While surveys show societal attitudes towards women in Japan are a barrier, some also say the ruling LDP, which has governed for almost all the post-war period, is not serious about shrinking the gender gap in lawmakers, citing its failure to implement bolder measures. Karen Makishima is the only female running for Japan’s ruling party […]
Read MoreEquinor’s bid underscores the focus some wind players are putting on Japan even as they scale back elsewhere, despite some international players’ frustration with strict bidding rules and an earlier auction round having been won by Japanese companies. Norwegian energy company Equinor has submitted a bid to develop an offshore wind farm together with other […]
Read MoreThe Japanese central bank is widely expected to keep rates steady at the October meeting, as Governor Kazuo Ueda has stressed the need to spend time scrutinising risks such as uncertainty over the US economy and the fallout from volatile markets. The Bank of Japan holds a two-day policy meeting concluding on Oct. 31, days […]
Read More“Last year’s supplementary budget was 13 trillion yen, and I would like to ask for a larger supplementary budget than that, and have it deliberated and passed by the parliament,” Ishiba was quoted as saying on Tuesday during a stump speech as the campaigning for the lower house election kicks off. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru […]
Read MoreTashiyuki Mimaki, vice president of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization that won the Nobel Peace Prize, commented that the current situation in Gaza is similar to Japan after World War II. He said this while receiving the award on Friday. According to a report by Reuters and The Telegraph in this regard, Nihon Hidankyo received […]
Read MoreLast month a 10-year-old boy enrolled in a Japanese school was fatally stabbed in the city of Shenzhen, while in June a Chinese national was killed while trying to shield a Japanese mother and her child from an assailant who attacked a bus used by a Japanese school in the city of Suzhou. Japan’s new […]
Read MoreThe Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo received the Nobel Peace Prize this year. The organization received this award for working towards achieving a world free of nuclear weapons. Interest in the organization grew after receiving the award. The reason why this organization got the Nobel is being discussed. The organization was formed by survivors of the […]
Read MoreJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba officially dissolved the lower house of parliament on Wednesday to prepare the ground for the upcoming general election. General elections are scheduled to be held in the country on October 26. Its campaign will start from October 15. This information emerged in the AFP report on Wednesday. Ishiba won the […]
Read MoreA World War II-era bomb has exploded at a regional airport in southwestern Japan. It is believed to have been buried to prevent suicide attacks during World War II. The sudden bomb blast left a large hole in a taxiway at the airport. As a result, more than 90 flights have been cancelled. Authorities closed […]
Read MoreMiyazaki Airport shut its runway after the explosion caused a crater seven metres (23 feet) wide and one metre (3.2 feet) deep in the middle of the taxiway next to the runway. A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after a US bombshell, likely dropped during World War Two to stem “kamikaze” […]
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