LDP presidential hopefuls face tough choices on Japan’s energy future
WNAM REPORT: With the next long-term basic energy strategy due to be set before the end of the fiscal year,...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Taiwanese firm denies making pager devices that exploded in Lebanon
WNAM REPORT:A Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo on Wednesday denied making pager devices that exploded in Lebanon. In a statement, the...
Japan and Russia bureau-chief-level officials hold talks
WNAM REPORT: Katsuro Kitagawa, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, held talks in Moscow on Friday with...
Canada and Japan aiming to rapidly expand defense ties
WNAM REPORT: As negotiations on a Japan-Canada intelligence-sharing pact progress, the strategic partners are also examining other ways to ramp...
Campaign for intra-ruling party polls begins in Japan
WNAM REPORT: Campaign for the intra-ruling party election began on Thursday as the party will elect a successor to outgoing...
Tepco starts extracting radioactive fuel debris at Fukushima No. 1 plant
WEB DESK: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) started extracting a small amount of radioactive debris from a reactor at...
Japan resumes trial to extract nuclear fuel debris from Fukushima plant
WNAM REPORT: Japan has resumed a trial operation to extract nuclear fuel debris from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant,...
LDP leadership hopefuls campaign across Japan
WNAM REPORT: The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership hopefuls campaigned across the country Saturday ahead of the Sept. 27 election....
Japan’s outgoing Premier Kishida flies to South Korea for last summit with Yoon
WNAM REPORT: Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Friday flew to Seoul for his last summit with South Korean President...
Global conservation body calls on Kitakyushu to halt redevelopment plans
WNAM REPORT: The International Council on Monument and Sites (ICOMOS), a nongovernment body that works to preserve cultural heritage sites,...