Japan Current Affairs, GK & News
Japan proposes alternatives to Suez Canal
In April 2021, a container ship called “Ever Given” blocked the Suez Canal. This stopped more than 400 ships from transiting the canal. This caused a global trade loss of 9 billion USD. It was popularly called the Suez Canal Blockade. Background The Ever Given Cargo ship was owned by Shoei Kisen Kaisha. It was ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Japan • Northern Sea Route • Russia • Suez Canal • Suez Canal Blockade • Trans Siberian Railway
Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun honour to Bengaluru Teacher
The Japanese Government recently awarded the “Order of Rising Sun” to a Bengaluru based Japanese teacher, Shyamala Ganesh. About Shyamala Ganesh Shyamala is a Japanese teacher at the Septuagenarian institution and also at the Ohara School of Ikebana in RT Nagar, Bengaluru. She has tutored more than hundreds of students since its inception 38 years ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International Current Affairs
Topics: Dr Manmohan Singh • Japan • Japanese • Shyamala Ganesh
Top 5 Current Affairs Questions on La Perouse
India will be joining a French naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal this month. It is the first French naval exercise that Indian Navy will be a part of. The exercise is named as La Perouse. Japan, Australia, and the United States of America (USA) will also participate in the exercise. As per the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Australia • Bay of Bengal • France • French ships • India • Japan • La Perouse exercise • the Surcouf and the Tonnerre ships • USA • Varuna Naval Exercise
Fugaku: World’s most Powerful Supercomputer
The Japanese scientific research institute called RIKEN and Fujitsu started developing the “Fugaku” six years ago. It is the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Now this supercomputer is fully ready and developed in Japan and is now available for the research use. Highlights This supercomputer has been developed with the aim of making the device core ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Fugaku • Japan • K computers • supercomputer benchmark index • World’s most Powerful Supercomputer
Japan Solution for Space Debris
In order to solve the problem of space debris, Japanese researches are to launch wooden satellites by 2023. What are wooden satellites? These satellites are made of wood. They will burn up without releasing harmful substances into the atmosphere when they plunge back to the earth. With this the satellite will not leave out any ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: European Space Agency • Japan • NASA • Satellites • Space Debris • wooden satellites