In March 2011, in Japan swept the catastrophic earthquake that triggered a terrible tsunami. Killed thousands of people and damage billions of dollars given to understand that when disaster strikes, it is one of the worst in modern history. For several weeks the world's eyes have been chained to a nuclear power plant "Fukushima Daiichi". Its security systems are unable to cope with the damage caused by the tsunami, and there was a chance that a catastrophic reactor meltdown would spread radiation into several countries as it was in Chernobyl in the 1980-ies. A heroic attempt to save the reactor, including the discharge of sea water in its core, helped to prevent a major catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of people are still evacuated from the disaster area, and restoring infrastructure and clearing would require hundreds of billions of dollars and many years.

01-05-2018 admin 617 0

The administration of XI Jinping clearly stated intent of China to expand influence in the Arctic and to strengthen marine position in the Arctic ocean for the first time published a White paper on policy in this region.

17-02-2018 admin 1236 0

Remotely controlled robot designed for research and cleaning up the damaged reactor at the Japanese nuclear station "Fukushima-1" had to urgently evacuate after its navigation camera dramatically darkened because of the impact of incredibly powerful radiation levels. The failure of the mission suggests that the background radiation inside the reactor of the station is much higher than reported last week. In addition, it means that even robots need a lot of time in order to deal with this mess.

12-04-2017 admin 1607 0

Cryptocurrency, including bitcoin, today received in Japan, the status of the payment instrument in accordance with the decision taken earlier by Parliament of the law on currency regulation. In this case, the document States that it performs the function of currency and the official currency is the yen.

04-04-2017 admin 2253 0

One of the reactors of the emergency Japanese nuclear power plant sprang a leak, the molten fuel comes into contact with groundwater.

15-02-2017 admin 2358 0

Japan plans to build the fastest supercomputer in the world to provide its producers a platform for cutting-edge research in the field of self-driving cars, robotics and medical diagnostics.

29-11-2016 admin 1518 0

The Japanese authorities do not intend to abandon claims to the southern Kuriles. What will the reaction of Moscow?

24-09-2016 Pankratenko Igor N. 1243 0

Tokyo offers Moscow to closer economic cooperation. Offer, unexpected in the context of anti-Russian sanctions and the unresolved territorial issue, has a simple explanation. In Japan are afraid of the further rise of China. The desire to strengthen economic relations aims, on the one hand, to pull Russia out of the Chinese arms; and on the other, to help in the long-term solution to the problem of the Kuril Islands, which Tokyo claims.

02-09-2016 admin 1191 0

Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak has written to the Minister of economy, trade and industry of Japan Moto Hayashi, a letter of offer to Japanese companies to participate in projects of "Gazprom oil" in the Arctic, said a source in the Russian office, familiar with the Minister's proposal.

23-07-2016 admin 1247 0

Passed 77 years from the time the Japanese troops were defeated at Khalkhin-Gol. However, it continues to remain interested in this armed conflict among historians studying the complex of problems related to the causes of the Second world war. The search continues for more accurate and reasonable answers to the questions: the conflict arose accidentally or intentionally organized, what are its causes, which party was the initiator and what was the purpose?

15-07-2016 admin 1837 0