Beijing – Local government leaders from Japan and China are interacting with each other actively even as state-level exchanges between the two Asian countries remain almost halted, amid continuing diplomatic tensions including over Taiwan and China’s ban on seafood imports from Japan. With both economies reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, regional leaders have called for … Read more
Fukui – Fukui District Court on Friday rejected petitions to suspend aging nuclear reactors at two Kansai Electric Power (Kepco) plants in Fukui Prefecture. The petitions were filed by local residents who claimed that safety measures were inadequate for the No. 3 reactor at the Mihama nuclear plant and the No. 1 to No. 4 … Read more
Osaka – A Japanese court on Friday decided a nuclear reactor that started running over 40 years ago in central Japan could continue operations, upholding a lower court ruling that rejected residents’ calls to halt the unit over safety concerns. The Osaka High Court decided against an injunction to halt the No. 3 unit of … Read more
Kumamoto – A lower jawbone fossil from a tyrannosaurid dinosaur was found in a roughly 74-million-year-old layer of earth from the Late Cretaceous period in Kumamoto Prefecture, the first such discovery in Japan, local museums said Thursday. The finding in Reihoku is expected to advance studies regarding the classification of large theropods during the Late … Read more
FUKUI – The nation’s first vehicle accident involving so-called Level 4 autonomous driving occurred in October due to a failure to visually recognize an object, a local government report said. The report was released recently by the town of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, where Level 4 driving, or fully automated driving under certain conditions, received approval, … Read more
Fukui – A new section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line between Kanazawa and Tsuruga stations, both in central Japan, will open on March 16, 2024, its operators said Wednesday. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will be extended from Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture to Tsuruga Station via Fukui Station, both in neighboring Fukui Prefecture. The fastest … Read more