Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed islands near Japan
MOSCOW: Russia said on Tuesday it had deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defence systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of islands near Japan, a move … Read More
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Gulf Livestock 1: Japan Coast Guard suspends search for missing ship with 43 sailors, 5,800 cows aboard
The Gulf Livestock 1, with 43 crew members and almost 6,000 cows onboard, went missing near southern Japan on Wednesday. The area in the East China Sea was being battered … Read More
Japan PM Shinzo Abe set to resign, citing worsening health: Media
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to resign, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday, adding that the long-serving leader wanted to avoid causing problems for the government due … Read More
North Korea ‘ghost ships’ washed up in Japan because of China’s ‘dark’ fishing fleet, NGO says
For years, Japan’s north coast had been the site of a macabre phenomena: fishing boats washing up on shore carrying the bodies of dead North Koreans, more than 1,000 kilometers … Read More
The Indian revolutionary who fought to overthrow British rule while living in Japan
The bomb was meant to kill him, but instead it peppered Hardinge’s back with shrapnel, killed his attendant and cast a shadow over a day that was meant to mark … Read More
Japan to announce state of emergency: Live coronavirus updates | News
Japan is expected to announce a state of emergency later on Tuesday amid a spike in coronavirus cases, as Singapore began a partial lockdown and other countries extended stay-at-home orders … Read More
Olympics 2020: Japan PM and IOC chief agree to postpone games until 2021
The IOC has been facing mounting pressure to delay the Games, which were originally scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. It … Read More
Japan asked the international media to change how we write their names. No one listened
In the new system “Canton becomes Guangzhou and Tientsin becomes Tianjin.” Most importantly, the newspaper would now refer to the country’s capital as Beijing, not Peking. This was a step … Read More