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Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 19, 2011

Children's art depicts quake

More than 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures by students from elementary and high schools in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, will be on display in Tokyo at the Fukushima Kids Art Exhibition. The works help shed light on their experiences in dealing with the Great East Japan Earthquake.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2011

No NISA penalties for now: new head

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, as a regulatory body, may be responsible for the meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant but the newly appointed agency chief ruled out Thursday taking any penalties, including salary cuts, before an independent panel's investigation is over.
EDITORIALS
Aug 18, 2011

Pondering victims and the future

Japan on Monday marked the 66th anniversary of its surrender to the Allied Powers in World War II amid unprecedented circumstances. Both those who attended the anniversary ceremony at Tokyo's Budokan and other Japanese must have superimposed the Tohoku-Pacific region devastation from the March 11 earthquake...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2011

Japan at critical tipping point

Japanese trains run to the minute, and the country's businesses pride themselves on energy-efficiency. The Japanese boast of their eco-services for eco-products in eco-cities. Yet they rely primarily on imported fossil fuel and nuclear power, live in energy-wasteful homes, and import 60 percent of their...
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BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2011

Vested interests may stymie energy bill: Kono

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's plan to shift Japan toward renewable energy in light of the Fukushima disaster faces resistance from politicians who have been compromised by their close ties to utilities, an opposition lawmaker said.
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JAPAN
Aug 10, 2011

Nuclear power debate heating up

The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident has sparked an unprecedented public debate on the nation's energy policy, and prominent figures are weighing in.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Aug 9, 2011

Decent man Kan dealing with LDP's fallout

Dear Prime Minister Naoto Kan,
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BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2011

Knowing your audience crucial to winning effective PR results overseas

When reaching out to overseas audiences, Japanese companies need to understand what their target audience wants to know instead of just releasing the bare facts, two public relations experts said in a recent series of seminars.
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JAPAN
Aug 5, 2011

Nuclear policy trio face ax

Industry minister Banri Kaieda announced Thursday he is firing three senior nuclear officials over the mishandling of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2011

Miyagi beef cattle shipments barred

The government ordered a complete ban Thursday on all shipments of beef cattle from Miyagi Prefecture after detecting radioactive cesium above the government limit in some local cattle.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2011

More Aussie beef in pipeline amid cesium fears

Domestic demand for Australian beef may increase after radiation was found in meat here and amid concern that cesium leaks from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may spread farther, according to Australian Agricultural Co. Ltd.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2011

Buyers warned of 'illegal' Geiger counters

In Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, a Geiger counter sold under the brand name of Shanghai Ergonomics Detecting Instrument Co.'s DP802i costs ¥65,000.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2011

Japan must ditch nuclear power: Kan

Japan should gradually become a society that does not have to rely on atomic power, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday amid the continuing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 10, 2011

Media were quick off the mark with March 11 disaster publications

Within a couple of weeks of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, major magazine publishers and newspapers were already putting out extra editions covering the disaster. The first were mostly A4-size on glossy paper, which made them easy to display in the magazine racks at convenience stores and bookshops....
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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 10, 2011

Up close and personal with MIT robots

I'm in a lab surrounded by computer and video equipment, toys, and robots. Lots of robots. I'm like a kid in a candy shop. It's the modern equivalent of an Aladdin's cave for otaku (geeks).
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2011

Water treatment, cooling systems finally working

After suffering numerous problems, the newly installed treatment system for decontaminating radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant and another system designed to recirculate that water to cool the reactors are finally working.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2011

Firms branching out to mitigate disaster impact

Fears of power shortages stemming from the Fukushima nuclear disaster are prompting companies to move to the western part of the country or even overseas to reduce the risk of unexpected business disruptions.
Reader Mail
Jul 7, 2011

Japan's accountability for fallout

Regarding the June 29 article "Elderly volunteers to help Fukushima nuclear cleanup": It's good that Japan is using the elderly to clean up the radioactive disaster at Fukushima. It might also consider using the mentally disabled, prisoners and orphaned children to clean up Fukushima.
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2011

Crisis will slow nuclear growth: CH2M Hill

The Fukushima nuclear disaster will slow the growth of global nuclear energy supply, and its share of total electricity production will shrink in coming years, CH2M Hill said.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
Takaichi's PM bid faces further headwinds with coalition split
LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito attend a party leaders' meeting on Friday in Tokyo.
After ruling bloc breakup, CDP and Komeito eye unified PM candidate
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

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