カテゴリー: Japan
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the cityJapan has opened its first osmotic power plant, in the south-western city of Fukuoka.Only the second pow…
On 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Imperial Japan to the Allies in a radio broadcast to the nation. See how the Guardian reported events15 August 1945 Continue reading…
The Japan Boxing Commission will crack down on rapid dehydration to ‘make weight’, which experts say makes the brain susceptible to bleedingBoxing authorities in Japan will introduce stricter safety measures after the sport was left in shock by the dea…
We must continue to challenge claims that nuclear weapons are a ‘necessity’, says Caroline Lucas, while Gerry Weston says they don’t protect us from Russian aggression and Michael Newman says they didn’t end the second world warPolly Toynbee is right t…
Mayor of Japanese city used the anniversary of US bombing to urge the world to stop armed conflicts, warning nuclear war was ‘looming’ over everyoneTwin cathedral bells rang in unison in Nagasaki for the first time in 80 years on Saturday, commemoratin…
Hong Kong hit by 350mm of rain in 24 hours, while mountainous state of Uttarakhand badly affected by landslides and floodingLarge parts of Asia have been especially wet this week and the heavy rain is forecast to continue into next week. Hong Kong issu…
On 80th anniversary of atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘inhumane’ consequences of nuclear weapons as a deterrentThe mayor of Hiroshima has led calls for the world’s most powerful countries to abandon nuclear deterrence, …
Blazes broke out on two of eight barges being used to launch fireworks, according to police and coastguard officials cited by broadcaster NHK.Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire while the event organiser told police that a firework…
Eighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast – known as hibakusha – have fallen below 100,000The fires were still burning, and the dead lay where they had fallen, when a 10-year-old Yoshiko Niiyama entered Hiroshi…
One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered a tsunami – and a race against timeOn Wednesday, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far-east Russia.It triggered a tsunami that started cros…
In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guardGood morning. Yesterday one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far east…
South Korea has experienced a record-breaking streak of ‘tropical nights’, while Japan saw its hottest day on record on ThursdayAuthorities in Japan and South Korea have urged people to take precautions to prevent heatstroke, as the region reels from r…
Country after country has lifted or downgraded warnings, telling coastal residents they can returnTsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim on Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home after one of the strongest earthq…
A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders stretching across Japan, the US west coast and parts of the Pacific, after the shallow quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, with repor…