A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after liftoff on Wednesday, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt ended in an…
Terumi Tanaka accepts the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on behalf of Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings that won this year’s prize. #nobelpeaceprize #nobelpro #terumitanaka #NihonHidankyo #hiroshima…
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyos representative, Terumi Tanaka, holds a news conference at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. Hidankyo was awarded for its decades-long activism against nuclear weapons. The 30 survivors, known as…
The United Nations heritage agency, UNESCO, enshrined Japanese sake as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” alongside Brazilian white cheese, Caribbean cassava bread, and Palestinian olive oil soap, among other cultural products worldwide….
Japan’s Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap on Wednesday, more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years. Read more: https://bit.ly/4eglf9V #mountfuji #japan #snowfall…
“He is the pride of Japan.” Shohei Ohtani fans in Japan are celebrating the Dodgers’ World Series win. Special newspaper editions rolled off the presses, proclaiming Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto as world…
Hello Kitty, one of the most loved Sanrio characters, is marking her 50th anniversary with a bang. A new exhibition marking the milestone opens in Tokyo’s National Museum called ‘As I change, so does she’….
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated Monday his commitment to improving Japan’s defense capabilities, a day after his ruling coalition lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election. #shigeruishiba #japan…
Iwao Hakamada, 88, a former boxer, was acquitted in September by the Shizuoka District Court, which said police and prosecutors collaborated to fabricate and plant evidence against him and forced him to confess during violent,…