Month: January 2023

Tokyo plans to release a million tonnes of water contaminated by the destroyed Fukushima plant. ( read original story ...)

Long-term Japanese government bond yields and the yen surged on Friday as markets increased pressure on the central bank to further adjust a core tenet of its ultra-loose monetary policy. Analysts said the sharp moves underscored deepening dysfunction in the market for Japanese government bonds over the past month and raised uncertainty ahead of the ...

The government is desperate to entice people to move from the vast, buzzing metropolis to the dying regions beyond, struggling with low birth rates and hollowed-out towns - but Tokyoites will take som ... ( read original story ...)

The Oval Office meeting and signing ceremony at NASA's Washington headquarters will cap a weeklong tour for Kishida that took him to five European and North American capitals for talks on his effort to beef up Japan's security. ( read original story ...)

Japan has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to “around spring or summer," indicating a delay from the initial target of this spring, ( read original story ...)

Authorities to begin release of a million tonnes of water from stricken nuclear plant after treatment to remove most radioactive material ( read original story ...)

Semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may expand its global manufacturing footprint even further. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government's top economic policy panel will invite eight economists, including an expert on inflation in Japan, to its upcoming special sessions to discuss the country's long-term ... ( read original story ...)