The Japanese company Astroscale together with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) They put the Adras-J (Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan) satellite into orbit, with the objective of inspecting the space debris orbiting the Earth. The satellite took off from a rocket on the Mahia Peninsula, in New Zealand, on a mission that seeks to […]
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Germany overtakes Japan as the world’s third most powerful economy
Germany has displaced Japan as the third most powerful economy in the world at the end of 2023. According to official data from the Japanese statistical agency, the Asian country registered a contraction of 0.1% in the last quarter of the year, accumulating two consecutive ones. Already in the third quarter, Japan had registered a […]
North Korea appears open to improving ties with Japan
The sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un He said this Thursday that the regime is open to improving its relationship with Japanand said that a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Pyongyang is possible. “I think there would be no reason not to evaluate Japan’s recent speech as positive, if it […]
Slow but suspenseful, the horse races that survive in Japan
Speed is not everything in a horse race held north of Japan. The animals pull heavy sleds, but far from galloping, they trot and even slower, creating an unexpected suspense that hooks viewers. These races, known as ‘Banei Keiba’, They are celebrated throughout the year in Obihiro, a small city on the large island of […]
No in Hong Kong, yes in Japan: China attacks Messi
The absence of Lionel Messi in a friendly in Hong Kong and his participation three days later in another in Japan aggravated the anger of Internet users and Chinese media, who accuse the Argentine star of maneuvering against Beijing. The captain of the world champion albiceleste was loudly whistled and booed on Sunday in Hong […]
A greenhouse as a new home for people displaced by the Japan earthquake
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A dozen people have been living for a month in a greenhouse in the middle of agricultural crops in the Japanese town of Wajima, after losing their homes due to the devastating earthquake that has left thousands of displaced people in a very precarious situation with no short-term solution in sight. The refugees, from four […]
Japan hopes to reactivate its Moon probe
The Japanese space agency turned off the power to its SLIM probe, less than three hours after its historic hallucination, with the aim of saving its batteries and hoping to restore its functions. There is a “possibility” that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landing module, which had a problem with its solar panels, […]
Water crisis will cut income to the Panama Canal by up to US$ 700 million
He Panama Canal It plans to earn up to US$ 700 million less in tolls due to the restriction on ship transits that it has had to implement due to the drought, announced this Wednesday the administrator of the maritime route, Ricaurte Vásquez. “We consider that it is possible that we will have a reduction […]
Fujitsu apologizes after false accusations against British postal employees
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The Japanese computer group Fujitsu apologized on Tuesday to the almost one thousand former directors of British post offices, unjustly accused of theft due to defective software they produced, recognizing that it should participate in compensating the victims. Pressed by “one of the biggest miscarriages of justice” of the history of the United Kingdom, the […]
About 300 missing and 168 dead in the Japan earthquake a week later
This Monday marks one week since the devastating earthquake in the center of Japanwhich has left at least 168 dead and more than 300 missing, while the search for victims and assistance to those affected continues to be hampered by snow and damage to roads. Local authorities today provided the latest data on confirmed deaths […]