February 2022

This weekend, as the Japanese government dramatically increased sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, the Japanese people also reacted. With the help of Japanese social media influencers and celebrities…

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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday that Japan should break a long-standing taboo and hold an active debate on nuclear weapons - including a possible NATO-like "nuclear sharing" program - at the following Russia's invasion…

Japan is considering imposing economic sanctions on Belarus, in line with the United States, for its support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, two government officials with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday. It was not…

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TOKYO (AP) — Twenty million dollars in UN humanitarian funds for Ukraine. A series of tougher new sanctions against Russia from Japan, Australia, Taiwan and others. And a cascade of convictions at the highest level.As Russian bombs and…

Rugby Australia has officially revised its overseas selection policy, dubbed the Giteau Law, with Wallabies coach Dave Rennie only able to select three players who are not under contract with the governing body per series or tournament.The…

The two prosecutors leading the Manhattan prosecutor's criminal case against former US President Donald Trump's real estate company and its longtime chief financial officer have quit unexpectedly, according to a person familiar with…

This is the third in a series of edited excerpts from a new ASPI publication, The Geopolitics of Climate and Security in the Indo-Pacific, released today. The first article presented a 2035 Climate Security Scenariowhich is the point of…

A diplomat from the Japanese Embassy in Beijing was temporarily detained by authorities Monday in the Chinese capital, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.The Japanese government has lodged a protest with China through…

July 17, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; A general view of Mount Fuji from the sky over Shibuya ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Mandatory Credit: James Lang-USA TODAY Sports - 16416356Join now for FREE unlimited access to…

online-advocacy-platform-market Online Advocacy Platforms Market: Key Insights The latest research report, titled "Global Online Advocacy Platforms Market Insights 2022 and Forecast 2028, this includes an overview and an in-depth…

TV talk show host Amer Ayad expected a backlash after using his platform to cast Tunisia's president as an aspiring dictator. But even he was stunned by her severity.Police seized him from his home in his pajamas, picked him up at…

Sometimes, even as a cynical columnist, you find yourself driven to write about something really good, something amazing, something - OK, I don't want to get carried away here, because this story also has the opposition , expected setbacks…

LoadingProponents of blue hydrogen say its production can be scaled up faster and more cheaply than green hydrogen for at least this decade.Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest, a vocal critic, said at last year's COP26 climate summit that…

Prime Minister Hun Sen sent a condolence letter to Michiko Kanzaki on February 18 for the loss of her husband Koji Kanzaki, a prominent Japanese philanthropist living in Cambodia, who has contributed greatly to promoting mutual…

Washington- US President Joe Biden pledged to fight racism on Friday as his country marks 80 years since the signing of an executive order that led to the incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during the Second World War.…

US President Joe Biden pledged to fight racism on Friday as the country marks 80 years since signing an executive order that led to the incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during the Second World War. While…

In a bluegrass song by Gillian Welch, a woman, Miss Ohio, drives down the highway, convertible down. She strives to listen to her best angels, but can't quite hear them. "I want to do well," she says in Welch's song, "but not now."It is…

AdvertisingThe stakes for Chinese Olympians have never been higher than at Beijing 2022. Although Chinese President Xi Jinping States he “doesn't care” how many gold medals China has won at the Winter Olympics, behind the scenes these…

In a notice of precedent, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court's denial of an injunction sought by a plaintiff to compel a patent plaintiff to abandon his motions for inter partes…

Greenwashing accusations against big oil companies that claim to be transitioning to clean energy are well founded, according to the most comprehensive study to date.The research, published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, looked at…

NEW YORK—A man has been arrested four days after violently destroying information booths in Flushing that were meant to expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) long-standing persecution of the religious group Falun Gong. The attacker,…

TOKYO — Women have never found a welcoming home in Japanese unions. Sexism is entrenched. Issues such as wage discrimination and sexual harassment at work are often overlooked. Many women, speechless, have abandoned the movement.So when…

In a development that would further delay the rejuvenation of the Nag River, the report of the project to reduce its pollution was rejected by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This was revealed by Union Minister Nitin…

WASHINGTON- DNA tests on seized ivory shipments that reveal family links between African elephants killed for their tusks are helping identify poaching areas and trafficking networks at the center of an illegal trade devastating the…

January 2022 was Earth's sixth warmest January since global records began in 1880, 0.89 degrees Celsius (1.60°F) above the 20th century average, a NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, NCEI reported Feb. 14. NASA…

Myanmar will not attend this week's meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, rejecting an invitation to send an apolitical representative in place of its chief diplomat, his…

Former Komeito lawmaker Kiyohiko Toyama admitted in his first hearing in Tokyo District Court on Feb. 14 that he illegally helped secure loans for businesses while in public office. Toyama, 52, was!--googleon:index-->…

Maureen Lebel of Team USA in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Women's Super G on January 30, 2021 in Garmisch…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programsThrough AUDREY McAVOY Associated PressFebruary 13, 2022, 02:23•…

Author: Yasuo Takao, Curtin UniversityThe number of foreign residents living in Japan has increased significantly over the past decade, marking a change for a population traditionally perceived as "homogeneous". A local municipality's…

A teenager has been sentenced to 10 years to life for shooting and killing a man when he was 14. Pedro Jauregui-Sahagun, now 17, pleaded guilty in November to second-degree murder in the Feb. 26, 2019 shooting of 19-year-old Ja'Twion…

The Quadrilateral Security Group or Quad on Friday announced steps to strengthen its vaccine partnership, including delivery of the first batch of Quad-backed shots in the first half of 2022 and a global Covid-19 action plan to improve…

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Russia could invade Ukraine during the Beijing Winter Olympics, so Americans would have to leave the…

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By David Brunnström and Michael MartinaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as the top U.S. diplomat travels to the Pacific region to counter China's growing power and influence, the ambassador to Washington from the tiny Marshall Islands said talks…

Despite the pandemic, Canada remains the fastest growing G7 country, largely thanks to immigration, according to 2021 census data released Wednesday. Recently released census figures put Canada's population at 36,991,981 in the spring of…

A mystery swirls around the world's third-largest economy: why haven't wages risen in Japan over the past two decades as they have elsewhere?Since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office, he has made it clear that raising wages is…

HBO Max and WOWOW have revealed a new image and release date for their upcoming action thriller series Deputy Tokyo. Based on a true story, the series starring Ansel Elgort follows a young American journalist who is sent to chronicle the…

YOKOHAMA – The United Nations World Food Program has received total funding of $66 million from the Japanese government to provide emergency food aid and livelihood support to vulnerable people in 26 countries in Asia, Middle East…

Ten years after the start of the modern Olympics, Irish long jumper Peter O'Connor climbed a pole in an Athens stadium and replaced the Union Jack with a green flag celebrating Ireland. Defiant after learning he was to compete…

The Supreme Court is seen in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo in this file photo from February 10, 2019. (Mainichi/Kazuo Motohashi) In Japan, death row inmates learn when!-->…

Heavy snowfall rocked large swaths of Japan, with some regions seeing record accumulations. Weather officials warn of possible disruptions to the transportation system and snow-related accidents. The Japan…

Hours after one of Boris Johnson's oldest allies quit - with a scathing rebuke of his judgment - Britain's Prime Minister gathered shocked staffers in Downing Street to tell them 'change is good ".But as Johnson has tried to put his…

The United States has urged Japan to consider imposing economic sanctions on Moscow if Russian troops invade Ukraine, diplomatic sources said on Saturday. Japan, however, has postponed its response to the US request,…

Primrose in Iver, Buckinghamshire, UK. Primroses sometimes open as early as December and are native to the UK Jacky Parker Photography…

No tickets sold for Olympic events due to COVIDXi and Putin proclaim 'boundless' friendshipLeaders publicly back their positions on Ukraine and TaiwanBackdrop for a rivalry not seen since Cold War-era boycottsBEIJING, Feb 4 (Reuters) -…

Japanese police on Thursday filed a charge against a man and his company for allegedly transcribing lines from a manga series and posting them on a website without permission, in violation of copyright law.Police sent documents about…

The red snow or bloody snow event is a widespread natural phenomenon around the world, especially during the melting season in spring. The bloody snow phenomenon is the accumulation of red colored snow caused by red snow algae living on…

Shintaro Ishihara, a Japanese author turned incendiary nationalist politician who served as governor of Tokyo and stoked diplomatic tensions with China over disputed islands, died in Tokyo on Tuesday. He was 89 years old.His death was…

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Visualized: A Global Risk Assessment for 2022 and Beyond Since the beginning of the global pandemic, we have been navigating through turbulent waters, and this year is expected to…

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Author and former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, who left his mark on Japanese politics as a staunch hawk and whose nationalist views often ruffled the feathers of Japan's neighbors, has died. said a source close to him…