South Korea on Monday began "emergency radiation tests" on seawater at 108 maritime points around the Korean Peninsula to ease concerns over Japan's planned.
Radioactive water accumulating in tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will be released into the sea in two years after it is treated, Japan’s government said Tuesday in a decision long-delayed by safety concerns and protests.
The governor of Osaka prefecture said on Thursday that he wants to cancel the torch relay legs going through Osaka later this month, less than four months before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party suffered clear defeats in two German state elections on Sunday at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left, according to projections.
