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Lifetime Free Repair Nintendo Switch Controllers

4Apr

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Lifetime Free Repair Nintendo Switch Controllers

Nintendo will repair broken Switch controllers for free for a lifetime. In addition, the Japanese games group offers free repair of all drift or response problems of the Joy-Con controllers, even after the normal manufacturer's expired warranty. An agreement has been reached on this with the European Commission and consumer organizations, the committee reports and also confirms the regulator Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). The consumer clubs sounded the alarm in Brussels about recurring technical problems with Nintendo Switch after receiving almost 25,000 consumer complaints until January 2021. There was a loss of control when playing games on the game computer. The game character moved without touching the controller joysticks anyway. The problem with Joy-Con control...

Russian and Chinese Aircraft Fly Past Quad Summit in Japan

24May

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

China, Japan, News, Russia

Russian and Chinese Aircraft Fly Past Quad Summit in Japan

While international leaders gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday, Chinese and Russian warplanes flew jointly over the Sea of Japan. The leaders of the so-called Quad, the alliance between the United States, India, Japan and Australia, met to discuss regional security. Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi reports that two Chinese bombers have joined two Russian bombers over the Sea of Japan. The planes then flew together to the East China Sea. From there, the Russian aircraft with two new Chinese aircraft moved to the Pacific Ocean. Kishi calls the flights "provocations" just as the meeting takes place in Tokyo. He has conveyed his "serious concerns" to Russia and China. For the defence minister, it is especially worrisome that China is now cooperating with Russia, at a time when Russia...

Japan Wants to Go to the Moon Before 2030

28Dec

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Japan, News

Japan Wants to Go to the Moon Before 2030

Japan wants to get its own astronauts on the moon in the second half of this decade. This is stated in a space plan that was definitively approved on Tuesday during a consultation with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, among others, the state broadcaster NHK reported. "In the second half of the 2020s, we want to realize the moon landing of Japanese astronauts," Kishida said. It has been known for some time that Japan aspired to a human-crewed landing on the moon, but this is the first time that the country has set a concrete deadline. It has also been decided that Japan will participate in the Artemis program of the American space agency NASA. It will develop equipment for a lunar station and transport vehicles on the lunar surface. The Asian high-tech nation had previously said it...

Japanese Government Extends State of Emergency in Tokyo, Now Also in 4 Other Regions

30Jul

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Japan, News, Sports

Japanese Government Extends State of Emergency in Tokyo, Now Also in 4 Other Regions

The Japanese government has extended the state of emergency in the capital Tokyo, where the Olympic Games are taking place, until the end of August. In addition, it is now also in force in 4 other regions. This is because the number of new infections continues to rise sharply in Japan. Here too, the more contagious delta variant is the culprit. But the Japanese government also points to the more lax attitude of the population. The state of emergency was already in effect in Tokyo and Okinawa Island until August 22. It has now been extended until the end of August. That means that the state of emergency will also affect the Paralympic Games, which start on August 24. They may also have to take place without an audience. The state of emergency is also being introduced in 4 other a...

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles into the Sea of Japan

25Mar

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Japan, News, North Korea

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles into the Sea of Japan

North Korea has fired another "unidentified missile" into the sea, the South Korean military reports Thursday. According to CNN, these are ballistic missiles. Japan has also confirmed this in the meantime. There are no details yet about what type of projectile has been fired and how much it is correct; the general staff reports to the South Korean news agency Yonhap. The American channel CNN reports on the basis of an official that it concerned two ballistic missiles. It is North Korea's second missile launch in less than a week. On Sunday, the country fired two cruise missiles, the first missile test by Pyongyang since Joe Biden is president of the United States. Those launches happened shortly after the visit to Seoul of two US ministers. Unlike ballistic missiles, cruise mis...

The Japanese Oil Companies Went Down Hard on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

24Mar

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Business, Japan, News

The Japanese Oil Companies Went Down Hard on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

The Japanese oil companies went down hard on the Tokyo stock exchange on Wednesday. The new and stricter lockdowns in Europe due to rapidly rising corona infections fueled concerns about the global economic recovery from the corona crisis. The prospect of longer lockdowns is also depressing oil demand, leading to lower oil prices. The airlines were also hit hard again by fears of a slower recovery in air traffic. The Nikkei in Tokyo finished 2 percent lower at 28,405.52 points. It was the fourth loss day in a row. Inpex, Japan's largest oil producer and airline ANA Holdings, lost nearly 6 percent. Tokyo Electron and Screen Holdings won 5 percent and 1.7 percent. Business newspaper Nikkei reported that the two chip companies would work with the Japanese government on a project to...

Japanese Costume Designer David Bowie Passed Away

27Jul

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Entertainment, Japan, News

Japanese Costume Designer David Bowie Passed Away

Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his designs for David Bowie, has passed away. Yamamoto suffered from leukaemia and passed away last week at the age of 76, his company said on Monday. The fashion designer was known for his avant-garde costumes. He also combined traditional Japanese prints with bright colours and turned them into exclusive designs. Yamamoto debuted in 1971 and was the first Japanese to hold a fashion show in London. The designer met Bowie in the 1970s and was responsible for multiple outfits by his alter egos Ziggy Stardust and Alladin Sane. Well-known designs are the long-playing record suit Tokyo Pop and a knitted brightly coloured bodysuit. Both pieces were featured in the travelling exhibition David Bowie Is between 2013 and 2018. The e...

Thieves in Japan Steal Thousands of Masks From the Hospital

18Feb

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Japan, News

Thieves in Japan Steal Thousands of Masks From the Hospital

In the Japanese city of Kobe, thieves have stolen around 6,000 mouth caps from a hospital. The criminals removed the masks from a warehouse of the Japanese Red Cross. There is a significant shortage of masks, which are used to prevent infection with the new coronavirus. "We still have a large number of masks, enough to continue our daily operations at the hospital," said a hospital employee in Kobe on Tuesday. "But this is so regrettable." The police suspect that the thieves want to sell the masks for a lot of money. In Japan, but also in other Asian countries, most mouth caps are sold out. There is also a shortage of other products. On Monday, armed robbers seized a delivery person in Hong Kong from hundreds of rolls of toilet paper. There is also, for example, a run on disinfe...

Japan Also Issues Arrest Warrant for Wife of Fallen Car Magnate Ghosn

7Jan

By Lucy FraserNo Comments

Asia, Japan, News

Japan Also Issues Arrest Warrant for Wife of Fallen Car Magnate Ghosn

Japan has also issued an arrest warrant for the wife of car magnate Carlos Ghosn. Various Japanese media report this. Carole Ghosn, who is currently in Lebanon with her husband, is suspected of perjury. Carlos Ghosn, who was in charge of Nissan and Renault, among others, managed to escape from Japan at the end of December where he was under house arrest. He is suspected of financial malpractice and was awaiting trial. An arrest warrant had already been issued against him. Ghosn was not allowed to have contact with his wife, because the authorities believed that she had helped him to cover up his crimes. That would have been the last straw for Ghosn in his decision to flee. Ghosn previously denied that his wife or his family played a role in his escape. Ghosn suddenly appeared ...