Japan feels the heat as temperatures set to soar again this summer
“To already see 27 degrees (80.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in April is very worrying, and there will certainly be an impact on human health.”
Julian Ryall in asian news
Academics in Japan shun events in China amid fears over professor’s disappearance in Shanghai
Concerns have mounted since Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed on Monday that Tokyo was “aware” that professor Fan Yuntao had been missing after making what was meant to be a brief return to Shanghai in late February 2023.
Japan’s bears in ‘bad mood’ and hungry as attacks on humans surge
According to a wildlife expert, bears that had crossed paths with Japanese residents in the past few weeks were hungry, “in a bad mood” and “not keen to hang out with humans”.
Japan expands counter-China coastguard training from Southeast Asia to Pacific islands
The Mobile Cooperation Team (MCT) initiative was first set up in 2017 as part of Tokyo’s efforts to train and equip the coastguards of Southeast Asian nations that felt threatened by China’s presence in the disputed waterway.
In Japan, US book on transgender surgery for young people sparks threats, heated debate
Earlier this month, Sankei Shimbun Publishing released the Japanese-language version of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, a book by US journalist Abigail Shrier.
Japan’s ‘super’ sniffer dog Melba retires, counts US$11.8 million drug bust as biggest-ever case cracked
The bane of smugglers attempting to enter Tokyo with their illegal cargoes, Japan’s most prolific drug-sniffing dog, is hanging up her leash.
‘A huge mistake’: Japan’s sleeplessness crisis poses threat to society, warns leading expert
Dr Masashi Yanagisawa, director of the International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine at the University of Tsukuba, said a report released by the Ministry of Health in February that recommended that the public gets more bed rest was a good start but needs to be followed up with a “comprehensive” education programme to avoid the nation becoming even more sleep-deprived.
Are US troops in Japan to blame for Tokyo, Moscow never signing a treaty to formally end WWII?
But no consensus was reached, and Putin has taken an increasingly firm line on the issue, passing legislation making it illegal to cede any Russian territory to another country. As a result of the impasse, the two countries have never signed a peace treaty to formally end the second world war.