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BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2019
Canada backs start-up to boost big data on space debris
The Canadian government's contracting arm is backing a proposed new satellite system that will use big data analytics to provide commercially available data about the Earth and its orbit amid growing concerns about the risks posed by space debris.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2017
Japan and U.K. agree to promote public-private cooperation to tackle space debris
Japan and Britain signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday to promote public-private cooperation on measures to tackle the problem of space debris.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 13, 2017
Astroscale exec to boldly clean where no one has cleaned before
Entrepreneur Nobu Okada has set off on a mission never before undertaken in the annals of human history — cleaning up Earth's space junk.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2017
Extraction plan for Fukushima fuel debris planned for September
The government hopes to decide around September on a method for extracting fuel debris from reactor 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex based on findings from a recent robot inspection, industry minister Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2017
Fukushima robot finds potential fuel debris hanging like icicles in reactor 3
Tokyo Electric has said that a remotely controlled robot investigating the inside of reactor 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has finally spotted objects that could be fuel debris — a potential milestone in the effort to clean up one of the worst atomic disasters in history.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2017
Fuel debris extraction plan for crippled Fukushima reactors to be revealed soon: sources
A state-backed entity is close to completing a plan for decommissioning the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, detailing for the first time how it hopes to extract fuel debris from three reactors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2016
Household debris in wake of Tottori quake posing municipal headaches
Broken furniture and other household debris are piling up in the wake of Friday's magnitude-6.6 earthquake in Tottori Prefecture, and municipal governments are struggling to deal with the mess.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2016
Tohoku tsunami debris, some with invasive life, still turning up on North American West Coast
When debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeast Japan first wended its over through the Pacific Ocean's currents, concerns about potential radioactive contaminants from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster briefly gripped residents of Hawaii and North America's West Coast.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Feb 15, 2016
Five years on, tsunami debris on ocean floor near Fukushima nuclear plant remains untouched
The Fisheries Agency will continue to subsidize efforts by Fukushima Prefecture to remove tsunami-related debris from the ocean floor.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2016
No Flight MH370 link to debris found on Malaysia coast, officials say
Aviation officials said on Friday a metal object recovered from Malaysia's east coast a day earlier was not from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
WORLD
Jul 31, 2015
Experts: Wing part found on Reunion from Boeing 777; baggage find raises more suspicions
Plane debris washed up on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is almost certainly part of a Boeing 777, a Malaysian official and aviation experts said, potentially providing some answers for families of those aboard last year's vanished flight MH370.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2015
Nepal faces monumental quake-debris problem
Facing a monumental task in dealing with the debris from its devastating earthquake, Nepal would greatly benefit from the expertise that Japan gained from its Tohoku cleanup.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 15, 2015
Astroscale opens lab in Tokyo in bid to clean up space junk
A Singapore-based company that aims to sweep junk from space has expanded to Tokyo and has handed its biggest broom to 32-year-old female President Miki Ito.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015
Tohoku tsunami debris still washing up on shores in U.S., Canada
Debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami will continue to litter the North American coastline over the next three years, with everything from refrigerators to lumber and sports balls still floating offshore in the Pacific, an expert said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2014
Debris clearing starts in Futaba, more than 3½ years after tsunami
The work is limited to areas of the town near the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant where officials plan to eventually lift the evacuation order.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2014
Ministry ordered to disclose results of poll on localities' tsunami debris acceptance plans
The Osaka District Court has ordered the Environment Ministry to disclose the results of its December 2011 survey on local governments' plans to accept tsunami debris from the Tohoku region following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2014
Japan to create SDF space monitoring division by 2019
The government intends to create a space monitoring division within the Self-Defense Forces by around 2019 and the Defense Ministry has already informed the United States, a source close to the bilateral relationship said Saturday.
JAPAN
May 7, 2014
JAXA to give U.S. space debris data
Japan has agreed to provide the U.S. with information related to space debris under a deal aimed at bolstering security cooperation, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2014
Mudslide kin warned death toll will spike
Rescuers searching for 90 people still missing five days after a massive mudslide in Washington state braced the public Thursday for an impending steep rise in the death toll even as they deflected criticism of the early disaster response.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2013
Fukushima debris disposal falling short
The Environment Ministry admits that disposing of disaster debris in Fukushima Prefecture will not be completed by the April 2014 target.
Japan’s young workers head abroad as huge wage gap persists
The departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Now with inflation at its strongest in decades, Japanese are starting to realize that years of static wages leave many of them budgeting each month before their next pay check.
EVs head for junkyard as mechanic shortage inflates repair costs
An AA patrol for electric vehicles in Birmingham, England. Fewer than 10% of the U.K.’s 236,000 auto mechanics are qualified to work directly on EV batteries or their cases, according to the Institute of the Motor Industry.
Japan strongly condemns Iranian attack on Israel as 'escalation'
Missiles are showcased in a parade marking Iran's National Army Day in Tehran on April 18, 2023.
Worries remain one year to go before Osaka Expo
Construction at Yumeshima island, the venue for the Osaka Expo
How ‘winged’ gyōza took flight from a Tokyo suburb
The creator of "hanetsuki gyōza" is Isao Yagi, and his restaurant, Nihao, can be found right on the border of Tokyo and Kawasaki in Ota Ward.
For Modi, the Indian election is less about winning and more about by how much
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar, India, on April 6, ahead of the country's upcoming general election starting Friday.
Akebono's human side eclipsed his incredible sumo achievements
The heights Akebono reached in sumo helped pave the way for future foreign-born yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho.
Ohtani’s dizzying three weeks end in exoneration by authorities
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game on March 12.
How ‘winged’ gyōza took flight from a Tokyo suburb
The creator of "hanetsuki gyōza" is Isao Yagi, and his restaurant, Nihao, can be found right on the border of Tokyo and Kawasaki in Ota Ward.
How Ippei Mizuhara allegedly wired millions from Shohei Ohtani’s account
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in December at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California

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