Tag: Japan
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IAEA chief reassures residents that treated wastewater discharge at Fukushima nuclear plant is safe
The head of the U.N. atomic agency told local Japanese representatives at a meeting in Fukushima on Wednesday that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater ... -
Commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit explodes moments after liftoff in Japan
A commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit was intentionally exploded shortly after liftoff yesterday morning in central Japan following a problem that’s still ... -
Pritzker Prize goes to architect Yamamoto who values community in spaces
The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan’s Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field’s highest honor for what organizers called a long career focused on ... -
Japan had the fewest babies it has ever recorded last year, and fewer marriages
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed this week, and a ... -
Japan’s moon lander survives second lunar night, beating predictions
Japan’s first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weeks-long lunar night, Japan’s space agency said yesterday. JAXA ... -
Feds accuse alleged Japanese crime boss of conspiring to traffic nuclear material
A leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it to make nuclear weapons, ... -
Stray whale died in Osaka Bay, raising questions about cause and cost of disposal
A whale as long as a train car that died after straying into a port in Osaka last month is set to be buried until it ... -
Japan’s exports surged nearly 12% in January in second straight month of gains
Japan’s exports surged a stronger than expected nearly 12% in January, helped by robust demand for vehicles, auto parts and machinery. That helped the nation’s trade ... -
Founder of Japanese dollar-store chain Daiso dies at 80
Hirotake Yano, who founded the retail chain Daiso known for its 100-yen shops, Japan’s equivalent of the dollar store, has died. He was 80. Yano died ... -
Japan slips into a recession, loses spot as world’s third-largest economy
Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany. The government reported the economy shrank ... -
Are we about to find out the moon’s origin? Space agency says it may now have clues
An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the ... -
Fukushima plant leaked radioactive water, but none escaped the facility
Highly radioactive water leaked from a treatment machine at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but no one was injured and radiation monitoring shows no ... -
Ukrainian-born Miss Japan gives up her title after article reveals affair with married man
The Ukrainian-born winner of this year’s Miss Japan beauty pageant and the contest’s organizers say she has renounced her title after a magazine published an article ... -
Kishida says he’s determined to break ruling party from its practice of money politics
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed yesterday he was determined to make a clear break from money politics as he renewed an apology for the latest ... -
Japanese moon probe back to work after sun reaches its solar panels
A Japanese moon explorer is up and running yesterday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan’s first lunar mission hit ... -
Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?
Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.” The milestone puts Japan in a club previously occupied ... -
Japan signs agreement with US to purchase 400 Tomahawk missiles in defense buildup
Japan signed a deal with the United States yesterday to purchase up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of its ongoing military buildup in response ... -
US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills in a show of strength against North Korea
The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted perhaps their biggest-ever combined naval exercises in a show of strength against nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea’s military ... -
Men who were allegedly abused by a Japanese boy band producer criticize company’s response
Members of a group of men who say they were sexually abused as boys by a Japanese entertainment mogul are accusing the company behind the scandal, ... -
Workers resumes landfill work at new US military site on Okinawa despite local opposition
Japanese construction workers yesterday resumed landfill work at the new site of the U.S. military base on Okinawa despite protests by the island’s residents that the ... -
Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash
A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger ... -
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along western coast
A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 48 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials warned ... -
Court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees, relieving the ... -
Japan and ASEAN bolster ties at summit focused on security
Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at a special summit yesterday marking their 50th anniversary of friendship, adopted a joint vision that ... -
Japan, UK and Italy formally establish a joint body to develop a new fighter jet
The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy signed an agreement yesterday to establish a joint organization to develop a new advanced jet fighter, as the ... -
Divers recover the seventh of eight crew members killed in crash of US military Osprey
Divers last weekend recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed off southern Japan during ... -
US aircraft with six aboard crashes off southern Japan, one dead
A crew member who was recovered from the ocean after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying six people crashed yesterday off southern Japan has been pronounced ... -
Third release of treated water from damaged Fukushima plant ends safely, operator says
The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned, its operator ... -
Exports grow better than expected as auto shipments climb
Japan reported yesterday that its exports increased by 1.6% in October from a year earlier, as auto and ship shipments rose. Government data showed exports to ... -
Philippines joins Japan-led naval drills as brushes with China rise in the disputed sea
Japan led an annual multinational naval exercise that included the Philippines as an observer for the first time, as Filipino coast guard vessels are increasingly harassed ... -
Exports rise and imports decline in September as auto shipments to US and Europe climb
Japan’s exports climbed 4.3% in September from a year earlier as shipments of vehicles, machinery and electronics rose while imports of oil and gas fell sharply, ... -
Government will ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church
Japan’s government said yesterday it would ask a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination raised ... -
In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But ... -
Mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya district asks Halloween partygoers to stay away
The mayor of Tokyo’s busy Shibuya shopping and entertainment district is asking Halloween celebrants not to visit, fearing that a large number of partygoers following the ... -
Fukushima nuclear plant starts second release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea
Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said it began releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea yesterday after the first round of ...
