Japan

[ad_1] New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he is considering visiting the United States to meet the president-elect before the country’s January inauguration, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported Sunday."As the prime minister of Japan, an ally of the U.S., it is necessary for me to have a relationship (with the president-elect) before the inauguration in January next year," the Yomiuri quoted him as saying in an interview that took place […]

[ad_1] Hiroshima – Visitors to the memorial park for Hiroshima's atomic bombing said they hoped Friday's Nobel Peace Prize for Japan's atomic bomb survivors would boost efforts for world peace and spur world leaders to visit the site.The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize to the Nihon Hidankyo group, representing survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its decadeslong efforts to abolish nuclear weapons."As Japanese […]

[ad_1] Seoul – The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Saturday that Seoul would face a "horrible disaster" if unmanned drones reached Pyongyang again, a day after accusing the South of launching such aircraft at the capital.North Korea on Friday said the South had sent drones carrying propaganda leaflets into Pyongyang's airspace on Oct. 3, and then again on Wednesday and Thursday this week.South Korean Defense […]

[ad_1] There are around 40,000 traditional Japanese townhouses, known as machiya, in Kyoto. However, given the effort and cost needed for the city to maintain them, around 800 are lost each year — a pace that will see them all vanish in 50 years if no action is taken.But action isn’t cheap.This is what the city of Kyoto claims on its website, Preserve Kyoto, in an effort to incentivize foreigners, […]

[ad_1] Yokohama – I'm at Antenna America, a beer bar and bottle shop in Yokohama's Kannai neighborhood, acting as a guinea pig for a level one Certified Cider Guide workshop.Our facilitator is Lee Reeve, Asia’s first Certified Cider Professional (CCP)."Explaining cider isn't difficult," he says. "Basically, saying that it's 'wine made from apples' is an easy way for most people to understand." It's hard to argue with that. [ad_2] Source […]

[ad_1] The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, proposed Friday that the government, in its next basic energy policy, should "clearly spell out a policy to make the utmost use of power sources that contribute to the country's energy security and have high decarbonization effects, such as renewables and nuclear energy." "Concerns over future power shortages cannot be wiped out and there will be no choice but to reduce domestic capital […]

[ad_1] The poor telecommunications situation that Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel currently face is expected to change for the better, as the MSDF plans to Starlink available on its vessels.Hoping to create an environment where MSDF members can freely use the internet while at sea, the MSDF plans to introduce U.S. aerospace company SpaceX's Starlink service on its vessels.The MSDF is seeking funds in the government's fiscal 2025 budget to introduce […]

[ad_1] Nippon Steel has agreed to sell its stake in an Alabama mill in order to avoid potential antitrust snarls should its $14.1 billion attempted takeover of United States Steel prove successful. Japan’s biggest steelmaker will offload its 50% holding in AM/NS Calvert to its joint-venture partner ArcelorMittal for $1, it said in a statement on Friday. The transaction is contingent on Nippon Steel getting the go-ahead to buy U.S. […]

[ad_1] The U.S.-owned Haas Formula One team and Toyota announced a multiyear technical partnership on Friday in a move bringing Japan's biggest carmaker back to F1 racing for the first time since 2009.The smallest team on the starting grid will continue to use Ferrari power units, and work closely with Maranello as well as chassis design partner Dallara, after agreeing in July to a contract extension to the end of […]