Tag: Japans
Japan’s unemployment rate falls to 2.5%
(Finance) – Unemployment is decreasing in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs of Posts and Telecommunications reports that in the month of June 2024 the unemployment rate fell to…
Misaki Emura: Who is Japan’s flag bearer at the 2024 Olympics?
At 25, Misaki Emura is one of the best sabre fencers on the planet, and the Japanese flag bearer for the 2024 Olympics. To fly the flag for Japan, which…
Japan’s imperial couple for a years-delayed state visit to Britain | News in brief
The welcome ceremonies for the eight-day state visit will be in London on Tuesday. Emperor of Japan Naruhito and the empress Masako have left for a week-long state visit to…
Star-studded adventure film that retells one of Japan’s most famous legends
When you think of Japanese legends, you think of samurai, katanas, imposing palaces and the lush green landscape of a feudal era. Maybe even Keanu Reeves flashes briefly in your…
A photo of Yasuke, “Japan’s first black samurai”, causes a sensation
Yasuke is said to have been Japan’s first black samurai. An image of him in armor made the rounds on social media. However, several details prove that the cliché is…
Japan’s lunar probe is alive
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreenSlim on a picture taken by the probe’s small lunar vehicle LEV-2 (Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2). Photo: Jaxa/Takara Tomy/Sony/Doshisha Via AP/TT The US’s latest probe didn’t make…
Japan’s historic decision last night – how you are affected
Japan’s central bank, BOJ, last night raised the country’s key interest rate above zero percent for the first time in 17 years. – You can still call it historical, says…
Germany will take Japan’s place as the world’s third largest economy in 2023
Japan lost its symbolic title of third world economic power to Germany in 2023, notably under the effect of the fall of the yen, according to preliminary data on Japanese…
Japan’s unemployment rate drops in December
(Finance) – Unemployment is falling in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs of Posts and Telecommunications reports that in December the badger of the jobless is dropped to 2.4%,…
Japan’s spacecraft named “SLIM” landed upside down on the Moon
Japan recently became the 5th country to land on the Moon. New information and photos on this subject shared. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The spacecraft “SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating…