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SAGA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2019
Kyushu Electric to scrap No. 2 reactor at Genkai nuclear plant due to cost of safety upgrades at aging site
The utility abandoned a plan to restart the Genkai unit in the face of the huge costs involved in enhancing the safety of the reactor near the end of it operating life.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2018
Saga Prefecture to receive ¥10 billion from Japan's Defense Ministry after agreeing to host Ospreys at airport
The prefecture will use some of the funds to support local fishers, who are concerned that the aircraft's noise may affect their businesses.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2018
Killer of two buried alive at Saga soil treatment plant in 2014 gets life sentence
The Saga District Court on Monday sentenced a 69-year-old man to life in prison for murdering a man and a woman by burying them alive in the city of Saga in 2014.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2018
Defense chief Itsunori Onodera tries to assure Saga governor that Ospreys are safe as deployment talks resume
The prefecture is due to host 17 of the controversial military transport aircraft.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2018
Death penalty sought for man over 2014 deaths of two people who were buried alive in Saga
Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded the death penalty for a man who allegedly murdered a man and a woman by burying them alive in the city of Saga in 2014 in an attempt to avoid paying back a debt.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 11, 2018
Former Laker Sasha Vujacic helping launch Saga Ballooners
The Saga Ballooners look to literally launch a big balloon with the help of a former NBA player in order to eventually become a major basketball club in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2018
Damage found in main rotor head bolt linked to fatal GSDF chopper crash in Saga
Damage has been found in a bolt in the main rotor head of the Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that crashed in Saga Prefecture in February, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2018
Blast at Kyushu Steel plant leaves one dead, one injured in Saga
One man was killed and another injured after an explosion rocks a Kyushu Steel Corp. plant in Takeo, Saga Prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2018
Steam leak prompts halt of recently restarted reactor at Genkai nuclear plant in Saga
Kyushu Electric Power Co. stopped generating electricity at the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture on Saturday after a steam leak was detected in a reactor the previous day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2018
Last defendant in Japan's biggest gold-smuggling case evades prison but gets ¥1.5 million fine
The Saga District Court sentences the last of nine men charged with smuggling 206 kg of gold into Japan in May, wrapping up the nation's largest gold seizure to date.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2018
Reactor at Saga's Genkai nuclear plant back online after seven-year hiatus
A nuclear reactor at the Genkai power plant in Saga Prefecture resumed operation Friday for the first time in over seven years, despite lingering concerns from residents about evacuation plans from nearby islets in the event of a serious accident.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2018
Saga District Court rejects bid to suspend restart of nuclear reactors at Genkai plant
The plaintiffs had questioned the plant's safety standards and cited the risk of a volcanic eruption in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2018
Japan gets its first office building fully powered with solar energy
The country's first office building fully powered by off-the-grid solar energy opened Monday in the city of Saga.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2018
GSDF to resume most chopper flights in wake of deadly crash in Saga
The Ground Self-Defense Force said on Friday it will partially resume helicopter flights at its camp in Saga Prefecture, nearly two weeks after the deadly chopper accident there earlier this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2018
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera mum on how Saga chopper crash might affect plan to deploy Osprey at civilian airport
The GSDF chopper crash might derail the government's effort to militarize Saga Airport for a planned Japanese Osprey wing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2018
GSDF helicopter had main rotor replaced before crash
Two crew members were killed when the aircraft, which was on a test flight after maintenance, crashed into a home in Saga Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2018
Saga Prefecture employs Sagat, of 'Street Fighter' game fame, as its tourism ambassador
At first glance, Saga Prefecture's decision to employ a well-known figure in order to boost tourism and souvenir sales appears to be line with many other Japanese cities and prefectures who have implemented similar projects. Yet, unlike other cases, Saga has forgone a famous person in favor for someone...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2017
Four injured as car plows into spectators at drift event in Saga Prefecture
A car roared into a crowd of spectators at a drift event in Saga Prefecture on Sunday, leaving four men injured, including one in critical condition, police said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 26, 2017
Reconnecting with our nature: teamLab's digital revolution
An interactive art collective wants us all to connect and experience a world without boundaries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2017
Japan backtracks on basing Ospreys at civilian-use Saga Airport
The government has tentatively decided to station Osprey aircraft at a Ground Self-Defense Force camp because of difficulties in basing them as planned in fiscal 2019 at Saga Airport, a source said Monday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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