TOKYO — A employee at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant might have ingested radioactive supplies after his face was uncovered to the substances, native media reported on Monday.
Radioactive materials was discovered on the employee’s face throughout a routine radiation take a look at as he was leaving the positioning after decontaminating fences and different gear in a room close to the plant’s No. 2 reactor constructing, and he was decontaminated instantly, Kyodo News reported, citing the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company. (Japan-Fukushima Nuclear Plant-Exposure)
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TOKYO — Japan’s primary opposition occasion submitted a no-confidence movement towards Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno on Monday amid unfolding political fund scandals.
Jun Azumi, the Diet affairs chief of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, advised reporters that holding Matsuno, a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member, in his submit “will harm the national interest,” as the highest authorities spokesperson didn’t swiftly reply to the allegations that he obtained hundreds of thousands of yen from kickbacks from fundraising occasions hosted by his occasion faction. (Japan-No-Confidence Motion-Scandal)
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MANILA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday stated it has accredited a 240-million-U.S. dollar mortgage to enhance 700 kilometers of rural roads in Uzbekistan.
The ADB stated the undertaking will deal with native and inter-farm rural roads in 12 areas and the Republic of Karakalpakstan. (Philippines-ADB Loan-Uzbekistan)
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KUANTAN, Malaysia — The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a mega rail undertaking in Malaysia being constructed by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has seen its first tracks being laid on Monday.
Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is among the many visitors to witness the historic second in a ceremony right here. (Malaysia-Railway-China)
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CANBERRA — The Australian authorities will apply larger scrutiny to worldwide college students making use of for visas underneath a serious overhaul of the migration system.
Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil introduced the federal government’s 10-year plan on Monday to return migration to Australia to “sustainable levels” following a spike within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Australia-Migration Policy-Overhaul)
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MANILA — Foreign direct funding (FDI) that flowed into the Philippines declined 42.2 p.c year-on-year in September to 422 million U.S. {dollars}, the nation’s central financial institution stated Monday.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) stated the most recent determine introduced the FDI web inflows for the primary three quarters of 2023 to five.9 billion {dollars}, a 15.9-percent decline from the identical interval in 2022. (Philippines-FDI)