Asian nuclear proliferation? #history #historyfacts # #historyshorts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1OHON-R3Kvc

 

‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Putin enrages Japan with trip to disputed island – POLITICO

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi wrote on X on Thursday: “Today, I was informed that Russian President Putin visited Iturup Island. The Northern Territories, including Iturup Island, are inherently Japanese territory both historically and under international law, and the Government of Japan strongly protests this visit.”…

 https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-disputed-kuril-islands-visit-japan-russia/

Japanese megacorp SoftBank donates $50M to Trump’s presidential library - POLITICO

It is one of the largest publicly disclosed gifts to Trump’s presidential library...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/softbank-trump-library-donation-00934285

Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment

Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/humanoid-robots-baggage-handlers-japan-airports 

 

Trump steps up pressure on European allies to help protect strait of Hormuz

US president says it is 'only appropriate' for Europe to help, and warns failure to do so would be 'very bad' for Nato…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/strait-of-hormuz-australia-japan-no-ships

 

Japan Just Pulled the TRIGGER - Brace for Impact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vyBIVzXEDg

 

How Japanese Students Remember Everything!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPEsEOPhkM8

 

Trump Falls Asleep Standing Next to Japan’s Prime Minister. #Comedy

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZErDU8pgLPw

Trump’s Embarrassing Overseas Trip Just Got WORSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_goRFpHo6I

 

Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?

What is osmotic power?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/japan-osmotic-power-plant-fukuoka

 

Tsunami alerts from Japan to the US after powerful earthquake sparks warnings across Pacific

Shallow magnitude 8.8 quake hit near Russia's Kamchatka peninsula provoking warnings as far away as New Zealand and California…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/30/tsunami-warning-watch-alert-japan-guam-pacific-russia-earthquake

‘Terrible fuel efficiency, no right-hand drive’: why trade deal won’t warm up Japan to American cars

US manufacturers like GM and Ford simply don't focus on the Japanese market, according to Miyao. 

"They don't really do any marketing, and often don't even offer right-hand drive models. So the cars don't sell." 

Size is also a problem, Miyao notes. The Ford F-150 pickup is around six metres long and 2 metres high. That kind of vehicular behemoth is particularly ill suited to Japan's narrow roads and tight parking spaces… 

"Going back to the days when we first came across US cars like Cadillacs, they're seen as having terrible fuel efficiency and breaking down easily; that impression hasn't changed much," says Matsuyama…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/26/japan-american-cars-trade-deal

 

Trump announces 50% steel tariffs and hails ‘blockbuster’ deal with Japan | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

President tells Pennsylvania rally tariffs will aid workers but questions raised over nature of Nippon Steel investment…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/trump-tariffs-steel-japan 

 

Japan Minister CHECKMATES Trump with ULTIMATE Threat

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wmi5CtX_83w

 

The US Catalyzed Japan's Invasion of Manchuria | Sarah Paine

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QUcdQLEhsc0

 

Kishida: Japan promises to 'lead the world' in fighting Russian aggression with $5.5 billion in Ukraine aid | CNN

"Russia's aggression against Ukraine is not just a European matter, but a challenge to the rules and principles of the entire international community," he said…

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/asia/japan-ukraine-war-aid-five-billion-intl-hnk/index.html

‘I’m afraid to have children’: fear of an older future in Japan and South Korea

Influential conservative Christian lobby groups blame the country's low birthrate on homosexuality, and oppose anything less than the traditional family unit. 

Ultimately, addressing people's wellbeing is one of the most important things when it comes to tackling the low birthrate problem, said Jung. Among OECD countries, South Korea has one of the lowest levels of life satisfaction, and the highest suicide rate. 

"People will start having children only when we create a society in which children grow up to be happier than us." … 

"Instead, it needs to find a way to encourage women to have multiple children to sustain the current population size. But that would require a fundamental change in the structure of Japanese society, starting with gender equality in the home and workplace."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/19/fear-older-future-japan-south-korea-birth-fertility-rates-population

Former Japanese defense minister calls for "United Nations 2.0"

"As long as dictators have a seat in the Security Council with a veto, we cannot take actions against aggression by dictators," said Kono, who first served as foreign minister and later as defense minister under former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/02/united-nations-former-japanese-defense-minister

Japan, New Zealand march to mourn George Floyd, seek change - The Washington Post

Holding handmade signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” hundreds of people marched peacefully in Tokyo on Sunday, highlighting the outrage over the death of George Floyd even in a country often perceived as homogeneous and untouched by racial issues. Mitsuaki Shidara, standing in the crowd at Yoyogi Park, where the march began, said Japan has plenty of discrimination problems, but they’re overlooked.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/japan-new-zealand-march-to-mourn-george-floyd-seek-change/2020/06/14/698e37ec-ae1c-11ea-98b5-279a6479a1e4_story.html

A rational immigration system is the answer to U.S. worker shortages - The Washington Post: Opinion

Far from making America great again, Trump's policies are likely to transform the United States into a second Japan.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-rational-immigration-system-is-the-answer-to-us-worker-shortages/2019/08/25/b396bada-c5c4-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html