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WATER 3

BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2014
Fukushima exports first batch of rice since meltdowns to Singapore
Exports of Fukushima-grown rice have resumed after being suspended by the nuclear crisis in March 2011 amid soaring concerns about radiation contamination, a national agricultural cooperative said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2014
Islamic State using Mosul Dam to help fund caliphate
Islamic State militants who last week captured the Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest, had one demand for workers: Keep it going.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2014
Tepco seeks OK for toxic-groundwater dumping facility at Fukushima plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday asked regulators for permission to build a facility to dump radiation-tainted groundwater from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant into the sea after filtration, sources said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2014
The waterworks are wearing out
The cost of maintaining and repairing Japan's water infrastructure is expected to be at least ¥1 trillion annually after 2020 as the 40-year life span on most pipes andd equipment runs out about the same time.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2014
Tepco to collect toxic groundwater at Fukushima, dump in ocean after treatment
Tokyo Electric plans to pump groundwater from wells at the Fukushima No. 1 plant and dump it into the ocean after removing most of the radioactive contaminants.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2014
Tepco dumping ice in Fukushima trenches in bid to freeze toxic water
Tokyo Electric Power Co. says it has placed tons of ice blocks in underground trenches at the Fukushima No. 1 complex in an attempt to freeze highly toxic water pooled there, a necessary step before a 1.5-km ice wall can be constructed to keep groundwater out.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 3, 2014
500,000 in Ohio without drinking water due to Lake Erie algae bloom
Some 500,000 residents in and around Toledo, Ohio, were without safe drinking water for a second day Sunday while local water supplies were being tested following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2014
Water treatment to get into full swing at Fukushima No. 1 in December, Tepco claims
Tepco says it will begin full-scale operation in December of its trouble-plagued radioactive water treatment facility at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant after taking steps to improve its performance.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Fukushima No. 1 chief admits using used parts for water tanks
The manager of the Fukushima No. 1 plant admits some of the tanks storing its radioactive water were built with used parts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2014
Technique to prevent drowning catches on
To prevent drownings, a growing number of children around Asia are being trained using a Japanese technique called "uitemate," meaning floating and waiting.
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 8, 2014
Amazon rain forest grew after climate change 2,000 years ago
Swaths of the Amazon may have been grassland until a natural shift to a wetter climate about 2,000 years ago let the rain forests form, according to a study that challenges common belief that the world's biggest tropical forest is far older.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 1, 2014
Leftfield J-pop, '70s influenced rock and shadowy R&B: Our favorite albums of 2014 (so far)
In his Strange Boutique column last week, Ian Martin wrote about the need for a canon in Japanese music in order for newcomers to the scene — especially those writing about it — to gain some context into what is being released.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2014
Tepco restarts ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima No. 1
Tokyo Electric Power Co. resumed operations of the problem-plagued radioactive water treatment system at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2014
U.S. firm hired to scrub Fukushima No. 1 water
Tokyo Electric hires a U.S. firm to extract strontium from the radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 plant because it can't get ALPS to work properly.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2014
Work on giant underground ice wall begins at Fukushima plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday started building a huge underground ice wall around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to reduce the generation of toxic water at the crippled complex.
JAPAN
May 30, 2014
Japan solicits offers for tritium separation bid
Japan is offering ¥1 billion to any party that can help it separate tritium from the radioactive water building up at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
JAPAN
May 28, 2014
Tepco pinpoints leak at Fukushima No. 1 reactor
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has identified the location of a leak at the bottom of the container in the No. 1 reactor, a company official said on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2014
Conduct in the South China Sea
Tension has gripped China-Vietnam ties for nearly a month since China brought a deep-water oil drilling rig into an area near the Paracel Islands, which is under China's effective control but also claimed by Vietnam.
EDITORIALS
May 18, 2014
Protecting the water cycle
The Diet has enacted a basic law on the water cycle, but the law falls short of meeting local governments' demand to legally define underground water as common public property.
JAPAN
May 16, 2014
Tepco finds source of water leak in reactor 3
Tepco has found the exact place where radioactive water is leaking from the primary containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
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.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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