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Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
Up to 30 researchers are feared to have suffered internal radiation exposure after an experiment went awry at a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility.
National | OKINAWA'S HOSTAGE ECONOMY Jul 7, 2010
Futenma relocation has certain bidders salivating
by Reiji Yoshida
NAGO, Okinawa Pref. — Last month an executive of a major construction company in Nago confessed what was considered a long-held industry secret in this city that is poised to be the replacement site for the Futenma military base: For decades most local contractors ...
National | OKINAWA'S HOSTAGE ECONOMY Jul 7, 2010
Special burden, special economic benefit
by Reiji Yoshida
NAGO, Okinawa Pref. — On Aug. 4, 2005, then Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine was told by Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya that the United States had agreed to return all of the major military bases south of Kadena, central Okinawa Island, to Japan on ...