USS Colorado hit 22 times off Tinian, stayed in fight
Hidden Japanese coastal batteries hit USS Colorado 22 times off Tinian on July 24, 1944, killing 43 sailors and wounding 198, according to the US Navy's Naval History and Heritage Command as…
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Ukrainian influencer finds real connection with Japan’s rent-a-dad
A 23-year-old Ukrainian model and influencer, Anna Malygon, rented a father figure while travelling alone in Japan and found the goodbye unexpectedly emotional. Her video documenting the experience has received over 5.3…
Nagasaki mayor warns nuclear deterrence fuels war risk on anniversary
Nagasaki on Sunday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing. Mayor Shiro Suzuki called nuclear weapons 'absolute evil' and warned that reliance on nuclear deterrence increases the risk of war.…
Kawakami’s Sisters in Yellow dissects inherited poverty
Mieko Kawakami's novel 'Sisters in Yellow', translated by Lauren Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio, is set in late 1990s Japan. It follows 15-year-old Hana as she searches for a normal home and family…
Fukushima dinosaur bone from 1999 identified as 3-metre iguanodontian
Times of India reports that a dinosaur bone discovered in Fukushima, Japan, in 1999 and left unstudied for over two decades has been identified as the breastbone of a plant-eating iguanodontian. Researchers…
Japan quake toll hits 28 as survivors struggle in heat
Japanese emergency workers raced to find survivors from a collapsed shopping mall in Kumamoto on Thursday, as the death toll from Tuesday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake rose to 28. Four bodies were pulled from…
Japanese woman arrested for cancelling Rs 258 crore online orders
Japanese police arrested Mayu Yoshida, 32, for placing over 2,000 fake online orders for Naruto and One Piece merchandise worth 4.3 billion yen (approx Rs 258 crore) and then cancelling them. She…
Young Japanese voters reshape a once-apathetic political scene
Younger Japanese voters are taking a greater interest in politics as social-media-savvy politicians and new parties reach them online. Turnout among 18- and 19-year-olds rose from 35% in 2022 to 45% in…
Typhoon Dolphin forces over 500 flight cancellations, China braces
Hindustan Times reports that Typhoon Dolphin has forced more than 500 flight cancellations in Japan, with evacuation orders for nearly 260,000 residents in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures. Toyota suspended work at nine…
Yen loses half of intervention gains; Aussie-yen eyes 35-year high
The yen weakened to 158.45 against the dollar on Friday, losing nearly half the gains from last week’s joint US-Japan intervention that had pushed it to 155.23. The Aussie-yen pair is recovering…
