Category JAPAN

The nuclear fuel debris collected on a trial basis from a crippled reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station weighs 0.7 gram, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Friday. The collected substance will be analyzed at four facilities,…

The promise of cheap or free houses in Japan has dreamers and chancers rushing to some of the country’s more rural hamlets to make chump-change bets on the disused and dilapidated. Quaint farmhouses. Traditional wood, clay, straw and bamboo kominka…