1. Delegates of Nihon Hidankyo, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, have entered their hope of a world without nuclear weapons into a guest book in Oslo, Norway. Tanaka Terumi, Mimaki Toshiyuki and Tanaka Shigemitsu, are the three co-chairs of the Japanese organization made up of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
2. Some Volkswagen employees worked shortened hours under a warning strike as union and management remain apart on proposed steps to slash costs. Talks over planned plant closures by the German carmaker are expected to continue this month. Union and management representatives held a fourth round of talks on Monday in Wolfsburg, the northern German city where the firm is headquartered.
3. Japan’s largest power generator Jera and major British oil firm BP have announced they are to combine their offshore wind power businesses. They are teaming up for greater efficiency in procurement and investment as development costs soar.
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