15.03.2025 4:24 Source: Bloomberg, 4:3715.03.2025 4:38 NASA and SpaceX Crew-10 Mission to the International Space Station launched successfully. The crew will be headed to the International Space Station to take over for the two Americans stuck in orbit, who are slated to return home March 19 at the earliest.
(Source: Bloomberg)15.03.2025 4:47 The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven democracies agreed Friday on tough language aimed at China's aggressive maritime actions and warned Russia it will face additional sanctions if it does not accede to an immediate cease-fire on "equal terms" with Ukraine.
In a joint statement, released after their talks this week in the Canadian resort town of La Malbaie, the ministers also emphasized the need for "robust and credible security arrangements" for Ukraine to enable it to defend its territorial integrity from any acts of aggression in the future.
Read full story here15.03.2025 5:0015.03.2025 5:0015.03.2025 5:0015.03.2025 5:30 Nissan Motor Co. has tested its self-driving vehicles on the streets of Yokohama in what the automaker says was the first time autonomous cars have traveled in ordinary city traffic in Japan.
The company says it intends to use data from the test for autonomous driving services it plans to offer to help the public transportation industry deal with driver shortages.
Read full story here15.03.2025 6:00 Welcome to the Singapore Edition newsletter. Each week we抣l bring you insights into one of Asia抯 most dynamic economies. If you haven抰 yet, please sign up here.15.03.2025 6:00 President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government.15.03.2025 6:0015.03.2025 6:19 Source: Bloomberg, 4:3615.03.2025 6:52 The US announced visa restrictions on current and former Thai officials involved in the return of 40 Uyghurs to China last month, a setback for the Southeast Asian nation striving to strike a balance between its two largest trade partners.15.03.2025 7:10 The Japanese government is set to introduce new standards on evaluating the durability of wooden buildings with the aim of significantly extending their legal longevity for easier financing and promoting decarbonization through the increased use of timber.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to evaluate the waterproofing of wooden buildings via third party agencies which, if the new criteria are met, could double the service life of such buildings to 50 years or more.
Read full story here15.03.2025 7:1115.03.2025 7:15 Senior South Korean and US officials met in Washington to address trade issues including tariff measures, with both sides agreeing to continue dialogue.15.03.2025 7:29 Source: Bloomberg, 4:2815.03.2025 7:34 The head of the International Monetary Fund抯 mission to Pakistan said the lender and the government have made progress toward releasing the next $1 billion tranche under its current program as well as agreeing to a new loan for climate-related action.15.03.2025 7:37 The decision from the three-judge panel allows the orders to be enforced as a lawsuit challenging them plays out.15.03.2025 8:02 Source: Bloomberg, 4:4815.03.2025 8:05 Hot spring resorts across Japan are facing water shortages as the influx of foreign tourists drives up usage, forcing some onsen to shut down due to inadequate supplies, local authorities said Saturday.
Municipalities have restricted new drilling and called for water conservation, though no long-term solution has emerged as the tourism boom, which has propped up the country's economy, shows no signs of abating, officials added.
Read full story here15.03.2025 8:19 Takuya Onishi and three fellow crew members embarked Friday on a mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket launched from Florida.
Onishi, traveling in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule with American and Russian colleagues, is making his second trip to the ISS as part of NASA's mission, having last participated in 2016. This time, he is scheduled to orbit the Earth for around six months.
Read full story here15.03.2025 8:21 A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.15.03.2025 8:22 On his Truth Social platform Friday night, President Trump wrote that "the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed."15.03.2025 8:35 Source: Bloomberg, 4:5015.03.2025 8:41 These are the key developments on day 1,115 of Russia抯 war on Ukraine.15.03.2025 9:33 While Japanese players are strongly represented among MLB rosters, including five taking part in the season-opening series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome, Shohei Ohtani is not ready to call it a "golden age" of Japanese baseball.
Asked to put the current era into historical perspective on Friday, the Dodgers' two-way star and other members of the Japanese contingent in town for the MLB Tokyo Series were quick to pay tribute to those who preceded them in the major leagues.
Read full story here15.03.2025 10:0015.03.2025 10:24 For every Palestinian Israel freed in the ceasefire deal, it arrested 16 more.15.03.2025 10:33 Coupled shinkansen bullet trains returned to full service in northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the operator said, following an incident earlier this month in which cars separated while in motion.
The move marked the return of normal operations on the Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita shinkansen lines. On Friday, JR East said safety checks were completed after the incident on March 6 that affected many travelers.
Read full story here15.03.2025 11:07 After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a midnight deadline.15.03.2025 12:00 Time抯 passage may have granted the illusion of distance, but we are living in a world that has yet to put the effects of Covid behind it.15.03.2025 12:06 Vladimir Motin appears in court over the death of a crew member after his cargo ship crashed into a US fuel tanker. 小褌褉邪薪懈褑褘: 15401541154215431544154515461547154815491550155115521553155415551556155715581559156015611562156315641565156615671568156915701571157215731574157515761577157815791580
NASA and SpaceX Crew-10 Mission to the International Space Station launched successfully. The crew will be headed to the International Space Station to take over for the two Americans stuck in orbit, who are slated to return home March 19 at the earliest.
(Source: Bloomberg)
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven democracies agreed Friday on tough language aimed at China's aggressive maritime actions and warned Russia it will face additional sanctions if it does not accede to an immediate cease-fire on "equal terms" with Ukraine.
In a joint statement, released after their talks this week in the Canadian resort town of La Malbaie, the ministers also emphasized the need for "robust and credible security arrangements" for Ukraine to enable it to defend its territorial integrity from any acts of aggression in the future.
Read full story here
Nissan Motor Co. has tested its self-driving vehicles on the streets of Yokohama in what the automaker says was the first time autonomous cars have traveled in ordinary city traffic in Japan.
The company says it intends to use data from the test for autonomous driving services it plans to offer to help the public transportation industry deal with driver shortages.
Read full story here
Welcome to the Singapore Edition newsletter. Each week we抣l bring you insights into one of Asia抯 most dynamic economies. If you haven抰 yet, please sign up here.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government.
The US announced visa restrictions on current and former Thai officials involved in the return of 40 Uyghurs to China last month, a setback for the Southeast Asian nation striving to strike a balance between its two largest trade partners.
The Japanese government is set to introduce new standards on evaluating the durability of wooden buildings with the aim of significantly extending their legal longevity for easier financing and promoting decarbonization through the increased use of timber.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to evaluate the waterproofing of wooden buildings via third party agencies which, if the new criteria are met, could double the service life of such buildings to 50 years or more.
Read full story here
Senior South Korean and US officials met in Washington to address trade issues including tariff measures, with both sides agreeing to continue dialogue.
The head of the International Monetary Fund抯 mission to Pakistan said the lender and the government have made progress toward releasing the next $1 billion tranche under its current program as well as agreeing to a new loan for climate-related action.
The decision from the three-judge panel allows the orders to be enforced as a lawsuit challenging them plays out.
Hot spring resorts across Japan are facing water shortages as the influx of foreign tourists drives up usage, forcing some onsen to shut down due to inadequate supplies, local authorities said Saturday.
Municipalities have restricted new drilling and called for water conservation, though no long-term solution has emerged as the tourism boom, which has propped up the country's economy, shows no signs of abating, officials added.
Read full story here
Takuya Onishi and three fellow crew members embarked Friday on a mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket launched from Florida.
Onishi, traveling in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule with American and Russian colleagues, is making his second trip to the ISS as part of NASA's mission, having last participated in 2016. This time, he is scheduled to orbit the Earth for around six months.
Read full story here
A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.
On his Truth Social platform Friday night, President Trump wrote that "the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed."
While Japanese players are strongly represented among MLB rosters, including five taking part in the season-opening series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome, Shohei Ohtani is not ready to call it a "golden age" of Japanese baseball.
Asked to put the current era into historical perspective on Friday, the Dodgers' two-way star and other members of the Japanese contingent in town for the MLB Tokyo Series were quick to pay tribute to those who preceded them in the major leagues.
Read full story here
Coupled shinkansen bullet trains returned to full service in northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the operator said, following an incident earlier this month in which cars separated while in motion.
The move marked the return of normal operations on the Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita shinkansen lines. On Friday, JR East said safety checks were completed after the incident on March 6 that affected many travelers.
Read full story here
After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a midnight deadline.
Time抯 passage may have granted the illusion of distance, but we are living in a world that has yet to put the effects of Covid behind it.