by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 2, 2025 | Environment, Japan, News, Technology
Japan’s satellites already have such high resolution that they can aid the efficient management of dairy farms and post-disaster recovery and restoration. Japan’s first satellite was Ohsumi, which was launched in 1970 by a team from a research institute at the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 29, 2025 | China, Innovation, Investment, Japan, News, Technology
Japanese automakers announced plans to introduce the latest Chinese technologies into their models at the Auto Shanghai motor show held in Shanghai, aiming to regain lost ground in China. Toyota Motor Corp. has announced its new “bZ7” electric vehicle (EV) will be...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 15, 2025 | Asia, China, Economy, Japan, Korea, Trade
Just days before Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed “reciprocal” tariffs on most countries, South Korea, Japan, and China held their first economic talks in six years. The top trade officials of Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing all agreed to bolster cooperation in economy...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 2, 2025 | Business, Japan, News, Technology, World
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has designated three companies — Apple Inc., its Japanese subsidiary iTunes K.K. and Google LLC — as subjects of the smartphone software competition promotion law, a new law regulating very large IT companies in the smartphone...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 3, 2025 | ASEAN, Asia, Aviation, Japan, News, Transportation
Japanese carriers Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) were the most punctual airlines in Asia-Pacific on 2024, followed by Singapore Airlines (SIA), according to Cirium, an aviation analytics company. Asia-Pacific winner JAL’s on-time performance came in...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 5, 2024 | Japan, News, Sports
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars trounced the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-2 on Sunday to win their first Japan Series championship in 26 years. The title, the third in Yokohama’s history, snapped the longest championship drought among the 12 teams in Nippon Professional...
