Japan’s next lunar lander has entered orbit around the Moon

Image: ispace iSpace will soon be making its next lunar landing attempt after its Hakuto-R lander took the long way to arrive at the Moon. The lander completed a major milestone this week by entering the Moon’s orbit after a long, multi-month trip. …

Japan Finance Ministry: Missing documents in Moritomo scandal were discarded

Japan's Finance Ministry says it believes some of the documents related to a controversial sale of state-owned land were discarded before they could be disclosed. Akagi Toshio, who worked for a regional bureau of the ministry in western Japan, was …

Bach expresses gratitude to Japan for hosting Tokyo Olympics

Thomas Bach, the outgoing president of the International Olympic Committee, has visited Japan. He expressed his gratitude to the Japanese people for Tokyo hosting the Summer Games in 2021. Bach attended a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Friday to …

Japan Rugby League One to give domestic players more time on pitch

Japan Rugby League One plans to change the rules for player registration to give Japanese players more time on the pitch, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. In a plan likely to stir controversy, at least eight of the 15 players per team will …

How Architecture Brings Social Interaction in Care: 9 Elderly Care Facilities in Japan

Long House with an Engawa Senior Daycare Center / Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop . Image © Naoomi Kurozumi Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1029113/how-architecture-brings-social- …

State Bank of India to sell $1 billion stake in Yes Bank to Japan's SMBC

MUMBAI :State Bank of India will divest a 13.19 per cent stake in private lender Yes Bank to Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) for 88.89 billion rupees ($1.04 billion), it said on Friday. SMBC, owned by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, …

Japan’s SHIMA SEIKI partners with Italy’s Lonati to aid sock sector

Image Courtesy: SHIMA SEIKI A partnership between SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, a pioneer in computerised flat knitting and Lonati S.p.A. of Brescia, Italy is fostering digitalisation and sustainable product development in the sock sector. The …

Abu Dhabi entities announce deals with Japan companies on sustainability

Mazda Adopts North American Charging Standard For Bevs Launched In Japan

(MENAFN- JCN NewsWire) Mazda Adopts North American Charging Standard for BEVs launched in Japan HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 9, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) today announced an agreement was reached with Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) to adopt the …

6 tips to eat well in Japan, including dodging the ramen trap, ditching Google and TikTok

Six weeks before I embarked on a research mission in Kyoto, Japan, I was sitting alone at a Melbourne bar in Australia. Next to me a woman was bragging to a friend: she, too, was heading to Kyoto. Except that her trip was in four months, and she had just …