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Japan NRA OKs Plan to Scrap Nuclear Reprocessing Plant

June 14, 2018

Tokyo- The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday approved a decommissioning plan for a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village of Tokai in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the operator of the plant to extract uranium

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Man Arrested for Stealing Vault Holding 400 M. Yen in Japan

June 14, 2018

Hiroshima- Police have arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly stealing a vault containing some 400 million yen in cash from a home in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, in February. The Hiroshima prefectural police department and Onomichi police station arrested

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New Magnesium Alloy to Drastically Cut Weight of Shinkansen Train

June 13, 2018

Yokohama- A materials research organization and related companies have prototyped a Shinkansen train body part made of a newly developed magnesium alloy that is some 30 pct lighter than aluminum alloys currently used in Shinkansen and other high-speed trains. The

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Single HQ to Tackle Concurrent Accidents at Oi, Takahama N-Plants

June 13, 2018

Fukui- The Japanese government plans to concentrate response operations in a single headquarters if accidents occur simultaneously at the Oi and Takahama nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture, informed sources said Wednesday. The two nuclear plants in central Japan, both

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Japan Strengthening Consumer Education for High Schoolers

June 13, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency is strengthening consumer education for high school students as the country is set to lower the adult age from the current 20 to 18. A Civil Code revision to lower the adult age passed parliament

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Ruling Camp Wants Lower House to Pass Casino Bill This Week

June 13, 2018

Tokyo- Senior officials of Japan’s ruling parties agreed Wednesday to boost efforts for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, to pass by the end of this week a bill to introduce casino-featuring integrated

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Okinawa School Kids Flee 500 Times from U.S. Aircraft

June 13, 2018

Ginowan, Okinawa Pref.- Pupils of an elementary school in Okinawa Prefecture have taken shelter indoors about 500 times to avoid approaching U.S. military aircraft over the six months since a U.S. helicopter window fell onto its schoolyard. On Dec. 13,

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Japan’s Suga Shows Wish to Realize Summit with N. Korea

June 13, 2018

Tokyo- Japan hopes to hold a summit with North Korea to resolve the issue of the country’s abductions of Japanese nationals, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. “We hope that a Japan-North Korea summit will be realized in a

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