Japan marks 70 years of Second World War's end
Tokyo, Aug 15 (IANS) Japan on Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of its surrender to the Allied forces which brought an end to the Second World…Read more
Japan issues warning for volcano eruption
Tokyo, Aug 15 (IANS) The Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday raised the warning level to an unprecedented 4 for Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima…Read more
Website to promote local Japanese economies through tourism
Tokyo, Aug 13 (IANS) The Japanese government has launched a website to provide information from different parts of the country to attract foreign…Read more
US military helicopter crashes off Japan, 7 injured
Japan, Aug 12 (IANS) A US military helicopter crashed off Okinawa's main island on Wednesday, injuring at least seven crew members, Japanese authorities…Read more
Japan restarts nuclear reactor after two-year hiatus
Tokyo, Aug 11 (IANS) Japan on Tuesday restarted a nuclear reactor in the Sendai plant in Kyushu's Kagoshima prefecture, making it the first utility…Read more
Japan to restart first n-plant post-Fukushima disaster
Tokyo, Aug 10 (IANS) Japan is set to restart operations at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima prefecture, the first since the 2011 Fukushima…Read more
Japan marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Tokyo, Aug 9 (IANS/EFE) Japan's Nagasaki city on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb with a ceremony at which officials…Read more
Nagasaki remembers 1945 US atomic bombing victims
Tokyo, Aug 9 (IANS) Commemorations will be held in Japan's Nagasaki city on Sunday to mark the 70th year of US atomic bombing on the city, killing…Read more
Hiroshima marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombing
Tokyo, Aug 6 (IANS) The residents of Japan's Hiroshima city on Thursday commemorated the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb dropped by a US…Read more
Japanese battleship flag to return from US
Tokyo, Aug 4 (IANS) The flag of the Japanese battleship Mikasa is returning home, 70 years after it was apparently taken as a souvenir by a US marine.…Read more