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The first official portrait of Burma veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore has been unveiled at the National Army Museum before the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day. Saturday is VJ Day, marking 75 years since Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito announced the unconditional surrender of his Imperial forces. Ahead of the anniversary, artist Alexander Chamberlain, a former … Read more
Saturday marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II but for many in Japan August 6 remains a more important date. On that day in 1945 between 90,000 and 146,000 people died in Hiroshima after the city was hit by an atomic bomb. The US bomb, ‘Little Boy,’ the first nuclear weapon … Read more
World’s most expensive fish are spotted off the English coast: Bluefin tuna, which can sell for millions of pounds, are photographed leaping from the sea by stunned kayaker Kayaker Rupert Kirkwood, 60, photographed the tuna off the Devon coast Bluefin tuna are the most valuable fish in the world – once selling at £2.5million Pictured in … Read more
New Zealand’s Deputy PM says British negotiators are ‘not match fit’ to hammer out global trade deals as he compares Brexit team to cricketers ‘trying to win the Ashes having not played the game for 30 years’ after decades in EU Officials in trade talks with New Zealand, Japan, Australia, the US and the EU … Read more
New Zealand’s Deputy PM says British negotiators are ‘not match fit’ to hammer out global trade deals as he compares Brexit team to cricketers ‘trying to win the Ashes having not played the game for 30 years’ after decades in EU Officials in trade talks with New Zealand, Japan, Australia, the US and the EU … Read more
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe sparks anger after delivering near-identical speeches at different events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to mark the anniversaries of WW2 bombings Sinzo Abe is accused of using the same speech at Hiroshima and Nagasaki Events were held to commemorate the atomic bombings in Second World War Critics say the Prime Minister used … Read more
Make Britain grate again! Liz Truss’s demands on CHEESE exports are blamed for delays in sealing post-Brexit pact with Japan UK and Japan have been thrashing out the terms of a post-Brexit trade deal Liz Truss believed to be pushing hard for better terms for cheese exports Access to Japanese markets for Stilton is thought … Read more
Japan has marked the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing with a memorial service led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as survivors urge for a ban on nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was joined by survivors, their relatives and officials to mark the 8.15am blast anniversary with a minute of silence at Hiroshima’s Peace … Read more
Coronavirus lockdowns could have damaged the eyesight of thousands of people, scientists have warned. Another study has discovered spending hours looking at screens can lead to short-sightedness, which causes distant objects to appear blurred. And eye specialists in Singapore, Germany and Japan, behind the research, fear the Covid-19 pandemic may cause rates of the condition … Read more
NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, whose husband Bob Behnken was aboard SpaceX’s historic Crew Dragon mission to ISS, will pilot spacecraft’s second launch next spring NASA announced on Tuesday that Megan McArthur will pilot mission in spring She is wife of Bob Behnken, joint ops commander of first Crew Dragon mission Astronaut Shane Kimbrough will command … Read more