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BREAKING NEWS: Chubu Electric to withdraw Hamaoka nuclear plant restart applications
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (131+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...
Fujitsu to sell Japan-made AI chip globally from November
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (143+ words) TOKYO - Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday that it will begin global sales in November of "Monaka," a Japan-made central processing unit that functions as the brain of artificial intelligence systems. The telecommunications and computer maker also said it will sell domestically…...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan gov't to do best for early Futenma base return in Okinawa: spokesman
12+ hour, 50+ min ago (130+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...
BREAKING NEWS: Outside probe finds "cover-up" in Chubu Electric's Hamaoka data review
13+ hour, 59+ min ago (125+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...
BREAKING NEWS: Hamaoka nuclear restart pressure behind Chubu Electric falsification: report
14+ hour, 40+ min ago (128+ words) Read full story here Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday 1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya Japan PM Takaichi…...
ASIA WATCH: With no pandas at home, Japanese fans visit Xiang Xiang in China
14+ hour, 22+ min ago (540+ words) YA'AN, China - With Japan now without pandas for the first time in nearly half a century, devoted fans are heading to southwestern China for a glimpse of Xiang Xiang, the former darling of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. At the Bifengxia Base…...
Japan's Hamaoka nuclear power plant operator president to resign: sources
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (219+ words) NAGOYA - Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi intends to resign over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, sources close to the matter said Sunday....
China threatens to cancel summit if U.S. approves new arms sales to Taiwan
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (213+ words) China has told the United States that it intends to cancel a planned meeting between their leaders later this month if Washington approves any new arms sales to Taiwan by then, multiple sources familiar with bilateral ties said Saturday. China…...
Kyodo News Digest: Sept. 12 2026
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (632+ words) North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan: report SEOUL - North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Joint Chiefs…...
FEATURE: Japan's "Chanson Monk" uses song, sutras to spread message of peace
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (514+ words) NAGOYA - French chanson and Buddhist sutras may seem an unlikely combination, but for 87-year-old priest Miruo Nakano, they have become a way to convey a deeply personal message about peace and the preciousness of life. Known as the "Chanson Monk,…...