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Tests of Fukushima wastewater release facility spark outcry

STORY: Tests of Fukushima wastewater release facility spark outcry DATELINE: June 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): TOSHIKO OKADA, Member of a citizens' group 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): MUKAI, Sanya Labor Center member 5. screenshots of netizens' comments 6. various of Japan STORYLINE: The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun testing the equipment to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific amid fierce opposition from home and abroad. Fears of nuclear contamination are growing, as many are worried that the environmental impact will be irreversible and can not be tested. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party "Radioactive materials, once discharged, cannot be retrieved, so they must be intensively managed. Such materials would be beyond management i

Japan should have correct understanding of China: Chinese ambassador

STORY: Japan should have correct understanding of China: Chinese ambassador DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): WU JIANGHAO, Chinese Ambassador to Japan 3. various of the press conference 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): WU JIANGHAO, Chinese Ambassador to Japan STORYLINE: Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao said on Friday that Japan should have a correct understanding of China from the root and truly promote the stable development of bilateral relations with a constructive attitude. Wu made the remarks at a press conference held at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): WU JIANGHAO, Chinese Ambassador to Japan "Japan should have a correct understanding of China from the root, adopt strategic independence, understand the trend of the times, and truly promote the stable development of bilateral relations with a constructive attitude." Regarding the Taiwan question, the am

New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023.

Culture award recipient painter Kataoka dies at 103

TOKYO, Japan - Tamako Kataoka (in file photo taken Sept. 2001), a Japanese-style painter awarded with the Order of Culture, died Jan. 16 of acute heart failure at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture, her family said Jan. 21. She was 103.

Western-style beauty salon pioneer Mei Ushiyama dies at 96

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Ushiyama (in file photo taken in December 2004), a pioneer of Japanese beauty salons and cosmetics, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 13, her family said on Dec. 16. She was 96.

Kin of abductees form international solidarity group

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives of people kidnapped by North Korean agents formed an international group on Dec. 10 to work together on a range of activities including realizing the release of abductees and demanding compensation from Pyongyang.

Iizuka named as new head of group of abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (R), vice chairman of the group of relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 24 after he was named as the group's new leader to replace Shigeru Yokota (2nd from R). Yokota's daughter Megumi was kidnapped by Pyongyang in 1977 when she was 13, while Iizuka is an elder brother of Yaeko Taguchi, who was taken to N. Korea in 1978 when she was 22.

Ex-abductee Soga voices gratitude for support

SADO, Japan - Former abductee Hitomi Soga speaks at a news conference in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17 as she marks the fifth anniversary of her repatriation from North Korea. Soga and four other Japanese abductees, abducted by North Korean agents in three separate cases in 1978 from Niigata and Fukui prefectures, were repatriated to Japan on Oct. 15, 2002.

Kin ask gov't to seek early resolution of N. Korea abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura (2nd L) meets with the parents of Megumi Yokota and relatives of other Japanese abducted to North Korea at the prime minister's office on Oct. 5 where the families urged the government to seek an early resolution to the abduction issue. Sitting opposite to Machimura are Megumi's father Shigeru Toyota (4th R) and his wife Sakie (3rd R).

Writer, antiwar activist Makoto Oda dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Oda (file photo taken in December, 2004), a Japanese writer who led the antiwar movements against the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, died on July 30 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 75. He had revealed in April he was battling a terminal phase of cancer.

(2)Families express thanks for release of kin

TOKYO, Japan - Member of the families of three Japanese hostages released in Iraq bow in a gesture of appreciation and apology at a news conference in Tokyo on April 16.

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