Latest Japan Headlines
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Team of Nuclear Experts to Visit Wrecked Fukushima Plant to Check Water Release Plan
Feb 9 2022 // A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review plans to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive...
Toyota Settles Lawsuit That Blamed Employee’s Suicide on Overwork, Harassment
Feb 2 2022 // TOKYO (AP) – Toyota has settled a lawsuit that blamed overwork and harassment for the suicide of one of its employees. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda has apologized to the family, the Japanese automaker said...
Operator of Japan’s Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant Face Another Setback in Clean-up
Jan 24 2022 // The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has found that a coolant solution, used to create an ice wall halting the seepage of groundwater into reactor buildings, has leaked from two storage...
Record Snowfall Disrupts Train, Air Travel in Western Japan
Dec 28 2021 // A powerful storm rammed western Japan with record snowfall, disrupting flights, train travel and leaving hundreds without power. Snowfall surpassed 70 centimeters (28 inches) in the cities of Hikone and Maizuru, in the...
Japan’s Fukushima Farmers Fear Contaminated Water Release Will Hit Produce Prices
Nov 5 2021 // IWAKI, Japan – Farmers in Japan’s northeastern Fukushima fear the release of water from the crippled power plant there could revive concerns about contamination and again hit the price of their produce, undoing a...
Atomic Energy Agency Seeks Japan Transparency on Release of Fukushima Water
Sep 9 2021 // TOKYO —Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency asked Japan on Tuesday for full and detailed information about a plan to release treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant...
Japan Sees a Future in Crewless Cargo Ships as First Autonomous Trial Voyage Nears
Aug 31 2021 // In just two decades from now, half of all domestic ships plying Japan’s coastal waters may be piloting themselves. That’s the ambitious goal of the Nippon Foundation, a public-interest organization backing the...
Japan’s Fukushima Plant to Build Undersea Tunnel to Release Nuclear Water Into Ocean
Aug 27 2021 // The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean about 1 kilometer...
Japan Vaccination Drive Faces Possible Setback Due to Contaminated Batch
Aug 27 2021 // A contaminant found in a batch of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccines delivered to Japan is believed to be a metallic particle, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported, citing sources at the health ministry. Japan on...
Hackers Steal More Than $94M from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange
Aug 19 2021 // Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said on Thursday it was hit by hackers in a theft estimated at more than $94 million, the latest crypto platform to be targeted by cyber criminals. “We are sorry to announce...
Japanese Insurers Struggle with Climate Change Cost Estimates
Jun 25 2021 // TOKYO – As the world tries to price the cost of climate change, Japan’s second largest non-life insurer MS&AD foresees the potential rise in claim payments in 2050 to be anywhere between 5% to 50% from current...
Hack of Leading Japanese Dating App Could Expose Personal Data of 2 Million Users
May 24 2021 // A leading Japanese matchmaking app was hacked, likely exposing the personal information of more than 1.7 million account holders, in the latest high-profile online attack. Net Marketing Co., which runs the Omiai dating...
Japan Post’s Insurance Unit to Buy Back About $4 Billion of Shares
May 14 2021 // Japan Post Holdings Co.’s insurance unit plans to buy back up to 29% of its shares for about 439.8 billion yen ($4 billion) as its parent company reduces its stake, giving the insurer more freedom to expand its...
Chinese Military Reported to Be Behind Japan Cyber Attacks
Apr 21 2021 // China’s military is thought to have instructed a hacker group to conduct cyber attacks on nearly 200 Japanese research institutions and firms, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing unidentified people in a police...
Japan Chipmaker Renesas Says Normal Production at Fire-Hit Plant to Take 100-120 Days
Mar 30 2021 // TOKYO – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Tuesday it would take at least 100 days to get back to normal production at its fire-hit plant, even as the government urged some Taiwanese companies to help with...
Japanese Carmakers Assess Effect on Supply Chain of Renesas Chip Plant Fire
Mar 22 2021 // TOKYO – Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other Japanese carmakers scrambled on Monday to assess the impact on their production of a fire at a Renesas Electronics chip plant that could aggravate a global semiconductor...
How Dangerous Is Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant After 10 Years of Cleanup?
Mar 12 2021 // OKUMA, Japan – A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its reactors melted down, leaving it looking like a bombed-out factory. Emergency workers risked their lives...
EasySend and Sompo Japan Join Forces to Improve Customer Experience
Jan 22 2021 // Sompo Japan plans to use EasySend’s no-code development platform to power its marine insurance accident notification system Tel Aviv, Israel, January 22, 2021– EasySend, a no-code platform for building and...
Japan’s Automakers Adding Safety Technology for Often-Isolated Older Drivers
Jan 21 2021 // Automakers in Japan, where almost 30% of the population is 65 or older, are taking the lead on adapting cars so the nation’s legions of elderly drivers can feel more confident — and be safer — behind the...
Japan Post’s Insurance Unit Plans $2.9 Billion Buyback of Shares from Parent
Dec 17 2020 // Japan Post Holdings Co.’s insurance unit plans to buy back about 300 billion yen ($2.9 billion) of shares from its parent, giving the insurer more freedom to expand its business, according to people with knowledge of...
