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BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2011

Noda: Yen rise may foreclose on growth

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Wednesday that one-sided moves in the yen can hurt growth as the currency strengthened against the dollar to close to the level where authorities intervened last week.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2011

Noda delays announcement of bid to replace Kan amid market turmoil

With financial markets in a state of tumult, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda decided Tuesday to postpone the anticipated announcement of his candidacy to succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan as president of the Democratic Party of Japan.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2011

Old and new nuclear perils

Aug. 6 and 9 are the days on which Japanese pray for the souls of those who died due to the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and renew our resolve to seek a world without nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
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 Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2011

Lawmaker defends attempt to observe disputed Takeshima isles

Three Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were denied entry by South Korea when they tried to visit an island near disputed territory in the Sea of Japan remain undeterred, although their actions ratcheted up diplomatic tension with Seoul.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2011

Compensation law is flawed

The Diet on Friday enacted a law for compensating victims of the nuclear accidents at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Early this month the Diet is expected to pass a related bill to establish a state-backed entity that provides financial aid to Tepco for its compensation...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 1, 2011

Japan finally seems to be shifting from nuclear power

Post-nuclear Japan?
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2011

DPJ keeps Tohoku revival plan vague

The Democratic Party of Japan-led government bowed to strong opposition within its ranks Friday and endorsed a watered-down version of its basic reconstruction policy for the Tohoku region that ultimately failed to specify the size and duration of a tax hike to fund the work.
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.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2011

U.S. dances on debt cliff edge

It was fascinating to watch U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner make their appeals to the nation in television addresses over their deadlock about whether and how to raise the $14.3 trillion ceiling on U.S. debts before the country runs out of money next week.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2011

Meat sector to buy tainted beef, burn it

Meat industry organizations will buy up all radioactive domestic beef that has been shipped to the market in a bid to dispel mounting consumer fears as well as provide financial relief to suffering livestock farmers, agriculture minister Michihiko Kano said Tuesday.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami