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Kyodo news summary -10-(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, July 1 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- TEPCO starts system to cool another spent fuel pool at nuclear plant TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday that it had activated a water circulation system to stably cool another spent nuclear fuel pool at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, while also starting to transfer relatively low-level radioactive water at the plant to an artificial floating island called a megafloat. The plant operator is hoping to efficiently cool the spent fuel pool of the No. 3 unit, having started a similar cooling system for the No. 2 unit's pool. ---------- Historic Malaysia-owned railway station in Singapore closes SINGAPORE - A nearly 80-year-old Malaysia-owned railway station in central Singapore closed Thursday as part of a deal between the two countries to remove one of the thorny issues that had dogged their bilateral ties. The last train departed Tanjong Pagar station in Singapore's business district around 11 p.m., with the station reverting to Singapore at midnight. From Friday, the operations will be relocated to the Woodlands Train Checkpoint near a bridge that connects the two countries. ---------- M5.4 quake jolts Nagano Pref., injuring 12 TOKYO - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted Nagano Prefecture and its vicinity in central Japan on Thursday morning, injuring 12 people, the Japan Meteorological Agency and local police said. The 8:16 a.m. quake measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Matsumoto in the inland prefecture and 4 in Yamagata, also in Nagano, according to the agency. No tsunami warning was issued. ---------- FTC to fine wire harness makers 13 bil. yen for bid rigging TOKYO - The Japan Fair Trade Commission has notified Yazaki Corp. and two other wire harness makers of its decision to impose fines totaling 13 billion yen for bid rigging in connection with their submission of estimates to Japanese automakers, informed sources said Thursday. Yazaki was notified that a fine of 9 billion yen will be imposed, the largest ever for violating the Antimonopoly Law that bans anticompetitive practices. The other two companies involved are Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. and Fujikura Ltd. (c) 2011 Kyodo News International, Inc. |