In Japan, Old Robot Dogs Get A Buddhist Send-Off
Source: NPR BY SCOTT NEUMAN Anyone who has ever owned a dog – or any pet, for that matter – can tell you how difficult that last day is. And so […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Japan
Source: Dr M A Tahir Japanese religious representatives belonging to various factions visited the Ahmadiyya Mosque Baitul Ahad Japan on 19th February 2018. Participants being briefed about Ahmadiyya Islam Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Masih Moud A.S. once said japanese are in search of a better religion. […]
Japan: Commemorating 2nd year of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque its members introduce their teachings to Chukyo & Tohoku Gakuin Daigaku Universities
A lecture introducing the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and its services for Humanity was delivered before the professors from Chukyo University and students from Tohoku Gakuin Daigaku. The worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the auspicious occasion of inauguration of this mosque had stated the following objectives of the […]
Japan: Bait-ul-Ahad, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque invites all to commemorate its 2nd Anniversary
By Anees Ahmad Nadeem, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Japan Bait-ul-Ahad – The Japan Mosque opens its doors to public to commemorate its 2nd Anniversary “Trips to the Mosque easing Japanese people`s fears of Islam”, Imam Anees Ahmad Nadeem The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan is inviting fellow Japanese to come and visit […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community categorically condemns the terrorist attack in Manhattan
By Talat Mahmood Ahmad General Secretary, Jamat Ahmadiyya Japan The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan categorically condemns the terrorist attack at Manhattan New York ,which left at least 8 dead and several injured. “This is a tragic loss of human life,” said Imam Anees Ahmad Nadeem , President of the Ahmadiyya […]
9 bodies, 2 severed heads found in Tokyo flat
Source: Dawn Japanese police have found nine bodies, including two with their heads severed and dumped in a cool box, in a flat in the Tokyo suburbs, media reported on Tuesday. Police confirmed to AFP they had arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of […]
Japan teen ‘forced to dye hair black’ for school
Source: BBC News An 18-year-old Japanese girl is suing her local government after her school made her repeatedly dye her naturally-brown hair black, media reports say. The girl says she […]
Japan: Christian Theologians visit Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Bait ul Ahad Mosque in Nagoya
News Courtesy: Imam Anees Ahmed Nadeem A group of students from the local theological seminary visited the Bait-ul-Ahad – the Japan mosque in Nagoya. Students were given a detailed tour around the mosque by Imam Anees Ahmed Nadeem. The Imam also gave a brief overview of the teachings of Islam […]
Japan: 37th Annual Ijtema of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held in Gotemba – A Report
News Courtesy: Anees Ahmad Nadeem, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Japan 37th Annual Ijtima of Ahmadiyya Auxiliary Organizations Japan held at National Chuo Youth Friendship Center Gotemba on 7th and 8th October 2017 Ahmadiyya Muslims Youth Association Japan, Ahmadiyya Muslim Kids Association Japan, Ahmadiyya Women Association Japan & Ahmadiyya Ansar (men above forty years […]
Could wood pulp make cars lighter and more efficient?
Source: BBC News By Virginia Harrison Business reporter, Singapore Car parts of the future could be made out of a surprising material. Wood. Researchers in Japan are working to create […]
North Korea launches missile that flew over Japan
Source:CNN A North Korean missile fired over Japan Tuesday was denounced by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a “most serious and grave” threat. The missile was fired just before 6 a.m. in Japan. The launch set off warnings in the northern part of the country urging people to seek shelter. The […]
After the bomb: SURVIVORS OF THE ATOMIC BLASTS IN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI SHARE THEIR STORIES
Source: Time PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARUKA SAKAGUCHI | INTRODUCTION BY LILY ROTHMAN When the nuclear age began, there was no mistaking it. The decision by the United States to drop the world’s first atomic weapons on two […]
‘Comfort women’: Researchers claim first known film
Source: Time South Korea has released what it says is the first known footage of “comfort women” forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War Two. […]
Why Ramadan is a Big “WooW” for Japanese
There are some solid reasons why Japan and the Japanese are very different from the rest of the world, or at least the world we are aware of so far. Japan was isolated, literally, for hundreds of years. No one knew what was happening on the islands, nor did the […]
The Japanese skill copied by the world
Source: BBC By Steve John Powell 9 May 2017 As the sleek shinkansen bullet train glided noiselessly into the station, I watched a strange ritual begin. During the brief stop, […]
West to East
Source: Medium By Alex Hacillo The US continues to flag as the world’s last superpower, and critics fret that China is poised to take over the reins. Should its perceived […]
The hidden costs of Asia’s ‘walking dead’
Source: Asia Time Anywhere you go in major cities in Japan, China or other Asian countries, you will see office workers slumbering in public areas – in metro trains, parks or even in restaurants. The cozy big armchairs at Starbucks are highly sought-after spots during lunch hour. Studies shows that […]
Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying
The latest probe was destroyed in less than a day Niamh McIntyre @niamh_mcintyre The scarred landscape inside the exclusion zone close to the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Spain Getty A Japanese company tasked with cleaning up Fukushima, the site of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, has admitted that its […]
Japan, China play for ‘swing states’ in regional trade game
Source: Nikkei Asian Review Deal gains prominence after TPP’s demise, but discord among 16 nations remains TOKYO — Top negotiators from 16 Asia-Pacific countries representing roughly half the world’s population […]
Toshiba chairman quits over $3.4bn loss
Source: BBC Toshiba chairman Shigenori Shiga has resigned, hours after the Japanese conglomerate revealed details of a multi-billion dollar loss. Earlier Toshiba had delayed issuing its results, but it then […]