2018-09-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

【Today's English】Treated water at Fukushima plant far too unsafe to be dumped soon

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Steps to purify a radioactive water buildup at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have come to naught, forcing the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co…

【Today's English】Japanese sectors wary of ‘Trump risk’ in new tariff talks with U.S.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The auto and agriculture industries are raising concerns that possible Japanese concessions in new trade talks with the United States could devastate their sector…

【Today's English】NRA approves Tokai nuclear plant, but restart hangs in balance

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun The Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture passed tougher safety standards, but Japan Atomic Power Co. still faces a looming deadline to keep its a…

【Today's English】Mt. Fuji gets frosty as first snowcap of season spotted

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun GOTENBA, Shizuoka Prefecture--Winter is on the way around the summit of Mount Fuji, which sported its first seasonal dusting of snow early Sept. 26.

【Today's English】Asahi poll: 63% of Okinawans oppose Abe’s U.S. military policy

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--Ahead of the Sept. 30 Okinawa governor election, 63 percent of respondents in Okinawa Prefecture said they oppose the Abe Cabinet's policy toward U.S. milit…

【Today's English】Asahi poll: Tight contest seen in Okinawa governor race

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAHA--In a close contest, Denny Tamaki, who is opposing the relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, is leading rival Atsushi Sakima, backed …

【Today's English】Growing number of foreigners being detained for longer terms

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun A growing number of foreigners are being detained in Justice Ministry facilities for six months or longer for such reasons as illegally staying in Japan after the…

【Today's English】Akihito, Michiko console victims of rain-stricken western Japan

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the western Japan prefectures of Ehime and Hiroshima on Sept. 21 to console and encourage victims of July's torrential…

【Today's English】Capsule hotel in Tokyo basking in the light of global attention

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Overseas guests now make up more than half of the customers at the Nine Hours Takebashi capsule hotel in central Tokyo after its open ceiling and natural sunlight…

【Today's English】Museum claims discovery of oldest Nativity scene in Japan

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun NAGASAKI--Scholars are debating whether a set of small statues and objects passed down through generations of a Japanese hidden Christian family is the oldest exa…

【Today's English】Japan marks first rise in benchmark land prices since 1991

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Land prices in Japan rose from a year earlier for the first time in 27 years, fueled by sightseeing spots popular with foreign tourists and by urban areas where r…

【Today's English】Sendai police kill assailant who stabbed police officer to death

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun SENDAI--A police sergeant shot and killed a knife-wielding man who had fatally stabbed an officer at a police box here before dawn on Sept. 19.

【Today's English】Trains restart on Kansai airport bridge, 14 days after typhoon

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Passengers expressed joy, relief and anxiety after train operations resumed Sept. 18 on Kansai International Airport’s main access bridge that was severely damage…

【Today's English】Fireworks bring down curtain on dazzling career of Namie Amuro

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Pop diva Namie Amuro donned a "yukata" summer kimono and joined about 15,000 of her fans to enjoy a fireworks show in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, which saluted h…

【Today's English】Japanese sub conducts drills in South China Sea for 1st time

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Demonstrating freedom of navigation, a Japanese submarine for the first time conducted drills in the South China Sea where China is constructing military faciliti…

【Today's English】Namie Amuro graces stage for final time in native Okinawa

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture--Twenty-six years after she began her ascent to super-stardom, retiring pop diva Namie Amuro gave thousands of fans one last memory du…

【Today's English】In shift in stance, TEPCO to build extra sea wall at Fukushima plant

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Heeding a government warning, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will build a 600-meter-long sea wall to strengthen protection against tsunami at the already batter…

【Today's English】Kansai airport’s No. 1 terminal reopens 10 days after flooding

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun Operations partially resumed at Kansai International Airport's Terminal 1 on Sept. 14 for the first time in 10 days, after being flooded during Typhoon No. 21.

【Today's English】Putin attends Russia-China war games amid tensions with U.S.

By clicking above image, you can go to original article in The Asahi Shimbun TSUGOL FIRING RANGE, Russia--President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attended Russia's biggest-ever war games, which involved some 300,000 troops as well as a signif…

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