Japan to subsidize fishermen’s disposal of ocean plastic
The government will pay fishermen to dispose and collect ocean plastic. The government plans to provide assistance for the collection and disposing of plastic waste in the ocean…
Indonesian pre-teen writes to Trump
Why do you always export your waste to my country. A surge of waste imports into cities in East Java has prompted a teenager to write to United States President Donald Trump to…
Satellites making stars harder to study
The announcement was made by Japan’s national observatory. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has expressed concern that satellites orbiting the Earth are having…
Wakayama temple introduces cashless payment option
It is believed to be a first among temples in Japan. A temple in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, recently launched a system allowing visitors to make offerings of money using…
Muscular solid-fuel rocket to fly soon
The rocket will be used for space exploration. China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp will soon launch the nation’s biggest solid-propellant carrier rocket and is working…
Cloud Seeding: Why make it rain?
The South Korean government carried out its first artificial rain experiment of the year in late January. The trial was conducted by the Korea Meteorological Administration and…
Hanoi gridlocked for Trump-Kim summit
The city is pulling out all the stops for the international summit. Hanoi traffic is manic enough on normal days, but it has got much worse this week as the city pulls out all…
Japanese retailers embark on sales drive marking end of Heisei reign
The Japanese Emperor Akihito is due to abdicate later this year. Three months remain in the Heisei era. Unlike the previous era change brought about by the death of Emperor Showa,…
Asia’s largest LGBTQ exhibition to open in Bangkok later this year
The exhibition will run from March through next year. “Spectrosynthesis II- Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia”, the largest-ever survey of regional contemporary…
Ex-ambassador urges former colleague to defect to South Korea
A feature story from Korean Herald outlining the intricacies of a possible defection by Pyongyang’s ambassador in Italy. A former senior North Korean diplomat who defected…