North Korea says its latest satellite launch exploded in flight
North Korea said its attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure on Monday when a newly developed rocket engine exploded in flight.
Yoshimasa Hayashi in asian news
Chinese ships spotted near disputed East China Sea islets every day this year, Japan says
Relations deteriorated in 2012 when Tokyo “nationalised” some of these remote islands, and Japanese officials regularly protest against the presence of Chinese coastguard and other vessels in the surrounding waters.
South Korea, Japan unveil sanctions over alleged Russia-North Korea arms trade
SEOUL/TOKYO — South Korea and Japan announced on May 24 a series of sanctions applied to individuals, organisations and ships related to Russia's alleged procurement of weapons from North Korea in breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Will Tokyo expel Chinese ambassador for ‘outrageous’ remarks on Japan-Taiwan ties?
He said in a written request to the government on Tuesday that the ambassador’s subsequent comments in response to that visit were “truly outrageous”.
Saudi king to be treated for lung inflammation, state news agency says
Saudi King Salman will undergo treatment at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah for a lung inflammation, the state news agency said on Sunday, hours after he underwent medical tests.
Japan fumes at China, Russia for calling released Fukushima water ‘nuclear-contaminated’
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a regular press conference that it was “extremely regrettable” that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had made an assertion “contrary to the facts.”
Japan Fisheries Agency proposes allowing commercial catching of fin whales
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Fisheries Agency on Thursday proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country’s commercial whaling around its coasts.
Japan to start hunting fin whales after 5 years of commercial whaling
TOKYO — Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday (May 9), five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of the marine mammals.