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Promoting renewable energy

Promoting renewable energy

Companies show off their latest inventions and innovations at Renewable Energy 2017 Exhibition, hoping to make Japan's e...

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Ueno Zoo looking for baby panda names

Ueno Zoo looking for baby panda names

Ueno Zoo begins looking for names for a newborn giant panda.

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Japan raises US beef tariff

Japan raises US beef tariff

Japan's government will raise the tariff on frozen U.S. beef starting in August.

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Government creates nuclear waste disposal map

Government creates nuclear waste disposal map

Japan's government has a map of possible disposal sites for nuclear waste based on geological feasibility.

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Defense Minister Inada resigns

Defense Minister Inada resigns

Defense Minister Tomomi Inada resigns after a special probe on the cover up of SDF logs from South Sudan.

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4,000 race up Mt. Fuji

4,000 race up Mt. Fuji

4,000 runners race up Mt. Fuji and run right back down.

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Fukushima Update#86<br>The hunt for melted fuel debris

Fukushima Update#86
The hunt for melted fuel debris

Experts stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant have started operating a new robot at one of its failed reactors ...

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