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U S ENERGY

EDITORIALS
Feb 10, 2014
Obstacles to green energy expansion
The review of the feed-in tariff system should not be perfunctory. The government should make serious efforts to remove obstacles to the expansion of renewable energy sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2014
Comprehensive agenda, anti-nuclear failures ensured Masuzoe victory
Yoichi Masuzoe's ability to address a wide range of issues and the failure of his rivals to keep the public's attention focused on nuclear energy were the keys to his victory in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2014
SoftBank unit to enter clean energy retail business in Japan
SoftBank Corp.'s clean energy unit will enter the retail power business this year to sell renewable energy such as solar and wind.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2014
U.S. posts medical info on A-bombs
The U.S. Energy Department has made available online a report about the medical effects of the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to a Japanese scholar.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2014
Return arms-grade plutonium: U.S.
Washington is pressuring a reluctant Tokyo to return over 300 kg of mostly weapons-grade plutonium it let Japan experiment with during the Cold War.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jan 26, 2014
No plan best plan in Kansai nuclear disaster
Ten months after regional governments were required to submit nuclear disaster evacuation plans, a lack of central government guidance and local-level cooperation is generating concern that Kansai will be ill-prepared to respond if any of Fukui Prefecture's 13 commercial reactors suffers a meltdown.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 25, 2014
Nuke issue could restore power to the regions
The LDP fears that if Morihiro Hosokawa successfully taps anti-nuclear sentiment among Tokyoites and wins the gubernatorial election, the movement could spread to areas across the country that host nuclear plants.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2014
Energy plan revision eyed to avoid nuclear reliance 'misunderstandings'
The Abe administration will consider revising a draft energy policy so it doesn't stir "misunderstandings" that the nation will rely heavily on nuclear power in the medium to long term, industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2014
Fukushima No. 1 engineer's warning to Taiwan: Nuclear power unstable
A Japanese engineer who helped build reactor 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant says such plants are inherently unstable, urging Taiwan to ditch atomic energy for renewable resources.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2014
Taxi firm refuses to serve anti-nuclear lawmaker
A taxi company in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, home to a nuclear power plant, refuses service to Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto due to his stance against atomic power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2014
Russia ties deepening over energy and security
Just 160 km from the northern tip of Hokkaido, Sakhalin is a desolate island that has long been ignored by world powers. Remnants of Japanese shrines are reminders that the island was governed by Imperial Japan until the end of World War II.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 14, 2014
No rush to form new energy policy: Motegi
Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday that he will not be rushed into deciding a new energy policy that supports the use of nuclear power.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 12, 2014
Japan goes back to the future to affirm energy 'foundation'
The Japanese government's recently released draft Basic Energy Plan goes as close as possible to preserving the pre-Fukushima nuclear status quo, event with all nuclear power plants currently closed down and public opinion still strongly in favor of a nuclear phase-out.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2014
Tepco urged to halt rising radiation levels at No. 1 plant border
Nuclear regulators on Friday called on Tokyo Electric Power Co. to take action to address rising radiation levels at the border of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant's premises, which have jumped to levels eight times higher than the regulatory limit.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2014
Fuel meltdown experiment eyed to learn more about Fukushima crisis
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency plans to melt a small nuclear fuel rod in an experiment at its research facility in March to figure out how meltdowns occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011.
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2014
Renewable energy to fill Galapagos electricity demand
Japan and South Korea are helping Ecuador meet the electricity needs of the country's nature-rich Galapagos Islands with power to be generated from renewable energy sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2014
'Solar girl' sheds reliance on Tepco for spartan life on the edge of the grid
It was August 2012 when Chikako Fujii had one of the most memorable conversations of her life. That moment came when a bill collector from Tokyo Electric Power Co. rang her doorbell in the west Tokyo suburb of Kunitachi and told her with finality that she had an important choice to make.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2013
Energy rivals to face eased demand
Even as new renewable energy projects come online and changes in the law designed to increase competition and use power generated from all sources more efficiently start to come into effect this year, predictions for the nation's energy landscape show total energy consumption slightly down.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2013
LDP group seeks semantic solution to energy revamp
A group of lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party seeking to phase out nuclear power has compiled a proposal for drastically revising the nation's basic energy plan that is to be approved by the Cabinet in January, according to sources close to the group.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2013
Safety check of Rokkasho nuke facility sought
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. plans to have its troubled fuel reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, undergo a state safety assessment Jan. 7 so it can be brought online.
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.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
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.

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