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NUCLEAR

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JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2020
In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament
Terumi Tanaka was 13 when Nagasaki was bombed, and saw his relatives dying in the aftermath.
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JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2020
Hiroshima and Nagasaki struggle to preserve A-bombed relics 75 years later
The cities face a continuous dilemma over how to maintain ruins and how to find the money with which to do it.
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Aug 8, 2020
Roger Dahl on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2020
Plan to phase out inefficient coal plants breaks no new ground
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kajiyama said in early July that the government will work out a program to phase out inefficient coal-burning thermal power plants — by either suspending or scrapping these plants. METI later followed up on the move by launching a panel of experts to...
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 7, 2020
Japan institute struggling to preserve A-bomb autopsy materials
Specimens from victims were held by the U.S. for almost 30 years. Now returned and fading, the government has refused to fund their digitization.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
South Korean farmers bartering sugar for North Korean booze to bypass sanctions
A South Korean farmers' cooperative said on Thursday it has clinched a $150 million deal to barter sugar for North Korean liquor and food products, bypassing sanctions banning cash transfers.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2020
Japan's stalled nuclear fuel cycle policy
While the disposal of the spent nuclear fuel is big challenge that must be tackled, it should not stop the government and the power industry from rethinking the costly fuel cycle program.
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JAPAN / History
Aug 6, 2020
The bombing of Hiroshima: 'I thought it was the end of the world'
Hibakusha Yachiyo Kato saw the full horrors of the A-bomb and has been telling her story since.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 5, 2020
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
It's crucial to keep alive the idea that out of their ashes 75 years ago a better and more humane world can grow.
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JAPAN
Aug 4, 2020
Sharing Hiroshima's legacy in the age of COVID-19
Amid the pandemic, the city has been looking for ways to help hibakusha tell their stories and let the past live on.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2020
North Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles, U.N. says
North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles," according to a confidential U.N. report.
JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2020
Is time running out to preserve Japan’s A-bomb legacy?
75 years on, Hiroshima and Nagasaki scramble to preserve the memories of those who survived the atomic bombings
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 1, 2020
Japan Times 1945: New-type bombs used in raid on Hiroshima
Readers get news of a new bomb being used by the Americans in the war.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan