Justin McCurry Fukushima plant operator Tepco suffers blow to plans to resume at its only operable atomic facility https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/14/japanese-regulator-bans-restart-tepco-nuclear-plant-over-safety-breaches?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20210415&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20Daily

Ben Ascione, Waseda University When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide becomes the first world leader to be hosted by US President Joe Biden on 16 April,...

Mireya Solís On Friday, April 16, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit President Joe Biden at the White House. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/04/13/suga-biden-summit-to-rekindle-can-do-spirit-of-the-us-japan-alliance/

Xu Keyue Liu Caiyu In contrast with the big backlash in the international community especially Japan’s neighboring countries, Washington's indulgence on Tokyo's decision to discharge radioactive...

Japan's unilateral decision to discharge waste water from the Fukushima nuclear complex into the ocean is extremely irresponsible and will seriously damage international public...

Jun Arima, University of Tokyo In March 2021, Japan marked ten years since the 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. All...

 Mari Yamaguchi Japan and Indonesia signed a pact on Tuesday allowing the transfer of Japanese defense equipment and technology to Jakarta as the two countries...

South Korea, Japan and US confirm Thursday morning launch with Japanese saying at least two banned ballistic missiles were fired into sea. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/north-korea-launches-suspected-ballistic-missiles-into-sea

Shuji Hisano, Kyoto University Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s speech at the 204th session of the Diet in January 2021 reaffirmed his pledge to boost exports in...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi that his visit was meant to reaffirm US-Japan ties. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/us-calls-for-deeper-japan-ties-as-china-n-korea-cast-shadow

Hironori Sasada, Hokkaido University The Suga administration recently submitted a bill to revise Japan’s Act on Special Measures to Facilitate Investment in Agricultural Corporations. The bill aims...

Michael Jonathan Green, Nicholas Szechenyi March 11 marks the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident that caused widespread damage along...

Michael Penn Tens of thousands were evacuated after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, and many still worry about the risks of...

This Thursday Japan commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake triple disaster. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck northeast Japan’s...

Tatsujiro Suzuki, Nagasaki University This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. On the surface, Japan seems to have learned a tough...

Florentine Koppenborg Ten years after the world watched the explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan’s pro-nuclear advocates have lost policy implementation power. As...