Ex-Thai PM Thaksin returns home after nearly 2 decades in exile

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned home Tuesday to serve jail time after spending nearly two decades in self-imposed exile. Thaksin’s private jet landed at… Read more

U.S., Japan to finalize missile development arrangement in 2024

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ The United States and Japan are working to finalize a formal arrangement sometime next year to develop a new type of missile capable of intercepting hypersonic… Read more

North Korea resumes international passenger flights after COVID hiatus

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea resumed Tuesday international passenger flights following their suspension in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a flight from Pyongyang arriving in Beijing… Read more

SoftBank-backed chip firm Arm to list on Nasdaq in over $60 bil. IPO

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ SoftBank Group Corp.-backed British chip designer Arm said Monday it has filed to list its shares on the U.S. Nasdaq stock exchange, with its market capitalization… Read more

Activists rail against Japan gov’t move to discharge Fukushima water

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ Anti-nuclear activists gathered outside the prime minister’s office Tuesday to oppose a government decision to begin discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant… Read more

Competition heats up in Japan’s remote control claw game market

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ Competition is heating up in the Japanese market for remote control claw machine games after playing the popular arcade game on smartphones quickly caught on during… Read more

Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into ocean on Thursday

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1.3 million tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday,… Read more

Japanese veterans staying fit through rugby

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ Rugby union is generally regarded as the fifth most popular team sport in Japan behind baseball, soccer, basketball and volleyball. Its approximately 125,000 registered players —… Read more

The race to link our brains to computers is heating up

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ Brain implants have long been trapped in the realm of science fiction, but a steady trickle of medical trials suggests the tiny devices could play a… Read more

Japan to begin contentious Fukushima radioactive water release Aug. 24

Tokyo, 22 August, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea on Thursday, weather conditions permitting,… Read more