Japan Listen/dʒəˈpæn/ (Japanese: 日本 Nihon or Nippon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, literally " State of Japan") is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
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For the first time, a key building block for life was found in an asteroid
Researchers at NASA and in Japan have found HMT — a key ingredient for life — trapped inside an asteroid. This chemical is used in building other organic materials, including some of the molecules which drive the mechanisms of life. Life on Earth is based on organic materials, ...
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Panasonic is testing Japan's reaction to its first delivery robots
This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, ...
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Japan’s proposed gasoline car ban will be disastrous for Australia
Japan is set to ban gasoline vehicles within the next 15 or so years. This could spell disaster for the Australian vehicle ...
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Retweeting pics can now get you in legal trouble in Japan
The country's Supreme Court has ruled that users who repost copyright-infringing images on Twitter can have their details ...
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Japanese officials will target millions of IoT devices to help secure the Olympics
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