Japan

Nearly 600,000 advised to evacuate as storm makes landfall in Japan

Aug 15, 2019 04:15

Heavy rains lashed parts of western Japan on Thursday as tropical storm Krosa made landfall, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and trains as authorities advised more than half a million people to evacuate.
South Korea has failed to justify trade restriction: Japan

Aug 13, 2019 07:09

Japan has hit back at South Korea for removing Tokyo's fast-track trade status, with the industry minister saying Seoul had failed to explain its reason for the latest move in an escalating trade row.
Hiroshima and the new arms race – no winners

Aug 12, 2019 10:54

Three quarters of a century has passed since the state terrorism of the US in dropping atomic bombs on the unsuspecting Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, while World War 2 was almost over, as a field test to devilishly determine what catastrophe these radioactive weapons of mass destruction would have on human beings, animals, the soil, and water resources, but it seems the world has still not learned the lessons of this grave crime against humanity.
South Korea retaliates as US trade war spreads among allies

Aug 12, 2019 09:06

South Korea said on Monday it plans to drop Japan from its "white list" of countries with fast-track trade status from September, a tit-for-tat move that deepens a diplomatic and trade rift between the two countries.
Olympics volleyball qualifiers: Russia 3-0 Iran

Aug 12, 2019 06:10

Russia have booked a seat in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after defeating Iran’s National Volleyball Team in straight sets in Saint Petersburg.
Hiroshima unlearned: Time to tell the truth about US relations with Russia

Aug 11, 2019 15:01

August 6th and 9th marked 74 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where only one nuclear bomb dropped on each city caused the deaths of up to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. Today, with the US decision to walk away from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) negotiated with the Soviet Union, we are once again staring into the abyss of one of the most perilous nuclear challenges since the height of the Cold War.
Olympics volleyball qualifiers: Iran 3-0 Mexico

Aug 11, 2019 01:57

Iran National Volleyball Team (Team Melli) have taken another step towards qualification for the 2020 Olympics after a straight sets victory against Mexico.
Nagasaki mayor urges nuclear powers to cut stockpiles as city remembers 1945 US nuke attack

Aug 10, 2019 05:18

The mayor Japan's Nagasaki has criticized nuclear superpowers for resuming development and deployment of nuclear weapons, as the city marks the anniversary of America’s atomic bombing more than seven decades ago.
To avoid Iran ire, Japan may send ships off Yemen: Report

Aug 10, 2019 04:49

Japanese government sources say Tokyo is not willing to join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, but is mulling over sending ships off Yemen.
Japan-Korean relations slip to a new low

Aug 08, 2019 09:55

Tokyo on Friday, August 2 revoked South Korea’s preferential status as a trade partner for the purchase of dual-use materials vital to Korean industry, driving bilateral relations to their lowest ebb in recent memory and raising questions over the grounds for the Japanese action.