Swimmer rescued 80km off Japan coast, 36 hours after being swept out to sea | Japan
A woman was swept away while swimming off a Japanese coast and rescued about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from shore, 36 hours after going missing, authorities said. The 21-year-old Chinese man was holding on to a rubber swim ring while swimming with friends at Shirahama Ohama beach around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, the Japan Coast […]
Japan and Philippines sign defense agreement prompted by concerns over China
Japan and the Philippines signed a defense agreement that allows Japanese forces to conduct joint training in the Philippines. The reciprocal access agreement allows Philippine troops to receive training in Japan. China has warned Japan that it should “seriously reflect on its history of aggression” in the region. Japan and the Philippines signed a major […]
Japan, a Longtime U.S. Cybersecurity Concern, Just Stopped Using Floppy Disks
Japan’s “Digital Minister” Taro Kono announced on Wednesday that the government will no longer use floppy disks to store data. Japan’s reliance on outdated technology has long been a major concern for allied cybersecurity experts. “We won the floppy disk war on June 28th!” Kono Declared He noted that Wednesday marked the day the final […]
Japan to launch new banknotes on July 3, 1st design change in 20 years – Kyodo News Plus
Japan will begin issuing new banknotes on Wednesday and tout them as the world’s first to feature cutting-edge holography, with portraits of historical figures appearing to rotate in 3D on the notes as an anti-counterfeiting measure. The first design change in 20 years will see the numbers on the 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 […]
North Korea condemns joint military exercise by South Korea, US and Japan | North Korea
North Korea criticized the “Freedom Edge” military exercise between South Korea, Japan and the United States, held from June 27 to 29, as “provocative,” a foreign ministry statement was quoted as saying by the Korean Central News Agency on Sunday. The statement said North Korea will not ignore the strengthening of the military formation led […]
Very strong’ Typhoon Khanun knocks out power in southern Japan
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Two US serviced members charged with sexual assault in Japan
Two US soldiers have been accused of sexual assault in Japan, with Japanese government officials speaking out about what they see as problematic behaviour. In December, a U.S. Air Force soldier was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl, and this month a Marine was charged with assaulting a woman and conspiring to sexually assault […]
United States Lost To Japan In Our Own Game Of Football, And My Oh My, How We’ve Fallen As A Nation
This is 100% inexcusable! The game of football is no longer just an American thing, there are loads of countries nowadays that have national teams for the sport, showing how popular pigskin has become. In fact, they even have youth tournaments in international play, like the U20 World Championships, for example. Nations all around the […]
Asian Currencies in Focus as Japan Warns on Yen: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — An index of Asian currencies fell for a third straight session to kick off a week that includes inflation data that may offer insight into the outlook for global interest rates, while the yen steadied after Japan’s top currency policymaker doubled down on intervention. Most read articles on Bloomberg Regional indexes also fell, […]
Japan v England: rugby union international – live | Rugby union
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature England team Coach Borthwick will award the players who have performed well domestically and will field a team filled with promising attacking players. Northampton’s George Furbank and Tommy Freeman are included in the starting 15 with Immanuel Faye-Wabosso manning the wing, while […]