U.S. Navy bans booze in Japan
Source: CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN)All U.S. Navy sailors in Japan are banned from drinking alcohol and restricted to base except for essential trips after several recent alcohol-related incidents […]
96-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest university graduate
Source: Gulf News Tokyo: A 96-year-old Japanese man has entered the Guinness World Records after becoming the oldest person in the world to receive a university degree, officials said on Sunday. Shigemi Hirata, who lives in Takamatsu, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Design from Kyoto University […]
The Japanese art of (not) sleeping
Source: BBC By Brigitte Steger / Images by Adrian Storey The Japanese don’t sleep. This is what everyone – the Japanese above all – say. It’s not true, of course. But as a […]
President Obama Will Bring a Mixed Nuclear Message to Hiroshima
Source: Time President Obama will end his Presidency pretty much the same way he began it: with a call to the world to rid itself of nuclear arms—this time at Hiroshima, the site of the first atomic weapon used in war. Too bad he did so little to reach that […]
Obama to Become First Sitting US President to Visit Hiroshima
Source: ABC News By ARLETTE SAENZ President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visitHiroshima when he travels to Japan later this month, the White House announced this […]
Mitsubishi Motors admits falsifying fuel economy tests
Source: BBC Mitsubishi Motors has admitted falsifying fuel economy data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. Tyre pressure figures were falsified by employees to flatter mileage rates, the […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community starts relief activities after the Kumamoto Earthquake
News courtesy: Anees Ahmad Nadeem, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Japan Humanity first Japan is among those volunteer organizations which started relief activities soon after sever earthquakes rattled the Kyushu area on 14th and 15th April. We served meal to approximately 3000 to 4000 people so far Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan has started […]
‘Gut-wrenching display’
Apr 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US Secretary of State John Kerry, along with fellow G-7 foreign ministers, on Monday toured the memorial to the victims of Hiroshima, paying tribute to the 140,000 people killed on August 6, 1945, when the US dropped a nuclear bomb on the city. Kerry […]
Kerry: Hiroshima’s history must serve as a warning
Source: BBC US Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken of the personal impact that his historic visit to the Hiroshima memorial in Japan has had on him. He is the first US secretary of state to ever visit Hiroshima, where around 140,000 were killed when the US dropped an […]
Japan Opens First Bullet-Train Service to Island of Hokkaido
TOKYO—Japan on Saturday opened its first bullet-train service to the northern island of Hokkaido, part of an extension of high-speed rail to more corners of the country frequented by tourists. The trains will travel through the Seikan Tunnel, one of the world’s longest, and connect Tokyo with some ski areas in Hokkaido […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community saddened by bombings in Brussels
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan offers its sincerest condolences to the Belgium nation. Imam Anees Ahmad Nadeem National President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Japan said: “We are deeply troubled to hear about the back to back attacks in Brussels Belgium . It is appalling and utterly disgraceful that anyone would […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan Praying for the safe release of Japanese Journalist Yasuda Jumpei
News courtesy: Anees Ahmad Nadeem, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Japan A video surfaced on 17 March, appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading […]
Interfaith Conference at Japan Ahmadiyya Mosque
An interfaith gathering will be taking place in The Japan Mosque to mark interfaith peace prayer service at the occasion of 5th anniversary of Great Easteran Japan Earthquake. The objective of the conference is to bring people of all faiths together and engage in a meaningful dialogue to infuse mutual understanding […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hosts & Invites All Faiths to 5th Inferfaith Peace Conference
An interfaith gathering is to take place in “The Japan Mosque” to mark interfaith peace prayer service at the occasion of 5th anniversary of Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. The objective […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community sends best wishes as Japan celebrates its National Foundation Day
“Thank You Japan” Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan send its best wishes at the occasion of National Foundation Day of Japan. Mr Anees Ahmad Nadeem Imam & President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan said : We thanks to Allah Almighty who has blessed us with such a great and peaceful country to […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to hold open day & peace seminar at Bait-ul-Ahad Mosque in Tsushima City
Bait-ul-Ahad,the Japan Mosque will be holding an open day and peace seminar to allow people to ask any misunderstanding or questions they have about Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan […]
Perspective: Mount Fuji seen from the International Space Station
It is all about perspective; things look so different when seen from a different perspective and scale. Mount Fuji (富士山 Fujisan?, IPA: [ɸɯᵝꜜdʑisaɴ] ( listen)), located on Honshu Island, is the highest […]
Japan top court upholds law on married couples’ surnames
Source: BBC The Japanese Supreme Court has upheld a law that married couples must have the same surname, in a blow to women’s rights activists. Campaigners have said the law […]