Japan

Taiwan’s First Metropolitan Aquarium—A Fascinating Underwater World From Japan

Xpark is the first overseas branch of Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan, and has been sited in Taoyuan, Taiwan;…

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Japan Bracing For Arrival Of Super Typhoon Haishen

Japan is battening down the hatches as it prepares for the full onslaught of one of the most powerful typhoons…

5 years ago

40 Still Missing As One More Survivor Pulled From Seas In Sinking of Gulf Livestock 1

The Japanese Coast Guard Friday pulled a second survivor from waters off Amami Oshima where a ship carrying around 6,000…

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Shaping Taipei: The Journey Of A Century

2020 – the beginning of a new decade – also marks the 100th anniversary of Taipei. To commemorate this event,…

5 years ago

Ship Missing NE of Taiwan With 42 Still Onboard, 1 Rescued

A cargo freighter with 43 crew members and almost 6,000 cattle aboard has gone missing in the East China Sea,…

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Taiwan & Japan Reopen Borders For Long Term Residents

Taiwan and Japan will reopen their borders starting September 8th for for long-term residents after governments in both countries have…

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Japan’s Annual Dolphin Hunt Underway In Taiji

In news from Japan likely to cause uproar around the world, yesterday saw the small whaling town of Taiji in…

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Taiwan’s First Official ‘Slow Town’ – Fenglin, Hualien County

When it was awarded the Cittaslow International certification by an Italian-based association working to promote a slower pace, and more…

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Tokyo To Apply Japanese Attention To Detail To Mangrove Clean-up

Following an oil spill in the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius, sources now indicate that Japan is proposing a system…

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Trump & Biden Share Praise For Departing Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in late Friday on the shock announcement that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set…

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Japan’s SoftBank Group To Sell US$12.5 Billion In Shares

Japan's SoftBank Group announced late yesterday that it intends to offload US$12.5 billion worth of shares in telecom unit SoftBank…

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