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 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 | 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...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Oct 22, 2024 | Japan, Lifestyle, News, Reports, Society
According to the All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher’s and Editor’s Association (APJEA), the number of bookshops in Japan has fallen by nearly half from 20,880 in 2004 to 10,918 in March 2024. Moreover, 27.7% of Japan’s 1,741 municipalities do not have a bookshop....
