Mari Yamaguchi

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People pray for the atomic bomb victims in a rain at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, early Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Japan marked the 69th anniversary Wednesday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan marks Hiroshima anniversary, invites leaders

Mari Yamaguchi · August 6, 2014 9:53 am

People pray for the atomic bomb victims in a rain at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, early Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Japan marked the 69th anniversary Wednesday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan marks 69th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Mari Yamaguchi · August 6, 2014 3:00 am

In this April 16, 2014 photo, Yoshiki Sasai, deputy chief of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo. Police said Sasai, 52, was found Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at a government science institute RIKEN in Kobe, western Japan. Sasai had supervised and co-authored stem-cell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

Japanese scientist in research scandal found dead

Mari Yamaguchi · August 5, 2014 10:19 am

In this April 16, 2014 photo, Yoshiki Sasai, deputy chief of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo. Police said Sasai, 52, was found Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at a government science institute RIKEN in Kobe, western Japan. Sasai had supervised and co-authored stem-cell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

Japan scientist in research scandal found dead

Mari Yamaguchi · August 5, 2014 4:37 am

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Japan says it will give names to five uninhabited islands as part of a group in the East China Sea, Friday Aug. 1, 2014, a move likely to spark anger from other claimants China and Taiwan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

Japan names 5 disputed islets in East China Sea

Mari Yamaguchi · August 1, 2014 2:35 pm

FILE - In this March 10, 2014 file photo, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) staff and journalists walk in front of the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant during a press tour in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. A Japanese judicial panel has recommended that three former executives of the utility that operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant face criminal charges over their role in the disaster. A document released by the panel on Thursday, July 31, 2014 showed it voted in favor of indicting Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the time of the crisis, along with two Vice Presidents Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro. The cleanup effort continues, and its decommissioning is expected to last decades. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool, File)

Panel wants TEPCO execs charged over nuke crisis

Mari Yamaguchi · July 31, 2014 12:58 pm

FILE - In this July 22, 2014 file photo, a pro-Russian rebel touches the MH17 wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Japan's top government spokesman said Monday, July 28 that the country is stepping up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. The sanctions include the freezing of assets held in Japan by individuals and groups supporting the separation of Crimea from Ukraine, as well as a ban on Crimean imports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. The move follows the July 17 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Japan to step up sanctions against Russia

Mari Yamaguchi · July 28, 2014 1:08 pm

Japan approves joint missile study, export to US

Mari Yamaguchi · July 17, 2014 3:31 pm

Protesters shout slogans against a Japanese nuclear plant which won preliminary approval Wednesday for meeting stringent post-Fukushima safety requirements, near the Diet builidng in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a report that concludes that two reactors at Sendai Nuclear Power Station have complied with the new regulations and are capable of avoiding disasters such as the Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdowns, even if the plant faces equally harsh conditions. The placard at right reads: "Change energy policy!" (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese nuclear plant deemed safe, nears restart

Mari Yamaguchi · July 16, 2014 1:59 pm

Energy and Environment

Underground lab tackles Japan nuclear waste issue

Mari Yamaguchi · July 14, 2014 9:35 am

Strong quake hits Japan, triggering small tsunami

Mari Yamaguchi · July 12, 2014 12:50 am

A man poses with a full page advertisement with the headline "Japan wants a war again" and showing mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki that was published on the July 3, 2014 issue of the Chonqging Youth Daily newspaper days after Japan's cabinet approved a reinterpretation of the country's pacifist postwar constitution in Chonqing in southwestern China on Wednesday July 9, 2014. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Japan protests China paper’s map of atomic clouds

Mari Yamaguchi · July 9, 2014 11:53 am