Japan
China Set to Lift Ban on Japanese Seafood Following Diplomatic Progress
China is preparing to resume imports of Japanese seafood, signaling a potential thaw in diplomatic tensions after a ban imposed in 2023 due...
Alexander BohorquezMay 30, 2025
Japan Faces the Fear: How a Manga Emptied Its Summer 2025 Tourism Bookings
The yen’s decline turned Japan into a tourist paradise. For months, travelers flooded its streets, drawn by affordable prices, stunning landscapes, and a...
Alexander BohorquezMay 27, 2025
South Korea Returns Stolen Buddhist Statue to Japan After 13-Year Legal Dispute
A 14th-century Korean Buddhist statue that was stolen from a Japanese temple almost 13 years ago was returned to its rightful place on...
Alexander BohorquezMay 12, 2025
Japan orders the closure of the South Korean-based Unification Church, better known as the Moon sect
A Tokyo court ordered on Tuesday the revocation of the legal status of the Unification Church in Japan, a South Korean-origin religious movement...
Alexander BohorquezMarch 25, 2025
A Japanese streamer was stabbed while livestreaming on the streets of Tokyo
Airi Sato, a 22-year-old Japanese streamer, was murdered in broad daylight while livestreaming in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The news was reported on Wednesday by...
Alexander BohorquezMarch 12, 2025
Japan stops rocket launch carrying moon lander due to weather conditions
The Space Agency in Japan was set to launch a H-IIA rocket on Monday, August 28. The craft was supposed to carry a...
Carlos GaviriaAugust 27, 2023
Japan man spends $14,000 on a realistic dog costume for him to wear
A Japan man has been able to transform himself into a dog, after spending more than 14,000 dollars on a custom-made hyper-realistic collie...
Carlos GaviriaAugust 2, 2023
North Korea fires balistic missile detected in Japan and South Korea
North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile from the capital city, Pyongyang. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missile was...
Carlos GaviriaJuly 13, 2023
Japan modifies the age of sexual consent in reform of sex crimes laws
Japan has issued a new law to raise the age of sexual consent from 13 years old to 16. The Japanese parliament made...
Carlos GaviriaJune 18, 2023
Japan will send a low-cost wooden satellite to space
Japan has been historically taking part in the race for finding out the universe’s secrets, and it is not the only global power...
Carlos GaviriaJune 9, 2023
