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Pacific islanders join protest of Japan's release of radioactive wastewater into sea
Aug 25, 2023 08:14Pacific islanders have voiced concern over Japan's controversial Fukushima radioactive wastewater discharge, alongside other worried regional countries, China in particular.
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Defying criticisms, Japan begins releasing radioactive Fukushima water
Aug 24, 2023 09:11Japan has begun releasing radioactive treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, amid widespread opposition to the move by regional countries, particularly China.
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N Korea warns of ‘thermonuclear war’, slams US deals with S Korea, Japan
Aug 22, 2023 10:07North Korea has warned of a “thermonuclear war” as the potential outcome of recent trilateral deals reached at the US Camp David presidential retreat to further boost ties between Washington, Seoul and Tokyo while slamming huge annual war games between US and South Korean forces.
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Japan PM throws weight behind JCPOA, ready to help its revival
Aug 07, 2023 12:09Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Tokyo supports the talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and is ready to help the sides in this regard.
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FM pursuing case of blocked funds in Japan: Spokesman
Aug 07, 2023 09:24Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the Islamic Republic is pursuing the release of Iranian funds frozen in Japan due to US sanctions, adding that Tokyo has repeatedly announced its readiness to repatriate them.
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NATO provocations among root causes of Ukraine war: Iran's FM
Aug 07, 2023 05:42Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has highlighted Iran’s efforts towards a political settlement to the Ukraine crisis, blaming the conflict on the US-led NATO military alliance and its provocations.
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Iran FM, chemical attack survivors visit Japan on Hiroshima Day
Aug 07, 2023 02:55Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and a group of survivors of chemical weapons, used during the 1980s Iraqi-imposed war, have visited Japan as the East Asian country remembers the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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On Hiroshima bombing anniv., Iran says US unfit to lead nuclear disarmament
Aug 06, 2023 09:01Tehran has lashed out at the US as the only country using nuclear weapons and massacring hundreds of thousands in Japan as well as being the key supporter of the nuke-armed Israeli regime while still purporting to advocate global nuclear disarmament.
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Hiroshima mayor slams nuclear deterrence claims as ‘folly’, marking US nuking of city
Aug 06, 2023 08:57Hiroshima mayor has slammed the nuclear deterrence claims of world's Western powers as "folly" while Japan marks the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing on the city that massacred nearly 140,000 people and has never apologized for the major crime.
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Typhoon Khanun kills two in Japan as 166,000 homes lose power
Aug 03, 2023 03:10Two people are reported dead in Okinawa, state broadcaster NHK says, as slow-moving Typhoon Khanun continues to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to southern Japan, prolonging the potential damage of the storm.