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Royal Thai Navy visits Japan, signs TOR
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 16/02/2023
» Navy chief Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet paid an official visit to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in Tokyo and signed a terms of reference (TOR) with the force to enhance military cooperation between Thailand and Japan, the navy said yesterday.
Two die in Japan as typhoon makes landfall
Published on 12/10/2019
» TOKYO: Heavy rain and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday evening as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan’s worst in six decades made landfall southwest of Tokyo, with streets, beaches and train stations deserted.
Powerful typhoon pounds western Japan, leaving 1 dead
Published on 15/08/2019
» TOKYO: A powerful typhoon made landfall in western Japan on Thursday, leaving one man dead and at least 40 people injured, while greatly disrupting summer holiday traffic.
Typhoon kills 11 in Japan, Kansai airport flooded
Published on 05/09/2018
» TOKYO: A powerful typhoon killed at least 11 people in western Japan and an airport company had to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats, public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday. More than a million homes were without power.
Japan picks up pieces after earthquake shakes Osaka
Published on 18/06/2018
» TOKYO: At least three people were killed, including a nine-year-old girl, and more than 200 injured when a strong quake rocked Japan's second city of Osaka during Monday's morning rush hour.
Thai artists shine at Japan snow sculpture competition
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/02/2024
» A team of Thai ice sculpture artists were runners-up at the Sapporo International Snow Sculpture in Japan on Wednesday with their artwork inspired by the Mekong River's mystical nagas.
Ramp up maritime security, ex-Japan diplomat warns
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 04/01/2024
» The president of the Foreign Policy Institute Japan has suggested that Thailand needs to strengthen its maritime security as global geopolitics are becoming increasingly intense, particularly in Asia and the South China Sea.
Heavy snow leaves more than 100 injured in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 06/02/2024
» TOKYO - At least 109 people were taken to hospital in Tokyo through Tuesday morning after many slipped and fell due to heavy snowfall in eastern Japan, the Tokyo Fire Department said.
62 dead in Noto earthquake, search operations continue
Kyodo News, Published on 03/01/2024
» KYODO - At least 62 people were killed in the powerful earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day, with rubble and severed roads still preventing search and rescue operations on Wednesday.
How did Japan become so cheap?
Oped, Published on 09/03/2022
» Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency) is now as low as it was in the early 1970s when the yen was first floated following the collapse of the Bretton Woods and Smithsonian systems of fixed exchange rates.