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A vacuum chamber used to test parts of Astroscale’s IDEA OSG 1 satellite at the company’s factory in Tokyo. The satellite, scheduled to be launched next year, will compile data on the density of space debris. Credit Ko Sasaki for The New York Times

Space’s Trash Collector? A Japanese Entrepreneur Wants the Job

by Martin Fackler | Dec 17, 2016 | Technology

TOKYO — Sitting in a drab industrial neighborhood surrounded by warehouses and factories, Astroscale’s Tokyo office seems appropriately located for a company seeking to enter the waste management business. Only inside do visitors see signs that its founder, Mitsunobu...

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Japanese Emperor Akihito receives Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at his office in Tokyo (SPA)

KSA, Japan to Launch Cooperation in Water Desalination and Oil

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Dec 8, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Two months following the first meeting of the “Joint Saudi-Japanese 2030 Vision Group”, a high-ranking Japanese official said that discussions were underway to promote cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy and water desalination....

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Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako (L) walk after praying at the altar during the funeral of late Prince Mikasa, uncle of the current Emperor Akihito, at the Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo, Japan, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

King Salman Sends a Cable of Condolences to Japanese Emperor on death of Prince Mikasa

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 6, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz has sent a cable of condolences to the Japanese Emperor Akihito on the death of Prince Mikasa. In his cable, the King said that: “We have been informed of the death of Prince Mikasa. On behalf...

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Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R) is seen while covering the battle to drive ISIS from Mosul in Iraq. Reuters

Kurdistan Arrests Japanese Journalist for Ties with ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil–A Japanese freelance journalist covering the fighting in Iraq has been detained in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan Region by Kurdish authorities for suspected links to ISIS. Japan’s Kyodo News agency said that journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka was reporting on the battle to...

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Jamal, 24, near his home in Asaka, Japan. Jamal is one of only a handful of Syrians granted refugee status in Japan. (Adam Taylor/The Washington Post)

Japan has Accepted only Six Syrian Refugees. Meet one of Them.

by Adam Taylor | Oct 31, 2016 | World

TOKYO — It sounds like a sadly familiar story. A plan for the family to stick out the war in Syria while the children finish their education — but then a missile strikes their home. Jamal, 24, remembers running to the basement after the first explosion and hearing the...