Nov 1, 2024 · On October 29, 2024, Tōhoku Electric Power Company brought the number 2 reactor at Onagawa Nuclear Power Station in Miyagi Prefecture back online, 13 years after it was shut down following the ...

Jun 6, 2024 · Japan has 16 national holidays throughout the year. Both at the start and end of 2025, many schoolchildren and company workers will enjoy nine-day winter vacation periods, running from the ...

Mar 16, 2024 · Line Route Distance Top Speed Shortest Travel Time; Tōkaidō Shinkansen: Tokyo–Shin-Osaka: 552.6 km: 285 km/h: Tokyo–Nagoya: 1 h 33 m Tokyo–Shin-Osaka: 2 h 21 m

Sep 10, 2024 · Technical Trainees and Specified Skilled Workers. The number of foreign migrants working in Japan has surged over the past decade, reaching more than 2 million, according to the latest figures ...

Oct 16, 2015 · In ancient times the Japanese divided their year into 24 periods based on classical Chinese sources. The natural world comes to life in the even more vividly named 72 subdivisions of the ...

Mar 21, 2023 · Shunbun, the spring equinox, is a major juncture among Japan’s 24 solar terms.It falls around March 21 on the modern calendar, and is a national holiday. The sun rises due east and sets due west ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Japan Looms Large in the International Entertainment Market. As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the ...

Dec 6, 2015 · Japanese Coins Large and Small. Japan has six coins in circulation with values ranging from ¥1 to ¥500. The front, or obverse, side of each features a different image, normally a variety of ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Japan’s political developments in 2025 will most certainly be fraught with twists and turns. The minority government of Prime Minister Ishiba faces seven formidable challenges: four relating to ...

Mar 10, 2021 · A decade on from 3/11, we review data on recovery work along the Sanriku Coast and other parts of the Tōhoku region and the lingering effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.