Conservation group Greenpeace warned on Friday that the environmental impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis five years ago on nearby forests is just beginning to be seen and will remain a source of contamination for years to come. The March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast[…]
The Bank of Japan has introduced negative interest rates in a bid to spur growth and prop up the world’s third-largest economy. Tokyo shares surged following the surprise announcement. The Bank of Japan said Friday that it had decided to impose a negative interest rate of 0.1 percent on current[…]
Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes. Helicopters hovering over swirling, muddy waters rescued many people from the roofs of their homes. Seven people were missing and at least 17 were[…]
Correct procedures were followed in chartering a plane which happened to be owned by the Gupta family to take Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to Japan, the defence minister said on Friday. “All of the information at my disposal talks to the fact that everything was done by the book. There[…]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was poised on Friday to issue a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, remarks that will be closely analyzed abroad to see whether he dilutes past apologies over the conflict. The legacy of the war still haunts relations with[…]
Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor for the first time under new safety standards put in place since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that the industry is now safe. Abe and much of Japanese industry want reactors to be[…]
China has restarted construction of its first new nuclear reactor since Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011, state media said Wednesday. Work on the fourth reactor at the Hongyanhe nuclear power station in the north-eastern province of Liaoning had completed the first stage, but was frozen along with all other nuclear[…]
South Africa’s ambassador to Japan, Mohau Pheko, told the SABC on Friday she regrets saying she has a doctoral degree, when she does not. Pheko claimed she received her PhD from the American La Salle University in 2000. However, the university closed in 1996 when it emerged it was selling[…]
Japan said Tuesday it will provide $15.5 million in development aid to support anti-terrorism efforts in the Middle East and Africa. The move comes after the recent beheadings of two Japanese hostages by rebels from the Islamic State group. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the contribution, about half of which[…]
Japan told the world’s nations Thursday it will never give in to terrorism and will continue providing non-military assistance for the fight against the Islamic State and other extremist groups – but not military troops or equipment “at this point.” Japan sent Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura to the[…]
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