Deep-sea ribbonfish caught off Yamagata
A rare deep-sea ribbonfish was caught off northern Japan today.The creature usually inhabits waters several hundred met...
read moreDeath row boxer returns home
A Japanese man freed after being on death row for 46 years has returned home.Former pro boxer Iwao Hakamada, now 78, wa...
read moreWorld's prettiest snail
A zoo in Shizuoka Prefecture has put on display a snail many experts consider one the most beautiful in the world. Polym...
read moreJapan, US to share fingerprint data online
Law enforcement agencies in Japan and the United States are one step closer to sharing online fingerprint information re...
read moreA pricey pair of cantaloupes
An eager bidder in Japan paid nearly 25,000 dollars for a single pair of cantaloupes today.The eye-watering price came a...
read moreFukushima Update #35 “TEPCO's Sisyphean Struggle Against Tainted Water”
Tokyo Electric Power Company is waging a constant battle to stop highly radioactive water from accumulating in the basem...
read moreTEPCO's Sisyphean Struggle Against Tainted Water
Tokyo Electric Power Company is waging a constant battle to stop highly radioactive water from accumulating in the basem...
read moreDecontamination suspended at Fukushima Daiichi
Tokyo Electric Power Company has been forced to shut down a system to purify contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi...
read moreCourt freezes restart of 2 reactors
A district court in Fukui Prefecture has ordered Kansai Electric Power Company to freeze the restart of two reactors at ...
read moreKansai Electric appeals nuclear restart ban
A power utility in Japan is appealing a court’s ban against it restarting a nuclear plant.A district judge yesterday blo...
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