Japan Japan switches nuclear power back on four years after Fukushima Japan has switched on its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster four years ago. The government shut all its plants after the 2011 11/08/2015
Japan Nagasaki: marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb A bell tolled and there was a minute’s silence to mark the moment 70 years ago when the Japanese city of Nagasaki was obliterated by an atomic bomb 09/08/2015
Japan Hundreds rally against security bills as Nagasaki marks bomb anniversary As Nagasaki marks the 70th anniversary of its atomic bombing, hundreds have attended a rally to protest planned security bills, which they say could 09/08/2015
Japan Japan holds ceremony to mark 70 years since devastating Nagasaki atomic bomb Japan has marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb that devastated the city of Nagasaki with a ceremony attended by Japanese dignitaries 09/08/2015
Germany Sea Shepherd activists convicted of disrupting whale hunt A Faroe Islands court has convicted five members of the Sea Shepherd conservation group of disrupting a regional whale hunt. They were arrested in 08/08/2015
Japan Hiroshima holds 70th memorial of atomic tragedy Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park has seen the entire Japanese political class and friends from abroad turn out for a memorial service for the city 06/08/2015
Japan Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima bomb with call for nuclear disarmament In Japan residents and dignitaries in Hiroshima have been marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb in 1945 that resulted in around 140 000 06/08/2015
Japan Hiroshima 70 years on: Survivors remember horror of nuclear bomb Thursday marks 70 years since the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It killed around 140,000 people in the Japanese city by the end of 1945. The only 05/08/2015
Japan Hiroshima, Nagasaki survivors 70 years later August 1945. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese towns. One on Hiroshima on August 6th; another fell on Nagasaki three days later 04/08/2015
Japan Company hails breakthrough in Fukushima nuclear clear-up The company that operates the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, says it has managed to remove a 20-ton fuel handling machine from one of the 03/08/2015
Japan Head of failed bitcoin company arrested in Japan It was once the world’s biggest exchange company for the virtual Bitcoin currency. Now Mount Gox is no more and its head has been arrested in Tokyo 01/08/2015
Japan Crew member missing after ferry fire off Japanese coast One crew member is missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Everyone else onboard was rescued after 01/08/2015
Japan Small plane crash in Tokyo suburb leaves three dead Three people have been killed when a light plane crashed into a residential area of Tokyo. Firefighters battled burning houses after the five-seater 26/07/2015
Sport Tokyo unveil 2020 Olympics emblems The official emblems for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled in Japan’s capital exactly five years before the Games begin. The emblems represent 24/07/2015