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Japan confirms 50-year old Japanese detained in Beijing
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about this story: https://sc.mp/a34v The Japanese government has called for the release of one of its nationals arrested in Beijing. Tokyo confirmed on October 19, 2023, that the 50-year old Japanese was detained in March. Chinese authorities said the man was suspected of engaging in espionage, but neither China nor Japan has disclosed details…
American tourists flock to Japan to take advantage of weak yen, strong US dollar
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more like this story: https://sc.mp/6chj A strong US dollar, thanks to recent jumps in American interest rates, has raised the spending power of Americans abroad. US tourists have been flocking to traditionally expensive countries like Japan, keen to take advantage of the weak Japanese yen. Even as the US Federal Reserve and other global central…
Japan tests Fukushima fish daily to quell safety concerns
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more Fukushima-related stories: https://sc.mp/z3tl In a bid to quell safety concerns, Japan’s fisheries agency has been testing fish caught off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture daily since the country began releasing treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea in August. Related story: Japan’s WTO complaint plan over Fukushima seafood ban…
Japan reports wave of Chinese phone harassment after Fukushima discharge
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Related story: https://sc.mp/7a7355 Tokyo has urged Beijing to “ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China” after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima waste water. While Japan insists the release of the treated water is safe, a view backed by the UN’s nuclear watchdog, China has…
Japan says no radiation detected in seawater off Fukushima
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Related story: https://sc.mp/afcb53 Japan officials announced that no radioactivity was detected in tests conducted on seawater off the Fukushima power plant on August 23, 2023. The announcement came three days after Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the Daiichi nuclear plant. On the same day, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) organised its first media tour…
Why nearly 100,000 people left Japan to move to North Korea
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Between 1959 and 1984, about 94,000 people abandoned their lives in Japan to pursue fresh starts in North Korea. Almost all of them were ethnic Koreans who had ties to a prominent pro-North Korean lobby. Referred to as Zainichi Koreans – a Japanese word for foreign nationals “staying in Japan” – the group faced discrimination in…
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