Mari Yamaguchi
Fears of Fukushima’s radioactive contamination hit Japan fish prices
Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have fallen amid uncertainty over how seafood consumers...
Fukushima’s release of nuclear water looms
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to highlight the safety of an impending...
Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing with plea to abolish nuclear weapons
Nagasaki has marked the 78th anniversary of the United States’ atomic bombing of the city with the mayor urging world powers to...
Japanese startup unveils balloon flight space tours
A Japanese startup plans to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights that it hopes will bring an otherwise astronomically expensive experience down...
Japan suspends plan to pipe Fukushima’s radioactive water into the sea
Japan has put on hold the release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant...
Evacuations as Japan volcano spews rocks
Dozens of people have been evacuated from two towns on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu where a volcano spewed ash and...
Japanese PM blames police for Abe’s death
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has blamed inadequate police protection for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot while...
Japanese senior Kenichi Horie completes non-stop solo Pacific crossing
Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie has become the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, non-stop voyage across the Pacific Ocean...
Cautious Japan celebrates cherry blossoms in full bloom
People across Japan are celebrating the peak cherry blossom viewing season this week without COVID-19 restrictions in place for the first time...
Four dead as 7.4 quake strikes Japan coast
A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan, smashing furniture, knocking out power and killing...