STORY: Japan will begin pumping Fukushima water into the ocean.The plan will see more than a million tons of treated radioactive water releasedand take decades to complete.It has now won approval from ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese banks support India city gas distribution network
Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed a loan agreement with State Bank of India, providing SBI with the funds necessary for the development and operation of a city gas distribution (CGD) ... ( read original story ...)
Japan approved for Fukushima disaster water release
Japan's government maintains the process is safe, insisting it will act with transparency, and saying it has treated the water used to cool the fuel rods of the Fukushima plant after it was damaged by ... ( read original story ...)
Explainer-How Japan plans to release contaminated Fukushima water into the ocean
Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer, a process that will take decades to complete. ( read original story ...)
Japan: IAEA to hand over Fukushima water release verdict
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has arrived in Japan to present a review of Tokyo's plans to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. ( read original story ...)
IAEA endorses Japan’s plans to release Fukushima waste into Pacific
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday endorsed the Japanese government's plans to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, according to a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese consultant Joji Matsui found guilty of taking bribes in Tokyo Olympics trial
Joji Matsui, one of a few Japanese officials charged in a bribery scandal involving organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was found guilty of taking bribes in Tokyo District Court. ( read original story ...)
In Japan, the ‘betrayal’ of quitting spawns business to help quitters
Japanese often stick with jobs even when unhappy, feeling as is they're 'kamikaze' sacrificing for the greater good. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo building hit by ‘tremendous explosion’, 4 people injured
The cause of the blast was not immediately clear but witnesses said they had smelled gas before the explosion. ( read original story ...)
Bamboo circulation in Satoyama and Satoumi: Japan’s hilly and coastal areas
Professor Saijo Kiyoshi at the Miyagi University of Education explains the work behind the bamboo circulation project of 2020 ( read original story ...)
Should Japan dump Fukushima’s radioactive water into the ocean?
The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected this week to approve Japan's plan to release radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean ... ( read original story ...)
Business and human rights in Japan: An overview
Professor Emi Sugawara walks us through the critical development of Japan’s policies concerning business and human rights ( read original story ...)
Japan plans to send treated water from Fukushima nuclear disaster into Pacific Ocean
The contentious plan that’s soured ties with neighbors including China. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Japan from Tuesday to deliver a final report ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Explosion in Tokyo’s Shimbashi, 4 injured
A manager of a nearby Italian restaurant, cited by NHK-World Japan said that he heard the sound of the explosion from inside and thought it was earthquake. “Then I went outside and saw a fire on the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas to launch Ship-to-Ship LNG bunkering business in Osaka Bay and Seto Inland Sea
This commercial undertaking, in which Osaka Gas will sell and provide LNG, aims to supply LNG fuel to LNG-fueled ships using a bunkering vessel, which will carry LNG loaded at the facilities located ... ( read original story ...)
New LNG Bunkering Business Launched in Japan
Japan's Osaka Gas has launched a new LNG bunkering business. The firm's new bunker business will cover the Osaka Bay and Seto Inland Sea areas, the company said in a statement on its website last week ... ( read original story ...)