Sendai nuclear plant to begin commercial operation Sept 10 AUG. 30, 2015 - 06:21AM JST ( 0 ) Kyushu Electric Power Co says the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture will begin commercial operation on Sept 10. Earlier this month, Kyushu Electric began the restart of the Sendai plant, the first of Japan's reactors to begin operation under new safety… Read
Kamakura library offers itself as refuge for emotionally troubled youths NATIONAL AUG. 30, 2015 - 05:52AM JST ( 2 COMMENTS ) Though summer vacation is a lot shorter in Japan than it is in the U.S., most students here aren’t exactly itching to go back to school once it’s done. Even worse, since it falls in… Read
Protesters block inspection of waste disposal site in Miyagi NATIONAL AUG. 29, 2015 - 03:34PM JST ( 15 COMMENTS ) A group of about 200 local residents in Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, on Friday blocked a team from the Environment Ministry as it arrived to inspect a candidate site for storing contaminated waste from the stricken… Read
New law requires companies to set goals in hiring female execs NATIONAL AUG. 29, 2015 - 03:28PM JST ( 39 COMMENTS ) Japanese lawmakers passed a law Friday requiring large employers to set and publicize targets for hiring or promoting women as managers. The law approved by a vote of 230-1 in the House of Councillors is…Read
Gov't to introduce full-body scanners at Narita, Haneda, Kansai airports NATIONAL AUG. 29, 2015 - 06:10AM JST ( 43 COMMENTS ) The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to introduce full-body scanners at airports across Japan in October in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The ministry said the first airports to get the… Read
University students stage hunger strike over security bills NATIONAL AUG. 28, 2015 - 05:15PM JST ( 46 COMMENTS ) A group of Tokyo university students have staged a rare hunger strike in front of Japan's parliament as they protest against security bills that critics fear would drag the country into foreign wars. The move… Read
High school students form union to fight 'black baito' companies NATIONAL AUG. 28, 2015 - 03:31PM JST ( 41 COMMENTS ) Five Japanese high school students have formed a union to fight companies that take advantage of part-time workers. The students have coined the term "black baito" ("baito" or "arubaito" which means part-time work). The expression… Read
Japanese toilet giant flipping open lid on new museum NATIONAL AUG. 28, 2015 - 06:57AM JST ( 17 COMMENTS ) Japan's leading toilet giant opens a new museum this week dedicated to a century of lavatories, from its first water flushing model to the most cutting edge version with odor-neutralisers and variable water jets. The… Read
Reconstruction of Hotel Okura main building to start next week NATIONAL AUG. 28, 2015 - 06:01AM JST ( 4 COMMENTS ) Tokyo's venerable Hotel Okura is getting a remake, starting next week. Over the course of the past 53 years since its opening on May 20, 1962, the Okura, located in Toranomon, has earned an unsurpassed… Read
5 killed after minivan crashes on Nara bridge NATIONAL AUG. 27, 2015 - 04:00PM JST ( 31 COMMENTS ) Three men and two women, all aged 19, were killed after the minivan they were traveling in flipped over and slammed into the railing of a bridge in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, early Thursday. The accident… Read
Company ordered to suspend business for selling 'British royal baby anniversary coins' NATIONAL AUG. 27, 2015 - 03:10PM JST ( 18 COMMENTS ) The Consumer Affairs Agency has ordered a dealer in coins and precious metals to suspend part of its business operations for 12 months for selling medals as non-existent British royal baby anniversary coins. According to… Read
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