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Japan Atomic Power Company will pull the plug or Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in the same prefecture. After the accident at Fukushima Daiichi four years ago the government limited Nuclear Reactors to a 40year lifespan unless they meet tougher safety standards. Officials at the ministry of economy, trade and industry have been urging operators to decide what to do with reactors that have already passed that age. The reactors have a relatively small output and the Power Company executives have sugg...

Power plant in fuguekui prefecture. Japan Atomic Power Company will pull the plug or Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in the same prefecture. After the accident at Fukushima Daiichi four years ago the government limited Nuclear Reactors to a 40year lifespan unless they meet tougher safety standards. Officials at the ministry of economy, trade and industry have been urging operators to decide what to do with reactors that have already passed that age. The reactors have a relatively small output and th...

Newsline. Experts with Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority are getting closer to determining whether the only operating Nuclear Plant in the country can keep generating power. They carried out a second inspection at the ohi plant to figure out if an active fault runs beneath the facility. The five member team returned to ohi to inspect a trench the nra had ordered Plant Operator Kansai Electric to double the length of the trench after the first onsite inspection in november. Crews dug it to 100 ...

Welcome to newsline. Its tuesday, december 11th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. The president tried to calm public anger by giving him wide powers. He rejected the call to scrap the referendum on saturday. They called for large scale demonstration on tuesday. Morsis islamist supporters have been besieging a tv station critical of the president. They continue their protest sitin outside the building. Observers in cairo say pro and antimorsi demonstrators are likely to clash once again. Concerns...

Representatives of the Nuclear Watchdog say they will ask Kansai Electric to shut down the plant if inspectors conclude an active fault runs underneath it. Government guidelines ban the construction of key Nuclear Facilities on active faults. Kansai electric executives insist land slips and not a fault caused the fissures below ohi. After fridays inspection, the shik zach shimazaki said they will look for answers. Translator well carefully analyze what we saw today. It wont be an easy task deter...

Welcome to newsline. Its tuesday, december 11th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. The president tried to calm public anger by giving him wide powers. He rejected the call to scrap the referendum on saturday. They called for large scale demonstration on tuesday. Morsis islamist supporters have been besieging a tv station critical of the president. They continue their protest sitin outside the building. Observers in cairo say pro and antimorsi demonstrators are likely to clash once again. Coerns a...

On the other, theyre reaffirming their support for opposition forces. Nhk worlds akira saheki reports. Reporter delegates from more than 60 countries are attending the conference, including representatives from the gulf region and the west. Theyve met several times before, but this is the first time theyve gathered in asia. The japanese government hosted the conference to help broaden the base of International Support for sanctions against syria. Translator the International Community has been a...

Representatives of nations putting the squeeze on the Syrian Government have met all over the world. Their latest gathering brought them here to japan. The delegates worked on their strategy to push president Bashar Al Assad out of office and ultimately end the bloodshed. On one hand, theyre strengthening sanctions. On the other, theyre reaffirming their support for opposition forces. Nhk worlds akira saheki reports. Reporter delegates from more than 60 countries are attending the conference, in...

In order to increase the share of nuclear in Japan’s energy mix from the current 5% to 20–22%, the country will need to restart 11.4...

Hokuriku Sanken, or the three prefectures of Hokuriku region, sit in the central northern area of Japan’s mainland facing the Sea of Japan.