Mitoe Matsumoto was three years and four months old when an atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki at 11.02am on 9 August 1945. Eighty-one years later, the 84-year-old Japanese survivor says the experience
Tokyo-based agritech startup Plantx has opened a pilot facility featuring fully sealed vertical-farming systems, introducing what the company describes as the world’s first cultivation platform of its kind as Japan continues to
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Japan has successfully completed a major test of technology that could one day help protect Earth from potentially dangerous asteroids, marking another significant step in the growing international effort to develop planetary
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Harumichi Maruya stops his car on a quiet roadside surrounded by forested hills and lakes on the western edge of Tokyo. He steps out, takes a deep breath and looks around at
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The Japanese yen weakened further on Tuesday as traders continued pushing the currency lower amid the absence of fresh intervention signals from Japanese authorities, though the possibility of a surprise yen-buying move
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The push comes after a series of incidents involving alleged industrial espionage, technology smuggling and illicit activities that have highlighted vulnerabilities in Japan’s economic system. Cases involving suspected theft of industrial secrets,
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China has expanded export restrictions on Japanese entities, adding 20 companies and organizations to its dual-use export control list as Beijing intensifies measures against firms it says are linked to Japan’s military
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Japan is preparing to deepen economic ties with India through a high-level visit to Assam by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, accompanied by executives from more than 50 Japanese companies and organizations seeking
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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised interest rates to their highest level in 31 years on Tuesday, marking another major step in its effort to normalise monetary policy as inflation pressures increase
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a sharp and emotionally charged attack on Japan’s expanding military posture during his summit with former US President Donald Trump in Beijing, according to details first reported
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A senior official from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Japan is being used as a transshipment point by drug-trafficking organizations seeking to evade detection, arguing that commercial shipments entering the United
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Japan’s automotive industry is undergoing a strategic reset as leading manufacturers scale back ambitious electric vehicle plans in response to the rapid rise of Chinese competitors such as BYD. Honda Motor has
More Japan’s three largest banks are set to gain access to Claude Mythos, the powerful artificial intelligence model developed by U.S. startup Anthropic, in a move that could significantly reshape the cybersecurity landscape
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Goldman Sachs recorded its highest revenue from Japan in more than 15 years, underscoring a powerful resurgence in the country’s financial markets that has drawn renewed attention from major global banks. The
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor NATO is reportedly preparing to establish its first Asian regional office in Japan by the end of this year, according to informed sources cited in diplomatic discussions,
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In the winter of 1937, the Chinese city of Nanjing became a stage for atrocities so profound that they would echo across generations. What unfolded over six weeks beginning in December was
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