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Fukushima, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori has called for further efforts to rebuild areas affected by the March 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japan prefecture. “We must promote even stronger efforts” in fiscal 2026 to 2030, designated as the

(Adnkronos) – Turkey has stated that the Patriot missile defense system has been deployed in the center of the country, after NATO yesterday intercepted a second ballistic missile launched by Iran into Turkish airspace. “A Patriot system assigned to support the protection

(Adnkronos) – According to three US officials, the Pentagon spent $5.6 billion worth of ammunition in the first two days of its military attack on Iran. The Washington Post reports this, adding that the figure underscores growing alarm on Capitol Hill about

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Concrete pumping trucks that played a crucial role in cooling spent nuclear fuel during the 2011 meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have outlived their use 15 years on. Some

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has begun cutting ethylene production in anticipation of potential raw material supply shortages amid rising tensions in the Middle East, company officials said Tuesday. The Japanese company is now operating an ethylene plant in Chiba

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–A recent survey found that 69.2 pct of the respondents have taken no or only insufficient measures to prepare for possible future disasters similar to the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami. According to the Japanese Red Cross

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–The Defense Ministry plans to deploy long-range surface-to-surface missiles designed to defend remote islands at a Ground Self-Defense Force base in central Japan on March 31, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. According to the ministry, the Hyper Velocity Gliding

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. aims to earn group insurance premium revenues of 5 trillion yen in fiscal 2026, up from 4.3 trillion yen forecast for fiscal 2025, President Hideki Nagashima has said. “Yen-denominated savings insurance products

Beijing, March 10 (Jiji Press)–China has been using its restrictions on fishery product imports from Japan as a diplomatic card against Tokyo, ever since a triple meltdown occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan 15 years ago.

Fukushima, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Supermarket operators are opening new stores in parts of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where residents had been forced to evacuate following a severe nuclear accident caused by a major tsunami that followed a powerful earthquake 15 years ago.