Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:24:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 Japan begins releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean despite outcry https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2023/08/24/japan-begins-releasing-treated-radioactive-water-into-the-ocean-despite-outcry/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:53:37 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (CNN) — Japan on Thursday began releasing treated radioactive wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant, part of a controversial plan that has sparked fierce objections from some regional countries as well as many consumers. The country started discharging the water after 1 p.m. local time (midnight ET), according to state-owned electricity firm Tokyo Electric Power

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]]> Tokyo is so crowded the government is paying families to leave https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2023/01/04/tokyo-is-so-crowded-the-government-is-paying-families-to-leave/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:01:20 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (CNN) — Japan is offering to pay families to move out of its overcrowded capital, in an effort to revitalize countryside towns and boost the falling birth rate. Starting in April, families in the Tokyo metropolitan area, including those headed by single parents, will be eligible to receive 1 million yen ($7,700) per child if

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