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11 Marzo 2026

15 Years On: 2 GSDF Members Recount Do-or-Die N-Plant Mission

Saitama, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Two members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force have recounted the experience of risking their lives during a hydrogen explosion at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in March 2011. “When the situation becomes
11 Marzo 2026

Govt backs Italy-China joint film production accord

(Adnkronos) – Italian and Chinese companies will be encouraged to team up on joint film projects under an accord that also aims to foster cultural exchange and grow the national film industry after the cabinet approved a bill ratifying and implementing the
11 Marzo 2026

Large Underground Pipe Emerges from Ground in Osaka

Osaka, March 11 (Jiji Press)–A large underground pipe rose about 13 meters from the ground at a construction site in the western Japan city of Osaka on Wednesday. At around 6:50 a.m., police received a call about the pipe protruding from the
11 Marzo 2026

Japan to Release Oil Reserves Mon. at Earliest

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that the government will release its oil reserves as early as Monday amid soaring crude oil prices. Takaichi also said that the government will keep retail gasoline prices around 170 yen
11 Marzo 2026

Japan Helps S. Koreans Evacuate from Middle East

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government-chartered flight carrying South Korean nationals, along with Japanese evacuees from the Middle East, arrived at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Wednesday. This marked the first application of a memorandum of understanding, signed by the
11 Marzo 2026

Japan Marks 15th Anniversary of March 2011 Disaster

Natori, Miyagi Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–People in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. Wednesday, the exact time when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of the northeastern Japan region 15 years ago,
11 Marzo 2026

Switzerland, bus fire, police rule out terrorist act

(Adnkronos) – ”There is no evidence, for the moment,” that the fire on the regular bus in Kerzers, Switzerland, which caused the death of at least six people and the injury of five others, was a terrorist attack. This was stated by
11 Marzo 2026

Rep.Congo, raid on Goma held by M23 militia, many dead

(Adnkronos) – Many people have lost their lives in Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the city controlled by the Rwandan-backed M23 militia was targeted in air attacks that occurred overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. Local
11 Marzo 2026

Italy condoles Switzerland over deadly bus blaze

(Adnkronos) – Italy has sent a message of condolence to Switzerland after a bus caught fire in the western town of Kerzers on Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring five others.  “I express my deepest condolences for the tragic accident
11 Marzo 2026

Nissan Accepts Union’s Wage Hike Demand in Full

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Nissan Motor Co. on Wednesday fully accepted its labor union’s pay increase demand during this year’s “shunto” spring wage negotiations. The struggling Japanese automaker agreed to raise monthly salaries by 10,000 yen, including pay scale increases, and to
11 Marzo 2026

15 Years On: Japan’s Tsunami Evacuation Still Poses Challenges

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–While three northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami have taken the disaster as a learning opportunity, tsunami evacuation measures still have issues. Just last year, residents of Iwate, Miyagi
11 Marzo 2026

Japan Pump Price Tops 160 Yen for 1st Time in 3 Months

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan surpassed 160 yen per liter on average as of Monday for the first time in three months, reflecting higher crude oil prices following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the industry ministry said
11 Marzo 2026

15 Years On: Japan to Push Forward with N-Reactor Restarts

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised to plow ahead with work to restart nuclear reactors, aided by the political dominance of her Liberal Democratic Party and the reduced presence of opposition parties supporting zero nuclear power. Fifteen
11 Marzo 2026

Japan Pump Price Tops 160 Yen for 1st Time in 3 Months

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan surpassed 160 yen per liter on average as of Monday for the first time in three months, reflecting higher crude oil prices following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the industry ministry said
11 Marzo 2026

15 Years On: Fukushima Promotion Lights Up Streets in South Korea

Seoul, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Reconstruction Agency on Monday started screening a promotional video in South Korea highlighting food and tourist sites in Fukushima, a prefecture in northeastern Japan hit by a nuclear accident following a massive earthquake and tsunami 15 years
11 Marzo 2026

Japan Beer, Quasi-Beer Sales Down 11 Pct in Feb.

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Sales of beer and quasi-beer products in Japan shrank by 11 pct from a year earlier in February, estimates based on four major brewers’ data showed Wednesday. The decline in sales volume came after the year-before rise due
11 Marzo 2026

Japan Does Not Currently See Existential Crisis in Hormuz

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government does not consider the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz to constitute a so-called survival-threatening situation that would allow Japan to exercise its collective self-defense right, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. He
11 Marzo 2026

Japan Producer Prices Rise 2.0 Pct in Feb.

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices rose 2.0 pct in February from a year earlier, driven by higher prices for food, beverages and nonferrous metals, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday. The producer price index, which measures the costs of goods
11 Marzo 2026

March 2011 Disaster Victims Remembered in Northeastern Japan

Otsuchi, Iwate Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–Victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami were remembered in the hardest hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the 15th anniversary of the disaster. Along the Pacific coast of
11 Marzo 2026

JR East to Monitor Yamanote Line Pantographs with AI

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co. has said it will launch a trial in April of a system that uses artificial intelligence to monitor pantographs on trains running on its busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo to detect defects in train
11 Marzo 2026

Takeda Named Chair of Japan-South Korea Parliamentarians’ Union

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese interior affairs minister Ryota Takeda was appointed chair of the Japan-South Korea parliamentarians’ union, a suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers promoting ties between the two countries, on Tuesday. Takeda, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic
11 Marzo 2026

G-7 Energy Ministers Voice Readiness to Release Oil Reserves

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Energy ministers from the Group of Seven major countries said in a joint statement on Tuesday that their countries are ready to take necessary measures, including releasing their oil reserves, in response to the deteriorating situation in the
11 Marzo 2026

Nikkei Jumps over 1,200 Points in Early Trade

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose more than 1,200 points in early trading in Tokyo on Wednesday, thanks to buybacks reflecting easing concerns over oil prices and the situation in the Middle East. At 9:17 a.m., the
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