On the bond market on the 25th, long-term interest rates, which are also used as a guide for mortgage rates, rose and hit 0.15% for the first time in two years and four months.
Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) has reported to the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy that the company's plan reflects a new policy to finalize a candidate site for an "interim storage facility" for spent nuclear fuel from its nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture by the end of 2023.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has offered to cooperate with Japan on the disposal of diluted contaminated wastewater accumulating at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Japan's daily tally of new coronavirus cases is steadily declining, but with the healthcare system still under stress, and mutated strains of the virus appearing in Japan, the government says it is too soon to lift the state of emergency in place for Tokyo, Osaka, and eight other prefectures.
The number of laptop computers shipped in Japan in January this year increased 2.6 times compared to the same month last year, the highest in January total. This is due to the government's plan to deploy computers and other devices to elementary and junior high school students in order to create a learning environment that is compatible with the new coronavirus.
The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo has declined, but government officials warn that the trend is bottoming out and that residents, particularly younger people, should not become complacent.
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