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Japan's oldest nuclear power plant has been given the green light to continue operation. It is the first time a nuclear reactor in the country will be allowed to stay in service past 50 years.
The Takahama power plant's number one reactor entered service in 1974 and will turn 50 in November. Nuclear reactors in Japan are legally allowed to operate for up to 60 years, but after 50, operators must revise the plants safety regulations, taking the facility's age into account. Kansai Electric Power Company, which owns the plant, applied for the extension. KEPCO says it did additional checks to assess deterioration inside the reactor. It also plans to change some components as needed. The Nuclear Regulation Authority reviewed its application and unanimously approved it.
US authorities monitoring atmospheric conditions say solar activity is now at a maximum and could impact communication and navigation systems. Solar activity increases and decreases in a cycle that lasts about 11 years.
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have announced that the sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year. During such periods, electromagnetic eruptions called solar flares occur on the surface of the sun.
These phenomena could affect satellite based navigation systems, radio communication and power grids. They could also produce auroras at lower altitudes. In May, auroras triggered by solar flares were observed around the world in the United States.
GPS services were disrupted. The son may have already been in a maximum period at the time.
Israeli forces are expanding the range of their attacks against Hezbollah militants. They say they have struck more than 200 targets in Lebanon. The Lebanese health ministry says the strikes killed 21 people in the northern town of Ito. Local media say the area is mostly Christian and that it's unclear what connection it has with the Shia Muslim group Hezbollah. The Israeli military has not explained the reasons for the attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops at a base in northern Israel. His trip comes after Hezbollah launched a drone attack on the facility that killed four soldiers and wounded dozens more.
I would like to make it clear we will continue to strike Hezbollah without mercy everywhere in Lebanon, including Beirut. Hezbollah leader Naeem Qasim says the solution to the fighting is a ceasefire.
But he says his group has the right to target any military base because Israel targets all of Lebanon.
We are in a new phase.
Called Confronting the Israeli Aggression and the Israeli War on Lebanon.
We are no longer in the phase of support.
Lebanon's state-run news agency says more than 2,300 people have been killed in the country since the fighting began.
Parts of a powerful U.S. anti-missile system known as THAAD have begun arriving in Israel along with its military crew.
The shipment comes as tensions rise over a possible Israeli military strike on Iran. This decision was made in part of the broader adjustments the U.S. military has made in recent months to support the defense of Israel and protect Americans from attacks by Iran and Iranian aligned militias.
THAAD, short for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, fires a projectile to destroy incoming missiles. Israel is said to be facing a shortage of interceptor missiles as it shores up air defenses.
It is reported that more than 20,000 rockets and missiles have been fired at Israel in the past year from Gaza and Lebanon. U.S. media outlets say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has notified U.S. President Joe Biden of an impending attack on Iran's military facilities. Netanyahu had previously vowed to retaliate for Iran's missile attack against his country on October 1st. Iran has warned that if Israel goes ahead with the plan, it will strike back. Meanwhile, the U.S. has reportedly warned Israel it faces the possible suspension of military assistance unless it allows more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a letter to Israeli government officials on Sunday raising their concerns over Gaza.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Tuesday both men thought it was appropriate to make clear to Israel that there are changes it needs to make.
What we have seen over the past few months is that the level of humanitarian assistance has not been sustained. In fact, it is fallen by over 50% from where it was at its peak. U.S. media outlets say Blinken and Austin wrote that Israel must allow at least 350 trucks a day into Gaza through all four border crossings and open a fifth route.
They say the letter demands that Israel take steps within 30 days and suggests the possibility U.S. military aid could be suspended if no improvements are made. the United Nations says no food has entered northern Gaza since the start of October. Israeli forces have launched a. Fresh ground offensive in the area.
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A UN maritime agency is considering new rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships. The head of the agency told NHK he hopes members will agree on the regulations by next year.
In April next year, we will be able to then continue to further develop into finding the common agreements in order to have a regulation that is applicable to all 176 member states of the organization.
Last year, the International Maritime Organization committed to achieving net 0 emissions in shipping by around 2050.
Dominguez says Japan could play a key role in getting there.
Japan is a very active country and contributes greatly in the technical discussions and of course as a big shipbuilding nation, ship owning nation as well. In a nation that knows how to provide technology for this process, the regulations include fines for emissions and replacing standard shipping fuel with cleaner alternatives. The member of a popular K pop group has been telling South Korean lawmakers that she has been a victim of bullying at the workplace.
New June's member Hanee was testifying at the National Assembly. She recalled an incident when the manager of another group told its members to ignore her when she greeted them.
I can't understand why I have to face such a situation.
Honey said she does not want anyone else to go through similar experiences. She also claimed that the group's management has failed to make its best efforts to find out what really happened. Honey originally made the allegation in a live stream last month. The assembly's Environment and Labor Committee summoned her and a representative of her group's management company on Tuesday. The representative told the assembly internal investigations indicate the claims of both sides are contradictory, but she added she will make efforts to uncover the truth even though the evidence remains inconclusive. Honey's situation has been closely followed by the media in South Korea and overseas. A central Tokyo Ward is to start fining people who smoke heated tobacco products on the street. In 2002, Jiyoda Ward became the first municipality in Japan to issue penalties for smoking or disposing of cigarette butts on the streets and in designated parks, but from November 1st. Heated tobacco product users will also have to pay the fine of 2000 yen, or roughly $13.
Ward authorities extended the spoke of the scope of their ordinance because of the recent increase in heated tobacco use and complaints from residents. The ward says it imposed fines on more than 5,600 cigarette smokers last fiscal year. Many of them were stopped on the streets of Akihabara, a popular shopping and tourist area.
Chiyoda Ward has provided designated smoking areas it asks people to use if they want to light up.
A zoo in the U.S. is welcoming two giant pandas from China. U.S. media outlets are calling the loan a renewal of China's panda diplomacy.
The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute says the animals were put on a chartered flight named the Panda Express that departed Xuan province. Baoli, a male and female Qing Bao, arrived on Tuesday. Panda loans to the zoo began after then U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972. The animals have been a symbol of friendly ties for over 50 years. A pair and their cub were returned to China last year, leaving the zoo without any of the animal ambassadors. But during a visit to San Francisco in November last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping had indicated the US would be getting some more. CNN calls the renewed panda diplomacy a rare bright spot in the fraught relations between the world's two superpower rivals. Bao Lee and Jim Bao will make their public debut on January 24th after a quarantine period.
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It's time for a check on the world weather with our meteorologist Jonathan.
Oh, so Jonathan, people in the western parts of Japan saw summer like temperatures this Wednesday. What can you tell us?Hello, we saw temperatures that are hitting 30 degrees or even higher than that in the western areas of Japan as we went through Wednesday and. We're supposed to be seeing temperatures that are like in the 20s, especially in the area as we are going through this autumn period, but doesn't feel that way. Changes are coming. But first let me tell you about a frontal boundary that's going to be departing from Japan, but we've got a little bit of that residual moisture associated with it along with the high pressure system coming over the sea of Japan. And that's going to bring the possibility of seeing cause and even some showers into place like Tokyo and down to the South and West as we go throughout the next couple of days. Once the high push on through, we're going to be seeing another pattern coming in behind it and that's going to help really bring down the temperatures. I mean let me expand out the view to show you what we're expecting up from the northern areas of continent of Asia. We're seeing that push of cold air moving down. So places like Hokkaido see first push of that cold air later on this week, then we go into the weekend and that impact will. As far South as Tokyo. So by Sunday morning we're talking about low teens for morning lows. And so make sure that you're preparing for that switch over from what's more like a late summer, early fall to a lot later than that because it's going to be a little wake up call when you wake up in the morning by this middle part of this weekend. In the meantime, clouds into Tokyo with a high of 2526 over. But look at Ulaanbaatar 3 for the high with partly cloudy skies on Thursday. Across North America also seeing a pushes of cold air. What's happening is with high pressure moving through a cold front has sweep through the eastern portions of the United States. And so we're looking at calm weather but colder weather coming up behind that with a big dip going as far South as Georgia back toward the West, cold air and also wet weather coming through from Vancouver and Seattle, even Los Angeles looking at some rain on Wednesday with a high of 22. And notice the cold air dipping down to Atlanta with a high of only 16. As you go through Wednesday, hope you have a good day wherever you are.
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And that's NHK Newsline for this hour.
I'm Yamamoto Niki in Tokyo. Thank you for staying with us on NHK World Japan.
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