The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Michibiki-4 (QSZ-4) satellite aboard an H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 7:01 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2017. Shortly after liftoff, the Yoshinobu Launch Complex transferred the flight control of H-IIA to Takesaki Range Control Center. At 1:33 of the video, you will see the solid […]
Just three days after the city council of San Francisco in California, the United States, allowed a statue depicting South Korean war comfort women be displayed at a park, Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura of Osaka, Japan, made clear what his city wanted from its sister city. “If the city of San Francisco accepts […]
Akiko Macdonald (center) was treated as VIP and escorted by the armed local police officers Places where battles took place always have sad stories which we, as decent human beings, need to revisit to know how the soldiers fought and died on foreign soil. Some of the souls of the millions of fallen […]
“If the city of San Francisco [in California] accepts the donated comfort women statue, then the sister city agreement will be dissolved.” Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura made this assertion in reply to a reporter’s question at city hall on September 25. Three days earlier, on September 22, the comfort women statue was […]
The International Advisory Committee (IAC) of UNESCO adopted the final report on the review process of the Memory of the World Programme (MOW) in August. It will submit it to the UNESCO Executive Board at the 202nd session in October for approval. The review process covers a wide range of points. Japan is […]
Creative cosplay shared the spotlight at the Tokyo Game Show 2017 on its third day Saturday, September 23, when the event was opened to the general public. Gamers came dressed in their favorite characters, fascinating observers such as photographer Sev Collazo, who was shooting the Tokyo Game Show for the first time. He is […]
The long-awaited Tokyo Game Show 2017 opened on Thursday, September 21, at Makuhari Messe, with gaming companies making several important and exclusive announcements to the press in the first couple of days. The second half of the convention, which runs until Sunday, September 24, will be open to the public. Visitors can compete in gaming […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday, September 20, that countries need to unite to enforce sanctions and apply pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs. Here is the full text of the speech he delivered at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New […]
Dear Megumi, In Japan, we are blessed with beautiful autumn skies, and the cosmos flowers are blooming. Our home in Niigata had beautiful cosmos, didn’t it? They remind us of you more. Despite being a cheerful child, fond of flowers, with a love for “freedom,” you were captured by the country where freedom […]
I first visited Liu Xiaobo’s home in West Beijing in May 2008. Under the dim lights in his small living room, he answered my question about why he did not go abroad. “The children were killed, but the bearded man lived on. It defies imagination.” At first, I could not understand what […]
September 11 marked the 5th anniversary of the nationalization of the Senkaku Islands (part of Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture) that had previously been privately owned. Since then, China Coast Guard ships sailing through the waters around the islands have become the norm, and China has boasted that it has broken de facto […]
(C) “SingularityU Japan Summit 2017” The first Singularity University Summit in Japan wrapped up on Friday, September 8, at Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation), tackling the theme “Shaping Japan’s Future Together.” (C) “SingularityU Japan Summit 2017” Singularity University is a Silicon Valley think tank that offers educational programs and a business […]
