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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 26, 2013
Branding Japan: Not always onward and upward
Branding is not an exact science. Take for example the recent campaign by Fukushima Industries to launch a new consumer-friendly corporate mascot.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2013
Nuclear industry amalgamation mulled
The government is discussing a radical overhaul of the nuclear power sector that would combine the nation's 50 operating reactors into a single company to rebuild an industry that's been effectively halted by the Fukushima disaster.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2013
Tepco eyes fuel removal from Fukushima reactor 4 pool in early November
Tepco plans to start removing nuclear fuel from the spent-fuel pool at the top of the reactor 4 building at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant as early as Nov. 8, about a week earlier than scheduled.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2013
No. 1 water woes laid to Tepco's ineptitude
Two and a half years after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant experienced its three reactor-core meltdowns, the effort to clean up what remains of the complex is turning into another kind of disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Oct 20, 2013
Whether Tepco fails or not, it's taxpayers' tab
The final tab from the meltdowns at Tepco's Fukushima No. 1 plant will be huge, and the public will end up paying it, either through taxes or utility bills.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Oct 20, 2013
JAL rehab a lesson for possible Tepco failure?
Since the start of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis, debate has raged over whether the government should have Tokyo Electric Power Co. go bankrupt.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
Government disinclined to prod Tepco into bankruptcy: Abe
The government will not force Tokyo Electric Power Co. into bankruptcy despite the massive costs it faces because of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant meltdown disaster, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2013
Taxpayers take note: State may need 31 years to recoup ¥5 trillion in Tepco redress aid
It will take up to 31 years for the state to recover the ¥5 trillion in aid it may provide, just through this fiscal year, to Tepco for compensation related to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster that started in 2011.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2013
Tokyo Gas eyes cost control for LNG projects
Tokyo Gas Co. is seeking to take majority stakes in liquefied natural gas projects in Southeast Asia or Africa as it seeks to reduce the cost of imports.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2013
Radiation estimates for No. 1 workers likely 20% too low: U.N.
The estimates for radiation absorbed by nuclear workers in the initial phase of the Fukushima disaster may be 20 percent too low, a U.N. panel says.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2013
Water injection for damaged Fukushima reactor accidentally halted
A pump to inject water into one of the severely damaged reactors at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear complex halted Monday after a worker accidentally triggered a power failure, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2013
Areva: New reactors to end uranium slump by 2015
Nuclear power plant operators benefited from a slump in uranium prices after the reactor meltdowns in the Fukushima No. 1 plant. Areva SA, the second-biggest producer of the metal, says that's about to end.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
Utilities still paying village for planned reactors
Tepco and Tohoku Electric are continuing to pay the municipality of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, over plans to build additional nuclear reactors nearby.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
NRA to Tepco: Fix water mess, even add workers
The Nuclear Regulation Authority orders Tepco to bring under control the massive amount of radioactive water gushing from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2013
New spill at No. 1 laid to typhoon miscalculation
An apparent miscalculation amid a typhoon caused a storage tank to overflow at the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 power plant, releasing about 430 liters of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo Electric Power Co. reveals.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2013
New radioactive water leak found at Fukushima No. 1: Tepco
Tokyo Electric Power Co. says it has found that an unspecified amount of water contaminated with a highly concentrated radioactive substance escaped from another storage tank at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and some may have reached the Pacific Ocean.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2013
Fukushima No. 1 mishandling may foreclose on Tepco reactor restarts: NRA
Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s apparent inept handling of the triple-meltdown crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant may foreclose on its bid to restart two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture, the Nuclear Regulation Authority chief indicates.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2013
Electricity aplenty this winter, METI says
Power shortages are unlikely this winter even if all of the country's 50 reactors remain offline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2013
Tepco resumes water filtration at Fukushima nuke plant
The shutdown of the ALPS water treatment system at the Fukushima No. 1 plant is linked to a rubber mat apparently left in a water tank.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2013
Power-saving targets likely to be dropped this winter
This winter is likely to be Japan's first without numerical power-saving targets since 2011 despite the loss of all atomic power, sources say.

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