A new "urban mining" campaign aims to extract valuable metals from used smart phones, televisions and computers. The goal is to reduce Japan’s dependence on foreign suppliers and shaky supply chains.
Japan on Tuesday (Aug 9) marked the 77th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki city, with addresses at the ceremony heavy with warnings of the growing possibility of nuclear proliferation and worsening clashes of conventional forces around the globe. "The use of nuclear weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused a humanitarian catastrophe unique in history," UN Secretary General.
The new Japanese leader now has sufficient political clout to revise the country's constitution a long-held ambition of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead during the election campaign.
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