stilton cheese. On Friday, the two sides said they hoped to agree the details of a post-Brexit trade agreement by the end …

The Japanese refer to the attempted coup d’état on Aug. 14, 1945, the last night of the Second World War, as the “Kyujo Incident” …

Consensus crumbles after Liz Truss reportedly sought to make the cheese a part of negotiations …

Long before Japanese food became so emblematic, with sushi and shabu shabu, ramen and yakitori prized the world over, there was another cuisine here that has almost been forgotten.

Both sides came close to an agreement in London last week, but Ms Truss is holding out for a better deal for British food, with a particular focus on attempts to boost sales of blue cheese in Japan.

A dearth of testing and Abe’s aloof demeanor has left many Japanese fearing the nation is sitting on a ticking time bomb.