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Five workers at a Japanese nuclear facility that handles plutonium have been exposed to high levels of radiation after a bag containing highly radioactive material apparently broke during equipment inspection, the country's Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – The Osaka Prefectural Police Department has developed a system to assess levels of risk in suspected child abuse cases, with a view to ensuring early detection and responses. The system, which came into use this month, will automatically show the ... ( read original story ...)

The man, arrested by Osaka police on May 18 for a separate offense, has not given his name but was identified by the police as Masaaki Osaka, 67, on Tuesday through multiple DNA tests. Osaka is suspected of killing police officer Tsuneo Nakamura ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Atomic Energy Agency says five workers at a nuclear facility that handles plutonium have been exposed to high levels of radiation after a bag containing highly radioactive material broke during equipment inspection. The state-run agency says the ... ( read original story ...)

Disaster management agencies in Japan's Tottori Prefecture and Tokyo's self-defense forces conducted the drills, while simulating a North Korean ballistic missile drop on land, Kyodo news agency reported. North Korea has launched a dozen missiles in 2017 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan and Vietnam have agreed to bolster their security ties through Japanese-funded projects including the upgrading of Vietnamese coastal patrol capabilities, defence equipment and technology transfer amid concerns about China's increasingly ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Vietnam agreed Tuesday to bolster their security ties through Japanese-funded projects including the upgrading of Vietnamese coastal patrol capabilities, defense equipment and technology transfer amid concerns about China's ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING - Three giant pandas born and raised in Japan have returned to China under a standard agreement ... as well as sanctuaries and breeding centres. The official Xinhua News Agency said the three were travelling Tuesday to the Chengdu Research Base ... ( read original story ...)

Three giant pandas born and raised in Japan have been returned to China under a standard ... wild pandas as well as sanctuaries and breeding centers. The official Xinhua News Agency were traveling Tuesday to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda ... ( read original story ...)

05/17 OSAKA GAS: NNPC to resume oil prospecting in Lake Chad ―GMD 05/16 OSAKA GAS: NNPC to Resume Oil Search in Lake Chad 05/16 OSAKA GAS: NNPC to resume oil search in Chad Basin 05/16 OSAKA GAS: NNPC to resume oil search in Lake Chad 05/15 OSAKA GAS ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police have accused Hideji Kunimitsu in the sale of illegal porn DVDs in Kabukicho (TBS News) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have busted a shop in the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku over the sale of pornographic DVDs deemed ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police arrested a man, 74, for allegedly stabbing a woman in a restaurant in Asakusa on Monday (TBS News) At 3:30 p.m., police received a tip from an employee at the restaurant, located near Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express Line, about a female ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese company is hoping to attract workers to the country's understaffed demolition industry through the medium of bulging muscles. While it may have an unfashionable 1970s ring to it, the Nagoya-based Crassone company recently held a "macho ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA, Japan, June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The first Japanese-assembled F-35A was unveiled at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility here today. The Japan F-35 FACO is operated by MHI with ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA – A 14-year-old in Osaka Prefecture has become the first person in Japan arrested for allegedly creating ransomware, police said. The third-year junior high school student is suspected of combining free encryption programs to create the malware ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. energy secretary has reassured Japan that his country is committed to tackling environmental issues and to promoting clean energy even though the country is leaving the Paris accord. Japanese officials say Energy Secretary Rick ... ( read original story ...)