• Japan GSDF resumes Osprey flights near Tokyo

    Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force resumed Thursday flights of its Ospreys near Tokyo, almost four months after suspending them due to a deadly crash of a U.S. military Osprey off a southwestern Japanese island. The move came a week after U.S. forces resumed Osprey operations in Japan following their lifting of

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    Japan: 5.3 magnitude earthquake north of Tokyo

    A medium-sized earthquake, with its epicenter north of Tokyo, has rattled buildings in Japan. No tsunami warning was issued in the aftermath.

  • Japan To Restart World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant

    Japan To Restart World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Japan is stepping up efforts to have local authorities approve the restart of the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility north of Tokyo, Japanese newspaper Niigata Nippo reported on Friday. Next week, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ken Saito, is expected to ask the local governor of the Niigata prefecture to approve the restart of the power...

  • Sellafield nuclear waste dump faces prosecution over cybersecurity failures

    The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has started legal action against the controversial Sellafield nuclear waste facility due to years of alleged cybersecurity breaches. in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

  • Sellafield nuclear waste dump to be prosecuted for alleged cybersecurity offences

    Charges relate to four-year period between 2019 and early 2023, and follow Guardian investigationThe Sellafield nuclear waste dump is to be prosecuted for alleged information technology security offences, the industry watchdog has said.The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on Thursday that it had notified the state-owned Cumbrian nuclear company that it would be prosecuted under industry security regulations. Continue reading

  • What Do Israelis Want; What Do Palestinians Want?

    Israelis and Palestinians want contrary things. Pretending that their wants are reconcilable does not help; it obfuscates reality. Imposing policies not based on reality guarantees failure.

  • Letters to the Editor: Rebecca Grossman doesn't want to be in jail. She should have driven safely then

    To the editor: I read that Rebecca Grossman, convicted of second-degree murder, is alleged by prosecutors to have misbehaved in jail prior to sentencing. She believes the jurors were "bad" and not on her side. Had she followed established laws on observing speed limits, she would not have killed those two children in Westlake Village and had to face a jury. She must not realize that our jury system has been in place since 1630. It must be hard for her to understand that it was her actions that...

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    How ‘Tokyo Vice’ cinematographer Corey Walter faced the challenges of shooting in Japan

    The second season of the critically acclaimed series took to the streets of Tokyo with all its challenges.

  • Japan pledges to launch new dialogue on nuclear material ban treaty

    Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa pledged Monday to launch a new dialogue framework to start negotiations on a multinational treaty banning the production of nuclear materials that have the potential to be used in weapons. With Japan holding the U.N. Security Council's monthly chair for March, Kamikawa said at an

  • Canada can increase role in Indo-Pacific through IPEF: Japan envoy

    The Japanese ambassador to Canada has expressed hope Ottawa will join the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework shortly, as the resource-rich country's participation will further integrate it into the Indo-Pacific region. Canada's potential membership in IPEF "is a positive development and as a resource-rich country it will help strengthen the supply

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    Corner Square Shopping Center owner wants answers after tires illegally dumped on his property

    BATON ROUGE - A mound of 80 tires were dumped onto one shopping center owner's property, and he's been forced to cough up almost $4,000 to clean up a mess that isn't his.Khai Hong, the property owner of the Corner Square Shopping Center off of Florida Boulevard, purchased the shopping center three years ago. When he first took over the property, he was given a welcome gift of a mound of tires dumped onto his property — that gift ended up costing him $750. Tires were dumped onto his...

  • US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution

    UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer’The US and Japan are sponsoring a UN security council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced.Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN security council meeting that “any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be unprecedented, dangerous, and unacceptable.” Continue reading