Japanese company iSpace, founded in 2010 ... multimedia news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news to ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea aims to fight Japan’s Fukushima decision in world tribunal
South Korea strongly protested against the decision and convened an emergency meeting. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
South Korea to challenge Japan’s plans to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea
Since Japan announced the plan to release the water, environmental groups and fisheries have protested against the decision South Korea will challenge Japan’s decision to release water from Fukushima. ( read original story ...)
Grave threat to marine life as Japan set to release contaminated Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean
Japan has argued the water release is necessary to press ahead with the complex decommissioning of the plant after it was crippled by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It says similarly filtered water is ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea and China are unhappy with Japan’s decision to release radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
Japan has been storing the water in tanks following the 2011 nuclear plant meltdown, which followed a devastating earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan's coastal regions. South Korean ... ( read original story ...)
Downtown Tokyo bustles on after hours amid priority measures
Emergency-level priority measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infections went into effect in Tokyo on Monday, requiring restaurants and bars to shorten their business hours to 8 p.m. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s decision to dump Fukushima water into sea sparks domestic, int’l opposition
DECADE-LONG PROBLEM Struck by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Japan's northeast on March 11, 2011, the No. 1-3 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffered core ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby lifts ban on hand dryer use citing low COVID risk
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's powerful business lobby Keidanren said Tuesday it is lifting the ban it introduced on the use of hand dryers in restrooms in offices and production sites, after concluding ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Tatemono, HPL and Four Seasons to launch One Dojima Project, based on concept of ‘Travel and Art’
Tokyo Tatemono Co Ltd and Hotel Properties Limited have jointly launched the One Dojima Project. In addition, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, one of the world’s leading luxury hotel brands will open ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba board to consider proposal to oust CEO Kurumatani – TV Tokyo
TOKYO, April 13 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp 6502.T board will ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Japan’s Osaka reports record COVID-19 cases, more areas eyed for tougher measures
The record number of cases in Osaka comes as the central government is now mulling ... but allows prefectural governors to request bars and restaurants to shorten their business hours and impose fines ... ( read original story ...)
Archegos Ripples Through Banks’ Lucrative Hedge Fund Business
Nomura Holdings Inc. and Credit Suisse Group AG, the two lenders hit hardest, have started to curb financing in the business with hedge funds and ... Together, steps taken from Washington to Zurich ... ( read original story ...)
Citing low COVID-19 risk, Japan’s business lobby lifts hand dryer ban
The update to the guidelines for its more than 1,400 member companies comes after the business lobby took into account expert opinions and the results of experiments. ( read original story ...)
Japan says it will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean in two years – sparking anger in China and South Korea
Japan Fisheries Cooperatives chairman Hiroshi Kishi said the ... The tanks also could be damaged and leak in case of another powerful earthquake or tsunami, the report said. About 70 per cent of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years
Japan's government decided Tuesday to start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years — an option fiercely opposed by fishermen, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to release treated Fukushima radioactive water in 2 years
Some scientists say the long-term impact on marine life from low-dose exposure to massive amounts of the water is unknown. ( read original story ...)