Two years and 11,000 awareness campaigns on waste segregation and the City of Yokohama, Japan experienced 80 to 90% compliance by the residents of the city after implemented of a complicated 15 types of waste segregation policy. The awareness campaigns engaged communities through various means, taking advantage of every occasion to raise awareness and teach […]
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Mountain skeleton may be man from Japanese internment camp
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — In the closing days of World War II, a Japanese American set out with other men from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar on a trip to the mountains, where he went off on his own to paint a watercolor and got caught in a freak summer snowstorm. A hiker […]
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Japan exports fall for 10th straight month in September
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports fell for a 10th straight month in September as trade tensions between the U.S. and China hit demand for machinery and other manufacturing mainstays, the government said Monday. The Finance Ministry said the trade deficit in September totaled $1.1 billion, a third consecutive month of red ink. Exports fell 5.2% […]
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Palauan completes Japanese language program
Ms. Maya Mederang Malchiyanged visited the Embassy of Japan on September 24, 2019 after successfully completing a two-week Japanese language program for overseas outstanding students from September 4 to 18 in Japan. The program organized by the Japan Foundation is held once a year for the purpose of inviting outstanding students learning Japanese overseas to […]
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UBDI Belau Tour, UBDI Blue Marlin and RITC support PCS’s Ocean Stewards Initiative
Koror, Palau – On October 2, a group of Japan tour companies founded by Dr. Minoru Ueki had individually donated to the Palau Conservation Society to support the Ocean Stewards Initiative. UBDI Belau Tour donated $1,000, UBDI Blue Marlin donated $1,000 and Rock Island Tour Company (RITC) donated $1,500. The three tour companies contributed a […]
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Palau to host big reception in Tokyo to celebrate diplomatic ties with Japan
Tokyo- The Palau Embassy in Tokyo will celebrate the 25-year diplomatic relationship with Japan by hosting for the first time a reception scheduled on Nov. 12. Palau Ambassador Francis Matsutaro said because Japan is “one of the first nations to recognize Palau as a sovereign nation,” the government of Palau has decided to commemorate the […]