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Astra, Daiichi Withdraw EU Application for Lung Cancer Drug

-- AstraZeneca Plc and Daiichi Sankyo Co. have voluntarily withdrawn an application for a lung cancer treatment in the European Union in a blow for the experimental drug. The two companies said Tuesday they had pulled the authorization request for Dato-DXd for some patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer following feedback from the EU’s drug advisory committee. Astra and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Minority Government in Japan Can Help Retail Stocks, Utilities

Live Mint

The newfound influence of opposition lawmakers in Japan has investors looking for gains in the shares of retailers and electricity generators. That’s due to expectations that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may cut taxes to keep smaller parties on side — increasing workers’ disposable income — and because both the ruling coalition and its most likely allies want to restart more …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled by robot from ruined Japanese nuclear reactor

The Independent

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup

Associated Press

TOKYO — A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday, in what plant officials said was a step toward beginning the cleanup of hundreds of tons of melted fuel debris. The first sample alone is not enough and additional …

Fuel Plant Tepco Sample Melted Nuclear Fuel

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Robot successfully retrieves first radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima reactor

The Independent

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Fuel Fukushima Reactor Robot Tepco Melted Fuel

1 month, 3 weeks ago

TEPCO ex-chair at time of Fukushima nuclear disaster dies at 84 while on trial over responsibility

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

IAEA team samples seawater near Fukushima plant to ensure safe release of wastewater

Associated Press

TOKYO — A team of scientists from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Fukushima on Monday as part of an annual monitoring and sampling mission to ensure safety of the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, officials said. Japan began discharging the wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in August 2023. China protested and blocked …

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3 months ago

Beijing, Tokyo emphasize key role of healthy, stable relations

China Daily

China and Japan reiterated their emphasis on maintaining the healthy and stable development of bilateral ties, despite recent fluctuations, as the nations' two top diplomats met in New York on Monday. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa that advancing the strategic, mutually beneficial relationship between China and Japan is a shared responsibility of the two sides. …

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3 months ago

Beijing, Tokyo emphasize key role of healthy, stable relations

China Daily

China and Japan reiterated their emphasis on maintaining the healthy and stable development of bilateral ties, despite recent fluctuations, as the nations' two top diplomats met in New York on Monday. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa that advancing the strategic, mutually beneficial relationship between China and Japan is a shared responsibility of the two sides. …

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3 months ago

Wastewater calls for caution

China Daily

Nuclear-contaminated wastewater is released from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean on Aug 24. That China and Japan have reached a consensus recently, after several rounds of negotiations, on some issues related to Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was destroyed by an earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011 is indeed good news. …

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3 months ago

Wastewater calls for caution

China Daily

Nuclear-contaminated wastewater is released from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean on Aug 24. That China and Japan have reached a consensus recently, after several rounds of negotiations, on some issues related to Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was destroyed by an earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011 is indeed good news. …

China Japan Discharge Japanese Tokyo Other Countries Wastewater Calls

3 months ago

Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan and China announced Friday that they have reached a deal resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean and Beijing’s subsequent ban on Japanese seafood. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the two sides have reached “a certain level of mutual understanding” …

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3 months, 1 week ago

A glitch halts again Telesco the robot’s attempt to get a sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor

Associated Press

TOKYO — Video feed issues halted on Tuesday the mission of a robot trying to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of the damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the managing company said. An estimated 880 tons of fatally radioactive molten fuel remains in them, and the Tokyo Electric Power Holdings …

Fukushima Reactor Tepco Telesco

3 months, 2 weeks ago

A robot has begun a 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant

Associated Press

TOKYO — An extendable robot began on Tuesday a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Highly radioactive fuel and other materials in the reactors melted when a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 damaged the plant’s cooling systems. The plant’s operator, …

Fuel Mission Fukushima Robot Melted Fuel Retrieve Melted

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Tokyo not fooling anyone trying to pin blame on rational seafood ban

China Daily

Japanese hold a rally to protest against the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. ZHU CHENXI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Friday marked the one-year "anniversary" of Japan discharging its nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the damaged Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean despite both domestic and international opposition. Yet according to US-based Lee Enterprises news website, "Protesters gathered at the Fukushima Citizens Hall …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Tokyo not fooling anyone trying to pin blame on rational seafood ban

China Daily

Japanese hold a rally to protest against the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. ZHU CHENXI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Friday marked the one-year "anniversary" of Japan discharging its nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the damaged Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean despite both domestic and international opposition. Yet according to US-based Lee Enterprises news website, "Protesters gathered at the Fukushima Citizens Hall …

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4 months ago

China urges independent, effective, long-term intl supervision over Fukushima wastewater discharge

China Daily

A view of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug 25, 2023. BEIJING - A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday urged Japan to cooperate fully in creating an independent, effective and long-term international monitoring scheme with substantive participation of its neighbors and other stakeholders over the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled …

China Japan Japanese Mao Fukushima Urges Independent Wastewater Discharge

4 months ago

A robot’s attempt to get a sample of the melted fuel at Japan’s damaged nuclear reactor is suspended

Associated Press

TOKYO — An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was suspended Thursday due to a technical issue. The collection of a tiny sample of the debris inside the Unit 2 reactor’s primary containment vessel would start the fuel debris removal phase, …

Fuel Robot Tepco Melted Fuel

4 months ago

TEPCO halts attempt to remove fuel debris at Fukushima nuclear plant

China Daily

Tanks containing water from the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are seen at the power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, March 8, 2023. TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Company on Thursday decided to halt preparatory work for the test retrieval of nuclear fuel debris from one of the crippled reactors at the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. …

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4 months, 1 week ago

China OKs innovative therapy for gastric cancer

China Daily

A company logo of Daiichi Sankyo. Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo announced on Tuesday that Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca's ENHERTU® has been granted conditional approval in China for the treatment of certain patients with advanced gastric cancer. The therapy was granted conditional approval by China's National Medical Products Administration as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with locally …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Japan's nuclear plea lacks usual emotive power: China Daily editorial

China Daily

Representatives lay flowers at the Peace Memorial Ceremony held at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2024, during ceremonies to mark the 79th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. At Tuesday's commemoration, citing "an imminent risk to human survival", the mayor of Hiroshima described the abolition of nuclear weapons as "a pressing and real issue …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Discharge of nuclear-contaminated water sets bad precedent

China Daily

Japanese hold a rally to protest against the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. ZHU CHENXI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Japan will release 7,800 metric tons of "treated" nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean, starting from Friday, in the seventh discharge round. Despite the Tokyo Electric Power Company calling the nuclear-contaminated water stored in the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant …

Japan Water

8 months ago

IAEA team inspects treated radioactive water release from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

Associated Press

TOKYO — A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Wednesday for a review of its discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. The International Atomic Energy Agency inspection was part of a four-day visit to Japan that started Tuesday, its second since the water discharge began last August despite …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant prepares to restart another plant

The Independent

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Astra, Daiichi Withdraw EU Application for Lung Cancer Drug

Minority Government in Japan Can Help Retail Stocks, Utilities

Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled by robot from ruined Japanese nuclear reactor

A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup

Robot successfully retrieves first radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima reactor

TEPCO ex-chair at time of Fukushima nuclear disaster dies at 84 while on trial over responsibility

IAEA team samples seawater near Fukushima plant to ensure safe release of wastewater

Beijing, Tokyo emphasize key role of healthy, stable relations

Beijing, Tokyo emphasize key role of healthy, stable relations

Wastewater calls for caution

Wastewater calls for caution

Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban

A glitch halts again Telesco the robot’s attempt to get a sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor

A robot has begun a 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo not fooling anyone trying to pin blame on rational seafood ban

Tokyo not fooling anyone trying to pin blame on rational seafood ban

China urges independent, effective, long-term intl supervision over Fukushima wastewater discharge

A robot’s attempt to get a sample of the melted fuel at Japan’s damaged nuclear reactor is suspended

TEPCO halts attempt to remove fuel debris at Fukushima nuclear plant

China OKs innovative therapy for gastric cancer

Japan's nuclear plea lacks usual emotive power: China Daily editorial

Discharge of nuclear-contaminated water sets bad precedent

IAEA team inspects treated radioactive water release from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

Operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant prepares to restart another plant