Nearly 2 million excess deaths followed China’s sudden end of COVID curbs: study

Tokyo, 25 August, /AJMEDIA/ China’s abrupt move to dismantle its strict COVID-19 regime, which unleashed the virus onto its 1.4 billion residents, could have led to nearly 2 million excess… Read more

Beijing fishmongers worry after Fukushima water release

Tokyo, 25 August, /AJMEDIA/ Seafood sellers in Beijing expressed consternation Thursday over Japan’s gradual release of wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. Hours before the release… Read more

Rise in Japan’s unmanned rail stations creating concerns

Tokyo, 25 August, /AJMEDIA/ Amid a declining population, an increasing number of stations on Japan’s local train lines are switching to unmanned operations as railway companies target the bottom line… Read more

Among Japan’s neighbors, fear and frustration over radioactive water release

Tokyo, 25 August, /AJMEDIA/ Seoul office worker Kim Mijeong said she intends to stop eating seafood because she deeply mistrusts the safety of Japan’s release of treated radioactive wastewater into… Read more

Sun-observing spacecraft sheds light on the solar wind’s origin

Tokyo, 25 August, /AJMEDIA/ The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth,… Read more

Japan mulls easing restrictions on lethal weapon exports

Tokyo, 25 August, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government told ruling parties that lethal weapons could be exported for specific non-combat purposes, party members said, as working group discussions resumed Wednesday on… Read more

Japan still faces diplomatic challenge in Fukushima water release

Tokyo, 25 August, /AJMEDIA/ One of Japan’s major challenges in successfully carrying out the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex into the Pacific, that started… Read more