Japanese utility eyes scrapping 2nd Fukushima nuclear plant

The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago said Thursday for the first time publicly that it might decommission another plant in Fukushima that narrowly escaped the crisis. Tokyo Electric Power Company ... ( read original story ...)

Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 1 km ENE of Chiba-shi, Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Chiba-shi in Japan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:14:32 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.27 km (47 miles). ( read original story ...)

Japan Eying Abe-Kim Summit With Possible Pyongyang Visit: Paper

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to media after the news conference by the U.S. President Donald Trump, after the summit between the U.S. and North Korea in Singapore, at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato ... ( read original story ...)

Coming of age: Why adults in Japan are getting younger

These are external links and will open in a new window Adulthood is about to come a lot earlier in life for many in Japan. The government has enacted a bill lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, which will affect millions across the country when it ... ( read original story ...)

Rybarikova stunned at Nottingham, Osaka progresses

Japanese third seed Naomi Osaka recorded a dominant 6-3 6-2 win over Czech Republic’s Denisa Allertova in just over an hour to reach her first WTA quarter-final on grass, where she will take on rising Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu. Buzarnescu had her best ... ( read original story ...)

Will US-North Korea deal leave Japan, South Korea vulnerable?

“This is bad news for both South Korea and Japan, as joint exercises form an important part of the US’ deterrence strategy,” Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, an adjunct professor at Temple University in Tokyo, said. South Korea’s defence ministry sought to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO | Stock markets rise ahead of Fed rate decision

TOKYO — Global stocks rose Wednesday as investors awaited an expected interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve and looked for hints of further hikes this year. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 was up 0.3 percent at 5,468 and Germany’s DAX rose 0 ... ( read original story ...)

‘Dead’ husband returns after Japan police send wrong body

TOKYO -- A Japanese wife has told police the body she thought was of her missing husband belonged to a stranger after her spouse turned up alive a year later. Tokyo police acknowledged Wednesday that the body found in a river in eastern Tokyo in June 2017 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks close higher as yen weakens

Tokyo stocks closed higher on Wednesday helped by a cheaper ... it was buying back 700 billion yen of it shares after completing the sale of its memory chip business. Nintendo dropped 6.21 percent to 39,120 yen after its presentation at the E3 trade ... ( read original story ...)