London and Japan reach its first major post-Brexit trade agreement
7 month agoToday, 11th (Friday) before 15:00, a rain column was witnessed in Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture, causing heavy rain. During this time, rain clouds developed near the border between Osaka and Kyoto prefectures, and it seems that these rain clouds were taken from a distance.
7 month agoRC-135S Cobra Ball - Ballistic Missile Detection Platform out of Kadena
Vice FM Choi meets Chinese, Japanese ambassadors amid Sino-U.S. rivalry, looming leadership change in Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 57 km SSW of Shimoda, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 67 km SE of Iwaki, Japan
7 month agoTyphoon Haishen battered Japan's southern mainland with powerful winds and rain as it drew closer to the island of Kyushu, cutting power and prompting authorities to call for some 1.8 million people to evacuate
7 month agoA powerful typhoon, possibly the strongest in decades, is battering the country's southwest
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 32 km SE of Nemuro, Japan
Japan LDP formally decides to hold leadership election on September 14 - source
7 month agoHeavy rains and strong winds are lashing the Kumejima Island as Typhoon Maysak sweeps Southern Japan and heads towards South Korea
Japanese outgoing PM Abe and Putin in a telephone conversation confirmed the course of concluding a peace treaty between Japan and Russia.
Defense Minister @konotarogomame ruling out a run in the LDP presidential election to replace @AbeShinzo
[email protected]: Just had a wonderful conversation with my friend, Prime Minister @AbeShinzo of Japan, who will be leaving office soon. Shinzo will soon be recognized as the greatest Prime Minister in the history of Japan, whose relationship with the USA is the best it has ever been. Special man
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 3 km N of Koga, Japan
Japan Defense Minister Taro Kono, a potential PM, said he had confirmed with his US counterpart Mark Esper that islands in the East China Sea disputed by Japan and China are covered by their The islets are called the Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China
7 month agoThe guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) launches a missile during an exercise in the Pacific Ocean, 26 Aug. 2020. (USN)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces his resignation for health reasons
Abe apologizes to citizens of Japan for resignation, and not being able to resolve North Korea abduction issue and constitutional revision, two of his biggest goals
Shinzo Abe resigns as Japan's prime minister
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he did not want to cause trouble by resigning suddenly but his ulcerative colitis has recurred and is at risk of worsening: report
7 month ago$USDJPY plunged after Shinzo Abe's resignation
7 month agoPapua New Guinea's Prime Minister Marape and Japan's Foreign Minister Motegi affirm importance of freedom of navigation and a peaceful resolution of disputes in meeting
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 67 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan
7 month agoTwo Russian Tu-95MS conducted air patrols over the Sea of Japan
Japanese fighter jets intercepted Russian bombers over Pacific Ocean
Japan-based US destroyer MUSTIN DDG89 transited the Taiwan Strait 18 Aug between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. A US or allied naval ship has been making the transit at least once a month but July was skipped
7 month agoU.S. and Japan dispatch warships to East China Sea 75 years after end of WWII
8 month agoAerial footage shows Japanese carrier MV Wakashio, which spilled tonnes of oil into the ocean off Mauritius, broken in two.
Japan considers the agreement between the UAE and Israel "an important step to enhance stability in the region."