Laos has successfully trialed a digital currency prototype—the Digital Lao Kip—in cooperation with Japanese fintech company SORAMITSU.
Head of Japan coalition partner postpones China visit at China’s request
The head of Japan’s Komeito party, the junior partner in the coalition government, will postpone his planned visit to China at China’s request, the party announced on Saturday.
Japan prepares to launch X-ray satellite, ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening.
Russia hopes to raise fish, seafood exports to China after Japan ban
Japan said criticism from Russia and China was unsupported by scientific evidence and pollution levels in the water will be below those considered safe.
Japan’s SLIM spacecraft, a ‘moon sniper,’ to join lunar landing rush with Aug. 26 launch
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA) will send the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, to the moon to demonstrate accurate lunar landing techniques while also placing the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission ( XRISM) in low Earth orbit on the same launch to study extreme celestial phenomena.
Review: Striking unusual notes, Japan’s ‘Love Life’ shows an anguished family grappling with woe
Falling in the tradition of Japanese grief dramas, director Koji Fukada’s latest is redeemed by moments of inchoate pain, worthier than the rest of it.
Fukushima: The fishy business of China’s outrage over Japan’s release
Japan has called on China to remove a total ban on its seafood products, imposed after Tokyo began the scientifically-endorsed release of treated water from its Fukushima nuclear plant. China, the …
Japan budget requests likely to top 110 trln yen with BOJ easing at crossroad -Nikkei
Budget requests from Japanese ministries for the next fiscal year will likely top 110 trillion yen ($753.37 billion), Nikkei business daily reported on Friday, with rising interest rates on Bank of …
Fukushima: China accused of hypocrisy over its own release of wastewater from nuclear plants
Plant in China releases water with higher amounts of tritium, scientist says, calling into question the reason for seafood ban imposed on Japan …
Neighbors of Japan, including South Korea and China, express fear as treated radioactive wastewater released
Residents from South Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Macau are considering removing seafood from their diet over fears of how Japan’s nuclear waste release may contaminate the ocean.