Asia Japan Japan Airlines is preparing to launch its first direct flight from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to Doha, Qatar, from 31 March 2024, becoming the first Japanese airline to provide a non-stop service to the Middle East
Asia Japan Japan's proposed frequencies for airborne telecommunication base stations have been adopted as the global standard, paving the way to the technology becoming commercially feasible as early as fiscal year 2025
Asia Japan PM Kishida would be set to remove all Cabinet members of the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, previously led by former MP Shinzo Abe: they allegedly received tens of millions unreported funds from fundraising parties
Asia Japan Tokyo Disneyland has apologised after clips of Minnie Mouse having her skirt lifted by another character during a recent Christmas parade went viral on social media, with some sharply criticising the gesture as sexual harassment
Asia Japan The country plans to join a multinational mine-clearing project in Ukraine; the Japanese Self-Defence Forces are expected to supply demining equipment to Ukraine and collaborate in the training of personnel
Asia Japan Citizens of the Philippines, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Nepal and Myanmar will have to be tested for tuberculosis before entering Japan for stays longer than three months, the government plans to require for FY2024
Asia Japan The country is set to issue nearly 9 trillion yen ($59.8 billion) in bonds in its second supplementary budget to finance an economic package to ease rising living costs
Asia Japan A program to grant asylum seekers long-term residence permits that will allow them to work will be launched on December 1, part of the revision of the asylum law approved by parliament in May
Asia Japan A bill pending in Saitama Prefecture that would have made it illegal for guardians to leave children unattended at home or let them play outside and going to school by themselves will be withdrawn following a public uproar
Asia Japan Support measures for low-income families are being considered in a new economic package to be compiled by the Japanese government and ruling party to ease the impact of inflation
Asia Japan Outdoor study by Japanese researchers show that microplastics exist in clouds, affecting the climate in ways to be understood; nine different polymers were found on Mount Fuji and Oyama in the airborne microplastics, from 7,1 to 94,6 micrometers in size
Asia Japan The number of centenarians in Japan is estimated at a record 92.139, led by women, who account for 88,5% of the total with the longest life expectancy in the world
Asia Japan Tokyo will provide over $140 million in additional financial aid for its fishing industry following China's blanket import ban on Japanese fish products after the release of radioactive water from Fukushima