At least 157 people were hospitalized in cases linked to Japanese dietary supplements that are at the center of growing health concern in the Asian country, a Health Ministry official reported Tuesday. The figure reflects an increase in the 114 cases of hospitalizations that the company Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said Friday they were related to its […]
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Japanese diaper giant shifts production from babies to adults
The main producer of paper Japan and one of the country’s largest diaper companies, Oji Holdings, announced that it will leave the national baby diaper market due to the drop in births and will focus on adults. “Starting in September this year, we will end the production of children’s diapers and strengthen our adult disposable […]
Noritaka Tatehana, from designing footwear for Lady Gaga to reviving Japanese craftsmanship
The person responsible for designing twenty-five pairs of the iconic shoes American singer platform Lady Gagacontemporary artist Noritaka Tatehana, has set out to revive the delicate and meticulous traditional Japanese arts through collaborative works with local artisans. Tatehana (Tokyo, 1985), whose works have been acquired by institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in […]
Japanese satellite begins operation to reduce space debris
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 […]
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
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, […]