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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: CNN Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was thousands of miles away from home, but Kim Jong Un’s message was loud and clear — think twice before getting too cozy with the new US President. Abe, who is visiting the United States, and Japan were likely the main audience for […]
BY MICHAEL HOFFMAN SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES JAN 14, 2017 When Adam and Eve defied God, creator and master of the universe, and ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge, what did they learn? To say “I.” They learned that they were “naked” — they were selves, egos. […]
Source: Nekkei Asian Review TOKYO — The Japanese government on Friday roughly doubled its estimate of the total cost of decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and compensating victims of […]
Huff Post: by Jessica Prois/Kimberly Yam— “It was all based on race hysteria, xenophobia in the past, and you don’t want that to repeat again.” Seventy-five years ago on Wednesday, the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into World War II and subsequently ushered in the nuclear age. It […]
Source: BBC Japan has launched a cargo ship which will use a half mile- (700m)-long tether to remove some of the vast amount of debris from Earth’s orbit.The tether, made […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Jessica Prois Executive Editor at Huffington Post & Kimberly Yam Associate Editor, The Huffington Post Seventy-five years ago on Wednesday, the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. […]
Source: BBC A theme park in Japan has closed a skating rink featuring frozen fish after receiving complaints that it was being “disrespectful” to animals. Space World, in the southern […]
Source: Tedium By Ernie Smith Computers often seem like they’re above the supply chain. Putting aside hot devices like the latest iPhone and the different variants of the Microsoft Surface, it’s generally easy to get a computer of some kind that will allow you to do all sorts of interesting […]
Source: Economic Times TOKYO: Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pension fund, posted a gain of 2.37 trillion yen ($20.9 billion) in the fiscal second quarter thanks to […]
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 13 September 2016 The Japanese have a knack for inventing words – and there are some that every self-respecting office worker should have in their […]
Source: BBC By Eric Barton “You shut up!” the man at the head of the table yelled. Everyone stopped and stared at Keiko Sakurai, who immediately realised what she had […]
Source: Asia Times. The success in getting players onto their feet was seen as brilliant but difficult to replicate, and the deft use of mapping technology also sets a high bar. Pokemon Go developer Niantic Inc, spun off from Google Inc, had no comment. Analysts calculate the game is on […]
Source: Asia Times. The missile that landed in the Sea of Japan was launched at about 7:50 a.m. Seoul time (2250 GMT Tuesday) from a region in South Hwanghae province to the southwest of North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, South Korea’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a […]