Sea of Japan

I had done another one in the Sea of Japan when we caught the Russians dumping nuclear waste off a tanker right into the sea of Japan almost within sight of the Japanese fishing fleet. That was in 1995. I thought I had a pretty good idea of what the Russians would do. It's just the regular thing where they ...

The document provides for the cooperation of the companies in the sale and delivery of LNG cargo of medium and small tonnage, as well as in the issue of LNG bunkering in the Sea of Japan. This agreement is at the interaction stage between companies following the signing last year of an agreement on ...

The Australian website of veterans' affairs agency (anzacportal.dva.gov.au) marked the East Sea as Sea of Japan on the page of “Korean War – Strategic Map” under the category of Resources, which shows the map of the Korean Peninsula during the Korean War (Home > The Korean war > Resources > Korean War ...

... upswelling of currents from both the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. Midori Takashima, a leading figure in the battle to stop the nuclear development, fears the reactors would upset Kaminoseki's “miraculously maintained” ecosystem. Safety is another concern, particularly for the elderly on Iwaishima.

Missiles such as JSMs are capable of attacking inland parts of North Korea from over the Sea of Japan. By possessing such equipment, Japan also aims to enhance its deterrent against North Korea. An expert said, “It paves the way for Japan to possess the capability to attack enemy bases.” As a policy ...

SEOUL • South Korea has summoned Tokyo's ambassador to protest against new educational guidelines requiring high school students to be taught that disputed islands belong to Japan. Seoul has controlled the islets in the Sea of Japan, also known as East Sea, since 1945, when Tokyo's brutal colonial ...

Chubu: The Chubu Region consists of nine prefectures extending across the central part of the major island of Honshu from the Pacific coast to the Sea of Japan. Within its boundaries are Mt. Fuji and the five lakes of Fuji as well as the Japan Alps, the roof of Japan. The prefectures along the Sea of Japan ...

The United States is the world's last remaining superpower. Russia has declined to a lesser state status but a rising China has been making moves in the South China Sea and even into the Indian Ocean. In response to China's expanded focus and amid concern that Beijing is becoming a seafaring threat, ...

North-east Asia hosts five of the world's biggest military spenders - China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Across the Sea of Japan, North Korea has made massive strides towards a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile capability that can hit the continental United States.

An expert panel of Japan's Meteorological Agency says jet streams and a polar vortex were responsible for the record snowfall along the coast of the Sea of Japan this winter. An expert panel of Japan's Meteorological Agency says jet streams and a polar vortex were responsible for the record snowfall ...

A Russian SU-24MR warplane from the Russian Eastern military district has performed a planned mission over the Sea of Japan, the Press service of the Russian Eastern military district reported on Tuesday. "The crew of the SU-24MR of the Eastern military district has performed a planned flight over the ...

Cooper: Kanai, All About the Fish. Matthew Cooper, Food Critic • February 22, 2018 • 0 Comments. The+Sea+of+Japan+is+served+on+a+. Matt Cooper. The Sea of Japan is served on a bed of green lettuce and centered with a cucumber filled with Kanai's in-house made crab salad. The Sea of Japan has a varying list price ...

North Korea has urged South Korea to join forces in rejecting Japan's claims to a tiny set of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, called the East Sea by the Koreas. Both Koreas consider the two islands and their surrounding rocks—known collectively as Dokdo in Korean, Takeshima in Japanese and the ...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's two strategic Tu-95MS missile carriers conducted a successful air patrol operation over the Sea of Japan (also known as East Sea), the East China Sea as well as the western part of the Pacific Ocean, the Krasnaya Zvezda, the official newspaper of the Russian Defense ...

MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Two Russian strategic bombers conducted an air patrol over the Sea of Japan, local news reported Wednesday, quoting the Russian Defense Ministry. Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers conducted the patrol over the Sea of Japan and the western part of the Pacific Ocean, the ...

Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov conducted rocket and artillery tests in the Sea of Japan, firing at mock pillboxes onshore and above-water targets. The destroyer was laid down in the former Soviet union in 1986 and was launched in 1987. In 1990, she was one of three Soviet warships to visit San ...

At least five people died in prefectures facing the Sea of Japan and elsewhere as heavy snowfall hit the areas Monday due to a strong winter pressure pattern, according to a Kyodo News tally. Sea of Japan coastal areas are expected to continue to see heavy snow through Tuesday, with the Japan ...

The Sea of Japan side of the archipelago has been given another icy embrace by Mother Nature. Yet another bitterly cold air front has jumped the country from the north and heavy snow is forecast to blanket many areas from northern to western Japan up to around Feb. 13. The Hokuriku region, which ...

Two men are dead and dozens of people are injured in central Japan following record levels of heavy snowfall. Rescue efforts are not finished yet. Self-Defense Forces are still helping to free stranded drivers and to remove snow. On Wednesday morning, a man in his 40s died in Toyama City while trying to ...

Snow continues to fall in a wide area along the Sea of Japan coast on Thursday, driven by an extremely cold mass of air. Weather officials are warning residents of Fukui Prefecture and elsewhere about disruptions to transportation caused by ice on roads and snow, as well as snow-induced disasters or ...

Record heavy snow is continuing to disrupt traffic and people's daily lives in areas along the Sea of Japan coast. Kaga City in Ishikawa Prefecture had 1.94 meters of snow as of 8 AM on Wednesday. The snowfall reached 1.34 meters in Fukui City in Fukui Prefecture. The city had its heaviest snowfall since ...

Record levels of heavy snow continue to pound central Japan. It's paralyzed transportation in some parts of the region and the Self-Defense Forces are helping stranded drivers. Transport officials say 1,500 cars are stuck on a stretch of road in Fukui Prefecture. The governor requested an SDF emergency ...

North Korea on Tuesday fired an ICBM that traveled about 1,000 kilometers before crashing into the Sea of Japan, the Pentagon said in a statement. The South Korean military conducted a "precision missile-firing drill" as a response to the launch, a South Korean military official told NBC. "It is a situation ...

By Kayo Yamada and Sho Mizuno / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers AKITA/SEOUL — Wooden boats apparently coming from North Korea have been found one after another on or near the Sea of Japan coast. Many of these boats are believed to have engaged in illegal fishing in the area of the Yamato Bank, ...

The U.S. military has carried out other shows of force this year in response to North Korean ballistic missile launches and an underground nuclear test. One of those shows of force occurred in early June, when the aircraft carriers USS Reagan and USS Carl Vinson operated together in the Sea of Japan ...

Chirihama is a coast in the Hokuriku Region, facing the Sea of Japan. Because natural shellfish such as Japanese littleneck and common orient clams are produced here, small stalls selling hamayaki (grilled shellfish and fish caught in the sea) are set up along the coast from spring to summer. Casual ...

Japan is an island country with Pacific Ocean on one side and Sea of Japan and East China Sea on the other, giving it a spectacular coastline with a number of beaches. There is a lot more to Japan than its rich culture, Sushi and Cherry Blossoms, did you know Japan has the most amazing beaches as ...