Problem known as Economy Class syndrome. Tweaking the numbers. Japans Mitsubishi Motors admits it falsified test data for 600,000 vehicles. Japans nuclear regulators give the go ahead to extend the life span of two aging reactors throw the operator says it will be years before they come back online. Rescuers continue to scour a village in a mountainous part of southwestern japan even as people brace for more jolts. Authorities say the death toll from last weeks earthquakes in kumamoto rising to 48. Theyre digging through piles of dirt in a bid to find three people who are still missing. And they say the number of those with injuries exceeds 1,000. Officials with the meteorologist Logical Agency are warning people in the area to stay alert. Reporter the seismic activity is continuing. The chief seismologist forecasts heavy rain for thursday and says that means there could be more landslides. More than 100,000 people are taking refuge in cars and other temporary shelters. Translator im f
Japan Atomic Power Company will pull the plug or Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in the same prefecture. After the accident at Fukushima Daiichi four years ago the government limited Nuclear Reactors to a 40year lifespan unless they meet tougher safety standards. Officials at the ministry of economy, trade and industry have been urging operators to decide what to do with reactors that have already passed that age. The reactors have a relatively small output and the Power Company executives have suggested they cant justify the expense of upgrading to meet the new safety requirements. Two other utilities, chugoku electric Power Company and kyushu electric Power Company, plan to decide on wednesday to scrap two of their dated reactors. Currently all of japans commercial Nuclear Reactors remain offline. Officials in vanuatu are counting the cost of a powerful cyclone that hit last week. Cyclone pam tore through the South Pacific islands on friday and saturday. U. N. Officials say 24 people wer
Power plant in fuguekui prefecture. Japan Atomic Power Company will pull the plug or Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in the same prefecture. After the accident at Fukushima Daiichi four years ago the government limited Nuclear Reactors to a 40year lifespan unless they meet tougher safety standards. Officials at the ministry of economy, trade and industry have been urging operators to decide what to do with reactors that have already passed that age. The reactors have a relatively small output and the Power Company executives have suggested they cant justify the expense of upgrading to meet the new safety requirements. Two other utilities, chugoku electric Power Company and kyushu electric Power Company, plan to decide on wednesday to scrap two of their dated reactors. Currently all of japans commercial Nuclear Reactors remain offline. Officials in vanuatu are counting the cost of a powerful cyclone that hit last week. Cyclone pam tore through the South Pacific islands on friday and saturda
Mission at age 45 is encouraging others to take on new challenges. The operators of two Japanese Nuclear plants say they will scrap three aging reactors. Its the first time any reactors, apart from those at Fukushima Daiichi, have been targeted for dismantzleing since the Nuclear Disaster four years ago. Members of Kansai Electric Power Companys board met to discuss the me hama plant in central japan. They agreed to decommission reactors number one and number two. President makoto yagi then reported the decision to fukui governor nishikawa. Translator the company must ensure residents can lead safe and sound lives. If the board of Japan Atomic Power Company decided to scrap the number one reactors at tsuruga plant also in fukui. The three reactors are all at least 40 years old. Thats the operational age limit the japanese government set after the Nuclear Accident in fukushima. The utilities would have had to clear tighter inspection to extend their reactors lifespan. Two other utilitie
Children in some parts of japan are bidding farewell to their schools. Theyre closing down due to the shrinking population. Authorities and experts are looking for clues after a german jetliner crashed into the french alps. They fear all 100 people who were on board are dead. Theyre hoping information from the flight data recorder will reveal what happened. Nhk world reports. Reporter the plane was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf on tuesday morning. The airbus a320 was operated by lufthansas budget carrier germanwings. 144 passengers and 6 crew members, were on board. About an hour into the flight the plane crashed into a mountainside. Police and firefighters used helicopters to search the area until sunset. The plane was flying at 38,000 feet when it lost altitude and rapidly descended for eight minutes. The aircraft lost contact with the control tower after it came to an altitude of 6,000 feet. For the time being we say its an accident. Theres nothing more that we can say righ