Dozens of US troops at two bases on the Japanese island of Okinawa have been confirmed infected with the coronavirus. Local authorities demand transparency from the Pentagon, and an adequate response to the massive outbreak. Rigorous contact tracing and isolation of those infected had so far allowed the island prefecture […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107981/35/1079813513_0:0:3090:1739_1200x675_80_0_0_5bedd394a9765bf1c76a4762b7ead445.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007081079824691-us-defence-secretary-japanese-australia-ministers-urge-north-korea-to-return-to-negotiations/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and Japanese and Australian defence ministers Taro Kono and Linda Reynolds urged North Korea to return to the negotiating table on denuclearization, according to their joint statement circulated by the Pentagon. “Australian Minister for Defence […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/28/1079792877_0:0:3000:1688_1200x675_80_0_0_5d3f3942b13c195db3b6945a699edfd3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007041079792915-fourteen-reportedly-dead-at-japanese-care-home-amid-widespread-flooding-landslides/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Rescuers have found 14 people without vital signs at a care home in the Japanese settlement of Kuma, in Kumamoto prefecture, after heavy rains led to severe flooding and landslides, the Kyodo News agency reports on Saturday. The individuals were […]
Thank you to the House of Suntory for partnering with Half Full and sponsoring this Bartenders At Home cocktail video. What inspired you to create this cocktail? “The main reason I created this cocktail is because I love sunny afternoons. In self-isolation, I’ve taken up gardening plots around my house. […]
Japanese military aircraft intercepted Chinese H-6K strategic bomber flying through international airspace between the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Miyako in the East China Sea, Japan’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement. According to a message posted on the Defense Ministry’s Twitter account, Japanese airspace was not violated. Chinese H-6K […]
Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighters, US Navy E/A-18G Growlers and two US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers linked up over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday to conduct a number of training missions and demonstrate their joint readiness in the Indo-Pacific region. Pacific Air Forces detailed in a June […]
A badly burned baby cries amidst the wreckage of Nanking, 1937 [Editor’s note: Last year, one delusional researcher disgraced himself by claiming that the Rape of Nanking never happened after allowing himself to be duped by neo-Nationalist Japanese academics. Yes, the Japanese Army did rape Nanking, they slaughtered hundreds of […]
TOKYO—Hana Kimura’s bright pink hair, sometimes in semi-dreadlocks, signalled she was a rebel in Japan—a country where students are forced to dye their hair black to attend school, even if their natural hair color is something else entirely. She was a 22-year-old pro wrestler, and her speciality in the ring […]
[Editor’s note: The notion that FDR had foreknowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbouris perhaps the earliest modern ‘conspiracy theory’ and almost certainly the most long-lived, with an ever-growing number of Americans being drawn into it’s orbit. However, as appealing as the idea that America’s greatest (and since, most […]
World 12:53 GMT 08.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): Since the world might have to wait for a coronavirus vaccine to be developed, countries are pinning hopes on already existing drugs that could mitigate the effects of the virus. The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) has given a nod […]
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is to receive the newest long-range self-propelled howitzer based on a military truck chassis. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has plans to procure a batch of seven Type 19 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers in 2020, according to a document entitled Defense Programs and Budget of […]
The Japanese Ministry of Defense will purchase an additional Type 16 Mobile Combat Systems, also known as a Japanese twenty-first-century tank destroyer, according to a document entitled Defense Programs and Budget of Japan, the 2020 version of which was published in late March. The procurement of additional mobile combat vehicles […]