Exactly 53 years ago, on October 28, 1962, the command of a secret American missile base in Okinawa was ordered to launch 32 tactical missiles with nuclear warheads. As you know, the order was not carried out - the serviceman responsible for the launch suspected an error and did not follow the order. The Bulletin ...
During the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF-2015) taking place these days in the Russian Primorye Territory, the senior managing director of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Tadashi Maeda, suggested that Russia switch to the yen in settlements with Japan. According to the Japanese expert, such a transition will help minimize economic risks ...
A group of UN governmental experts has prepared a recommendation document according to which twenty leading countries of the world have agreed on international information security, the use of cyber technologies for peaceful purposes and the prevention of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. The signatory countries undertake to fight on their own territory with ...
Russian authorities consider it necessary to hold an international military tribunal on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, said Russian State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin. During a round table at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japanese cities, Naryshkin ...
WikiLeaks published a report “Target Tokyo”, which contains evidence of surveillance organized by the US National Security Agency (NSA) of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Cabinet of Ministers and large Japanese corporations. The NSA intercepted telephone conversations of members of the Japanese government, numerous officials in...
Sheremetyevo airport, where the citizen of Japan Tetsuya Abo has been living for three months, has no complaints about him. According to the airport's official representative, the Japanese exist on their own funds, they do not violate the laws. "According to the legislation, there are no grounds for expelling him from the international zone of the airport", - ...
A number of fans of the American women's soccer team compared its victory over Team Japan to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when Japanese forces neutralized the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II. “Hey Japan, this is for Pearl Harbor,” wrote...
The friendship of an owl and a kitten became a hit on all social networks. A 5-year-old owl named Fuku-Chan made very good friends with a 2-month-old kitten Marimo. This unusual couple lives in one of the owl cafes in Japan. Previously, there were many different owls, but the owners sold all except ...
In Japan, a cat named Tama, who was the stationmaster at the Kishi railway station in Wakayama Prefecture, has died. This is no joke, the cat was actually appointed to this position in 2007. The fact is that the regional railway line endured huge ...
Japanese Air Force fighters have raised alarms more than 900 times in the past year to intercept aircraft approaching the country's airspace, the Japanese Defense Ministry said. Basically, we are talking about aircraft of the Russian and Chinese air forces. However, as the Japanese department emphasizes, the air ...