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Japan GDP shrank at an annualised rate of 2% in the January to March period, compared to the previous quarter,
Skyscanner: Canadians booking up this Japan location for March travel
With March Break just around the corner, Okinawa, Japan is popular with Canadians, according to Skyscanner.
Uber Eats expands its autonomous food delivery service to Japan
Uber Eats will soon be offering autonomous food delivery service in Tokyo, Japan — its first outside the US.
Japan will no longer require floppy disks for submitting some official documents
Japan will no longer force businesses to put data on floppy disks when they submit certain official documents.
Japan's SLIM lunar probe returns to life more than a week after landing upside down
Japan's lunar lander has regained power a full nine days after it landed on the moon's surface nearly upside down and was subsequently switched off.
Japan’s SLIM lunar spacecraft landed upside down on the moon
Japan's SLIM spacecraft landed on the moon upside down.
Twitch streamer captures moment 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan: 'I was scared'
A Twitch streamer in Niigata, Japan, was livestreaming when she felt the house shake.
Japan earthquake: Rescue efforts continue as death toll climbs to 55
A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan on New Year's Day, leaving at least 55 people dead and hundreds of buildings destroyed. As search teams continue to try to find survivors, officials warn that more quakes could lie ahead.
North Korea claims it launched a spy satellite: Here's what we know
The White House condemned the launch.
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A look at the stocks making headlines on Tuesday.
Japan launched an X-ray telescope more advanced than its peers
Japan's space agency has launched a rocket on September 6 at 7:42 PM EDT carrying a telescope that's more advanced than NASA's Chandra and other X-ray observatories already in orbit.
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant will release radioactive wastewater. Here's why.
Japan is to release over 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, officials announced on Tuesday.
Biden meets with leaders of Japan, South Korea at Camp David
President Biden spoke at a press conference Friday after hosting a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Biden said of the session, in which the three leaders agreed to strengthen economic and military ties between the nations, “This has been a great, great meeting.”
China reportedly had ‘deep, persistent access’ to Japanese networks for months
Late last year, Nikkei Asia reported that Japan was planning to add thousands of personnel to its military cyber defense unit. Now, we might know why — according to a report from the Washington Post, hackers in China had "deep, persistent access" to Japanese defense networks. When the National Security Agency is said to have first discovered the breach in late 2020, NSA Chief and Commander of US Cyber Command General Paul Nakasone flew to Japan with White House deputy national security advisor Matthew Pottinger to report the breach to officials.
Nippon Airways launches NFT marketplace
All Nippon Airways has launched an NFT marketplace, making Japan's largest carrier the first airline group to venture into the sale of digital collectibles.
Japan will try to beam solar power from space by 2025
A Japanese public-private partnership will attempt to put orbital solar arrays in space later this decade.
Japan vies to be 'number one again through web3 innovation' | The Crypto Mile
Japan aspires to be 'number one again through web3 innovation', but must overcome ingrained domestic obstacles, a key advisor to the Japanese government's national strategy tells Yahoo Finance UK.
NASA is getting into the rideshare business — here’s what you missed this week in outer space
Welcome to This Week in Outer Space, where you’ll find a roundup of the best space coverage from Yahoo News and our partners from the past week or so. This week, we’ve got a Swedish spaceflight gone awry, a springtime spacewalk, NASA’s big day on Capitol Hill and a special bonus round of the best space news from our partners.
Watch Japan's ispace try to land on the Moon today at 12:40PM ET
A Japanese company could be the first private outfit to land on the Moon — you can watch the attempt live.
Japan joins US-led effort to restrict China's access to chipmaking equipment
Japan is officially moving forward with restrictions aimed at limiting China’s access to advanced chipmaking machinery.
Shohei Ohtani vs. Mike Trout gives World Baseball Classic an unforgettable ending I The Rush
The championship game of the World Baseball Classic had a true Hollywood ending, as Angels teammates Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout faced off in the final at bat of the night which resulted in a 3-2 Japan victory over USA. In college basketball, the coaching carousel continues to spin, with Tobin Anderson leaving Fairleigh Dickinson to fill the head coaching vacancy at Iona after Rick Pinto ditched the Gaels for St. John’s. Plus, The Rush has thoughts about the double standards of student athlete transfers versus coaches jumping from job to job.
Jalen Ramsey is exuberant and thankful after being traded to Dolphins I The Rush
The Los Angeles Rams traded Jalen Ramsey to the Miami Dolphins, eliciting an exuberant and grateful reaction from the star cornerback on social media. Alabama was named the number one overall seed in the men’s NCAA Tournament, while fellow one seeds Houston and Purdue spent Selection Sunday struggling against the opposition in their respective conference tournament championship games. At the World Baseball Classic, Japanese fans did the unthinkable with Shohei Ohtani’s home run ball. Plus, the Miami Dolphins roster is stacked… but they could still use one more piece to complete their Championship puzzle.
What $27.2 billion buys NASA — and more space stories you may have missed this week
Welcome to This Week in Outer Space, where you’ll find a roundup of the best space coverage from Yahoo News and our partners from the past week or so.
Japan's H3 rocket self-destructs in space during failed launch
JAXA was forced to activate H3's flight termination system a few minutes after it launched.
Google workers in Japan have joined a labor union in response to planned layoffs
The workers joined a union in response to the tech giant's announcement back in January that it's cutting 12,000 jobs — that's six percent of the company's overall workforce — around the world.
A mysterious iron ball washed up on a beach in Japan. What could it be?
The discovery has baffled locals and led to wild speculation on social media, which was already rife with theories this month after the U.S. military downed four suspicious aerial objects, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon.