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Forget the rooftop solar panels, power plants and wind turbines ravaging our landscape – space solar power might be closer to reality than we once thought.According to researchers from Xidian University, testing and inspection have been…

Online Advocacy Platforms Market 2022 The Online Advocacy Platform Market report provides insights into the global industry including valuable facts and figures. This research study explores the global market in…

The two US senators behind a bill to bring some order to cryptocurrency funding have posted their legislation on Microsoft's GitHub for comment from the unruly public. The bill, known as the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, has been…

Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £16.99)The first in a projected series from the pop star turned vicar and memoirist, Murder Before Evensong takes place in the late 1980s in the English village of…

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MetLife's annual sustainability report, released today, shows how the company continues to embed sustainability into its operations, including through its 2030 climate and diversity commitments, l Equity…

TOKYO — Japan, the United States and South Korea are discussing holding a trilateral summit next week, the first such meeting in nearly five years.The plan is to hold the meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Spain, which begins on…

TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. executive who resigned from Toyota after being arrested in Japan in 2015 on suspicion of drug offenses has returned…

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index In all categories, from education to dentistry to business investment, a simple idiom prevails; Prevention is better than cure. Any crisis, from homelessness to drug addiction to mass shootings and more,…

It is no coincidence that my first two bilateral visits as Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Australia were to Japan and India. The case for Australia making India a priority is unassailable: Australia must deepen its…

AdvertisingDiplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers from around the world for their diverse insights into US policy in Asia. This conversation with Dr Ja Ian Chong,…

Young victims of the climate crisis will take legal action in Europe's highest human rights court on Tuesday against an energy treaty that protects investors in fossil fuels.Five people, aged 17 to 31, victims of devastating floods, forest…

Perhaps one of the most influential subgenres in film history, the samurai film is largely responsible for many popular trends in world cinema. Without this, star warsspaghetti westerns and many films by Quentin Tarantino would either…

Hello. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up for our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it delivered straight to your inbox every weekday morningHello.The German government said yesterday…

Think the Fed's job is tough? At least the US Federal Reserve can focus on fighting inflation. In Japan and Europe, central banks are fighting the markets, not just rising prices. This leads to some very strange, even contradictory…

Ohio Association of Mayors President Mike Barhorst greets Ohio Governor Mike DeWine at the Ohio Association of Mayors Annual Conference after telling the audience about mayors that the 70th governor of Ohio provided "transformational…

Kenichi Horie has made so many epic voyages across the world's oceans that at first he has trouble remembering the exact number."It must be around 10 a.m.," he told the Guardian in an interview at his home port, Shin Nishinomiya Marina,…

Anearly ten years to the day after the The World Bank withdrew its funding of the bridge over the Padma River in Bangladesh in 2012, citing "credible evidence" of corruption, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina invites the…

A Buddhist priest from Japan has asked at a hearing in South Korea for the early return of an ancient statue stolen from his temple 10 years ago. Tanaka Setsuryo is the chief priest of Kannonji Buddhist…

Contracting Parties and Signatories to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) met for their second meeting since the CSC entered into force in 2015. The IAEA, which had previously agreed to the Parties'…

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief overview of the day's events as reported by Vietnam News Agency on June 14.- The National Assembly plans to pass the law on mobile police and the resolution establishing the NA's specialized…

Rio de Janeiro: The family of a missing journalist said they were informed by Brazilian authorities that two bodies had been found tied to a tree in the Amazon rainforest. The report came more than a week after the journalist and a…

The Diet passed a revision of the penal code to integrate two categories of detention - "choeki" and "kinko" - into one called "kokin". The revision removed the traditional classification into two types!--googleon:index-->…

China has arrested nine men after video footage of a vicious attack on a group of diners at a barbecue restaurant sparked outrage and debate about women's rights on social media. The attack took place Friday morning in the northern…

Placeholder while loading article actions"The Ukraine of today may be East Asia tomorrow," Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told an international security rally in Singapore, a slogan that speaks to the hard lessons learned over the…

Truong Thi Mai, member of the Politburo, secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Organizing Committee, and Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Truong Thi Maimember of…

People with disabilities are "systematically ignored" by governments around the world when it comes to the climate crisis, even though they are particularly at risk from the effects of extreme weather, research has found.Few countries make…

January 6 Panel: Investigation Shows Trump Led Effort to Cancel 2020 ElectionWashington and large swathes of the United States are still reeling on Friday after members of a House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the…

Intense competition between Japanese companies trying to recruit new graduates has led some of them to adopt drastic and unprofessional tactics in a desperate attempt to lock in students who had previously made informal commitments…

The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), the key Asia-Pacific security meeting, kicks off in Singapore later Friday with talks expected to focus on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US-China tensions and the crisis in Myanmar. It will be the first…

(Getty Images) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about Japan's measures to prevent child sexual abuse in day care centers and other!-->…

The Summit of the Americas opened in Los Angeles, California. But the leaders of Mexico and some other countries are boycotting the event to protest the omission of Cuba,…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated PressNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has convened a key political conference where he is expected to review major state affairs, including the fight against COVID-19, and possibly address foreign relations with…

Published on: 08/06/2022 - 11:34Amended: 06/08/2022 - 11:32 Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese man was jailed for 20 months on Wednesday for attacking a Thai academic in Japan where he lives…

Placeholder while loading article actionsThe best political slogans are simple and direct: think “It's the economy, stupid” or former British leader Tony Blair: “Tough on crime, hard on the causes of crime”.Japanese politicians usually…

KANAZAWA - Entrepreneur Tadateru Mitani has pledged to make his business here "friendly" for all parties involved, including employees, and sustainable as a "good business". "The current!--googleon:index-->…

Tomitaro Makino, known as the "Father of Japanese Botany", once said: "Plants can survive without humans, but humans cannot survive without plants." "Hear hear!" I say. The Makino Botanical Garden in!--googleon:index-->…

Citing Russia's war on Ukraine and its continued occupation of Japan's Northern Territories, a former ambassador to Moscow is calling on Tokyo to hold the line against Russian expansionism. Relations between…

Among the evidence relied on by a special court in Mumbai while sentencing a 44-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a woman in the Saki Naka neighborhood of the city, is a "gait analysis" report. The prosecution relied on a…

North Korea tested a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles from multiple locations out to sea on Sunday, the South Korean military said, extending a provocative streak of weapons demonstrations this year that U.S.…

Placeholder while loading article actionsJapanese prime ministers have notoriously short lifespans – and often shorter legacies.At first glance, Yoshihide Suga, who left office last October after just 384 days in office, might seem like…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to attend a summit of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders in late June to boost coordination with the West on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, said reported Kyodo News, citing unnamed…

Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau employee Kohei Tsukamoto, left, is seen referred to prosecutors at the Metropolitan Police Department's Mejiro Police Station in Tokyo's Toshima!-->…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who recently criticized the slow pace of cleanup at the Hanford nuclear stockpile, toured the former nuclear weapons production site on Thursday and said more Federal money was needed…

The navy's advantage over our greatest military adversary, China, is rapidly diminishing. Still, some House leaders who oversee national defense don't seem too worried about it. Earlier this month, the chairmen of the House Appropriations…

A tsunami evacuation tower is seen in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, in this December 2021 photo. (Mainichi/Ikuko Ando) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions!-->…

ANALYSIS: It didn't take long for the world to change. When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister in 2017, she probably had no idea that five years later she would be talking with US President Joe Biden about wanting to get much more US…

Japan's largest law firms—Nishimura & Asahi; Nagashima Ohno and Tsunematsu; Mori Hamada &!-->…

The stewardess (Sky Max) | now tvLucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunt (BBC Two) | iPlayerDeputy Tokyo (Starz Play)big boys (Channel 4) | All 4How disappointing when a first series is all tumultuous, slimy moxie, rebooting tired spy…

Japan's deputy chief of mission to India, Kawazu Kunihiko, said on Sunday that the investment target of five trillion yen over the next five years from his country will depend on the "investment atmosphere" in India. The diplomat, however,…

Growing international fears that Russia could use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine appear to have prompted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to announce last week that the 2023 Group of Seven summit will take place in Hiroshima.…

Responding to the call of a mass shooting, police officers in the United States are trained, first and foremost, to stop the shooter. Act with urgency. Defend innocent lives. As new questions emerged on Friday about the police…

Governor Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern establish new international climate partnership The cooperation protocol aims to reduce pollution, strengthen the clean economy, accelerate the transition to clean energy and…

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Japan raised "serious concerns" with China and Russia over a flight of strategic bombers at a Quad summit in Tokyo, the government said on Wednesday. Six Chinese and Russian strategic bombers flew over the Sea of…

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TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Japan has dispatched jets after Russian and Chinese warplanes approached its airspace during a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, with Tokyo citing "serious concerns" over what he saw as a provocative…

Leaders of the Quad group of countries, including India's Narendra Modi, shared their concerns about the situation in Ukraine during their meeting in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday. "The four leaders had a…

HONOLULU, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two older investors from Japan have filed a FINRA arbitration request against the broker Bankoh Investment Services and its broker Yoko K.Farias on the losses they suffered in Northstar Financial…

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainians dug in to defend the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk as it came under heavy shelling from Russian forces attempting to take the industrial zone known as Donbass.!--googleon:index-->…

The Quad Leaders Summit in Tokyo will review the progress of initiatives launched by the grouping and discuss developments in the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, with the Indian leader also due to hold…

TOYKO — President Biden began the second chapter of his diplomatic tour of Asia on Sunday, moving from reassuring allies of the threat posed by North Korea to rallying the nations behind his administration's new economic policy for the…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sent his congratulations and spoke of the priorities shared with Australia in the region.Mr Albanese is expected to pick up where Scott Morrison left off by engaging closely with the United States…

“Izakayas (informal bars that serve alcohol and snacks) are busy establishments,” he said. "There is very little room for mistakes."Ishii, the eldest of two boys, often went to the market in the morning to buy rice, vegetables and eel,…

(Bloomberg) - In many ways, Takeshi Magami's farm is like any other in Japan, growing everything from potatoes to ginger and eggplant. But one major difference sets it apart from its neighbours: the 2,826 solar panels perched above the…

Seoul, South Korea - US President Joe Biden has arrived in South Korea for the first leg of an Asia tour aimed at bolstering Washington's engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and countering China's rise despite global attention brought to…

Subscribe to receive this newsletter straight to your inbox. The first Russian soldier to be tried for war crimes in Ukraine admitted to killing an unarmed civilian, reports the Wall Street Journal. In Ukraine's first war crimes trial…

A North Korean computer engineer based in China has received compensation for developing a smartphone app for a Japanese company while using the name of a South Korean national living in Japan, police said Wednesday.…

At the Science7 Dialogue Forum in Berlin/Germany on Tuesday 31 May, the science academies of the G7 states will issue scientific statements on topics on the agenda of this year's G7 summit at…

President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and President Sauli Niinistö of Finland at the White House for a meeting on Thursday as part of their drive to join NATO following the invasion of Ukraine by…

In this photo from May 15, 2022, a sheet is seen drawn on the balcony of the apartment where a baby boy who died the day before was living with his mother and twin brother as!-->…

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has proposed a drastic adjustment to the country's defense budget, strategies and policies in response to the security dynamics currently…

In this decade and the next day, astronauts will go into space like never before. This will include missions beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) for the first time in more than fifty years, renewed missions to the Moon and crewed missions to…

Satellite images, which were captured by Maxar in April and May this year, show North Korea has restarted construction of the second reactor at its Yongbyon nuclear complex after years of inactivity, Middlebury experts have said. Institute…

By Hsieh Chun-lin and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Personal Reporter, with a personal editor…

We were old. We were skated. We have lost our youthful appearance. We dotted the coastline of Japan. We were at the height of a man, sometimes taller. They called us “tsunami stones”. Our faces were engraved with messages: to…

The war in Ukraine entered its third month with no diplomatic resolution in sight. Despite this, some have argued that while the war will impact Russia, its neighbors and the rest of Europe, it will have little consequence for Asia or the…

Japan's upper house of parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that is supposed to help bolster the country's economic security. The new bill includes four pillars that cover strengthening supply chains so…

"TIME IS COUNTED" While Somchai ships its products directly overseas, the majority of orchid growers in Thailand rely on large Bangkok-based exporters. Air freight costs have tripled or quadrupled in recent months, depending on the…

In this decade and the next, astronauts will go into space like never before. This will include missions beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) for the first time in over fifty years, renewed missions to the Moon, and crewed missions to Mars.…

WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Japan later this month is expected to coincide with the official launch of a new U.S. economic strategy for the Indo-Pacific region, the Japanese ambassador said on Monday. in…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - As South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol begins his five-year term, he envisions South Korea's expanded position on the world stage and strengthens Seoul's role in its long but languid alliance with the United…

Tokyo, 1999. Recent American graduate Jake Adelstein (Elgort) gets a job as a crime reporter at a major Japanese newspaper, the paper's first foreign-born reporter. With the help of a veteran detective (Watanabe) and a local "hostess"…

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and Fiji confirmed on Saturday that they would continue to cooperate closely for peace and stability in the Pacific region as they shared concerns over a recent security deal between China and the United States.…

While Russia and China challenge the existing world order, the United States remains trapped in an inward-looking mindset. In this troubling global landscape, it makes sense for Japan and Europe to!--googleon:index-->…

TOKYO — Japan should do more for peaceful diplomacy with China and not just focus on deterring weapons as tensions rise around Taiwan west of Okinawa, the prefectural governor of Tokyo said on Friday. South Island, demanding a further…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet next Thursday in Tokyo with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, Russia's war against Ukraine and China's…

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences On May 3, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Albert Morton Craig was released in the Faculty's permanent archives. Albert Craig was born in Chicago on…

Author Junko Suetomi Junko Suetomi is a partner at Baker McKenzie Tokyo. Prior to joining the firm, she worked in the WTO Dispute Settlement Division of the Economic Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She…

BOGOTA, Colombia — As women in the United States are on the verge of losing their constitutional right to abortion, courts in many other parts of the world have taken the opposite direction.This includes in a number of traditionally…

Prime Minister Modi spoke about the importance of infrastructure in unlocking human potential.New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that India remains committed to meeting the needs of the poorest and most…

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The most basic war crime is to wage war. Article I of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, or Paris Pact, obliges its signatories to declare that they "condemn recourse to war for the solution of international disputes and renounce it as an…

Aluminum associations from the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan welcome the new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the…

Half of respondents in a Kyodo News survey published on Monday believe Japan should amend Article 9 of the Constitution which renounces war to clarify the legal status of the Self-Defense Forces, with the level of…

Dozens of dented trucks loaded with gold ore wind through the desert in northeast Sudan and dump their load at a compound on the outskirts of the town of Atbara.The tons of ore, mined by small miners in Nile State, are then…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again warned that the North could use its nuclear weapons…

The Utoro Peace Memorial Museum holds an opening ceremony in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture on April 30, 2022, showcasing the history of descendants of wartime Korean workers living in!-->…

Bucha, Ukraine – They all had different paths to death on Yablunska Street in Bucha: a risky evacuation, a borrowed bicycle, an injured relative. One of them was even born in Russia.But at the end of it all, at least 20 people in…

Sapporo/SHARI, HOKKAIDO – A tourist boat that went missing six days ago with 26 people on board was found off the coast of Hokkaido on Friday, the Japanese coast guard said.The name "Kazu I" was confirmed on the boat's hull, he said.…

SANTA FE, NM (AP) — The Legislature's chief budget negotiator wants New Mexico lawmakers to consider dramatically reducing personal income tax rates — or eliminating the tax.Democratic State Rep. Patricia Lundstrom of…

Gascade Gastransport GmbH's Mallnow natural gas compressor station on April 27. The Mallnow compressor station, near the German-Polish border, receives mainly Russian natural gas. (Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/Getty Images)German Vice…

Moscow/Tokyo – Moscow said on Wednesday it was expelling eight Japanese diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to deportations by Tokyo over the conflict in Ukraine.Accusing Tokyo of following an "openly hostile anti-Russian course", the…

TOKYO (AP) - Shibuya in Tokyo is famous for its Scramble Crossing, where throngs of people weave through the intersection in a scene symbolizing the congestion and anonymity of urban Japan. This may have added another…

Hong Kong journalists have collectively won the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) Asian Press Freedom Award. Freelance journalist Ilgin Yorulmaz. Photo: FCCJ screenshot. Freelance journalist Ilgin Yorulmaz,…

Nobody likes crime and nobody should. But there is something about crime dramas and thrillers that is very empowering. And that's why there's a huge audience for crime shows. It's probably because of the thrill and excitement…

Reprinted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. The polls are back - Earth Day-related polls measuring public opinion on environmental issues, that is. And while they never really left, they seem to be getting stronger…

More than 50% of respondents to a government survey said they believe public safety in Japan has deteriorated over the past 10 years, with many worrying about online fraud and cybercrime , according to results released…

ABOARD USS LINCOLN (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister vowed his country would bolster its military to help the United States maintain regional security during a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the waters on Saturday…

In one of his first acts as supreme leader, Chairman Mao Zedong sent tens of thousands of soldiers and educated youths to China's northeastern provinces with one mission: to raze the forests and replace them. by homes and farms,…

The Toshiba Corp logo is seen at the company's premises in Kawasaki, Japan. REUTERS/Issei KatoJoin now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterLaw firmsRelated documents(Reuters) - Foreign companies facing U.S. securities class…

Ghosn staged a daring getaway, being smuggled out of Japan in a briefcase of audio equipment on a private jet, in 2019.France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the car tycoon who skipped bail in Japan and fled to…

With co-financing from a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) administered by the World Bank, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) provides sovereign insurance against earthquakes,…

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will propose to the government a sharp increase in defense spending, party members said on Thursday, suggesting they would demand, at a minimum, an amount equivalent to 2% of the country's gross…

Jhe pandemic has thrown Japan out of its reign as the world's top investor. As the global recovery unfolds, the country is poised to regain its position through various investments in the infrastructure sector and renewable…

An Irish drug cartel sanctioned by the US government last week is working in partnership with the fearsome Lyons gang in Scotland, an MSP has claimed. Speaking at Holyrood on Tuesday, Russell Findlay also said he believed Scottish!-->…

On April 18, National Security Council Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink convened a meeting in Honolulu with the US Navy Adm. John C.…

Event announcements Monday, April 18, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. ET: The Brookings Institution host a webcast on what comes after the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? » The event will focus on the…

Danger is a good teacher, Hazlitt said, and there are some hard lessons to be learned from this month's peril-filled selection of mystery novels. by Don Winslow city ​​on fire (HarperCollins, £20) sports a myriad of sources of…

April 17, 2022 1:00 p.m. EDT Nuclear energy: could this piece of the climate puzzle help us move away from fossil fuels? Nuclear power already owns a fifth of electricity production in the United States, so it could probably help more to…

Marseille, France- President Emmanuel Macron has promised to put the environment at the heart of his government if he is re-elected next weekend - in a speech he gave in the south of France on Saturday intended to please the public.…