Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice is planted in a paddy on May 23, 2025, in the Nagadoro area of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, which saw partial lifting in 2023 of the evacuation instruction imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. If the planted rice clears safety tests for radioactive materials when harvested, the Nagadoro area would be able to ship rice to the market for the first time since the nuclear disaster.

Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice is planted in a paddy on May 23, 2025, in the Nagadoro area of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, which saw partial lifting in 2023 of the evacuation instruction imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. If the planted rice clears safety tests for radioactive materials when harvested, the Nagadoro area would be able to ship rice to the market for the first time since the nuclear disaster.

Honda Motor's improper vehicle testing

Honda Motor's improper vehicle testing

Honda Motor Co. President Toshihiro Mibe holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 3, 2024, after the company improperly obtained vehicle certifications for about 4.35 million vehicles by conducting safety and noise tests in ways not specified by the government since 2009.

CORRECTED: Mazda Motor's improper vehicle testing

CORRECTED: Mazda Motor's improper vehicle testing

Mazda Motor Corp. President Masahiro Moro holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 3, 2024, after the company improperly obtained vehicle certifications for five car models by conducting safety tests in ways not specified by the government.

CORRECTED: Mazda Motor's improper vehicle testing

CORRECTED: Mazda Motor's improper vehicle testing

Mazda Motor Corp. President Masahiro Moro bows in apology after the company improperly obtained vehicle certifications for five car models by conducting safety tests in ways not specified by the government during a press conference in Tokyo on June 3, 2024.

Toyota's improper vehicle testing

Toyota's improper vehicle testing

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 3, 2024, after the company improperly obtained vehicle certifications for seven models of car by conducting safety tests in ways not specified by the government.

Toyota's improper vehicle testing

Toyota's improper vehicle testing

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 3, 2024, after the company improperly obtained vehicle certifications for seven models of car by conducting safety tests in ways not specified by the government.

Daihatsu Shiga factory partially resumes production

Daihatsu Shiga factory partially resumes production

A Daihatsu Motor Co. employee heads to a factory in Ryuo in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on March 18, 2024, as production partially resumes after it was suspended in December 2023 due to improper vehicle safety tests that hit the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp.

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (back, 2nd from R) meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

Food Safety Inspection

Food Safety Inspection

HAIAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - Market supervisors use fast inspection equipment to conduct safety tests on cooking oil and other food at a supermarket in Haian, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 1, 2024.

Food Safety Inspection

Food Safety Inspection

HAIAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - Market supervisors use fast inspection equipment to conduct safety tests on cooking oil and other food at a supermarket in Haian, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 1, 2024.

Food Safety Inspection

Food Safety Inspection

HAIAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - Market supervisors use fast inspection equipment to conduct safety tests on cooking oil and other food at a supermarket in Haian, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 1, 2024.

CHINA-CHANGSHA-LIUYANG-FIREWORKS (CN)

CHINA-CHANGSHA-LIUYANG-FIREWORKS (CN)

(240130) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member tests a new firework product in Dayao Town of Liuyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 30, 2024. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, firework companies in Dayao Town ramped up production to meet the market demand while strengthening production safety. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

IKEDA, Japan Kyodo - Officials from the Japanese transport ministry enter Daihatsu Motor Co.'s headquarters in Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2023, to conduct a search after revelations that most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests. (Kyodo)

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry arrive to search Daihatsu Motor Co.'s headquarters in Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2023, after revelations that most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests.

Daihatsu to stop all vehicle shipments over improper safety testing

TOKYO, Dec. 20 Kyodo - Daihatsu Motor Co. said Wednesday it will stop all shipments at home and abroad after the Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary found most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests. The move comes after the minivehicle maker acknowledged earlier this year data-rigging in collision tests for six of its models, including those sold in Thailand and Malaysia. A third-party panel it has set up identified 174 new counts of misconduct across 25 vehicle test items in addition to those already discovered, with the oldest one dating back to 1989, Daihatsu said, adding that it reported the findings to the transport ministry. (Kyodo)

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry arrive to search Daihatsu Motor Co.'s headquarters in Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2023, after revelations that most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests.

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry arrive to search Daihatsu Motor Co.'s headquarters in Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2023, after revelations that most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests.

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry enter Daihatsu Motor Co.'s headquarters in Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2023, to conduct a search after revelations that most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests.

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Daihatsu headquarters raided over safety scandal

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry arrive to search Daihatsu Motor Co.'s headquarters in Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2023, after revelations that most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests.

Chinese company tests jetpack that can fly 4 kilometers

STORY: Chinese company tests jetpack that can fly 4 kilometers DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flying trials of a jetpack product of Guangdong XPeng Aeroht STORYLINE: A Chinese company has tested a jetpack that can fly up to 200 meters high and 4 kilometers far in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, on Thursday. The jetpack, developed by Guangdong XPeng Aeroht, is the brainchild of Liu Dongsheng, an expert working for the company. Liu said the jetpack could perform various maneuvers such as moving in any direction, turning and braking, with a full tank of fuel. However, the flight time was only 3 to 5 minutes. He demonstrated the jetpack by flying no higher than three meters during the test, citing safety concerns. Claiming that the engine ignition time had been reduced to 18 seconds, the inventor said he had been improving the jetpack in the past few years, aiming to make it safer, lighter and

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

Road Traffic Safety

Road Traffic Safety

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JUNE 3, 2023 - Traffic police conduct alcohol tests on motorists passing by in Huai 'an, East China's Jiangsu Province, June 3, 2023.

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-BUILDING SAFETY

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-BUILDING SAFETY

(230302) -- ISTANBUL, March 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member conducts tests to measure the safety of a building in Istanbul, Türkiye, Feb. 23, 2023. TO GO WITH:"Roundup: Istanbul launches program to check buildings' safety following deadly quakes" (Xinhua/Shadati)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-TRAIN-MAINTENANCE-SPRING FESTIVAL TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-TRAIN-MAINTENANCE-SPRING FESTIVAL TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(230117) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member tests devices inside a bullet train cockpit at the Changsha West bullet train maintenance base in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 17, 2023. Staff members at the Changsha West bullet train maintenance base have been performing tasks during the first Spring Festival travel rush since the facility opened at the end of 2022. Using a digital and smart safety interlock monitoring system, the base has realized intelligent monitoring of bullet train operation with fewer workload and safety risks. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

Japan arborist aims to deepen understanding of forestry

Japan arborist aims to deepen understanding of forestry

IIDA, Japan - Photo taken June 8, 2014, in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, shows Hideharu Matsuoka, a Japanese arborist who has won his second national championship in a row. The competition tests the tree-care techniques and safety consciousness of tree-climbers.

Dreamliner probe

Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Takamatsu airport, western Japan, on April 8, 2013. The Japan Transport Safety Board, which is investigating a battery-related incident onboard the grounded aircraft, began conducting tests.

Japan's nuclear stress tests consistent with IAEA standards

Japan's nuclear stress tests consistent with IAEA standards

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons (L), nuclear installation safety director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, hands a report to Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Director General Hiroyuki Fukano (R) in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The report by an IAEA fact-finding team led by Lyons says Japan's nuclear safety tests are generally consistent with IAEA safety standards. The IAEA delegation reviewed Japan's so-called nuclear ''stress tests'' introduced after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons, who leads a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, speaks during its first meeting with Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31. Lyons is director of the IAEA's Nuclear Installation Safety Division.

IAEA team meets with Japan nuclear agency officials

IAEA team meets with Japan nuclear agency officials

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Kuroki (far L), deputy director-general for nuclear power at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, speaks in the agency's first meeting with a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31.

Fukushima firms advised to put safety labels on products

Fukushima firms advised to put safety labels on products

NEW YORK, United States - Visitors view products from Fukushima Prefecture at the official residence of the Japanese consul-general in New York on Dec. 1, 2011. During a meeting earlier in the day, internationally active Japanese companies advised Fukushima Prefecture firms to put labels on food and other products to show they had passed safety tests to reassure overseas consumers worried by the impact of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Fukushima firms advised to put safety labels on products

Fukushima firms advised to put safety labels on products

NEW YORK, United States - A businessman from Fukushima Prefecture speaks on damage caused by the March tsunami during a meeting in New York of Fukushima business leaders and representatives of Japanese companies operating in the United States on Dec. 1, 2011. Internationally active Japanese companies advised Fukushima Prefecture firms to put labels on food and other products to show they had passed safety tests to reassure overseas consumers worried by the impact of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Japan policy on resumption of nuclear plants

Japan policy on resumption of nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, Japan's minister in charge of nuclear accidents, leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 11, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, industry minister Banri Kaieda and Hosono at the office before the announcement of the government's policy on resumption of nuclear power plants which requires idled plants to undergo additional safety assessments called ''stress tests.''

Japan policy on resumption of nuclear plants

Japan policy on resumption of nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano announces a government policy on resumption of nuclear power plants during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 11, 2011. He said nuclear plants in Japan must undergo additional safety assessments called ''stress tests,'' and those now idled for regular checkups must pass the first stage of them in order to restart.

Genkai nuclear power plant

Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011.

Genkai nuclear power plant

Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Nos. 2 (back) and 3 (front) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians enter a cow barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to test animals in order determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians enter a cow barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to test animals in order determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians take a blood sample from a cow in a barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians take a blood sample from a cow in a barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

ShinMaywa admits fabrication of safety data without tests

ShinMaywa admits fabrication of safety data without tests

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Kaneki (R), president of ShinMaywa Industries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1 about the company's fabrication of safety test data for small dump trucks.