Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday morning asked senior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Jianchao that Beijing lift its ban on imports of Japanese fishery products. Kishida met with Liu, who heads the International Department of the party’s Central Committee, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo. China introduced the blanket ban last year in … Read more
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Fukushima Prefecture and other areas in northeastern Japan early Friday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the weather agency said. The 12:14 a.m. quake registered a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Fukushima Prefecture, and 4 in many areas … Read more
Japan and China held a meeting last month over the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea and China’s subsequent import ban on Japanese marine products, sources close to the matter have said. At the online meeting, there was no major progress in their discussions, as China keeps … Read more
Jakarta – A group of Indonesian environmental and human rights activists on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Japan to demand it stop releasing treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, which started last summer. Marthin Hadiwinata, a member of environmental organization Ekomarin and one of the plaintiffs, said the … Read more
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday that Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea is consistent with international safety standards in its first full report since the water release began last summer. The report was based on a review mission carried out in October by the … Read more
Sao Paulo – The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry held an event in Sao Paulo on Sunday to promote scallops and other fishery products from Japan. The move is part of an effort by Japan to reduce its reliance on the Chinese market after Beijing in August last year banned imports of fishery products from … Read more
Sao Paulo – The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry held an event in Sao Paulo on Sunday to promote scallops and other fishery products from Japan. The move is part of an effort by Japan to reduce its reliance on the Chinese market after Beijing in August last year banned imports of fishery products from … Read more
New York – Television commercials promoting scallops and other fishery products from Japan will be aired on U.S. news channel CNN starting Tuesday, sources said Monday. As China’s blanket import ban on fishery products from Japan remains in place over the releases of tritium-containing treated water into the ocean from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ … Read more
The government expects that victim compensation and other costs related to the 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant will rise ¥1.9 trillion from its current projection, it was learned Friday. The growth reflected a revision in December last year of government criteria for compensation to people affected by the unprecedented triple … Read more
A worker at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has had a high radiation level detected in his nose, authorities said, in a reminder of the hazards involved in cleaning up the facility crippled in 2011. Radioactive materials may have touched the worker’s face on Monday as he took off a full-face mask after finishing … Read more