The release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea has entered its third year, with the operator completing the 14th round on Monday. Tokyo Electric Power…
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South Korea’s Lee Makes First Japan Visit, Aiming to Deepen Bilateral Relations
Tokyo, — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung arrived in Tokyo for his first official visit to Japan since taking office in June, marking a significant step toward mending historically strained ties between…
87-year-old man arrested for attempted murder of wife
Police in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, have arrested an 87-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to kill his wife, who is in her 80s, at their home. According to police, Takashi Sato…
Japan Proposes Economic Zone Linking Indian Ocean to Africa to Boost Regional Growth
Yokohama, Japan — In a major initiative unveiled at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) on August 20, 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed creating a new…
Japan, China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates
Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a…
80 years on, Korean survivors of WWII atomic bombs still suffer
Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped “Little Boy”, the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Like thousands of other ethnic Koreans working in the city…