TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War II. JAPAN’S PM OFFERED TO MEET
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The U.S. and Japan have sponsored a U.N. Security Council resolution urging nations to refrain from deploying or developing nuclear weapons in space. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield voiced the unprecedented danger of placing nuclear weapons in Earth’s orbit. This resolution comes in
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A space rocket that was due to become Japan’s first private sector satellite sent into orbit exploded moments after take-off on Wednesday. Online footage showed the rocket – called Kairos – blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture in central Japan. However is exploded
The head of the United Nations’ atomic agency is in Japan to examine discharges of treated radioactive wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and to discuss further cooperation with Japan to promote peaceful use of nuclear energy and non-proliferation.
Two backcountry skiers from New Zealand died in an avalanche on Mount Yotei, Hokkaido’s northernmost island on Monday. The victims, a man and a woman, were part of a group of six backcountry skiers. Another New Zealand man reportedly survived the avalanche
Japan’s economy managed to grow in the fourth quarter of last year, averting a recession, according to revised government data released Monday that had previously shown a contraction. Real gross domestic product, or GDP, grew in October-December at an annual pace of
Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged continued support for rebuilding. The
Japan’s and India’s foreign ministers on Thursday agreed to step up security and economic cooperation as the two Asian countries look to boost their ties in the face of China’s growing influence in the region. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa told a