European Space Agency opens first Asia office in Tokyo

The European Space Agency (ESA) opened its first Asian office in Tokyo on Tuesday in a move to deepen collaborative efforts with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan’s rapidly growing private sector. The office will be located...

Japan’s Takaichi Praises Trump’s Global Peace Efforts in First Meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hailed U.S. President Donald Trump for his “historic contributions to global peace” during their first in-person meeting on Tuesday, signaling her intent to strengthen ties with Washington despite ongoing...

BREAKTHROUGH: Quantum batteries defy energy loss, paving way for next-gen power storage

BREAKTHROUGH: Quantum batteries defy energy loss, paving way for next-gen power storage Researchers from Japan and China developed a theoretical model for quantum batteries using topological photonic waveguides, enabling near-perfect energy...

Rare earths, Nobel nomination and cheers: Trump ends Japan leg of Asia tour

Anthony Zurcher,North America correspondent and Shaimaa Khalil,Tokyo correspondent ShareSave Watch: Trump addresses cheering troops on US carrier in Japan Praise, Nobel nominations and promises of foreign investment in the US - Japan's...

SoftBank, Hitachi, others eye role in Japan’s $550b US investment package

Around 20 companies from Japan and the US have expressed interest in projects that could contribute to Tokyo’s commitment to invest $550 billion in the United States as part of a trade agreement, a factsheet by the two countries showed on Tuesday....

Japan, UAE strengthen cooperation with MoU signing

Arab News Japan DUBAI: KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo, and Abdulla Mohammed Al Basti, Secretary-General of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday, deepening the bilateral relations...

Japan Set As 2026 Country Of Honor At Cannes Marché Du Film

The Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film has unveiled Japan as the Country of Honour for its 2026 edition next May. The Marché du Film’s Executive Director Guillaume Esmiol officially announced the choice at the Tokyo International Film Festival...

BYD's 'kei' EV plans ring alarm bells for Japan's car industry

Even if it won't go on sale until the end of next year, BYD's Japanese mini-car has already created buzz – at least among officials in Tokyo worried about the challenge from China's biggest automaker. The company plans to debut its all-electric...

Gunman Pleads Guilty in Assassination of Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Three Years After Shocking Daylight Killing

NARA, Japan – Tetsuya Yamagami, the 45-year-old man accused of assassinating Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a brazen daylight attack, formally pleaded guilty this week in a Nara courtroom, more than three years after the July 8, 2022,...

U.S., Japan Unite on Rare Earths Supply Chain

U.S. President Donald Trump and newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held their first summit in Tokyo on Oct. 28 and signed a document titled “Implementing the Agreement for a New Golden Age of the U.S.-Japan Alliance,” which...

Middle East shipbuilding industry holds growth potential of up to $40 billion

The Middle East – and in particular the GCC nations – have a big opportunity in further developing a robust shipbuilding industry, which could eventually be worth $40 billion over the next decade, according to analysis by Strategy&. This growth...

Mapletree Logistics Trust Q2 DPU falls to S$0.01815

[SINGAPORE] The manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) announced a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.01815 for the trust’s second quarter ended Sep 30. This was lower than the DPU of S$0.02027 the trust posted for the same quarter a year...

Immigration turmoil sparks workforce worries for many Michigan industries

In 2020, after the COVID pandemic began, so many foreign-born workers had trouble getting to their seasonal jobs on Mackinac Island that its hotels and restaurants felt a real pinch. “Restaurants would not open because there weren’t enough workers...

China, Japan top diplomats seek mutually beneficial ties in phone talks

BEIJING/TOKYO - China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, and his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, agreed during phone talks Tuesday to promote their countries' "strategic and mutually beneficial relationship" and build "constructive and stable"...

Trump Praises Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi, Signs Landmark Rare Earths Deal

The centrepiece of the talks was a framework deal aimed at securing supply chains for rare earths and other critical minerals, key components in electric vehicles, defense technologies, and renewable energy systems. Both nations emphasized the...

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Agency 28/10/2025 434 views 12 likes The European Space Agency has announced it is establishing a new presence in Tokyo, Japan, its first in Asia. ESA will now have a staff member working in the heart of Tokyo’s thriving innovation hub...

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s shooter pleads guilty during trial

Tokyo: A man charged with assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 pleaded guilty Tuesday, In his first court hearing since the fatal shooting that shocked the nation and drew attention to the Unification Church and its...

Arkansas’ forestry industry under strain from trade disputes, decreased demand

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Like rice and soybean farmers of the Delta, foresters of the southern and western portions of the state are facing their own economic challenges, putting one of...

Industry minister holds 2 rounds of virtual talks with U.S. counterpart on $350 bln investment deal: sources

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have held two rounds of virtual talks since last weekend, government sources said Tuesday, as the two countries try to narrow differences over...

Trump bonds with Japan's new prime minister and says her nation is delivering on US investments

TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump treated his time in Japan on Tuesday as a victory lap — befriending the new Japanese prime minister, taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier and then unveiling several major...