The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year for the first time since the 2011 meltdown. Watch in for more details!

Japan: Robot will try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan's destroyed reactor

Japan's net external assets reached a record high of 3 trillion dollars in 2023. This marks the sixth consecutive year of increase, driven by a weak Yen and significant overseas corporate acquisitions. As a result, Japan retains its position as the world's largest creditor, outpacing Germany & China.

Japan tops the charts as the world's biggest creditor

At their first meeting in five years, top leaders from South Korea, China, and Japan on Monday, May 27, talked about regional stability and pledged to step up three-way collaboration.

China, South Korea, Japan pledge to increase cooperation in East Asia Summit

Chinese Premier Li Qiang hailed what he called a "restart" in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met with their leaders on Monday for the first three-way discussions in four years, intending to revive trade and security exchanges stalled by global tension.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang hails 'restart' in relations with Japan and South Korea

After a hiatus of over four years, leaders from China, South Korea, and Japan convened in Seoul for a trilateral summit. This meeting looks to address regional challenges and revive economic cooperation. A key focus is the relaunch of free trade agreement negotiations, previously stalled due to political tensions.

China, South Korea, Japan resume talks after four-year hiatus

The Japanese man who made headlines for spending two million Yen (around $15,000) to transform into a dog has revealed that he wants to be other animals like "a panda, or a bear…A fox or a cat".

Japanese man who spent $15,000 to transform into a dog, now dreams of becoming a panda or cat

A high-tech spoon that makes food taste saltier without adding more salt. Watch this story to know more.

Spoon to make low-sodium food taste better

There is new hope to find a treatment for infertility. Scientists in Japan have achieved a breakthrough in reproductive medicine, they have found a way to mass generate human cells that can turn into sperm and eggs. Watch in for more details!

Gravitas: Japanese researchers closer to make biological clock irrelevant

Locals in a small coastal town in Japan were left bewildered by the sight of nine mysterious pillars of light popping up in the night sky above the ocean. The phenomenon occurred near Tottori prefecture, Japan, on May 11, prompting residents to speculate about its origins.

‘Beam me up’: Mysterious pillars of light in Japan’s night sky spark alien frenzy. UFO kidnapping humans?

Japanese drinks company Kirin Holdings is releasing a new product: an electric spoon that makes salty food taste saltier without adding more salt. This technology won an Ig Nobel Prize last year for unusual research.

This Japanese spoon makes food taste saltier without actually adding more salt. Here's how

In a historic first the honorary Palme d'Or of this year's Cannes Film Festival has been awarded as a collective prize. This marks an unprecedented event in the festival's 77-year-long history. This year at a ceremony at the Cannes film festival Japanese production house Studio Ghibli was celebrated for his pioneering contribution to the world of animated Cinema.

Cannes 2024: Studio Ghibli receives first-ever collective honorary Palme d'Or

Japan's benchmark government bond yield surged to its highest level since 2013 on Monday, as market expectations grow that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is committed to normalising interest rates and bolstering the weakening yen.

Japan's 10-year bond yield surges amid BOJ rate speculation

To counter China's increasing influence in the electric vehicle (EV) market, Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to unveil their inaugural joint strategy for automobile production and sales within the region.

Japan, ASEAN to formulate joint automobile strategy to combat China's EV dominance

China's commerce ministry on Sunday launched an anti-dumping probe into POM copolymers, a type of engineering plastic, imported from the European Union, United States, Japan and Taiwan. Watch in for more details!

China launches anti-dumping probe on EU, US, Japan & Taiwan

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency to its customers in a bankruptcy liquidation, leaving its owner, Digital Currency Group, with no recovery from the bankruptcy.

Can genesis pay its customers back?

On May 16, 1975, Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach the summit of the Mount Everest. Tabei said she did not 'intend to be the first woman on Everest'. On Gravitas Recall we tell you how fate had other plans for Tabei.

Gravitas | Junko Tabei: The story of the first woman to reach Mount Everest summit

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Boeing deliveries slump in 2024 | Drone films Japan's biggest warship

Japan’s defence Chief calls for the bolstering of its anti-drone capability after a drone footage posted on Chinese social media showed a Japanese aircraft carrier docked at a restricted navy port west of Tokyo. A video filmed by a drone showed JS Izumo, one of two Japanese helicopter carriers docked at Yokosuka naval base.

Japan's key naval base under surveillance; Drone records Japanese warships secretly

Drone records Japanese warships secretly

Drone flew undetected over US aircraft carrier

Footage on Chinese social media has revealed big gaps in Japan's defences. This 20-second footage is from one of Japan's Naval bases and shows warships docked it was captured by a drone that went undetected. It was only after the video surfaced on Chinese social media platforms that Tokyo took notice of the breach.

Tokyo takes notice of drone footage of Yokosuka Naval base on China's social media

A new relationship trend is on the rise in Japan. It's called friendship marriage. What is it exactly? Why are people turning to it?

Gravitas | Japan's new relationship trend: Friendship marriage explained

Japan's two-times figure skating world champion and three-times Olympic medallist Shoma Uno said on Thursday he is retiring from competition. Uno, 26, won a second consecutive world title last year despite suffering an ankle injury.

Figure skating: Japan's two-time world champion Shoma Uno announces retirement

More than 9 million ‘akiya’ homes (empty houses) 13.8 per cent of all Japan’s residential properties – have been left empty after owners die, a new report found. Watch in for more details!

Japan's abandoned houses in focus: Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes

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