Coming in about 3am on the morning of January 8, placing third in the Palau-Japan Friendship Yacht Race, Minnie is Team Palau’s the doubled hulled catamaran sailboat, manned four Palauans and two Japanese crew members. The Team Palau was organized by Beches Singeo with the sailboat owner and skipper Masahiro Tomari, navigator Yutaka Ito, and […]
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Operationalization of PNMS, work in progress
January 1 marked the beginning of the biggest undertaking Palau has ever done as a Republic, the full implementation of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PMNS), closing off 80% of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) or about 500,000 square kilometers of ocean to any type of extractive activity, no fishing, no mining, no removal of […]
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Japan gov’t proposes Fukushima nuke plant water release to sea or air
TOKYO, 24 DECEMBER 2019 – Japan’s economy and industry ministry proposed on Monday the gradual release or evaporation of massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water being stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. The proposal to a group of experts is the first time the ministry has narrowed down the various options available […]
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Japan’s GGP Grant to Northern Reef Fisheries Cooperative
On Friday, December 13, 2019, Ambassador of Japan Akira Karasawa and Bridget Adachi, Executive Director of Northern Reef Fisheries Cooperative signed the grant contract for “The Project for Procurement of Boat for Northern Reef Fisheries Cooperative”, valued $51,394, under the Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The signing ceremony was held at […]
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Inaugural Japan-Palau Goodwill Yacht Race set to sail to Palau
December 27- President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr. and First Lady Debbie departed to Yokohama, Japan today to attend the 2019-2020 Japan-Palau Goodwill Yacht Race events to be held at the Yokohama port from December 28-29, 2019. The Inaugural Japan-Palau Goodwill Yacht Race events are held in celebration of Palau and Japan’s 25th anniversary of diplomatic […]
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Japan’s GGP Grant to Ngaraard State Government
On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, Ambassador of Japan Akira Karasawa and Governor of Ngaraard State Benjamin Iskawa signed the grant contract for “The Project for Procurement of Equipment for Improving State Road in Ngaraard State”, valued $99,100, under the Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The signing ceremony was held at the […]