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Daiichi Life Group says unauthorized access to its HR system may have leaked personal information of about 120,000 employees, including former staff. Separately, Life Corporation is buying Hokuriku supermarket operator Arbes for up to 26.3 billion yen, a move analysts read as an effort to expand into a non-adjacent regional market.
- 2TEPCO begins robot retrieval of Fukushima fuel debris▼TEPCO begins inserting robot arm to retrieve Fukushima nuclear fuel debris
Tokyo Electric Power Company has started inserting a robotic arm into the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactor to retrieve melted nuclear fuel debris, a key step in the plant's decades-long decommissioning. The operation, repeatedly delayed, is being closely watched as a test of whether remote technology can handle material too radioactive for workers to approach.
- 3TEPCO begins robot operation to retrieve Fukushima fuel debris●TEPCO begins inserting robot arm to retrieve Fukushima nuke fuel debris
Tokyo Electric Power Company has started inserting a remote-controlled robot arm into the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to begin retrieving melted fuel debris, a key step in the plant's decades-long decommissioning. The operation targets material left from the 2011 meltdown and is being closely watched as a test of whether the cleanup can progress on schedule.