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Fukushima manager admits embarrassing failure

The manager of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has admitted not having full control of the facility. Contrary to the statements of the Japanese PM, TEPCO’s Akira Ono said attempts to plug...

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Fukushima radiation triples in Oregon tuna fish

While the state of Oregon gears up to test its shores for radioactive contamination from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, university scientists have found that radiation levels in some albacore...

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Nissan debuts self-cleaning car

The test was carried out on a Nissan Note. Nissan has applied a new repellent technology to the paintwork on cars, which automatically fends off mud and dirt. The Japanese carmaker, which has promised...

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US deploys 2 surveillance drones for China and North Korea

The United States has deployed two of its most advanced long-distance surveillance drones to a base in northern Japan to spy on North Korea and China. The deployment of the Global Hawk drones was made...

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Japan caught hiding 640 Kg of Plutonium from IAEA

Japan has failed to mention 640 kilograms of unused plutonium in its reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2012 and 2013. An official in Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission said on...

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Japan prepares for robotic revolution, expects massive economic growth

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Japan says it intends to make the necessary preparations to materialize what it calls a robotic revolution and calls robots a massive economic growth factor. On...

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Radioactive Fish 124 times over safe limit caught off Fukushima

Fish with deadly levels of radioactive cesium have been caught just off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, as scientists continue to assess the damage caused to the marine food chain by the 2011...

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​Fukushima radiation levels underestimated by five times – TEPCO

TEPCO has revised the readings on the radioactivity levels at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant well to 5 million becquerels of strontium per liter – both a record, and nearly five times higher than...

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TEPCO reveals record cesium level in Fukushima No. 1 well

A record high level of radioactive cesium has been found in groundwater beneath the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it operator TEPCO revealed. On February 13, Tokyo Electric Power Co....

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TEPCO failed to disclose crops over 20KM from Fukushima were contaminated

Fourteen different rice paddies outside of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuation zone were contaminated with radioactive material in August 2013, Japan’s agriculture ministry has found....

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Record snowfall in Japan kills 12, disrupts power and transport

The heaviest snowfall in decades has left 12 dead and more than 1,500 injured across Japan, local media reported on Sunday. The snow has paralyzed the public transport system and left hundreds of...

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Japan Prepares For War With China

Japan is now considering future weapon transfers to other Asian countries as it builds alliances for a potential war with China. Earlier today in Okinawa, Japanese officials met with representatives...

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Japan Secretly Developing Nuclear Weapons

Asia Weekly, a Hong Kong-based news outlet, is reporting that Japan is secretly developing a nuclear weapons program in response to increasing hostilities with China over the East China Sea dispute....

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​Japan indicates US could bring nukes into its territory in case of emergency

Tokyo suggested that it would allow the US to bring nuclear weapons into Japanese territory in the event of a serious threat to its security. In a briefing with lawmakers, Japanese Foreign Minister...

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Tokyo student invents levitation in 3D space

A Tokyo student along with fellow researchers has managed to float objects in a 3D space, using ultrasound. Yoichi Ochiai, a University of Tokyo graduate, together with Takayuki Hoshi and Jun...

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Bird flu infection sounds alarm in Japan

Japan has ordered the slaughter of over 110,000 chickens following the confirmation of bird flu infection at a poultry farm in the south of the country. The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture announced...

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Fukushima manager admits embarrassing failure

The manager of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has admitted not having full control of the facility. Contrary to the statements of the Japanese PM, TEPCO’s Akira Ono said attempts to plug...

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Fukushima radiation triples in Oregon tuna fish

While the state of Oregon gears up to test its shores for radioactive contamination from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, university scientists have found that radiation levels in some albacore...

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Nissan debuts self-cleaning car

The test was carried out on a Nissan Note. Nissan has applied a new repellent technology to the paintwork on cars, which automatically fends off mud and dirt. The Japanese carmaker, which has promised...

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US deploys 2 surveillance drones for China and North Korea

The United States has deployed two of its most advanced long-distance surveillance drones to a base in northern Japan to spy on North Korea and China. The deployment of the Global Hawk drones was made...

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