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Minoru Matsutani
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2011
Success no given in Tepco road map
Too many uncertainties cloud the feasibility of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to achieve a cold shutdown of the damaged reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in six to nine months, experts said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2011
Tepco to meet 95% of demand
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it will be able to raise its power-generating capacity to 95 percent of demand this summer instead of 85 percent. Tepco is planning to increase capacity to 52 million kw in July and 50.7 million kw in August compared with 46.5 million kw announced on March 25.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Q&A
Apr 14, 2011
Why so many aftershocks? Why so large?
A record number of powerful aftershocks have continued to jolt the already battered prefectures of Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki after the 9.0-magnitude March 11 earthquake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2011
Offshore windmills weather crisis
A cheap and simply structured wind-power plant proved more resistant to natural disasters than nuclear plants.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2011
Tepco pumps nitrogen into reactor 1
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it started injecting nitrogen early Thursday into reactor 1 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to purge the hydrogen inside and prevent an explosion, and the process went smoothly in the afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2011
Nuclear crisis man-made, not 'an act of god': experts
Despite protestations from the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. that the tsunami that knocked out the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was unforeseeable, noted seismologists and nuclear experts say the crisis is largely man-made.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2011
Tepco dumps concrete to plug radiation leak at No. 2
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday that a cracked storage pit at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant was the source of a radioactive water leak contaminating the ocean and that it is attempting to fill it with concrete.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2011
Plutonium traces point to core leak
Plutonium that may have come from a reactor core at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was detected in soil on the premises, indicating fuel rods suffered heavy damage, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has revealed.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2011
Radiation rises in Tokyo water
Radioactive iodine exceeding official levels for infants was detected Wednesday in water in a purification plant in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, prompting the metropolitan government to advise residents not to let babies younger than 1 year old drink tap water or powdered milk made with it in the 23 wards...
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2011
Analysts call arrest over exam cheating overkill
The media are in a frenzy over the arrest of a 19-year-old boy for allegedly posting questions from the Kyoto University entrance exam online to get outside help.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2011
Activists to give Taiji residents free 'Cove' DVD
Supporters of a movement working to halt the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, will distribute DVDs of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" to all residents of the tiny port that grabbed global attention with its bloody cull, an activist group said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2011
Top prosecutor opposes fully taped interrogations
Prosecutor General Haruo Kasama expressed his view Monday that recording entire interrogations will make investigations difficult.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2011
Tanita working on hand-held gauge that shows who pigged out
Ate too much? With only one drop of urine, a new device developed by health care firm Tanita Corp. can check for overeating.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2011
Ueno Zoo's hopes up for panda cub
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, where a pair of giant pandas have arrived from China, is already hoping for a newborn by summer.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2011
Activists win; whale hunt halts in Antarctic
The Japanese whaling fleet has suspended its Antarctic Ocean hunt because of obstruction by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessels, a Fisheries Agency official said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2011
Italians slam orgy-bent Berlusconi
More than 100 Italian and Japanese staged an angry demonstration in Tokyo against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over his alleged orgies, including with a 17-year-old girl.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2011
Emperor to undergo heart test
Emperor Akihito will undergo a coronary artery test Friday after a checkup found symptoms of cardiac ischemia, a condition caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Feb 3, 2011
Eda unsure if he will sign hanging orders
New Justice Minister Satsuki Eda openly opposes capital punishment but can't decide whether to perform his duty and sign off on executions or stick to his personal beliefs.
JAPAN / Media
Jan 30, 2011
'LED smiles': How a nonexistent Japanese schoolgirl craze became a meme
A nonexistent Japanese style trend turned into Internet meme this past week, thanks to a New York Times blog, the online version of The Guardian and other news websites. If the report — which was passed verbatim from site to site, tweet to tweet — was to be believed, the latest craze among Japanese...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2011
Rediscovered salmon feted by ice sculpture
An ice sculpture representing Kunimasu salmon, which had been believed to have gone extinct about 70 years ago but were found last month in Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, is being sculpted in the Saiko Wild Birds Park near Mount Fuji.
South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since Japan’s bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Jetstar Japan loses lawsuit over disciplinary action against cabin crew
Jetstar Japan has been ordered to pay back wages to two cabin crew members for the periods they were suspended.
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Nomura Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan — a component similar to the one established at South Korea’s Osan Air Base in 2022 — will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt “human connection” over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service.
Don’t worry, you can still use your Japan health insurance card — for now
A My Number card reader at a pediatric clinic in Tokyo. While the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Monday, most people will remain unaffected by the move in the short term as existing health insurance cards can still be used for another year.

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