JAPAN TODAY
 
Cargo weighing 400 to 450 kilograms dropped from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft was blown off course and ended up in waters near a small island in Okinawa in southern Japan, a prefectural government official said Tuesday.
The MV-22 transport plane was trying to drop the cargo onto ...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishment
Do fish get lonely? Apparently so, according to staff at an aquarium in Japan, who have provided cut-out human companions for a solitary sunfish they noticed had started...

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NIPPON
 
A trio of Japanese organizations plans to fully begin a project in April to analyze seawater temperatures and other data collected by young fishers to study the impact of environmental changes on marine life.
The plan was announced Monday by the Nippon Foundation, the University of Tokyo...

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
Under the new strategy, Japan plans to allow hackers working for the police or Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to infiltrate servers to neutralise the source of cyber attacks.
Japan aims to take a more proactive approach to cyber defence by allowing hackers working for the authoriti...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Sunday to bring attention to the event that is experiencing slower advance ticket sales than organizers expected.
It is the first time since becoming Japan's leader in October that Ishiba has visited...

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FRANCE 24
 
Kobe (Japan) (AFP) – Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe.
The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, 1995, sparked a major review of quake preparedness in the island na...

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EAST ASIA FORUM
 
 
In Brief
After three ‘lost decades’ of economic performance, wages in Japan showed signs of positive growth in 2024. To deliver sustained increases to real wages, Japan must improve labour productivity growth. Whether the ‘new trinity’ of labour market reforms will successfull...

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CNA
 
The probability of a "megaquake" in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said Thursday, with a 75-82 percent chance of it happening.
Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8 to 9 magnitude, trigger colossal tsunamis, kill several hundred thousand...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Disney-themed bullet trains adorned with characters from hit films such as "Frozen" will run on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo and Osaka from Feb. 21 for a limited time, the operators of the railway and Tokyo Disney Resort said Wednesday.
The "Wonderful Dreams Shinkanse...

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AEROSPACE SPACE
 
The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has taken delivery of two Airbus H160 helicopters, making it the first para-public operator of the type in Japan.
The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has taken delivery of two Airbus H160 helicopters, making it the first para-publi...

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