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KEPCO: 2 online Oi reactors meet new safety...
The Oi nuclear power plant, with the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors in the foreground (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Kansai Electric Power Co. has concluded that the nation's only operating reactors, the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at its Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, comply with...
Mandiant goes viral after China hacking report
Mandiant goes viral after China hacking report (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Cybersecurity company Mandiant Corp won plaudits from its peers and made front-page news around the world this week when it published a report that purportedly traced a series...
EDITORIAL: Report on Otsu teen's suicide offers...
Otsu Mayor Naomi Koshi, left, and members of the independent committee that has made an inquiry into the suicide of a 13-year-old junior high school student at a news conference on Jan. 31 (Yuki Nakazato)
An independent committee investigating the suicide of a 13-year-old junior high school student in Otsu who was brutally bullied by classmates has released a report criticizing...
China: Don't mention Taiwan water cannon clashes
A flotilla of fishing boats from Taiwan, including Taiwanese patrol vessels and Japan Coast Guard ships, head for Uotsurishima, one of the Senkaku Islands, at 7:47 a.m. on Sept. 25. (The Asahi Shimbun)
BEIJING—People in China are hearing a filtered account of the water cannon clashes off the Senkakus, after China's Communist Party imposed restrictions on some reporting of...
Fukushima probe panel urges new disaster prevention ...
The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 24, 2011 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A government-appointed inquiry into Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis raised doubts on July 23 about whether other atomic plants were prepared for massive disasters despite new...
ANALYSIS: Concerned about Fukushima compensation,...
TEPCO Executive Vice President Masao Yamazaki, center, at a June 20 news conference with other company officials (Naoko Kawamura)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. admitted it wasn’t prepared for the size of the tsunami last year. But it blamed the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency for failing to give...
Japan utility admits flaws worsened tsunami crisis
TEPCO's press conference on June 20 about its final report on the disaster (The Asahi Shimbun)
The operator of the Japanese nuclear plant devastated last year by a tsunami has issued a final report on the disaster, outlining organizational and communication problems that ...
China probe: Quick burial of wrecked trains is...
The front rail car of a train that rammed into another on an elevated track in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, is abandoned in a hole in a vegetable field on July 24, the day after the accident. (Atsushi Okudera)
SHANGHAI--A Chinese government report released Dec. 28 said that burying a wrecked train car on the accident site is a routine practice.
S. Korean paper revises headline on March 11...
The original front page featuring coverage of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami published by the JoongAng Ilbo, a South Korean daily, is shown on the left and the revised version on the right. (Kim Soonhi)
SEOUL--One of South Korea's leading daily newspapers, the JoongAng Ilbo, has published a revised version of its front-page coverage of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami,...
EDITORIAL: Fukushima report highlights crisis...
A report on an investigation into the Fukushima nuclear disaster has made us wonder if the operator of the crippled plant put blind faith in the facility because of the "safety ...
BOJ report: Economic recovery up in 5 regions
Five of the nine regions in Japan saw signs of economic recovery for the previous three months, according to the October Regional Economic Report released on Oct. 20 by the...
POINT OF VIEW/ Zhong Wei: China to become regional...
Zhong Wei (Provided by Nomura Research Institute)
The relative importance of the Chinese economy and currency has increased further in the wake of the global financial crisis.
POINT OF VIEW/ Yuji Miura: Responding to Asia's...
Asia has a huge demand for infrastructure. The Japanese government needs to strengthen its mid- to long-term support for policy and system reform to the governments of Asian...
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