UK and Japan deepen their science and technology partnership
image: ©Oleksii Liskonih | iStock The UK and Japan have just announced that they will strengthen their science…
Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on China
TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals…
Open Questions | Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratch
Lawrence J. Lau is a Hong Kong economist specialising in economic development and East Asian economies. He was…
Japan-UK Summit Meeting (2) (The Prime Minister in Action)
[Provisional translation] On January 31, 2026, following their meeting, the two leaders held a joint press occasion. The…
Why the young have stopped having sex. It’s the curse of my generation, says LILY AMORY… and three very suprising and devastating causes behind it may not be what you expect
Why aren’t the young having sex? In 1962, it was all the rage, with one Dr David Morgan…
Japan Botched a Satellite Launch in One of the Weirdest Ways Possible
New details have emerged regarding Japan’s H3 rocket failure last month, revealing the strange way its payload—a navigation…
Keir Starmer’s softly-softly approach ushers in new era of UK-China trade relations – POLITICO
Britain recently increased the amount the NHS pays for branded, pharmaceutical drugs, following heavy industry lobbying and following…
Japan’s last pair of pandas have arrived back in China
BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s last pair of pandas have returned to China, leaving Japan without the lovable bears…
Japanese fans bid farewell to its last 2 pandas
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo’s Ueno zoo before…
I kissed AI girl and I liked it! A wife having an affair with a chatbot, a woman with a cartoon husband, and a man wed to a hologram: The increasing trend of people MARRYING fictional beings
Dis, a 34-year-old Australian working in applied sciences, fell in love in 2011. She couldn’t help it: her…
From solo dining to safety apps, China’s ‘loneliness economy’ is booming
As the number of people living alone in China skyrockets, a wave of products and services is emerging…
Has Japan’s tourism peaked? Row with China set to slow arrivals from record high
Japan welcomed a record 42.7 million foreign visitors in 2025, fuelled by a weak yen that made it…