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5 minutes with... 108 Add to collection The executive creative director at MRM Japan on how technology has shaped his career, working for Nike on a global and regional level and what the Japanese really think of their country’s creative scene MRM Japan executive creative director Kazz Ishihara is a creative with a belief that for advertisers to utilise the true power of what technology can do, they need to use their imagination to stretch the limits of what a product can do. This is somethin...

Chip shortage in focus as Japan automakers ready to report profit drop Toggle share menu Advertisement Chip shortage in focus as Japan automakers ready to report profit drop FILE PHOTO: The Toyota logo is seen at its booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China, April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song 10 May 2021 11:45AM (Updated: 10 May 2021 12:38PM) Share this content Bookmark TOKYO: While Japans biggest automakers report what analysts e...

Japanese Hospital: Cancel the Tokyo Olympics An overwhelmed hospital posts signs in its windows asking for the event to be canceled. Author: Original: May 9, 2021 The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are set for just months from now, but one Japanese hospital is begging for the nation to cancel the big event. “Medical capacity has reached its limits. Stop the Olympics!” and “Give us a break. The Olympics are impossible!” read signs posted in the windows of Tachikawa Sogo Hospital in Toky...

Updated: May 01, 2021 09:13 IST New Delhi should be confident that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is willing to accord primacy to bilateral ties Share Article AAA New Delhi should be confident that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is willing to accord primacy to bilateral ties Contrary to the expectations of many, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has turned out to be a true successor of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, on the foreign policy front. His visit to the United States last month has set...

30 April 2021, 12:04 pm A Chinese airport has a toilet that allegedly contains fossils that are hundreds of millions of years old. This shocking discovery was first found by a professor in a TV program, revealing that the material used to build some of the toilets sinks are filled with fossils. (Photo : Photo by Carol Coelho/Getty Images) Passengers wear protective face masks in a toilet after arrives in Houston International Airport on March 14, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Passengers are wearing m...

Japan is hit by coronavirus fourth wave three months before Olympics, with host towns refusing to house athletes due to safety costs Japanese towns and cities which are set to host Olympic teams are scrapping their visits due to Covid-19 The western city of Okuizomo scrapped a visit from Indias hockey team when it became clear it would have to provide expensive biosecurity measures It comes as Japan is grappling with a fourth wave of Covid-19 with more than 5,000 cases reported on Saturday 

Honda Reveals Electric SUV Prototype in China, Looks Like the New HR-V 19 Apr 2021, 20:46 UTC · by The Honda SUV e Prototype has just been unveiled in China today. While its not ready for production yet, customers will be able to buy this vehicle starting in the Spring of 2022. While technical details arent available right now, the design tells us a few things. 6 photos Honda says this is the first electric vehicle prototype unveiled in China. While Japan has had many more concepts and p...

Japans proposed immigration law revisions deal fresh blow to refugees Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Kyodo Apr 20, 2021 While Japan accepts very few refugee applications annually, legal changes designed to crack down on what the government says are abuses of the asylum process are expected to make it even harder for genuine refugees to find shelter in th...

While Japan last month marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami with solemn ceremonies, the government has also been stressing the successes of its recovery efforts in the country’s northeast. In truth, however, the country is still coping with the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, which has already cost Japan trillions of yen and whose exclusion zone will require up to 40 more years to fully rehabilitate. And with contaminated water conti...

South Korean intelligence believes the North has mastered the technology to place a nuclear weapon on the Nodong medium-range ballistic missile, a weapon that can reach Japan. Although Japan has a two-layered ballistic-missile defense consisting of the Aegis combat system and Patriot missiles, it may find it necessary to add a third, controversial layer: eliminating nuclear-tipped missiles at the source. Here are five weapons systems, both defensive and offensive, that would help Japan de...