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 […]
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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, […]
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
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 […]
Deaths from earthquake in Japan exceed 100: rain and snow threaten already unstable lands
The aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block crucial roads for the delivery of aid, while the deaths from the earthquakes that shook the western coast of Japan Last week they exceeded a hundred on Saturday. Among the dead was a 5-year-old boy who was recovering from injuries he suffered when the earthquake Monday’s […]
Earthquake in Japan: 84 dead, 179 missing and little hope of finding survivors
Rescue teams today were in a race against time to find what are probably the last survivors of the earthquake that shook central Japan on Monday and left at least 84 dead and 179 missing. Ishikawa Prefecture, on the western fringe of the center of the island of honshu (the main one in the country), […]
EU ready to provide assistance to Japan after earthquake and plane crash
The European Union This Wednesday it showed itself willing to provide assistance to Japan behind the earthquake on January 1 on the western coast of the country and the plane crash occurred on Tuesday at the airport Tokyo. “My thoughts are with the people of Japan in these difficult times. Japan is one of the […]