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The surrender of Japan in world war II

After the defeat of France in June 1940, Nazi Germany, the main retargeting efforts on preparations for war against the USSR decided to strengthen military-political cooperation with its major allies, Italy and Japan, and engage in aggressive block new countries – primarily European States, which border with the Soviet Union or located near it.

Essential Nazi leadership attached to their participation in the war against the Soviet Union and Japan. Longtime anti-Soviet ambitions of the Japanese militarists and the strategic position of this country allowed the German leadership to count on opening a second front in the far East. German diplomats were active in order to establish closer political and military ties with Japan. This was in line with the intentions of the Japanese ruling circles that nurtured his own expansionist plans against the Soviet Union and tried using the military successes of fascist States in Western Europe, to expand their holdings in East Asia and the Pacific.

The atomic bombing of Nagasaki 9 August 1945

The city of Nagasaki is situated on the West of the island of Kyushu in Japan and is the administrative centre of the homonymous Prefecture. The city arose on the site of the fishing village, and was one of the main points you used contacts of Japan with foreign countries. During the isolation period of Japan, Nagasaki was the only port through which conducted limited trade with the Dutch and Chinese.

With the beginning of world war II, Nagasaki is not only not lost its significance as a major sea port, but also gained the important military significance because of the many industries operating in the city, first of all, shipbuilding, weapons and steel factories.

Soviet entry into the war against Japan (1945)

Of all the coalition States, started world war II, after may 1945, continued to fight only Japan.

17 July to 2 August 1945 took place on the Berlin (Potsdam) conference of heads of government of the USSR, USA and great Britain, where, along with discussions on European issues, much attention was given to the situation in the far East.

In the US, told about the contents of mysterious parcels with seeds from China

Identified 14 different types of seeds from the mysterious packages received from China, said Deputy Director inspection service for checking the health of animals and plants the U.S. Department of agriculture Osama El-Lissi. An audio recording of his statement appears on the Agency's website.

"We have identified 14 different types of seeds, including mustard, cabbage, bindweed and some herbs, like mint, sage, rosemary, lavender, and other seeds, among which are hibiscus and rose," said El-Lissi.

Tourists are told where they want to relax after the opening of the borders

Tourists interviewed by the online service, said if they are willing to change plans for the summer, if in the near future will open flights from a number of countries, reports OneTwoTrip.

Among the countries that in the near future may be possible, the media citing sources in the government called, for example, Hungary, Maldives, South Korea and UAE.

In Japan, we want to run the simplified system to test for coronavirus

To increase international business travel to the Japanese authorities plan to simplify the testing for coronavirus for business reports NewsOnJapan.

The Japanese government offers businessmen to take the test for the coronavirus before they are in the country. Authorities conduct the negotiations with 16 countries, including China, Thailand and Vietnam.

Japanese scientists have found a connection between laughter and health in old age

Scientists of Nagoya University in Japan came to the conclusion that older people who do not laugh in everyday life, the risk that subsequently they will not be able to serve themselves and they will need outside assistance increases by 1.4 times. About the study and the reasons of this phenomenon to the correspondent of RIA Novosti said the head of group assistant Professor, Department of preventive medicine Department of medical research, Nagoya University Kenji Takeuchi.

Kenji Takeuchi for three years spent observing people over 65. The experiment involved 14 233. The task was to identify the correlation between the frequency of laughter and the ability to retain the power to self-serve themselves, without the need for outside help, and laughter and death. All subjects were divided into four groups depending on how often they laugh in a loud voice. The results showed that the risk of losing the ability to move and maintain itself, those who confessed that he almost laughs, increasing 1.4 times compared with those who laughs almost every day. Similar results were revealed for the first time in the world.

In Tokyo have identified 367 new cases of coronavirus during the day

In Tokyo set a new record for daily growth of new cases of coronavirus, which reached number 367, one more than the previous highest figure of 23 July, reported the TV channel NHK.

According to him, all in the Japanese capital positive test results there were 12 of 228 thousand from the beginning of the pandemic.

The number of victims of the explosion in Fukushima Prefecture has increased to 17

The number of victims in the explosion at the restaurant in the Japanese Prefecture of Fukushima has increased to 17, reported the TV channel NHK.

A strong explosion completely destroyed a small building in the city of Koriyama. Ripped the roof from the walls there is only an iron skeleton. From the blast suffered a nearby building. In particular, the houses at a distance of more than 400 meters from the explosion shattered Windows. In the Bank nearby, affected employees and customers, due to destruction office stopped the service.

The explosion in the restaurant in Fukushima Prefecture have died

One person was killed in an explosion at a restaurant in Koriyama, in the Japanese Prefecture of Fukushima, according to NHK television station.

Earlier it was reported that the explosion injured 17 people.

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