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Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press) Japan s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako talked online Wednesday with people in Fukushima Prefecture who were severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami as well as the subsequent meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. s crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
The online interaction from the Akasaka Imperial Residence in Tokyo was originally scheduled in February. But it was postponed due to a strong earthquake that hit Fukushima and neighboring Miyagi Prefecture on Feb. 13.
The Imperial couple first had a briefing from Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori on the progress in post-disaster reconstruction work in the northeastern prefecture.
Tepco appoints ex-business lobby chief Kobayashi as new chairman Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi headed the Japan Association of Corporate Executives for four years through 2019. | KYODO
Kyodo Apr 28, 2021
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (Tepco) said Wednesday it has appointed Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, former head of a major business lobby, as its new chairman, in a bid to reconstruct the struggling utility tasked with the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Kobayashi, 74, headed the Japan Association of Corporate Executives for four years through 2019 and now serves as chairman of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. He will assume the post after a general shareholders’ meeting scheduled in late June.
South Korean experts dismiss worries over tainted Fukushima water Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
South Korea university students get their heads shaved in protest against Japan s decision to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on April 20. | REUTERS
Jiji Apr 27, 2021
Seoul – A group of South Korean nuclear experts on Monday dismissed worries about the planned release of treated radioactive water from Japan’s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
World Athletics has rejected an application from American double amputee Blake Leeper to run on particular running-specific prostheses (RSPs), preventing him from competing in the Olympics or World Athletics events.
The governing body said the mechanical passive-elastic carbon-fiber blades gave him a leg length of .
Soccer Apr 27, 2021 The Italian soccer federation (FIGC) said on Monday that clubs who join a breakaway league would be banned from all domestic competitions including the first-division Serie A.
Three Serie A clubs Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan were among 12 major European sides .
Boxing Apr 27, 2021 WBO world super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka had tested positive for doping in December when he defended the title for the second time, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.
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