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  • SCS: Old battleground, new twist: Old battleground, new twist

    03/16/2024 9:28:24 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 3 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Sunday, March 17, 2024 | Makhan Saikia
    The South China Sea has once again become a focal point of international attention following sudden clashes between coast guard vessels of the Philippines and China. As tensions rise, the involvement of global powers like the US and Japan adds further complexity to the situation, potentially pushing more nations to align against Beijing. Amid these escalating tensions, it becomes imperative for China to reconsider its assertive stance and respect the existing global order to avoid further international backlash The South China Sea (SCS) has once again come into focus following sudden skirmishes between the coast guard vessels of the Philippines...
  • Japan Looks to Restart the World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

    03/16/2024 7:42:19 PM PDT · by george76 · 27 replies
    Oil price ^ | Mar 15, 2024, | Tsvetana Paraskova -
    Japan is stepping up efforts to have local authorities approve the restart of the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility north of Tokyo... Next week, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ken Saito, is expected to ask the local governor of the Niigata prefecture to approve the restart of the power plant.. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Japan closed all its nuclear power plants that underwent rigorous safety checks and inspections. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa has been offline since 2012, while the Nuclear Regulation Authority in 2021 barred the plant’s operator, utility Tepco, from operating the...
  • Critic Complains That Show Set in 1500s Japan Didn't Have Any Black Characters

    03/15/2024 10:56:46 AM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 58 replies
    Western Journal ^ | 3/15/23 | Michael Austin
    The reviews for Disney-owned FX’s new hit miniseries “Shōgun” have been absolutely glowing. That is, apart from one notable exception. The series, based on a 1975 novel by James Clavell, follows the story of an English explorer in the 1500s who finds himself smack-dab in the middle of an intense political conflict unfolding in the Japanese empire. Though many seem to be enjoying the show, one critic — writer William Spivey — felt it was failing for one major reason: There is no black representation. The article, which originated as a blog on Medium, has received some seriously harsh criticism,...
  • Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private US lunar lander will stop working Tuesday

    02/26/2024 11:58:08 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 36 replies
    AP ^ | 02 26 2024 | MARCIA DUNN
    A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon. Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels. Based on the position of Earth and the moon, officials expect that to happen Tuesday morning. That’s two to three days short of the week or so that NASA and other customers had been counting on. The lander, named Odysseus, is the first U.S. spacecraft to land...
  • Moon Stock Plummets After Odysseus Lunar Lander Tips Over. NASA Calls Landing a Success.

    02/25/2024 12:09:42 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 61 replies
    Barons via MSN ^ | February 24, 2024 | Al Root
    Stock in Intuitive Machines sharply dropped in after-hours trading Friday after the company’s Odyessus lunar lander tipped over when it landed on the moon’s surface. The extreme stock move shows just how hard it is to trade events that will move a small capitalization stock. Intuitive and NASA held a news conference on Friday evening. The lander “is stable, near or at the intended landing site,” said Intuitive CEO Steve Altemus. One hiccup though—the lander is on its side. Altemus said the craft was going 25,000 miles an hour in orbit and landed at about 6 miles an hour, with...
  • Japan: Muslim migrant damages a Shinto shrine and threatens Japanese local not to pray there because ‘Allah is the only god’, arrested

    02/25/2024 8:50:44 PM PST · by Cronos · 32 replies
    Op India ^ | 23 may 2023
    A video has been going viral on social media wherein a man in yellow attire can be seen vandalising a worship place. The video is reportedly from the Tarumi Ward in Japan’s Kobe City where the accused identified as Mamadou Balde had vandalised the Mizuoka Hachiman shrine in the area. Balde is a Muslim native of the Republic of Gambia in West Africa, who migrated to Japan and now lives in Tarumi Ward, where the incident took place. The accused, who was later arrested by the Japanese police, reportedly broke an offering box kept in the shrine. He also, reportedly,...
  • Muslims Cause Unrest on Japanese Streets: 'Japan Must Die!' (Video)

    02/24/2024 9:30:53 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 105 replies
    RAIR Foundation ^ | February 22, 2024 | Amy Mek
    Videos depicting Muslim migrants causing disturbances in Japan are surfacing. They engage in street altercations with locals, riot in cafes, and vandalize traditional Japanese Shinto shrines. In a recent incident, a family dispute escalated into a stabbing, leaving several people injured. On the streets, Kurdish Muslim demonstrators protest against “racism,” shouting slogans like “Japan must die!”Despite comprising only 2,000 individuals, Kurds who fled persecution in Turkey and Iraq to seek refuge in Japan are stirring up significant trouble. Increasingly, evidence of their disruptive behavior is circulating on social media platforms.Encounters between Kurds and local Japanese often turn violent, involving physical...
  • Hello Kitty theme park in Tokyo closed after ‘terrorist threat’

    02/24/2024 8:35:02 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 18 replies
    Yahoo! News ^ | Sat, February 24, 2024 | Heather Chen
    A Hello Kitty theme park in Tokyo has been forced to close for the day after it received a “terror threat,” its operator said. Sanrio Puroland, also known as Hello Kitty Land, is located in Tama New Town in north Tokyo. In a statement published on the park’s official website, operators said they received “a terrorist threat email” on Saturday. “As we are unable to adequately ensure the safety of our customers, performers, and on-site staff, we have decided to temporarily close,” operators said. An official police report was filed and refunds for tickets on Saturday are being considered, they...
  • Japan's Nikkei stock index closes at all-time high, surpassing 39,000

    02/22/2024 7:51:41 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 11 replies
    UPI via MSN ^ | 02/22/2024 | Doug Cunningham
    Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Japan's Nikkei stock index hit a record-breaking all-time high of 39,098.68 at the close of trading Thursday. The index closed the day up 836.52 points, or 2.19%, propelling it to the mark that broke a record set in December 1989. Thursday's surge was driven by semiconductor stocks, led by America's Nvidia Corp. Nvidia sales were up well above market expectations, with a 3.7-fold sales increase and $12.3 billion in net profits, an 8.7-fold increase. "Nvidia was able to surpass the high expectations placed on it, with the results clearly demonstrating the growing need for artificial intelligence,"...
  • ASIA ECONOMYJapan is no longer the world’s third-largest economy as it slips into recession

    02/15/2024 12:48:54 PM PST · by Ultra Sonic 007 · 30 replies
    CNBC ^ | February 14, 2024 | Lim Hui Jie
    Japan has lost its spot as the world’s third-largest economy to Germany, as the Asian giant unexpectedly slipped into recession. Once the second-largest economy in the world, Japan reported two consecutive quarters of contraction on Thursday — falling 0.4% on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter after a revised 3.3% contraction in the third quarter. Fourth-quarter GDP sharply missed forecasts for 1.4% growth in a Reuters poll of economists. A recession is broadly defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, GDP slipped 0.1%, compared with a 0.3% rise expected in the Reuters poll. For the...
  • Fireball blazes across Hawaii as object falls to Earth

    02/11/2024 3:56:10 AM PST · by Jyotishi · 23 replies
    BBC ^ | February 10, 2024 | BBC
    [Video] A camera at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii has captured an object as it burned up on re-entering Earth's atmosphere on 8 February. The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera, owned by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, recorded a time-lapse of the fireball blazing across the night sky, followed by smaller glowing streaks.
  • US thermal coal exports hit 5-year highs and top $5 billion in 2023

    02/06/2024 7:45:28 AM PST · by george76 · 15 replies
    Reuters ^ | February 1, 2024 | Gavin Maguire
    United States exporters of thermal coal earned more than $5 billion in 2023 as they shipped out more than 32.5 million metric tons ... The thermal coal export earnings were the second-highest since 2017, following 2022's $5.7 billion. The total volumes were the highest since 2018 and came as U.S. power producers cut the amount of coal used in electricity generation to the lowest this century, ... The diverging trends between shrinking domestic coal use and robust coal exports open the United States to charges of hypocrisy .... Between 2013 and 2023, U.S. coal-fired power generation dropped by 57.5% from...
  • Ukrainian-born model winning Miss Japan re-ignites identity debate

    02/05/2024 1:14:25 PM PST · by Angelino97 · 28 replies
    BBC ^ | January 24, 2024 | Shaimaa Khalil
    "There have been racial barriers, and it has been challenging to be accepted as Japanese." That's what a tearful Carolina Shiino said in impeccable Japanese after she was crowned Miss Japan on Monday. The 26-year-old model, who was born in Ukraine, moved to Japan at the age of five and was raised in Nagoya. She is the first naturalised Japanese citizen to win the pageant, but her victory has re-ignited a debate on what it means to be Japanese. While some recognised her victory as a "sign of the times", others have said she does not look like a "Miss...
  • FUGITIVE RIDDLE Man on deathbed tells cops he’s one of Japan’s most wanted men and was on run for 50 YEARS… but dies before proving it

    02/03/2024 11:04:04 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 20 replies
    The Sun ^ | 2/3/24 | Ellie Doughty
    A 70-YEAR-OLD man revealed to cops on his deathbed that he was one of Japan's most wanted fugitives before he died. The man claimed to be Satoshi Kirishima, a radical extremist behind bombings in the capital who had been on the run for 49 years.
  • South Korea says North Korea has fired several cruise missiles into the sea

    01/29/2024 5:55:29 AM PST · by Red Badger · 6 replies
    NBC News ^ | Jan. 23, 2024, 11:11 PM CST | Staff
    The North’s second known launch event of the year adds to a provocative run of weapons tests in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the U.S., South Korea and Japan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that the U.S. and South Korean militaries were analyzing the launches. It did not immediately confirm the...
  • Electric Cars Will Never Dominate Market, Says Toyota

    01/23/2024 9:27:42 AM PST · by Red Badger · 48 replies
    Daily Sceptic ^ | 23 JANUARY 2024 11:00 AM | BY WILL JONES
    Electric vehicles will never dominate the market, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has said, in the latest sign that car companies are backing away from the troubled technology. The Telegraph has more. Battery-powered electric vehicles will only ever capture 30% of global market share, the Chairman of Toyota has predicted, raising concerns about consumers’ willingness to align with Net Zero goals. Akio Toyoda said that traditional fuel-burning cars, as well as hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles would make up the rest of the market. The grandson of the founder of the world’s largest car manufacturer said shifting towards electric vehicles...
  • Russia reduces its holdings of US state debt in November--Treasury data (Japan, China, UK Top 3 US Debt Holders)

    01/21/2024 9:56:44 PM PST · by Nextrush · 5 replies
    TASS Russia ^ | 1/19/2024 | TASS
    Washington, January 20./TASS/. In November, Russia cut its holdings of the US sovereign debt, from $31 min month-on-month to $28 min, according to the latest data published by the US Treasury... Japan remained he biggest holder of the US state debt in November 2023, as its increased its holdings to $1.127 trin from $1.09 trln in October, followed by China with $782 bln and the United Kingdom with $716.2 bln.
  • North Korea tests ballistic missile, Japan and South Korea say

    01/14/2024 12:46:27 AM PST · by rdl6989 · 2 replies
    abc news ^ | January 14, 2024 | Anthony Trotter and Hakyung Kate Lee
    TOKYO and SEOUL -- North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile on Sunday afternoon, Japan and South Korea said. The launch appeared to have been a shorter-range ballistic missile than those recently tested based on its flight time, Japan's Defense Ministry said. South Korean officials said the missile was launched from the Pyongyang area into the East Sea just before 3 p.m. local time.
  • Window on Boeing 737 Cracks During Flight in Japan

    01/13/2024 1:21:47 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 66 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | Jan. 13, 2024 | Edith Olmsted
    A Boeing 737 plane in Japan was forced to return to its point of departure on Saturday after a crack appeared in the window of the plane’s cockpit. The All Nippon Airways (ANA) domestic flight had left the city of Sapporo en route to Toyama, before turning around for an emergency landing. No one onboard was injured, a spokesperson for the airline said. John Strickland, an expert aviation consultant said that although the crack was in the outermost of the four-layered window, cracks like it “can be pretty dangerous if not fixed,” according to the BBC. “The crack was not...
  • 'Missiles Filled With Water Instead of Fuel': Xi Jinping Furiously Purges Military of Corruption

    01/06/2024 8:34:05 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 75 replies
    Red State ^ | 01/06/2024 | Joe Cunningham
    American foreign policy experts have long argued that China has been laying the groundwork for a permanent rise as a major global power, and U.S. politicians (particularly on the Republican side) have certainly counted the ways in which China is clearly our No. 1 geopolitical foe. However, China's ascendency isn't without its setbacks, and at times it seems possible that China is closer to declining than rising. Their economy hasn't recovered since COVID-19, and Chinese President Xi Jinping has been dealing with more internal struggles than were previously let on. One such problem for the leader of the Chinese Communist...