Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida received Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Tokyo. He signed new contracts and announced a $10 billion package. Politicians discussed Japan’s participation in the process of reconstruction of Ukraine after the war. Japan will provide a financial package Prime Minister Kishida maintained his government’s position on aid to Ukraine. – […]
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What we know about the Tokyo plane crash
A collision of planes on the runway could have turned into a major tragedy. Five people died in the accident that occurred yesterday, Tuesday, January 2, at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan. Those who died were on the coast guard plane that collided with a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane carrying 367 passengers and 12 crew. […]
It hit the runway, the plane caught fire: Images
Moments of terror at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan. Japan Airlines’ Airbus A350 flight JAL516 caught fire after colliding with a coast guard plane on the runway. JAL Flight 516 departed New Chitose airport on the island of Hokkaido with about 400 passengers and crew on board, according to Kyodo news agency. Hit the runway, […]
Tokyo, car crashes into Israeli embassy barricade
Terror in the capital of Japan. A car crashed into a barricade near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo. Police reportedly arrested the driver, whose vehicle collided with the temporary barrier near the diplomatic representation building. The road accident, according to local media reports, occurred at around 11am local time (3am in Italy). Video footage circulated […]
Tokyo, G7 has only one path to war in the Middle East: “Two-State Solution”
“We emphasize that a two-state solution, in which Israel and a Palestinian state live side by side in peace, security and mutual recognition, remains the only path to a just, lasting and secure peace.” This is what we read in the final declaration adopted at the end of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Tokyo. […]
Meeting of the leaders of the US, Japan and South Korea Decisions have been made
On Friday, at a meeting at Camp David, it was agreed to coordinate actions between the three countries in the face of “threats” and “provocations” from China and North Korea. Japan and the Republic of Korea do not have the best relations because of the still vivid memory of the Japanese colonization of the Korean […]
Company executives have been convicted of bribery at the Tokyo 2020 Games
Japan’s courts today handed down a new punishment in connection with bribery at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, this time on several executives of a stuffed animal company that manufactured pet products. A Tokyo court on Tuesday sentenced former Sun Arrow company president Taiji Sekiguchi, 50, and his father and former company president Yoshihiro Sekiguchi, 75, […]
Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer, passed away
Japanese fashion designer Issey MiyakeKnown internationally for his creations that combined Japanese tradition with avant-garde materials and cuts, died of liver cancer last Friday, his studio announced today. Born in Hiroshima (Japan) in 1938, Miyake trained in his career as a fashion designer in Europe and the United States before founding his Tokyo studio and […]
Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister Who Saved the Olympics from the Pandemic
Shinzo Abe, who died after being shot on the streets of Nara while participating in a political event, was the prime minister who brought the 2020 Olympics to his country and, after an unexpected twist on the script, made it possible to major sporting event held in Tokyo despite the coronavirus pandemic and a year […]