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Cherry Blossom Walk in Osaka Flickr user Gaheilon The Japanese population, which has been shrinking for the last couple of years, declined by a record 244,000 people in 2013, according to health ministry estimates. If the current trend persists, the BBC reports the country will lose a third of ...
... iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Independent Television News' Alex Thompson reported from Fukushima, Japan, more than two years after an earthquake damaged the Japanese nuclear plant in 2011, causing hundreds of tons of radioactive water to leak. Video ...
Tensions are rising between global powers China and Japan over newly declared air defense zone over disputed islands. For insight into the seriousness of the dispute and potential ramifications, Gwen Ifill talks to two former State Department officials, Kurt Campbell and Susan Shirk.
... width: 100%; height: 100%; } Just under 70 years after being intentionally sunk by U.S. forces in 1946, the University of Hawaii Manoa says a Japanese aircraft-carrying mega-submarine was discovered off the Hawaiian island of Oahu in August. The I-400 "Sen-Toku" class submarine, which at 400 ...
... air spokesman Shen Jinke and a report by Xinhua agency. The Associated Press reports that it is not known when exactly the warplanes were sent. Japan and South Korea confirmed they continue to make routine military surveillance flights over an East China Sea zone that China declared an "air defense ...
... has taken form thanks to an eruption of an undersea volcano. The new landmass measures 660 feet in diameter and joins approximately 30 islands in Japan's Ogasawara chain and reportedly is the first volcano-created island for Japan since the 1970s. The Telegraph reported an interview with a volcanologist ...
Creative commons photo via flickr user hiroaki maeda If you've longed to tour Tokyo but it's not in your financial future, fret not -- your teddy bear can go for you, thanks to Unagi Travel, the "Japan Travel Agency for Stuffed Animals." .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2 ...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after delivering his policy speech at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Toru Hanai In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Saturday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan is ready to be more assertive ...
Together, China and Japan hold more than $2.4 trillion in U.S. debt--easily the largest credit card bill in world history (and second only to the debt obligations held by the Federal Reserve). And the two nations want to make sure the payments continue to arrive on time ...
Flickr/Francois Pelandeau An estimated 12 million visitors a year are streaming in to Japan these days. That's compared to about 7 million annual tourists before the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. That number will likely grow with the announcement that Tokyo will host the 2020 summer Olympic games ...
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