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[ad_1] Shika, Ishikawa Pref. – The Nuclear Regulation Authority will review its evacuation guidelines after the Jan. 1 earthquake that devastated the Noto Peninsula heavily damaged roads around the Shika plant that would be used by local residents during an evacuation.The 7.6 magnitude quake also damaged many buildings, leaving some areas inaccessible for more than a week."Maybe we will be abandoned if something happens," said a local staying at an […]

[ad_1] Japan's Mone Chiba celebrates after winning the women's competition at the Four Continents championships in Shanghai on Friday. | AFP-JIJI Chiba performs during the women's free skate on Friday. | AFP-JIJI [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Boeing is reeling from a week of turmoil that has snagged production and development timelines and tested confidence in CEO Dave Calhoun almost a month after the midair blowout of a dummy door on a 737 Max 9, industry insiders said.From Seattle, where 737s are built, to Washington, where they are regulated, and Dublin, center of the air finance world, the company has faced a perfect storm of competing […]

[ad_1] Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi is a national hero for Ukrainians after repelling the first wave of Vladimir Putin’s invasion on the outskirts of Kyiv.But two years into the war, setbacks on the battlefield and political jealousies in the capital have soured his relationship with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This week, the president tried — and failed — to force out his commander-in-chief, pulling back the curtain on a damaging rift at […]

[ad_1] LONDON – Haas expects to start the Formula One season near the back of the grid, new boss Ayao Komatsu said on Friday as the U.S.-owned team became the first to present their 2024 challenger.The VF-24 car, shown online in digital renders, is a development of a concept introduced last October at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. It will have a track shakedown at Silverstone on […]

[ad_1] Washington – The world's most famous Kansas City Chiefs fan will make it to see beau Travis Kelce play in the Super Bowl, even though she is performing in Tokyo the night before, the Japanese Embassy in the U.S. said Friday.Anxious fans have been speculating for days over how pop music icon Taylor Swift could do it all next weekend: perform a concert as part of her record-smashing Eras […]

[ad_1] Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. – The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day caused a series of problems at a nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture.Shaking from the quake partially exceeded projections by Hokuriku Electric Power Co., the operator of the nuclear plant in Shika, where the temblor measured 7, the highest level on Japan's seismic intensity scale. Issues at the plant due to the quake […]

[ad_1] KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. – Evacuees from areas hit by the Jan. 1 earthquake, which killed over 200 people in central Japan, began moving into the first batch of temporary homes completed in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Saturday. Wajima, one of the areas hit hardest by the magnitude 7.6 quake, said 18 families will receive keys to their temporary homes, which each have a kitchen, bath and air conditioners. Naomi […]

[ad_1] QUEBEC CITY – Japan's Miho Takagi was crowned the speed skating World Cup's overall champion in the women's 1,000 meters for the second straight season Friday. On the opening day of the season's final meet, Takagi crossed the line in 1 minute, 14.19 seconds, beating the Dutch pair of runner-up Femke Kok by 0.88 and Isabel Grevelt by 1.53, for her fourth 1,000 gold of this campaign. "I am […]