November 19, 2025
Japan
•19.11.2025
•Wednesday
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Japanese media on November 19, 2025, focused on the Niigata governor's impending approval of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant restart, a significant step following the Fukushima accident (Nikkei Shimbun, Kyodo News English, Nikkei Asia). This development was reported to involve the governor communicating the decision to prefectural officials and undertaking procedures to understand public opinion.
Concurrently, China's escalating pressure on Japan continued, marked by the official re-imposition of a halt on seafood imports and renewed threats related to the detention of Japanese nationals (Yahoo News Japan, Nikkei Shimbun, Kyodo News English). These diplomatic tensions were framed within ongoing discussions of China's hardening stance towards Japan. Separately, a fatal fire in Oita, impacting over 170 buildings, remained a prominent story (Kyodo News English).