Asia

Japan releases water from damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into Pacific Ocean

7:40am August 24, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

The Japanese government says the water it is discharging has been treated to remove most of the radioactive material — making it safe. The release remains controversial.

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Japan to empty more than a million tons of wastewater from Fukushima into the ocean

5:22pm August 23, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

Japan's government says tomorrow it will begin releasing more than a million tons of wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.

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The servers all have dementia at The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders in Tokyo

6:59am August 23, 2023

It was founded as a way to raise awareness and celebrate the quirks of living with dementia. Even though 37% of the orders are delivered wrong, 99% of customers are happy, the restaurant says.

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A protester, left, holds signs reading "Don't throw polluted water into the sea" and "keep your promise" as they take part in a rally against the Japanese government's plan to release treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean in Tokyo on August 22, 2023.

Japan to release treated water from Fukushima nuclear plant later this week

5:46pm August 22, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made the announcement after meeting with his cabinet. Water will be released through an underground tunnel beginning Thursday, weather conditions permitting, Kishida said.

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All passengers are safe after rescue of dangling Pakistan cable car

5:13pm August 22, 2023

by Abdul Sattar

In a remote Northwestern part of Pakistan, a cable car dangled high over a ravine. Inside, school children were trapped for hours. Now, all eight of the passengers have been rescued.

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India is set to land a robotic probe on the moon tomorrow

5:13pm August 22, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

Wednesday morning, India will attempt to land a robotic probe on the moon. The targeted landing site of this mission is near the lunar south pole.

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In this image taken from video, a cable car carrying six children and two adults dangles hundreds of feet above the ground in the remote Battagram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Tuesday. The occupants were trapped for hours until they were freed by Pakistan Army commandos using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift.

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All 8 people who were trapped in a dangling cable car in Pakistan have been rescued

2:24pm August 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of feet above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke. Army commandos rescued them after an hourslong operation.

U.S. restrictions on tech investment in China bolster China's policy of self-reliance

5:28am August 22, 2023

by John Ruwitch

Efforts to restrict U.S. high-tech investment in China may serve to validate China's obsession with the need to be self-reliant in tech and other areas. (Story aired on WeSun on 8/12/23.)

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, foreground, with, from left, his son Phantongtae, his daughters Pinthongta and Paetongtarn, arrive at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.

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Ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns from exile, further roiling Thai politics

2:38am August 22, 2023

by Michael Sullivan

Thaksin's return coincides with a vote in Parliament Tuesday on the formation of a new government his Pheu Thai party looks set to head.

Matiullah Wesa, cofounder of the education charity PenPath in Afghanistan, speaks to children during a class next to his mobile library in a district of Kandahar Province. Wesa and his brother were among the Afghan men who have called for the Taliban to reverse its bans on higher education for girls. He was arrested in March and has been held in prison since then with no formal charges.

He demanded higher ed for Afghan girls. He was jailed. Angelina Jolie targets his case

12:23pm August 21, 2023

by Ruchi Kumar

It's been 5 months since Matiullah Wesa, an activist who urged an end to Taliban bans on girls' education, was arrested. Media attention has faded. Now Angelina Jolie is making a plea in his behalf.