Japan’s prime minister has called for the reopening of an idle nuclear plant, saying Japan cannot do without atomic energy. At a news conference Friday, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for all operations to resume at the Ohi nuclear plant in western Japan. He said two reactors should be restarted to support people’s lives, but […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Calls for Reopening of Nuclear Plant
Posted June 8th, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Japan’s Prime Minister Calls for Reopening of Nuclear Plant
Posted June 8th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Japan’s prime minister has called for the reopening of an idle nuclear plant, saying Japan cannot do without atomic energy. At a news conference Friday, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for all operations to resume at the Ohi nuclear plant in western Japan. He said two reactors should be restarted to support people’s lives, but […]
Japan PM Reshuffles Cabinet
Posted June 4th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet Monday, replacing five ministers in an attempt to gain opposition support for his plan to double the sales tax. Mr. Noda replaced his ministers of defense, justice, agriculture, infrastructure and financial affairs in hopes of getting his tax changes through a divided parliament. All of the ministers […]
Japan PM to Reshuffle Cabinet
Posted June 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says he will reshuffle his Cabinet Monday in an attempt to gain opposition support for his plan to double the sales tax. Mr. Noda told reporters Sunday that he has yet to decide on the details of the reorganization, although analysts say that Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka and Transport Minister […]
China: Diplomat in Japan Not a Spy
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
China is rejecting Japanese media reports that suggest a Chinese diplomat was spying on businessmen and politicians in Japan. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin said Wednesday the accusations against the diplomat, whom he identified as Li Chunguang, are groundless. “He is a researcher who has been doing research on Japan for a long time. He […]
Former Japanese PM Tells Parliament to Scrap Nuclear Power
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Former Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan has told the Japanese parliament to abandon nuclear power, and says he was partly responsible, as the head of government, for the nuclear disaster triggered by last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. Mr. Kan spoke Monday to lawmakers, criticizing the role of the Tokyo Electrical Power Company and decades […]
73-Year-Old Woman Climbs Mt. Everest
Posted May 19th, 2012 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
A 73-year old Japanese mountaineer has climbed Mount Everest, smashing her record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world’s highest peak. Tamae Watanabe reached the 8,850-meter summit Saturday with four other team members, climbing Everest from its Tibetan side. Watanabe had scaled the mountain in 2002 when she first claimed the title […]
China, Japan, S Korea Warn North to Stop Provocations
Posted May 13th, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea say they will not tolerate further provocation from North Korea, amid fears that Pyongyang is preparing for a new nuclear test. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made the remark Sunday after meeting in Beijing with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. North Korea’s […]
Reports: Japan to Take Control of TEPCO
Posted May 9th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Media reports say the Japanese government is taking control of the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Kyodo news agency said Wednesday that Japan will inject more than $12 billion in public funds into the Tokyo Electric Power Co., effectively nationalizing one of the world’s largest private utilities. The report said the financially troubled […]
US Sends Japanese Turtle Smuggler to Prison
Posted April 30th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
A court in Los Angeles on Monday sentenced a Japanese man to 21 months in prison for smuggling live turtles into the United States. Atsushi Yamagami was also ordered to pay an $18,000 fine. He pleaded guilty to charges of hiding 55 turtles and tortoises in snack food boxes and sneaking them through the Honolulu […]
