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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2017
EU to lift import restrictions on Fukushima rice and other Japanese foods from December
The European Union has decided to lift its restrictions on imports of some foods from 10 prefectures, such as rice grown in Fukushima — site of the country's worst nuclear accident.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2017
Fallout cloud prompts French institute to suspect September nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan
A cloud of radioactive pollution over Europe in recent weeks indicates that an accident has happened in a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan in the last week of September, French nuclear safety institute IRSN said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2017
Recent lack of tainted Fukushima rice raises doubts about blanket radiation checks
The blanket radiation checks conducted on rice grown in meltdown-hit Fukushima Prefecture have recently come under debate because none with radiation levels exceeding the safety limit has been found in recent years.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2017
South Korea confirms traces of radioactive gas from North Korea's nuclear test
South Korea said on Wednesday traces of radioactive xenon gas were confirmed to be from a North Korean nuclear test earlier this month, but it was unable to conclude whether the test had been a hydrogen bomb as Pyongyang claimed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2017
Fukushima worker exposed to small amount of radiation, Tepco says
A worker dismantling tanks at the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was found to have been exposed to a small amount of radiation during a routine safety check on Friday, plant operator Tokyo Electric said.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2017
No abnormal radiation readings from North Korea nuclear test, NRA says
No abnormal radiation readings have been detected from North Korea's nuclear test on Sunday, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said.
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Aug 20, 2017
Fukushima Medical and Ohio State team up on radiotherapy
Fukushima Medical University has launched an international exchange program with Ohio State University that will focus on developing experts in cancer radiation therapy.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2017
Finding sites to bury high-level radioactive waste
The government must be much more transparent in how it goes about finding a permanent storage site for highly radioactive nuclear waste.
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 / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jul 16, 2017
Date goes whole hog into boar leather business in Fukushima
Wild boar leather is said to breathe well and resist chafing. It is used in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, to make products like babies' first walking shoes because it is soft and fits well.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
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