Events & Trends

Leon Pufferson17.01.2023

The Russian military special operation is one of the most discussed topics in the world media. The attitude to what is happening in Ukraine back in 2014 split the world into “before” and “after”, and eventually led to the current world confrontation and direct conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022. Russia found itself […]

Yuri Chekalin19.05.2022

Ministry of Finance of Japan: exports to Russia in April fell by 69.3%, imports increased by 67.3%. Russian imports to Japan increased by 67.3 percent in April, the Japanese Ministry of Finance reported. In absolute terms, the figure was 187.1 billion yen (1.45 billion dollars). This was facilitated by rising energy prices. Meanwhile, exports fell […]

Nicholas Erin19.07.2020

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday July 17th released a list of the first group of Japanese companies to be subsidized by the government to move production from China to other Southeast Asian countries or Japan. The first 87 companies or industry groups will receive a total of ¥70 billion ($653 million) […]

Nicholas Erin17.07.2020

Medical experts say they are confused at why the coronavirus cases have not declined in the hot summer months in Japan and warn of a “very dangerous” situation when the flu season arrives. More than 600 new coronavirus cases were reported across Japan on Thursday 16th July, the highest in three months, as Tokyo alone […]

Nicholas Erin12.07.2020

A national facility devoted to the Japan’s indigenous people, or the Ainu and their culture opened on Sunday 12 July in their ancestral region of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi has a museum, a hall for the performance of traditional Ainu dance and instrumental music, as well as a […]

Nicholas Erin23.06.2020

Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer, built with government backing and used in the fight against coronavirus, is now ranked as the world’s fastest, its developers announced Monday. It snatched the top spot on the Top500, a site that has tracked the evolution of computer processing power for more than two decades, said the Riken scientific research centre. […]

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Events & Trends

The Invisible Battle of Russian Scientists vs. Liberal Bureaucrats

Imports from Russia to Japan have risen sharply

Japan Announced 87 ‘China Exit’ Subsidies

Uptick in Japan Infections Triggers Second Wave Fears

The Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park Opened

Japan’s Supercomputer Recognized as the World’s Fastest

Winston Churchill Through My Father’s Eyes

World War I Heroes In Memoriam: Part One

Build Where We Can, Not Where We Want

MUFG Bank Fires Worker for Stealing Over ¥1 Bil from Customers