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
Welcome to newsline. Its tuesday, december 11th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. The president tried to calm public anger by giving him wide powers. He rejected the call to scrap the referendum on saturday. They called for large scale demonstration on tuesday. Morsis islamist supporters have been besieging a tv station critical of the president. They continue their protest sitin outside the building. Observers in cairo say pro and antimorsi demonstrators are likely to clash once again. Concerns are rising the military may interfere in the event of any confrontation. Shouting slogans and holding up signs. Kyoto professor Shinya Yamanaka has collected his medal for this years nobel prize in physiology and medicine. For their work with stem cells that can be programmed to become cells in a human body. Shefed his medal in a ceremony hall. Yamanaka was introduced as someone who has provided the world with an invaluable method of developing therapies. Swedens King Carl Gustov xvi awarded hi
Welcome to newsline. Its tuesday, december 11th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. The president tried to calm public anger by giving him wide powers. He rejected the call to scrap the referendum on saturday. They called for large scale demonstration on tuesday. Morsis islamist supporters have been besieging a tv station critical of the president. They continue their protest sitin outside the building. Observers in cairo say pro and antimorsi demonstrators are likely to clash once again. Coerns are rising the military may interfere in the event of any confrontation. Shouting slogans and holding up signs. Kyoto professor Shinya Yamanaka has collected his medal for this years nobel prize in physiology and medicine. For their work with stem cells that can be programmed to become cells in a human body. Shefed his medal in a ceremony hall. Yamanaka was introduced as someone who has provided the world with an invaluable method of developing therapies. Swedens King Carl Gustov xvi awarded him
Kilometres. They are preparing to put a launch in service. Last year they tested the ballistic missile. Its capable of reaching most regions in asia and part of europe. Commanders have been trying to improve their missile capability in the face of competition from pakistan and china. Chinese authorities have tested out a jumbo cargo plane made in china. It runs 47 metres long. It can fly nonstop for 7,800 kilometers. It can carry more than 60 kinds of cargo. Staterunneme media says the airplane runs better than the jumbo model currently in use. The report says its on par with a cargo plane used by the u. S. Military, the c17 globemaster. China is the fourth nation to develop a jumbo cargo plane after the u. S. , russia and the ukraine. The russia and ukranian planes used technology inherited from the soviet era. Satellite was launched for National Security and other purposes. The rocket blasted off from tanagashi space center in southern japan. The satellite went into orbit around the