The central government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. fell into chaos when the triple meltdown crisis started at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission also faced a tough crisis-management situation characterized by limited information and mounting pressure to act, a former chief of the ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration is in a hurry to lift Japan’s self-imposed arms export ban, but political ally New ...
Japanese and South Korean vice foreign ministers agreed Wednesday during talks in Seoul on the importance of their two governments ...
The government is trying to arrange a trilateral summit with South Korea and the United States for this month in a bid to thaw Tokyo’s frozen relations with Seoul, an official said Wednesday. But Seoul appears cool to the idea of a meeting between ...
Under a campaign to promote the city as a comfortable environment for young couples, the city of Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, has been offering residents an opportunity to officially declare their love by submitting “koi-todoke” (love registration) forms. “This kind of project encouraging young people ...
Claims that radiation from the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is contaminating U.S. waters are “simply not correct,” Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Allison Macfarlane said on the disaster’s third anniversary. Radioactive water hasn’t reached the coast and any Pacific Ocean samples with residue ...
Roughly 50 protesters rallied Tuesday in front of the Consulate General of Japan in New York to oppose the government’s embrace of nuclear power, as people around the world marked the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. “We have a responsibility to speak ...
For a team of young sumo wrestlers who could do with every drop of energy that comes their way, a present of bagfuls of rice would be a godsend. Thanks to a quirky social gifting service, anyone who wants to extend a helping hand ...
Twenty percent of households that were part of community resettlement plans as a result of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake have dropped out over the past year as progress on the projects has stalled, according to data from the Reconstruction Agency. Municipal governments ...
A man who was conceived through artificial insemination using sperm from a donor sent a letter to a university hospital last Friday asking it to disclose information about his father. A written request for such information is extremely rare, and it is likely to ...
A senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is calling for closer monitoring of Chinese military activities using satellite technology in conjunction with the United States. “The biggest problem with China is that its military policy is extremely unclear,” Katsuyuki Kawai told a symposium on space ...
The Defense Ministry said Wednesday it will dispatch four Self-Defense Forces aircraft to Malaysia to help search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. This will be the first time SDF aircraft will be sent overseas in a mission to search a missing plane. Defense ...
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty for a 39-year-old woman found guilty of killing three men in 2009 — a conviction based mainly on circumstantial evidence. According to the initial ruling at the Saitama District Court in 2012, Kanae Kijima ...
The space rock that smashed into Earth 65 million years ago, famously wiping out the dinosaurs, unleashed acid rain that turned the ocean surface into a witches’ brew, Japanese researchers say. Delving into the riddle of Earth’s last mass extinction, the scientists said in ...
In response to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, 16 countries have taken steps to strengthen safety regulations pertaining to atomic power generation, according to a report released by the U.S. government Tuesday. The 16 countries, three of which have ...
