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  • Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear wastewater is discharged into ocean

    Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear wastewater is discharged into ocean

    Aug 30, 2023 08:54 PM EDT

    ... week was serving Korean fish, whose demands have fallen due to concern about the impact of the release of the wastewater from the Fukushima plant.Japan’s Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory on Sunday urging Japanese citizens to use extra caution in China, citing an escalation of harassments and ...

  • Japan calls on China to ask citizens to stop harassment in wake of Fukushima wastewater discharge

    Japan calls on China to ask citizens to stop harassment in wake of Fukushima wastewater discharge

    Aug 28, 2023 05:48 PM EDT

    ... and stone throwing have targeted Japan's embassy and consulates and Japanese schools in China, while China's government has not responded to requests from Japan for a joint scientific discussion of the release by experts, Kishida said. He said the Japanese plan is seen by many countries as scientific ...

  • Japan's neighbors share fear and frustration over radioactive water release

    Japan's neighbors share fear and frustration over radioactive water release

    Aug 24, 2023 06:28 PM EDT

    During lunch hour, some residents rushed to Japanese restaurants and supermarkets to have what they called their last “safe” sushi meals. Housewife Vivian Li said she would stop eating aquatic products from Japan after finishing her sushi lunch. Li said she likes eating Japanese food but she had to make ...

  • Biden reaches deal with Japan and South Korea to strengthen military coordination

    Biden reaches deal with Japan and South Korea to strengthen military coordination

    Aug 18, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    Mike Mochizuki: OK, well, what China will do is most likely engage in gray zone behavior, engage in more military exercises in Japan -- Japan's neighborhood with Russia, and will be less of a constraining force on North Korea in terms of the development of its nuclear weapons program. And ...

  • WATCH: U.S., Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties amid China, North Korea tensions

    WATCH: U.S., Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties amid China, North Korea tensions

    Aug 18, 2023 02:27 PM EDT

    ... show that a solid majority of South Koreans oppose Yoon’s handling of the forced labor issue that’s been central to mending relations with Japan. And many in Japan fear that bolstering security cooperation will lead the country into an economic Cold War with China, its biggest trading partner ...

  • Ambassador Rahm Emanuel outlines goals of Biden's summit with Japan and South Korea

    Ambassador Rahm Emanuel outlines goals of Biden's summit with Japan and South Korea

    Aug 17, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... six weeks ago, he's in Vilnius, Lithuania, brings Sweden and Finland into the NATO family. Six weeks later, at Camp David, he's bringing Japan and Korea into the kind of strategic formulation. Both are major diplomatic efforts. And the goal is to actually see that we have more ...

  • Fears rise over Japan’s upcoming release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater

    Fears rise over Japan’s upcoming release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater

    Aug 05, 2023 09:35 PM EDT

    China is the biggest buyer of seafood exports from Japan, and in South Korea, people have been panic buying sea salt because of fears the product could be contaminated once the water starts being released. But a two-year independent safety review gave the green light for the plan. The ...

  • U.S. military chief lauds Japan's defense spending increase to combat rising threats from North Korea, China

    U.S. military chief lauds Japan's defense spending increase to combat rising threats from North Korea, China

    Jul 14, 2023 09:32 PM EDT

    ... in the next 10 to 15 years," Milley said. That "could become very unstable; it could become very dangerous, and I think having a powerful Japan, a militarily capable Japan that has a close alliance with the United States and other countries, will go a long way to deterring war ...

  • Japan's top court says government restrictions on transgender employee's use of restrooms illegal

    Japan's top court says government restrictions on transgender employee's use of restrooms illegal

    Jul 11, 2023 11:47 PM EDT

    TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee's use of restrooms at her workplace are illegal, in a landmark decision that could promote the rights of LGBTQ+ people in a country without legal protections for them. It ...

  • South Korean opposition party rebukes IAEA chief over Japan's plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

    South Korean opposition party rebukes IAEA chief over Japan's plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

    Jul 09, 2023 03:50 PM EDT

    ... New Zealand later on Sunday and would then travel to the Cook Islands as he further tries to reassure countries in the region about the Japanese plans. Hundreds of demonstrators had also marched in downtown Seoul on Saturday demanding that Japan scrap its plans. A massive earthquake and tsunami in ...

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