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NUCLEAR

JAPAN
Aug 17, 2015
NRA says Sakurajima volcano no threat to newly restarted Sendai reactor
The Nuclear Regulation Authority says that the Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture doesn't pose a threat to the Sendai nuclear plant 50 km away.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 15, 2015
Post-3/11 power-conservation goals change the energy game
The heat wave rolling over Tokyo is a godsend for Olympics bashers like former newscaster Hiroshi Kume. On his TBS radio show last week, he said that five years from now when the games are held here, they will "violate the Olympic charter," which requires an environment where all athletes can demonstrate...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2015
Pyongyang pursuing only 'defensive' nuclear arms program, envoy says in Geneva
North Korea will pursue its "defensive" nuclear program as long as it feels threatened by the United States, its U.N. disarmament envoy in Geneva told Reuters on Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2015
In major victory for nuclear industry, first reactor goes online under post-Fukushima regime
Four years and five months to the day after the crisis began at the Fukushima No. 1 power station, Japan formally returned to nuclear power Tuesday with the restart of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai No. 1 reactor in Kagoshima Prefecture.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2015
Link nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation efforts
Given the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty's failure to make progress toward nuclear disarmament, a convention to ban the use of nuclear weapons is needed.
EDITORIALS
Aug 11, 2015
Sendai nuclear power plant restart
The restart of operations at the Sendai plant should serve as an occasion for the government, the power industry and the public to reassess the sustainability of nuclear power generation in this country.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2015
Iran deal didn't trigger an arms race
The hyper-arming of the Middle East dates to the mid-2000s, before the U.S. and its partners began negotiating in earnest with Tehran over nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2015
Reactor in Kagoshima poised for restart despite public opposition
Kyushu Electric Power will restart the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear plant on Tuesday, marking the country's first long-term return to nuclear power since the Fukushima crisis.
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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2015
Nagasaki bombing remembered, but doubts emerge over anti-war, anti-nuke policy
Nagasaki marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing with calls to abolish nuclear weapons and a direct criticism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security bills.
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CULTURE / Books
Aug 8, 2015
Memories of those marked by nuclear war
August, 2015. This is a month of great testimonials: outpourings of guilt, grief, consternation, remorse, atonement and, for those whose ends are not served by an honest reckoning of the past, evasion.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Exclusion of nonnuclear principles from Abe's Hiroshima speech causes stir
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to include a pledge to observe the country's three nonnuclear principles in the annual memorial speech on Thursday remembering the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack is causing speculation the exclusion may be political.
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JAPAN / History
Aug 6, 2015
Hiroshima marks 70th A-bomb anniversary amid fears of pacifism eroding
Commemorations included renewed pledges to abolish nuclear arms and pursue world peace, though some said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to expand the country's military role undercut that sentiment.

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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