Keen Sword: US and Japan stage largest wargames in Pacific amid tensions with China (VIDEO)

Washington and Tokyo have amassed a record number of sailors, marines and airmen for the biggest joint naval drill that the two allied nations have ever held close to Chinese shores as tensions keep rising in the region. Around 47,000 troops from the Japan Self-Defense Force have been joined by more than 10,000 US servicemen […]

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe met Xi Jinping in Beijing, and in an era of US tariffs and trade wars, you can bet everything Abe remembers the last time the US passed over Japan for China

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose grandfather was PM when the US isolated Japan from China, arrived in Beijing last week for a three-day state visit. This was Japan’s first formal bilateral summit with Chinese leaders since 2011 and the first in an era of US regional uncertainty under the current administration. US President Trump […]

Stop sending women & children back to Fukushima fallout zone, UN expert tells Japan

A UN human rights expert has urged Japan to reconsider its policy of returning women and children to areas still high in radiation after they were displaced by the Fukushima meltdown. Baskut Tuncak, the UN’s special rapporteur on hazardous substances, criticized the Japanese government’s decision to resettle citizens in areas with radiation levels above one […]

Abe prepares for Beijing visit, says Japan will bolster ties with China

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to bolster cooperation and friendship between his country and China. His key policy speech came the day before he makes the first trip to Beijing by a Japanese leader in seven years. Japan and China are both responsible for the region’s peace and prosperity, Abe said, adding that […]

Nissan Launches Punchier e-Powered Note Nismo S for Japan

Nissan’s performance arm, Nismo, is wetting its beak on electrified powertrains. Last week, the company launched the Note e-Power Nismo S — upping the model’s performance output by roughly 25 percent. Sold in Japan since December of 2016, the Note e-Power Nismo offered 109 horsepower and 187 lb-ft. The new Nismo S brings those specs to 134 horsepower and […]

Is it safe to travel to Japan? Latest update as powerful typhoon batters country

Japan has been struck by a “very strong” storm known as Typhoon Trami resulting in thousands of people being evacuated as 100mph winds batter the island nation. This is the latest travel advice to Japan. Western areas of Japan’s main island of Honshu lie in the direct path of the storm which is now lashing […]

Japan dodges U.S. auto tariffs, for now, as Trump, Abe agree on talks

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Government/Legal Two thirds of Japan’s trade surplus with U.S. comes from cars Continue reading Japan dodges U.S. auto tariffs, for now, as Trump, Abe agree on talks Japan dodges U.S. auto tariffs, for now, as Trump, Abe agree on talks originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 27 Sep […]

Google will reverse cryptocurrency ad ban in the U.S. and Japan

(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Google said on Tuesday it would allow certain regulated cryptocurrency exchanges to advertise in the United States and Japan, easing an earlier ban on all cryptocurrency ads. The changes will take place in October and advertisers will need to be certified with Google for the country where the ads will appear, the…Read […]

Stunning Photos of Abandoned Spaces in Japan

French photographer Romain Veillon is fascinated by disrepair and decomposition – it’s the primary preoccupation of his book, Ask the Dust– and his new photo series “Sonatine” falls within that tradition. It’s the result of a 2016 trip to Japan, where Veillon sought out abandoned buildings, finding a rare and haunting beauty in these forgotten […]