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Tsunami warning in Japan after an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit southwestern Japan today (Thursday) and triggered a tsunami warning, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. However, there were no immediate signs of major damage.

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There were no reports of abnormalities in nuclear power plants following the earthquake and the government is inspecting damages and casualties, Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters.

The earthquake struck at around 4:43 p.m. (Japan time) near Miyazaki Prefecture on the large western island of Kyushu, the JMA said. Waves about half a meter high were observed in the Miyazaki area, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) said.

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Indonesia-Japan Strengthen Research Cooperation to Achieve Carbon Neutrality – 2024-07-30 13:03:03

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Head of BRIN Laksana Tri Handoko (MI/RAMDANI)

INDONESIA through the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) received the arrival of the Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party who is also a Member of the Japanese Parliament, Motegi Toshimitsu, along with his staff.

Head of BRIN Laksana Tri Handoko said that BRIN has had very close cooperation with various parties in Japan.

In the meeting, Handoko emphasized that carbon neutrality is currently Indonesia’s focus. “Through this meeting, we want to strengthen cooperation with Japan, especially academics in Japan in the fields of science and technology, research, and innovation. Where, we focus on carbon neutrality, because this is a big job for Indonesia today,” said Handoko, in a meeting held at the BJ Habibie Building, Jakarta, Monday (29/7).

“We know that Japan has a lot of technology related to carbon neutrality. So we hope to cooperate further, especially for the elimination of steam power plants (PLTU),” he added.

Handoko said BRIN has just started working with Sumitomo Heavy Industries for the transition of PLTU engines in Indonesia. “We will replace fuel from coal to local biomass from Indonesia,” said Handoko.

The use of local biomass as a new renewable energy source, he explained, is a strategy in achieving carbon neutrality. Although, for large-scale energy sources in the future, Indonesia is considering nuclear power plants.

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“Specifically for nuclear, it is entirely our responsibility at BRIN,” he stressed.

He also explained that currently BRIN has begun collaborating with industrial partners in Japan in developing bioavtur for aircraft fuel based on local Indonesian biomass, such as coconut and other plants.

“We hope that next year production will start and it will start to be used,” he explained.

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In this meeting, Handoko conveyed the desire to strengthen cooperation with Japan for the development of superior human resources (HR) through research activities. BRIN has many schemes and programs to develop HR, especially master and PhD programs in collaboration with global partners, including Japan. However, he said, this cooperation is different from before, where Indonesia depended on funding from partners.

Currently, the cooperation is focused through funding from the Indonesian government through the Education Fund Management Institution program. In this way, the development of superior human resources is integrated with research collaboration with foreign partners.

“In the past, cooperation between Japan and Indonesia was carried out through Indonesian alumni who had studied in Japan. However, currently, the number of Indonesians who studied in Japan and continue to work as academics is decreasing,” said Handoko.

Regarding the cooperation between Japan and ASEAN, Handoko said, so far BRIN has offered Indonesia to become a hub for collaborative activities. BRIN has prepared infrastructure and supports so that research activities can be carried out in Indonesia, but involving countries in ASEAN.

“And we have started several activities, where Indonesia becomes a hub through the facilities provided by us at BRIN, to be collaborated with ASEAN countries together with Japan, including for AI, digital technology, and so on,” explained Handoko. (H-2)

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13 more gold medals decided in Paris Olympics – Sports

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

The battle for medals continues in the Paris Olympics, 13 more gold medals were decided on the second day of the Olympics, on the points table, Japan is leading with 7 gold medals including 4 gold medals, 22 countries have opened their accounts on the medals table so far.

After 2 days of competitions in Paris Olympics, Japan is on the first position with 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals while Australia is on the second position with 12 total medals with 4 gold and 2 silver medals.

The total number of medals for the USA is 12, but the number of gold medals is 3, which makes it the third place, American athletes also won 6 silver and 3 bronze medals.

France has 3 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals while Korea has 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal while on the medals table China has won 3 gold medals plus 1 silver and 2 bronze medals so far.

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Italy won 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals, Kazakhstan won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals, while Belgium won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal, while Germany, Hong Kong and Uzbekistan won 1, 1 gold medal, while Great Britain won 2 silver, 2 medals. Bronze, Brazil won 1 silver, 2 bronze medals while Canada won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.

According to Chinese media, in the month of May of this year, a robbery was committed by three people in an empty house in Sapporo, a Japanese island. While 200 yen which is 361 Pakistani rupees, 3 bottles of whiskey were recovered from the possession of the trio.

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While in the month of May itself, the three alleged robbers robbed a jewelry store, where they took away 24 sets of jewelry, while their value was 1 million yen, which is more than 1.8 million Pakistani rupees.