Japan Fair excelled this year compared to last year. This year they had more activities and showcased special performances and presentations at Ngarchamayong Cultural Center. This year special guests from Zao Town of Miyagi Prefecture and members of the Japan-Palau Yacht Race Committee participated in the fair. There were different stage presentations and performances including […]
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Japan ramps up aid to Vanuatu, as attention for island grows
TOKYO, 03 FEBRUARY 2020 (BRISBANE TIMES) — Japan’s government will pump millions into aid projects in Vanuatu ahead of the country’s forthcoming election as part of a US$100 million bid to shore up influence in the Pacific nations. The funding supports the goal, set out in a regional meeting convened by Japan in 2018, to […]
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Japan to hold meeting with island defense chiefs
TOKYO, 24 JANUARY 2020 (NHK WORLD) — Japan’s defense minister has decided to hold a meeting with defense chiefs from Pacific island nations in connection with China’s growing maritime presence in the region. The ministry is to invite officials, including the defense ministers of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Tonga, to the conference in Tokyo […]
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TV Tokyo filming documentary of Palau airport project
A television company from Japan, TV Tokyo Corporation, is in Palau filming an economic documentary report of the Palau-Japan Airport project, in a program called “Gaia no yaoke”. When asked why there was an interest in Japan for such report, Mr. Yuki Ueda, Director of the News Division, explained that this was an interesting project […]
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Koror State Rock Island Southern Lagoon gains full radio coverage,Courtesy of Japan Grassroots grant program
In a formal handover ceremony held Friday, January 24th at Koror Rangers Office in Malakal, Koror State Department of Conservation and Law Enforcement (DCLE) gained a fully operational radio communication system funded through Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Society Project called Radio Communications and Security for Koror State Rangers. “Communication is a very important, […]
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Abe says new unit will defend Japan from space tech threats
TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that Japan will form a space defense unit to protect itself from potential threats as rivals develop missiles and other technology and the new unit will work closely with its American counterpart recently launched by President Donald Trump. The Space Domain Mission Unit will start in […]