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Hayabusa-2 embarks on 5.2-billion-km adventure
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
Four and a half years after Japan’s first asteroid explorer Hayabusa made a miraculous return to Earth, its successor Hayabusa-2 has departed on a new space journey.
What awaits Hayabusa-2 during its 5.2-billion-kilometer, six-year mission to probe the origin of the solar ...
Four and a half years after Japan’s first asteroid explorer Hayabusa made a miraculous return to Earth, its successor Hayabusa-2 has departed on a new space journey.
What awaits Hayabusa-2 during its 5.2-billion-kilometer, six-year mission to probe the origin of the solar ...
- December 5, 2014
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Daisuke Matsuzaka signs with Japan's Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
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YAHOO
As expected Daisuke Matsuzaka is going back home to Japan, likely closing the book on his career in MLB.
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks announced on Thursday that they were signing the 34-year-old right-hander. Earlier this offseason there were reports out of Japan that the reigning Nippon Pr...
As expected Daisuke Matsuzaka is going back home to Japan, likely closing the book on his career in MLB.
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks announced on Thursday that they were signing the 34-year-old right-hander. Earlier this offseason there were reports out of Japan that the reigning Nippon Pr...
- December 5, 2014
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Secrets of the world's top whisky: Japanese water and Spanish casks
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REUTERS
Nestled at the foot of wooded hills near the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, the Yamazaki whisky distillery feels a long way from the northerly glens of Scotch's spiritual home.
Despite its unlikely birthplace, last month Yamazaki's Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 trumped more than 1,...
Nestled at the foot of wooded hills near the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, the Yamazaki whisky distillery feels a long way from the northerly glens of Scotch's spiritual home.
Despite its unlikely birthplace, last month Yamazaki's Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 trumped more than 1,...
- December 5, 2014
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Japan coach Aguirre denies match-fixing reports
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THE STATE
Japan manager Javier Aguirre met with officials of the Japan Football Association on Thursday and denied allegations that he was involved in match-fixing.
The JFA's lead attorney Yutaka Miyoshi said Aguirre told him during a two-hour meeting that he has never been involved in match-...
Japan manager Javier Aguirre met with officials of the Japan Football Association on Thursday and denied allegations that he was involved in match-fixing.
The JFA's lead attorney Yutaka Miyoshi said Aguirre told him during a two-hour meeting that he has never been involved in match-...
- December 5, 2014
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Japan's CO2 Emissions Hit Record as Fossil Fuel Consumption Rises
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Japan's greenhouse-gas emissions rose to a record in the year ended March as the closure of nuclear power plants increased fossil fuel consumption.
Emissions rose 1.6 percent to 1.395 billion metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent from a year earlier, preliminary data published b...
Japan's greenhouse-gas emissions rose to a record in the year ended March as the closure of nuclear power plants increased fossil fuel consumption.
Emissions rose 1.6 percent to 1.395 billion metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent from a year earlier, preliminary data published b...
- December 5, 2014
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Just When You Thought Japan’s Whaling Program Was Over … They’re Back at it Again!
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ONE GREEN PLANET
Since the imposition of the original moratorium on commercial whaling, that was approved by a two-thirds majority of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1982 and went into effect in the 1986-87 Antarctic season, Japan has been playing a game with the world.
Under a ...
Since the imposition of the original moratorium on commercial whaling, that was approved by a two-thirds majority of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1982 and went into effect in the 1986-87 Antarctic season, Japan has been playing a game with the world.
Under a ...
- December 5, 2014
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Japan Zoo Welcomes Twin Giant Panda Cubs
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
A zoo in western Japan on Wednesday said that a giant panda at its park gave birth to twin female cubs.
The yet-to-be-named panda babies at the Adventure World in Wakayama prefecture were born to its mother Rauhin, 14, and father Eimei, 22, on Tuesday night. One of the cub...
A zoo in western Japan on Wednesday said that a giant panda at its park gave birth to twin female cubs.
The yet-to-be-named panda babies at the Adventure World in Wakayama prefecture were born to its mother Rauhin, 14, and father Eimei, 22, on Tuesday night. One of the cub...
- December 3, 2014
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Hayabusa 2 successfully launched
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NHK WORLD
Japan has successfully launched its new asteroid explorer Hayabusa2.
The H2A rocket carrying the probe lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Wednesday at 1:22 PM.
After about one hour and 50 minutes in flight, the explorer was detached from the rocket a...
Japan has successfully launched its new asteroid explorer Hayabusa2.
The H2A rocket carrying the probe lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Wednesday at 1:22 PM.
After about one hour and 50 minutes in flight, the explorer was detached from the rocket a...
- December 3, 2014
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Japan Gains Edge in Australia Submarine Deal
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
Australia said it wouldn’t hold a competitive tender for a 25 billion Australian dollar (US$21 billion) fleet of new conventional submarines, fueling speculation one of the Asia-Pacific’s biggest defense contracts will likely go to Japan.
In an Australian radio interview on ...
Australia said it wouldn’t hold a competitive tender for a 25 billion Australian dollar (US$21 billion) fleet of new conventional submarines, fueling speculation one of the Asia-Pacific’s biggest defense contracts will likely go to Japan.
In an Australian radio interview on ...
- December 2, 2014
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Only 1% of power lines put below ground due to cost, local objections
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Nearly 30 years have passed since the government embarked on the process known as undergrounding — replacing overhead electrical power lines with underground cables for aesthetic and safety purposes — but only 1 percent of the nation’s cables are now underground.
In contrast, a...
Nearly 30 years have passed since the government embarked on the process known as undergrounding — replacing overhead electrical power lines with underground cables for aesthetic and safety purposes — but only 1 percent of the nation’s cables are now underground.
In contrast, a...
- December 2, 2014
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