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ATOMIC

JAPAN
Jul 26, 2014
WWII 'pumpkin bomb' victims remembered in Osaka ceremony
A memorial ceremony was held Saturday in Osaka to honor victims of the "pumpkin bombs" that were dropped on cities in preparation for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which hastened the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Nagasaki bomb museum shows 26 new photos
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is exhibiting 26 recently discovered photographs taken a year and four months after the bomb was dropped on Aug. 9, 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2014
Enola Gay pilot's log auctioned for $86,500
The flight log of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, sold for $86,500 (about ¥8.87 million) during an auction of World War II memorabilia in New York on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2014
Falsified inspections suspected at Monju fast-breeder reactor
The operator of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture is suspected of falsifying an inspection report after regulators later found new pieces of equipment there that hadn't been inspected, Nuclear Regulation Authority sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2014
Students seek out Bikini, Fukushima parallels
Sixty years have passed since the U.S. detonated a hydrogen bomb in a test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1954, but for one former resident of a town near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the hardships the islanders faced are all too easy to imagine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2014
1954 radiation survivor continues anti-nuke fight
An 80-year-old former crew member of a tuna boat exposed to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test 60 years ago has vowed to continue a personal crusade against nuclear energy for the rest of his life despite suffering a series of illnesses, including liver cancer.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2014
A-Bomb Dome to be reinforced after 70th anniversary
The Hiroshima Municipal Government unveiled Tuesday an outline for work to strengthen the Atomic Bomb Dome against earthquakes.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2014
U.S. posts medical info on A-bombs
The U.S. Energy Department has made available online a report about the medical effects of the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to a Japanese scholar.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2014
A-Bomb Dome to be quake-proofed
The Hiroshima Municipal Government plans to reinforce the Hiroshima Peace Memorial to prevent any damage from earthquakes, city sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2014
Rubble from Atomic Bomb Dome salvaged from river
Rubble believed to be from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, was salvaged Wednesday from the nearby Motoyasu River by a crane with support from Hiroshima University.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2014
Fuel meltdown experiment eyed to learn more about Fukushima crisis
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency plans to melt a small nuclear fuel rod in an experiment at its research facility in March to figure out how meltdowns occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2013
Fault under reactor to be checked once more
The Nuclear Regulation Authority may send experts to the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to further study a geologic fault that the NRA determined in May to be active, sources said.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2013
Beleaguered Japan Atomic Energy Commission to survive but in lesser role
A government panel has decided that the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, which played a key role in promoting nuclear power before the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, should continue to exist but with scaled-down functions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2013
Nuclear watchdog warns Monju reactor operator JAEA over lax security
The Nuclear Regulation Authority admonishes the Japan Atomic Energy Agency for failing to take appropriate measures to protect its Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor from potential terrorist and other attacks.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 28, 2013
Exposing IAEA to a dose of reality
Contrasting the International Atomic Energy Agency's findings with the reality in Fukushima, one is left wondering whether the IAEA mission got lost in a Potemkin village during their trip.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2013
Hiroshima, Nagasaki warn Obama on plutonium tests
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki separately sent letters of protest to President Barack Obama on Tuesday after the United States revealed it had conducted an experiment using plutonium to examine the capabilities of nuclear weapons between April and June.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2013
Artist raises awareness of tragedy through video display in Bosnian town
Artist Saeri Kiritani decided to take part in an exhibition at a nuclear shelter in Bosnia-Herzegovina as she believes it is her responsibility, as a national of the only country to ever come under atomic attack, to raise global awareness of the tragedies that hit the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2013
Hiroshima history, horror ingrained: ex-reporter
Mona Nakanishi, a TV celebrity from Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, believed until she moved to Tokyo that children across Japan came to school every Aug. 6 to offer prayers for victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Mayor skeptical of Abe vow at Nagasaki rites to seek end to nuclear arms
Nagasaki mayor Tomihisa Taue remains critical of Abe government's inaction, despite prime minister's pledge to abolish nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Ballerina Morishita still dancing for world peace
Leading ballet dancer Yoko Morishita, who was born in Hiroshima three years after the city's atomic bombing, says her mission is to dance for peace.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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