insert_link World US, Korea and Japan vow strategic cooperation to boost security and economies Commerce and trade ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea have vowed to cooperate on strategic issues including artificial intelligence safety and semiconductor supply chains. The ministers issued a joint statement underscoring a deepening of trilateral cooperation amid an intensifying China-U.S. rivalry. As our Laura Westbrook reports. todayJune 27, 2024 7
insert_link World Japan’s PM under party pressure to step down Japan’s Prime Minister is under growing pressure from his own party to step-down. Local chapters of the ruling LDP blame Fumio Kishida for months of poor polling. As our Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo. todayJune 14, 2024 13
insert_link Business / Economics Japan may soon require more companies to disclose gender gap data Japan may soon require more companies to disclose gender gap data. It comes as the country ranks 118th in a new World Economic Forum gender parity survey. As Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo. todayJune 12, 2024 11
insert_link World Japan birth rate falls to lowest on record New data shows that the speed of depopulation in Japan is in-creasing. The country’s fertility rate and number of new births fell to a record low in 2023. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo: todayJune 6, 2024 7
insert_link World Japan protests Chinese ambassador’s Taiwan comments Japan is protesting comments made by the Chinese ambassador about Taiwan, calling them "extremely inappropriate”. China’s envoy in Tokyo, Wu Jianghao said on Monday, Japan would be ‘dragged into the fire’ if Japanese forces supported Taiwan’s Independence. Chris Gilbert reports for us from Tokyo. todayMay 23, 2024 15
insert_link World Japan town blocks view of Mt Fuji A small town near Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji is erecting a screen to block tourists from viewing the mountain. The move is in response to what the town calls unruly behavior from visitors after a particular photo-spot went viral online. Chris Gilbert reports for us from Tokyo. todayMay 22, 2024 6
insert_link World China jails Hokkaido University professor for espionage The family of a Chinese national being held on espionage charges says a received a jail sentenced from a court in Jilin province. Yuan Keqin was detained in 2019 when he returned to China while holding a post at Japan’s University of Education in Hokkaido. Chris Gilbert has the report for us. todayMay 17, 2024 22
insert_link World Japan and US to build missile interceptors Japan and the US are building interceptors for hypersonic missiles under a new contract. The deal, signed on Wednesday, follows an agreement between the countries to work together against the threat of hypersonic missiles at a Camp David summit in August. Reporting for us is Chris Gilbert from Tokyo. todayMay 16, 2024 18
insert_link Oshiwambo Ehangano lya America nolya France taga pangele okuyapo notuntila yo COVID 19 ,yina wo otuntila yeshikisha Ehangano lyo Aputeka lya France lyo Sanofi nolya America ndyoka tali nyenywa,lyo Novavax nena oya tseyitha taya imanga kumwe okulanditha otuntila yo COVID 19 nokuyapo nayimwe ndjoka yina otuntila yeshikisha. Kohi yompangela yolisinisa yoodola oobilion dha America sigo 1.2,omahangano gopaali otaga ka longela kumwe okulanditha otuntila yo COVID 19 yo Novavax muuyuni auhe,kakele miilongo yimwe ngaashi India,Japan na South Korea moka ehangano lya America linamo nale uukumwe. O Novavax otayi […] todayMay 10, 2024 6
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
