International opinion reduces threat of possible military strike on Syria

A military action against Syria is expected to be avoided. This outcome reflected public protests, which rapidly increased among such nations as the United States, against a unilateral intent to attack Syria.

Accident-prone JR Hokkaido puts profits before safety

“The cause of repeated train accidents goes back to the division and privatization of the government-owned national railway network,” said Takeda Izumi, associate professor of Hokkaido University of Education.

Rallies held in celebration of Japan with no reactors operating

On September 15, the No.4 reactor at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant, the only plant operating in Japan, went offline for regular inspections. Many anti-nuke rallies took place at various locations across the country seeking to keep all nuclear reactors shutdown.