The grandson of former U.S. president Harry Truman, who authorized the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945, visited Hiroshima Saturday and offered a silent prayer for victims of the nuclear attack. Japan’s Kyodo news agency says Clifton Truman Daniel is in Japan at the invitation of the nonprofit peace organization Sadako Legacy to attend the […]
Former US President Truman’s Grandson Visits Hiroshima
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
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Japan Warns About Growing Influence of China’s Military
Posted July 31st, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Japan is warning about the influence of China’s military on the country’s foreign policy, saying relations between the army and ruling Communist Party are “getting complex.” The Japanese assessment is part of an annual defense review, released Tuesday, which said the shift in China is a “risk management issue.” The report also highlighted the 30-fold […]
Thousands March in Tokyo Against Nuclear Power
Posted July 29th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of people in Tokyo have marched on Japan’s parliament to demand a ban on nuclear power. The demonstrators encircled the Diet building Sunday evening with candlelight in a peaceful rally to demand the government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda abandon nuclear power. Two reactors were restarted earlier this month, despite safety worries after the […]
New Report Condemns Japanese Government, TEPCO for Nuclear Disaster
Posted July 23rd, 2012 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
A Japanese government panel investigating last year’s meltdown of three reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says Tokyo Electric Power officials ignored the risks of a nuclear accident because they believed in what the report called the “myth of nuclear safety.” The report, issued Monday, said TEPCO and Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency […]
US Fighter Jet Crashes Off Japan
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
Officials say a U.S. Air Force fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan late Sunday morning, but the pilot managed to eject safely. American and Japanese officials say the Lockheed-Martin F-16 crashed soon after taking off from Misawa Air Base in northern Aomori Prefecture late Sunday morning. Japan’s coast guard said the single […]
Japan Sends Cargo to Space Station
Posted July 21st, 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
Japan has successfully launched an H-2B rocket to deliver an unmanned supply vessel to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off late Saturday morning from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The cargo vessel contains supplies such as food, clothing and tools necessary for experiments to be done in space. The cargo should […]
Thousands Protest Nuclear Power in Japan
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Tokyo to protest the use of nuclear power, highlighting the growing opposition to atomic energy in Japan since the crisis at the Fukushima power plant. The protest Monday comes as Japan prepares to restart another reactor shut down after last year’s March tsunami and earthquake set off multiple […]
Japan Begins Cleanup After Record Rains, Flooding
Posted July 16th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Residents of southwestern Japan are returning home after four days of record rainfall that caused massive flooding. Hundreds of thousands of people on the island of Kyushu began to clean up Monday, as the death toll from flooding and landslides reached at least 27. Sunday, Japanese troops airlifted supplies to more than 3,000 thousand people […]
Torrential Rains Strand Thousands in Japan
Posted July 15th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Japanese troops have airlifted supplies to thousands of people who remain cut off by floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential rains that have killed at least 26 people. More than 3,000 people are stranded in Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan. More than 90 millimeters of rain an hour fell in Kyoto prefecture in western […]
Japan Protests Chinese Ships Near Disputed Islands
Posted July 11th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
Japan has lodged a protest with China after three Chinese patrol ships entered waters near a set of disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told reporters Wednesday that the islands are “inherently” Japanese territory. China, which also claims ownership, says the three vessels were fishery patrol ships conducting […]
