Recently, Singapore has taken quite a big step in space technology! The government announced an additional S$60 million investment, extending this year’s budget over the next two years for expanding space. This is part of a global trend toward rapid space development. The Growing Space Industry in Singapore In 2022, Singapore allocated S$150 million for space research, leading to 14 …

China is seeking to host the 2030 Maths Olympics for the second time, after the first one in 2002. Mathematician Shing-Tung Yau is leading a team of 40 Chinese and international mathematicians in the bid for the 2030 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM). The ICM is an important platform for many mathematical researchers. Yau is the first Chinese to grab …

The number of childbirths in Japan has fallen again, underscoring the deepening challenge of shouldering increasing social security costs for an aging population as the number of taxpayers reduces. This is a concerning situation for the country. The number of infants in 2024 fell 5% from the year before to 720,988, extending a nine-year streak of declines, according to preliminary …

On Thursday Japan’s Iwate region in Ofunato city observed a major wildfire that burned 80 buildings and compelled authorities to send nearly 600 people from their homes. Because of strong wind gusts the forest fire traveled quickly across the area and burned most of the homes to ash. NHK broadcast aerial images showing homes burned in Ofunato Japan while only …

A glimmer of hope in a demographic disaster that has been plaguing the nation. An upward trend in fertility rates after almost a decade has meant the newest and smallest positive development. According to preliminary data from Statistics Korea, it was planned to increase the fertility rate to 0.75 in 2024 from 0.72 in 2023, which has so far been …

Yonaguni is a small but stunning island on the western tip of Japan; ponies roam pasturelands grazed over with shark-nibbled divers. With all this beauty, inwardly turning on itself, the island is undergoing profound changes, and undergoing them very fast. Yonaguni once stood for natural splendor. It has radar towers protruding above its forests, formerly grazing pastures now sound military …

Climate change is becoming a bigger global problem each day. This largely anthropogenic crisis is increasing temperatures in different countries and triggering natural disasters such as storms and floods of much higher frequencies. There is trouble on the horizon in Hokkaido as poor fishing conditions triggered by global heating are endangering Japan’s prized salmon. The prolonged decline in salmon numbers …

Major League Soccer (MLS) has fined prolific footballers Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez an undisclosed amount of money for not paying attention to the league’s “hands to the face/neck of an opponent” rule during a recent match. This happened during Inter Miami FC’s season-opening match against NYCFC on Saturday. MLS announced the disciplinary action on Tuesday. “It is difficult sometimes …

Alberto “Bert” Lina, a well-known Filipino entrepreneur, sportsman, and ex-Bureau of Customs commissioner passed away at the age of 76. OneLGC, his company, posted news of his death on Tuesday, though the reasons behind his passing have yet to be revealed. A funeral mass and interment will take place on Thursday, February 27, at 2:30 p.m. in the vicinity of …

Japan and the Philippines continue to steadily deepen defence and security relations largely due to concerns about Chinese aggression in the region. Both countries recently discussed China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea and East China Sea. On Monday, Japan and the Philippines agreed to further deepen their defence collaboration and talk about protecting shared military information. Japanese Defence …