Tokyo, Feb 28 (EFE).- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced its first new astronaut candidates since 2009 on Tuesday. World Bank senior disaster risk reduction specialist Makoto Suwa, 46, and Japanese Red Cross Medical Center surgeon Ayu Yoneda, 28 were selected from a record 4,127 applicants in JAXA recruitment’s process conducted since April 2022. … Read more
Tokyo, Feb 2 (EFE).- Sony’s Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki is set to become the group’s president and chief operating officer from April 1, the Japanese corporation announced Thursday. Totoki, who also holds the position of executive deputy president at present, will replace Kenichiro Yoshida as president.Yoshida will remain the chief executive officer of the … Read more
Tokyo, Jan 23 (EFE).- Japan’s prime minister promised Monday to focus his social policies on supporting child-rearing, with the aim of reversing the falling birthrate decline that threatens the functionality of Japan. In his speech on the opening day of the 2023 ordinary parliamentary session, Fumio Kishida said that the country is at a “critical … Read more
By Edurne Morillo and Yoko Kaneko Tokyo, 16 Jan (EFE).- The mysteries shrouding Peru’s Nazca Lines have intrigued scientists for decades. Now, a group of Japanese researchers has developed a new theory that the geoglyphs etched into the ground served as paths and routes. The lines forged into myriad figures of animals and plants straddle … Read more
Tokyo, Jan 11 (EFE).- The Japanese health ministry has asked shops and pharmacies to check the bulk sale of medicines used to treat Covid, especially to tourists, following reports that several Chinese nationals were buying drugs to send home during their visit to Japan. “There is a lot of news of cases of large purchases … Read more
Tokyo, Dec 12 (EFE).- A Japanese court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by children of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors who were seeking government financial support for their health. The plaintiffs claimed their parents’ exposure to radiation from the 1945 bombing had affected their health, but the Nagasaki District Court judges said that genetic influence … Read more
Tokyo, Sep 27 (EFE).- Hundreds of people in Japan visited Tokyo’s Kudanzaka Park on Tuesday to offer flowers in memory of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he is given a state funeral. Abe, who served as prime minister for the longest period in post-war Japan, died at the age of 67 on Jul.8 after … Read more
Tokyo, Sep 5 (EFE).- Japanese art collective Electronicos Fantasticos! is using obsolete devices like fans, old television monitors and lamps to create music. Techno beats and rock boom out of the speakers in a concert hall as the artists, led by musician Ei Wada, perform with DIY instruments like cathode ray screens attached to guitar … Read more