Ishikari, Hokkaido – About a 40-minute drive to the north from central Sapporo lies the Sea of Japan port of Ishikari, a city rich in biodiversity that now finds itself at the heart of a fierce debate over wind power as Japan scrambles to decarbonize its energy sector. In a sense, Ishikari represents the idealized … Read more
Nagasaki – The first Marriott hotel in Japan’s southwestern Kyushu region opened Tuesday adjacent to Nagasaki Station amid hopes of boosting local tourism. Along with a new shinkansen service connecting Nagasaki and the Takeo Onsen resort in neighboring Saga Prefecture launched in September 2022, the new luxury hotel is expected to help attract visitors and … Read more
The government on Wednesday rejected a plan to open a casino resort in Nagasaki Prefecture, amid doubts about the feasibility of its funding. The plan for the so-called integrated resort had been under review by the government since April, following the approval of a similar project in Osaka. It was estimated that the project in … Read more
NAGASAKI – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Saturday in Nagasaki to make more efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, saying that it is a “common ideal of humanity.” In his speech during a session of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons, Kishida said, “The divisions in … Read more
Universal Pictures’ “Oppenheimer” will screen in Japan next year, a local distributor said Thursday — a launch that had been in doubt amid criticism that the film largely ignores the devastation of the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Christopher Nolan-directed biopic about atomic bomb pioneer J. Robert Oppenheimer has grossed … Read more
New York – An 83-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Monday called for the elimination of nuclear weapons in his speech at the onset of a five-day U.N. meeting in New York. “We’re faced with a growing risk of nuclear war” and the devastation in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip is … Read more
Nagasaki – The Tsushima Municipal Assembly in Nagasaki Prefecture approved a request Tuesday calling on the city to conduct a preliminary survey to gauge its suitability to host an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste. Tsushima Mayor Naoki Hitakatsu said he would make a final decision during the September assembly session on whether to … Read more