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JAPAN
Mar 2, 2012

Evacuated town prepares for residents' return

The town of Hirono resumed services Thursday at City Hall, the first of nine evacuated municipal offices in Fukushima Prefecture to reopen since the March 11 disaster struck and nuclear crisis started.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 28, 2012

Tepco's political tentacles

Just as Tokyo Electric Power Co. is under fire for trying to raise consumers' electricity bills before making sufficient efforts to streamline its management, a series of cases have surfaced in which the company appeared to be trying to strengthen its political influence by sending employees to prefectural...
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2012

Tohoku teen feels guilt of being lone survivor

Yuji Hamada will mark his 16th birthday on March 11, but last year's disasters have stripped the occasion of much of the joy he felt on past anniversaries, when he would celebrate at home with his family.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2012

Lithuania follows nuclear path

While the meltdown crisis in Fukushima has raised awareness around the world of the dangers of nuclear power, Lithuania, with its limited natural resources, appears to have little choice but to rely on atomic energy to reduce its heavy reliance on natural gas from Russia.
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2012

Hopes fade for Monju's energy dream promise

Japan's long and expensive pursuit of a superefficient nuclear reactor — a model once touted as the key to its energy future — now teeters on the brink of failure amid new government concerns about its runaway costs.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2012

Governor: Why no arrests over crisis?

Saitama Gov. Kiyoshi Ueda wants to see Tokyo Electric Power Co. held criminally responsible for the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2012

11 months on, Reconstruction Agency makes official debut

The Reconstruction Agency finally made its official debut Friday, 11 months since the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake, and its mission is to speed up the process of rebuilding the Tohoku region.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2012

Crisis never came close to scenario meriting Tokyo evacuation: panel chief

The Fukushima No. 1 plant worst-case fallout scenario drawn up by Japan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Shunsuke Kondo last March 25 assumed winds would carry the radioactive materials to Tokyo, forcing the government to help people "migrate" from the capital.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2012

Genba meets AKB48 China envoys

Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba met with members of all-girl idol group AKB48 on Thursday and thanked them for taking part in a campaign to attract Chinese tourists and dispel harmful rumors about the safety of Japanese food products.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2012

Fukui nuclear plants key issue in Kyoto mayor race

With one of the world's largest clusters of nuclear plants just some 60 km to the north, the Fukushima crisis is looking to be a major campaign issue in Kyoto's Feb. 5 mayoral election.
EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2012

Epic information failure

It has surfaced that the government failed to keep minutes of meetings of various units it set up to cope with the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. In view of the disasters' historic significance and devastating...
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2012

Cyber-attack disrupts website of nuclear crisis panel

The website of the government-appointed panel probing the Fukushima disaster was hit by a cyber-attack Saturday night that lasted until Sunday morning.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2012

A worrisome trade deficit

Japan's trade balance went into the red in 2011 — the first since 1980 when soaring oil prices caused a trade deficit. But the current account balance is still in the black thanks to income generated by Japan's overseas net assets amounting to some ¥250 trillion. This money is reinvested overseas...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2012

Upgraded Quince robots ready for second foray

New robots for gathering data inside the radiation-contaminated Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are ready to go into action, the Chiba Institute of Technology said Monday, three months after an older version got stuck inside the No. 2 reactor building.

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
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