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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 9, 2013
Filmmaker revisits the children of Fukushima's 'Grey Zone'
Ian Thomas Ash has won acclaim and awards at film festivals around the world for 'A2-B-C,' the second of a pair of documentaries about children living in towns a stone's throw from Fukushima No. 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Sep 7, 2013
Fukushima: health disaster or PR fail?
One thing about having a nuclear accident in a rich country is that at least there is going to be good medical care and long-term monitoring. The repair and clean-up operation is another matter, of course — which is why Japan is currently under pressure to accept help from abroad in fixing the...
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 5, 2013
Fuel-cell market ripe due to Fukushima: Bloom Energy
Japan is primed following the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami to adopt more power supply devices that can withstand disasters and complement services provided by utilities, Bloom Energy Japan Ltd. said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2013
Sumitomo, NGK win energy tender
NGK Insulators Ltd. and a group led by Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. have been picked for a project aimed at reducing the cost of storage systems that can help integrate clean energy onto the grid.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2013
Oi reactor checks to temporarily halt nuclear power generation
The nation's only two fully operational nuclear reactors will be suspended for routine maintenance checks this month, shutting down all atomic power generation for only the second time in recent memory.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 30, 2013
Smokestack emissions could produce energy
If pollution had a mascot, it would be the smokestack. Do a Google image search for "pollution." What do you see? A bunch of smokestacks with ominous gray clouds billowing out the top.
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Aug 28, 2013
Air gun noise sparks alarm in war over offshore drilling
The use of "seismic air guns" to determine how much oil and gas lies beneath a vast swath of the ocean floor off the southeast coast of the United States is provoking an early skirmish in a battle over oil drilling that is still years away.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Aug 26, 2013
Of nuclear village idiots and radiation scare-mongerers: letters
Nab Tepco execs, take over the clean-up
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2013
Wood seen as key to better biofuels
Wood is strong, abundant, and cheap. But when it comes to the prospect of turning trees and agricultural waste into an energy source for cars and trucks, wood gets in the way. Now scientists say they have found a possible solution to this difficulty, one that could dramatically reduce the cost of tomorrow's...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 21, 2013
Dustin Wong's loops reach an 'Ecstatic' finale
Using just his six-string and a set of effect pedals, Tokyo-based guitarist Dustin Wong creates blissful symphonies of chirps and cascading arpeggios, shot through with searing leads and throbbing bass pulses. At times they recall the exuberant psychedelia of Animal Collective or the heady experiments...
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2013
Renewables energy capacity surges
Renewable energy facilities that newly started operating in fiscal 2012 totaled 2.08 million kw in capacity, equivalent to two nuclear reactors, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2013
Solar plane pilots eye globe, pitch Japan stop
Two Swiss pilots wowed a New York audience recently as they described their first cross-country flight and 2015 vision of circling the globe — with a possible stopover in Japan — on nothing but energy from the sun.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2013
Chubu Electric affiliate to power some TMG facilities instead of Tepco
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Friday that a Chubu Electric Power Co.-affiliated firm will supply power to 48 of its facilities instead of Tokyo Electric Power Co.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2013
Mexico opens oil sector to investment
President Enrique Pena Nieto proposes historic changes to Mexico's state-run energy sector, cracking open the door for global oil giants such as Exxon Mobil and Shell to invest in Mexico's lethargic 75-year-old state oil monopoly.
Japan Times
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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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Tepco starts pumping groundwater at Fukushima No. 1
The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant faces another crisis as an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water reach the Pacific Ocean every day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2013
NYK seeks deep-sea oil, gas as cargo ebbs
Nippon Yusen K.K. says development of deep-sea Brazilian oil and Australian gas will boost drill-ship and shuttle-tanker demand, helping the energy business post its first annual profit.
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JAPAN
Aug 7, 2013
Tepco needs public cash to dig deep wall
The public must fund Tepco's effort to freeze the soil around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 reactors to prevent more groundwater from becoming radioactive, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2013
Chubu Electric to acquire 80% of power retailer
Chubu Electric Power Co. signs a contract to acquire an 80 percent interest in Diamond Power Corp., a small electricity supplier affiliated with Mitsubishi Corp., on Oct. 1.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2013
Fukushima trench water crisis returns
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday that the trench problem at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has cropped up again and is sending highly radioactive water into the sea.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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