About a dozen Japanese health officials walked into the Osaka plant of the Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., as seen in footage of the raid widely telecasted on Japanese news. It is currently …
VOA Asia Weekly: India, China Seek Influence in Nepal as Infrastructure Projects Stall
US and Japan plan to upgrade security coordination. Thai lawmakers overwhelmingly approve marriage equality bill. Chinese leader Xi Jinping asks US business leaders to invest in China. Why did an …
Why This Japanese Airline Has One Of The Best Business Class Seats In The Sky
I’d been reading about The Room on several first- and business-class airline enthusiast message boards and after weeks of stalking availability, I landed a seat. In my twenty years of flying, I’m …
Vietnam, Japan promote financial mechanisms in green energy transition projects
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on March 29 emphasised the important role of banks and financial mechanisms in green energy transition projects when he received Managing Director of the Japan Bank …
Japanese NUWA Robotics branching to Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 29. Japan’s NUWA Robotics will open an office in Uzbekistan, Trend reports.
Wanted in South Korea: Imperialism-Free Cherry Blossoms
Activists want to replace a variety of cherry tree associated with the Japanese colonial era with one they say is Korean. The science is messy.
US, Japan to call for deeper cooperation in AI, semiconductors, Asahi says
Japan and the U.S. will announce closer cooperation in high-tech areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) in a joint statement when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with President Joe Biden next …
Fact Check: Japan is not banning COVID vaccines, contrary to online claims
Japan’s health ministry has said that COVID-19 vaccinations will no longer be free of charge starting in April, but has not announced a ban on the vaccines, as suggested in social media posts.
‘There wasn’t enough about the horror’: Oppenheimer finally opens in Japan to mixed reviews
People in Hiroshima react to first screening of the film, which was delayed after outrage at ‘Barbenheimer’ memes …
‘Oppenheimer’ premieres in Japan months after US release, sparking emotional reactions
“Oppenheimer,” a film focusing on American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb, premiered on Friday in Japan.