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NHK
22-06-2025
- Politics
- NHK
PM Ishiba instructs ministries to secure safety of Japanese citizens in Iran
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has instructed relevant ministries to take all possible measures to secure the safety of Japanese nationals in Iran. Senior officials of the defense, foreign and other ministries briefed Ishiba on Sunday on the US attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran. The prime minister told them to work closely with the nations concerned to collect information and take all possible measures to secure the safety of Japanese citizens. Ishiba told reporters that it is of the utmost importance to calm the situation soon, adding that Iran's nuclear weapons program must be blocked. He said he is closely monitoring developments with grave interest.
BreakingNews.ie
16-05-2025
- General
- BreakingNews.ie
Japan retrieves body of one of two service members whose training plane crashed
Japanese defence officials said they have recovered the remains of one of two crew members who went missing after their military training aircraft crashed earlier this week. The air force T-4 aircraft carrying two service members crashed into a reservoir on Wednesday, minutes after taking off from Komaki Air Base in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi. Advertisement On Friday, after two days of searching, rescuers recovered 'what appears to be the body of a crew member' and transported it to Komaki base for examination, defence minister Gen Nakatani told reporters. The air force grounded all remaining 196 of the training planes and began their emergency inspection on Thursday. The crash is the latest in a series of defence aircraft accidents in recent years and comes at a time when Japan is accelerating a military build up to deter China's growing influence in the region. Japan has doubled its defence spending, raising concern that funding for weapons may be prioritised over safety measures. Advertisement The crashed plane was 36-years-old and was not fitted with a voice recorder or a flight data recorder.
NHK
14-05-2025
- Health
- NHK
Japanese officials survey PFAS levels at US military's Yokota Air Base
Japanese government and local officials have conducted a water quality survey at the US military's Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. This comes after possible leakage of water containing toxic substances from the base. PFAS is a group of organic fluorine compounds. In August last year, it was found that water containing PFAS chemicals, including PFOS and PFOA, which are considered potentially harmful, had likely leaked from the air base. Authorities have been investigating the incident. On Wednesday, officials of the Defense Ministry, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and surrounding municipalities took samples from a reservoir on the air base to check the water quality. An accord of the Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement allows Japanese officials to survey potential environmental damage at US bases in Japan. The Defense Ministry said more than 1.5 million liters of water containing PFOS and other chemicals remain on the air base, including in the reservoir. Ministry officials said the US side has explained that toxic substances would be removed with a decontamination system. The officials said the water samples will be analyzed over the next two weeks. If the PFAS levels are below the government's provisional limit for tap water of 50 nanograms per liter, the treated water will be released through drains at the southwestern side of the air base. The Defense Ministry said that it will swiftly provide detailed explanations to people in relevant municipalities.
