カテゴリー: Japan
Japanese strike-back capabilities and coastal defences to be boosted while Beijing accuses Tokyo of fuelling a ‘space arms race’Japan’s cabinet has approved a record high defence budget as tensions with China continue to spiral, with Beijing this week …
Officials said probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake was only about 1% but they have urged people to be preparedJapan has issued a megaquake advisory after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefe…
CCTV footage showed tremors in cities across north-eastern Japan on Monday after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake. Orders were given for about 90,000 residents to leave their homes but tsunami warnings were later downgraded to advisor…
Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan. They focus on a unique aspect of Japanese life, and one that in Tokyo in particular is rapidly disappearing: the buildings are long past their…
Sanae Takaichi’s not-so-catchy remarks about everyone working like a horse did not go down well in a country notorious for its demanding work cultureIt is not, perhaps, a word many people in Japan will want to hear as they prepare for the bonenkai offi…
Axing of Maki Otsuki performance in Shanghai the latest in spate of cancelled cultural events involving Asia’s two biggest economiesJapanese “One Piece” singer Maki Otsuki was forced to halt her performance on stage in Shanghai, her management said, on…
Incident north of Tokyo comes after a record 13 deaths from bear attacks in Japan since the start of AprilA man has been attacked by a bear in a public toilet in Japan, local media reported on Friday – the latest in a record-breaking wave of attacks th…
The rankings were changed after the UN used new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacitiesJakarta has overtaken Tokyo as the world’s most populous city, according to a UN study that uses new crit…
The report comes after the Wall Street Journal claimed the US president told Sanae Takaichi to ‘dial down the volume’ in dispute over TaiwanDonald Trump asked the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, to avoid further escalation in a dispute with Ch…
President Lai Ching-te declared there was ‘no room for compromise on national security’ in face of escalating harassment and espionageBeijing’s threats to Taiwan are “intensifying” and its preparations to invade are speeding up, Taiwan’s government has…
Sanae Takaichi gets no meeting with Chinese premier Li Qiang at the G20 in Johannesburg after her comments about Taiwan sent tensions soaringWhen she selected her wardrobe for this weekend’s G20 summit in South Africa, Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Tak…
My grandfather Abu Zafar, who has died aged 88, was an engineer, inventor and co-founder, with his wife, Hisako, of the first Asian-owned printing press in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His service to business was recognised with a British Empire Medal in …
Beijing reimposes 2023 ban, citing Japan PM’s comment that military would respond to Chinese attack on islandChina has suspended imports of Japanese seafood again, as the fallout over the Japanese prime minister’s comments about Taiwan continues to esc…
Chinese airlines offer free cancellations and film releases postponed after Japanese PM’s comments on TaiwanChinese travellers are estimated to have cancelled hundreds of thousands of tickets to fly to Japan amid reports of suspended visa processing an…
Japan’s hawkish new PM has angered Beijing after suggesting her country could become involved in a military conflict between China and TaiwanTokyo and Beijing are embroiled in a deepening row over Taiwan after Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, su…