Articles Containing Tag: Japan

It was a date that, as promised by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), lives on in infamy. On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service executed a military strike on the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor,… Read More

As sea levels rise around the world, architects and engineers look for alternatives to traditional designs for those living on the coasts. In Japan, N-Ark is working on plans to build Dogen City, a floating city less affected by the… Read More

Welcome to LNGenZ’s round up of the week’s top news stories. Washington, DC Celebrates 110 Years of Cherry Blossoms in the City A gift from Japan that has been cherished for over a century. It’s spring again, and with the… Read More

It’s spring again, and with the season comes the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC. As a token of friendship, Japan gifted the United States 6,000 Yoshino cherry blossom trees in 1912. As a result, the beautiful plants can… Read More

Today, August 15, marks 75 years since Japan surrendered, ending World War II. But the cost of the win was not cheap. Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, killing more than 2,400 Americans and injuring another 1,000…. Read More

Welcome to LNGenZ’s roundup of the trending topics in the news this week. What’s Up With Ukraine? The Eastern European country of Ukraine has been in the news lately. The country has become the subject of conversation due to a… Read More

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered. A team of scientists found the fossils in 72-million-year-old deposits of marine soil near Mukawa Town in northern Japan. The dinosaur was first nicknamed Mukawaryu, after the site where it was found…. Read More

Welcome to LNGenZ’s roundup of the trending topics in the news this week. Amazon Fires: New Crisis or Old News? According to recent reports, 9,000 fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest. Many people have described the situation as a… Read More

President Trump recently traveled to France for the G7 summit, which took place on August 24 and 25. The G7 is an international meeting of seven countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and the Unites States…. Read More