Japan

[ad_1] New York – A documentary film about whale food culture in Japan is showing in the United States. Keiko Yagi, who directed the movie, "Whale Restaurant," said she struggled to find movie theaters that would screen the film as many in the country oppose the catching of whales. From those who watched it, however, she was able to get feedback. Some expressed a wish to try whale food, Yagi […]

[ad_1] Scientists have pieced together enough clues to Earth’s past climate to graph the average temperature from 485 million years ago to the present — back to a time long before dinosaurs and even trees, when the land was either barren or hosted mostly moss, millipedes and primitive insects.This new work shows temperatures spent hundreds of millions of years bouncing up and down, from climates similar to ours to ones […]

[ad_1] Do tariffs — taxes on imports — raise prices for U.S. consumers? There’s really no debate on the subject.I don’t mean that everyone agrees. Rather, there are two distinct groups that aren’t talking to each other, each of which is more or less unified in its views. Almost all economists agree that taxes on imports are, in fact, passed on to consumers. Why? Because that’s what the evidence says […]

[ad_1] Throughout history, floods have wreaked havoc on communities, but their frequency and intensity have escalated due to climate change. From Asia to Africa, Europe to the Americas, severe inundations periodically displace millions, destroy infrastructure and claim countless lives.Rising temperatures increase evaporation, leading to more frequent severe downpours, including in vulnerable areas. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that as the planet warms, extreme weather events are intensifying, […]

[ad_1] The Japanese government is considering investing in chipmaker Rapidus Corp., which aims to start mass-producing a next-generation semiconductor in 2027, sources said Saturday. The government apparently hopes the move will help spur private-sector investments in and loans to Rapidus by increasing the company's credibility. Rapidus is building a plant in the city of Chitose in Hokkaido Prefecture and promoting fund procurement in the run-up to the planned start of […]

[ad_1] Manila – Director Hayao Miyazaki has been chosen as a winner of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award, known as Asia's Nobel Prize, the foundation for the award announced Saturday. Miyazaki, a co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of acclaimed films such as "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke," produced a lot of anime films on difficult themes such as environmental protection and peace, and made them comprehensible to children, the […]

[ad_1] Commodity trading house Vitol Group is considering opening an office in Tokyo to trade Japanese electricity, making them the latest foreign firm seeking to join the fast-growing power market. Vitol is exploring options to trade physical electricity which may include setting up a domestic office in Japan, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is still debating plans and hasn’t yet made decisions on the strategy or […]

[ad_1] Rakuten Mobile, in partnership with U.S. satellite designer AST SpaceMobile, has announced plans to launch a commercial satellite-to-mobile service across Japan in 2026.The broadband service, which will enable video and voice calls, will be directly accessible by regular smartphones and won’t require a connection to a terminal.The exact timing of the roll out is uncertain, but the plans for coverage encompass mountainous and remote areas across Japan. [ad_2] Source […]

[ad_1] Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will examine whether to maintain its various monetary easing measures, including negative interest rates, when sustained achievement of its inflation target comes into sight.His remarks follow data on Thursday that showed Japan's economy unexpectedly slipped into a recession in the final quarter of last year on weak consumption and capital expenditure.Despite the data, with inflation having exceeded […]