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Dec 1, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Toru Tsunashima
TOKYO -- Grilled red fish in soy sauce is served for supper as a common part of daily life in Japan. Cooked with the bones removed, frozen fish sell online for less than 50 cents apiece. With more and more double-income families, affordable fish provides vital support to many busy households. But why is this fish so cheap when everything else is shooting up in price? Where does it come from?
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
ft.com | Peter Andringa |Lucy Rodgers |Chris Campbell |Toru Tsunashima
As Donald Trump spoke onstage on Saturday, for two long minutes Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to take up position 140m away with a...
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
ft.com | Christopher Miller |Max Seddon |Chris Cook |Sam Joiner |Toru Tsunashima |Chris Campbell
The type of Russian missile that destroyed a Kyiv children’s hospital relies on western-designed components, according to experts and...
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
ft.com | Toru Tsunashima |Chris Cook |Max Seddon |Chloe Cornish
Russia is scouring China for second-hand machine tools using shadowy networks of buyers, as the Kremlin races to secure vital equipment...
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Anna Nishino |Toru Tsunashima
TOKYO -- The Japanese government hopes to tighten export controls to prevent goods and parts from being used for military purposes, including new measures to stop third-party transfers. Japan classifies countries into three groups: those to which weapons exports are banned under U.N. Security Council resolutions; 27 countries with proper export controls, including the U.S., the U.K. and South Korea; and all others.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Anna Nishino |Toru Tsunashima
TOKYO -- Japan revised on Wednesday its End User List, which provides exporters with information on foreign entities possibly involved in activities such as the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). With the latest revision, the list now totals 706 organizations in 15 countries and regions, up by 36 organizations and institutions -- including the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), the main research and manufacturing center for Chinese nuclear weapons.
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Nov 18, 2023 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Toru Tsunashima
TOKYO -- Geopolitical risk is growing in East Asia as China and North Korea push ahead with nuclear weapons programs, driving debate over whether other parts of the region should develop their own atomic arsenals.
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Nov 18, 2023 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Toru Tsunashima
TOKYO -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the warfare between Israel and Hamas are making the world more unstable and a nuclear war likelier, with tensions possibly escalating between nuclear powers such as the U.S., Russia and China. As Nikkei reported earlier this month, China evidently is procuring Western technologies in order to advance its development of nuclear weapons.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Toru Tsunashima
TOKYO -- Japanese suppliers of advanced machine tools such as Fanuc and DMG Mori are working to implement safeguards to counter the risk of sensitive technology being used for military purposes, even as the companies are limited in how much they can do on their own. A recent Nikkei investigation uncovered evidence that China's main research institution in charge of developing nuclear weapons used a state-of-the-art machine tool manufactured at a Germany subsidiary of Japanese supplier DMG Mori.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Toru Tsunashima
TOKYO -- Japanese suppliers of advanced machine tools such as Fanuc and DMG Mori are working to implement safeguards to counter the risk of sensitive technology being used for military purposes, even as the companies are limited in how much they can do on their own. A recent Nikkei investigation uncovered evidence that China's main research institution in charge of developing nuclear weapons used a state-of-the-art machine tool manufactured at a Germany subsidiary of Japanese supplier DMG Mori.
