NRA makes new reactor safety regimen official

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sanae Takaichi, policy chief of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, on Tuesday tried to clarify her earlier remarks that drew criticism for seeming to make light of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday officially decided on Japan's new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing recurrences of disasters like the one at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011. The new ...

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, June 19 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Kyocera aims to expand global mobile phone sales by 9% in FY 2013 OSAKA - Kyocera Corp. aims to expand global sales of its mobile phones by 9 percent to 12 ...

Otani pitches, bats in same game for first time as NPB rookie Kyodo Online: Jun 19, 2013 Print: Jun 19, 2013 Last Modfied: Jun 19, 2013 HIROSHIMA Hokkaido Nippon Ham rookie right-hander Shohei Otani made his debut pitching and batting in ...

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, June 18 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Japanese repatriates from N. Korea tour childhood neighborhoods CHONGJIN, North Korea - A group of former Japanese residents in what is now North Korea on ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Questioning of three death row inmates as witnesses in the trial of Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, is to take place in open court, the Tokyo District Court said Monday. The questioning of death row ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Kyodo) -- The leaders of the Group of Eight countries called Monday for decisive action to nurture a sustainable recovery as they gathered for a summit in Northern Ireland to discuss ways to spur the world economy. ...

WARSAW (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterparts from Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia agreed in Warsaw on Sunday to deepen cooperation in the field of energy, including nuclear power and renewables. In a ...

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The town of Futaba, from which all residents evacuated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, moved its town office Monday to Iwaki, Fukushima ...