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JAPAN
Aug 23, 2013

Tepco radioactive flow raises alarm over seafood safety

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s revelation that massive amounts of radioactive water are flowing into the Pacific further raised fears about the harm to marine life.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2013

Tank at No. 1 lost 300 tons of radioactive water

About 300 tons of highly radioactive water had leaked from a tank at the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as of Tuesday afternoon, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2013

Hanford offers Tepco lesson in cleaning up Fukushima

Hanford Engineer Works produced the 9 kg of plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. It's among the most toxic nuclear waste sites and the place Japan is turning to for help dealing with the melted reactors in Fukushima.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2013

Giants' Chono slugs clutch home run in victory over Dragons

The third time was the charm for Hisayoshi Chono on Saturday afternoon.
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LIFE / Travel
Aug 17, 2013

Eco-awareness to the rescue

The village of Shimizu in Niigata Prefecture has a long history, but in a few decades it may be gone. Located 600 meters above sea level at the foot of Mount Makihata on a pass between parts of northwestern Honshu along the Sea of Japan and the Kanto region on the Pacific side, Shimizu hosted a military...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2013

Status of posting system may put Tanaka in limbo

Masahiro Tanaka figures to be one of the most intriguing NPB exports if the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles decide to post the star right-hander after the season.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 15, 2013

Light bites of every flavor in Tokyo

Tokyo has seen more and more restaurants recently open with the express purpose of offering casual, light bites, rather than elaborate full-course meals. Close to home is fine, as long as we can nibble and graze, ordering a dish or two at a time, and interspersing food with drink and conversation till...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 15, 2013

Herbal mojitos for summer; 16th anniversary special dinner buffet

Herbal mojitos for the summer
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COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Aug 12, 2013

Radiation fears forced me to postpone Japan visit by U.S. students

Dear Minister of Education Hakubun Shimomura,
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LIFE
Aug 10, 2013

Ninagawa's golden oldies reach a whole new stage in life

"After a performance at the 232-seat Maison de la Culture du Japon in Paris, one of the Japanese staff there said I had a 'splendid voice.' I didn't buy anything in Paris, but that was the best possible souvenir," said Kiyoshi Takahashi, 85, the oldest male member of Saitama Gold Theater.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 5, 2013

Balentien, Ogawa keep Swallows in spotlight

There normally wouldn't be many reasons to keep close tabs on a 35-57-1 team that's 22½ games out of first place.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2013

Nakai, Nishimura thrive in pressure-packed moments for Giants

Daisuke Nakai might want to get comfortable at the Big Egg.

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?