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The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is undertaking a decades-long process to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
World

UN Nuclear Chief To View Soil Removed From Fukushima

This time last year, Germany overtook Japan as the world's third-biggest economy
Economy

Japan 2024 Growth Slows Despite Stronger Fourth Quarter

Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on reciprocal tariffs Thursday but his commerce secretary nominee said they might not be implemented until April, giving room for negotiations
Politics

Trump Hints at Potential Auto Tariffs to Be Imposed on April 2

Terumi Tanaka is one of the three co-chairs of Nihon Hidankyo who will accept the Nobel Peace Prize
World

Japan's Atomic Bomb Survivors To Accept Nobel Prize In Oslo

Shoichi Miyakoshi lost his wife in a 2007 earthquake, his home in a second quake in January 2024, and now his temporary accommodation has been flooded by exceptional rain in Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture
World

Japan Quake, Flood Victim Attempts Fresh Start With Wife's Memory

A handout photo taken on May 23, 2024 by the Ashiya City government shows Tomiko Itook, ebelieved to be the world's oldest living person, celebrating her 116th birthday
World

More Than 95,000 Japanese Aged Over 100, Most Of Them Women

Before the 2011 nuclear meltdown, Fukushima prided itself as a 'fruit kingdom'
UK

Peaches From Japan's Fukushima Region Sold At Harrods

A Japan Meteorological Agency satellite photo shows typhoon Shanshan moving closer to Kyushu island
World

Powerful Typhoon Shanshan Slams Into Southern Japan

A supermarket in Tokyo has empty rice shelves and a sign telling customers they can only buy one bag at a time when available
World

Japanese Scramble To Buy Beloved Rice As Shortages Bite

Busy Japan Airport Suspends Flights - Missing Scissors
World

Missing scissors forces shut down of major airport in Japan

Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake And Tsunami Devastate Northern Japan
World

Japanese megaquake fears trigger panic buying

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World

Greenpeace Co-Founder Arrested in Greenland on International Warrant

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World

High School Students Sickened By 'Adults Only' Chips Spicier Than Habanero Pepper

Yusuke Kawai - Tokyo - Governor's Race
World

Wacky Real-Life Joker Brings Antics to Tokyo's Governor Race

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U.S.

Sunken World War II Sub Found After 80 Years

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