Two unexploded bombs from World War II found in Okinawa

Two unexploded bombs from World War II found in Okinawa

This Thursday, Okinawa authorities reported that two World War II bombs were found near the airport on Miyako Island, two weeks after another device that was also launched during the conflict at Miyazaki airport exploded. The Japanese Government opened an emergency investigation into five local airports located at former Japanese military installations after there was … Read more

Paul Watson: 15 years of standoff between the defender of whales and Japan

Paul Watson: 15 years of standoff between the defender of whales and Japan

Eighty-seven days. This is the time Paul Watson has spent in detention since his arrest in Greenland in July. While Paul Watson requested political asylum in France from Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday October 16, a look back at a few dates on an international legal case combining activism, environment and human rights. ► In 2010, … Read more

Environmentalist Paul Watson asked Emmanuel Macron for political asylum

Environmentalist Paul Watson asked Emmanuel Macron for political asylum

Will his appeal receive the hoped-for outstretched hand? Detained in Greenland and threatened with extradition to Japan, Paul Watson asked France to grant him “political asylum”. A request formulated in a letter directly addressed to the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, announced Lamya Essemlali, president of the ocean defense NGO Sea Shepherd, which he … Read more

Casio considers Mexico as a commercial strategy in the US and LA

Casio considers Mexico as a commercial strategy in the US and LA

The Japanese multinational Casiofamous for its calculators, musical instruments and watches, reaffirmed its commitment to the Mexican marketconsidered key to its expansion in Latin America and North America, due to its geographical proximity to the United States. Casio’s Head of Research and Development, Tatsuya Izaki, expressed this within the framework of the brand’s 50th anniversary … Read more

“Dragon Ball Sparkling!” Zero” transmits the saga to a new generation

“Dragon Ball Sparkling!” Zero” transmits the saga to a new generation

Gen Xers may remember when Son Goku, the hero of Dragon Ball Ztransformed into a Super Saiyan for the first time to defeat Frieza. The work of Akira Toriyama, who celebrates his 40th anniversary this year, marked his generation and has been adapted in numerous formats, including video games. The most recent, Dragon Ball Sparking ! … Read more

Racist, sexist and fatphobic… A Japanese game sparks an outcry

Racist, sexist and fatphobic… A Japanese game sparks an outcry

If your character is “too tanned” or has “extra pounds”, it’s lost! The Japanese application called “Favorite training game” has been the subject of numerous criticisms from Internet users in recent weeks. Available for free on the App Store and the Google Play Store, this “multiple choice” game offers players the opportunity to evolve in … Read more

Nobel Peace Prize for Nihon Hidankyo, organization against nuclear weapons

Nobel Peace Prize for Nihon Hidankyo, organization against nuclear weapons

The Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo is the winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for her efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and demonstrate through witness testimony that nuclear weapons should never be used again,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee, based in Oslo, announced this Friday. By awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize … Read more

What is the Nihon Hidankyo organization, Nobel Peace Prize winner?

What is the Nihon Hidankyo organization, Nobel Peace Prize winner?

A Japanese anti-atomic weapons organization has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this Friday. The Nihon Hidankyo organization brings together survivors of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. An official from the confederation explained that he “never dreamed of winning” the prize. A prize, which is the only Nobel awarded in … Read more