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Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 23, 2011

Disasters kill appetite for travel during Japan's high season

The aftershocks of the March 11 quake will be strongly felt in the tourism industry come this Golden Week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2011

Evacuation zone to be widened

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government on Friday instructed parts of Fukushima Prefecture outside the 20-km no-go zone around the crippled No. 1 nuclear plant to evacuate by the end of May, saying that cumulative radiation levels may pose a health risk to residents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2011

Taxes must play role in quake recovery: Yosano

Economy and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano said taxes must be part of funding quake reconstruction, as polls indicate public support for increasing levies to pay for rebuilding.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2011

METI hit for 'amakudari' habits that put retirees in Tepco

The government urged former officials of the industry ministry Monday to refrain from taking positions at power utilities after retirement.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2011

More than cocoa at stake in helping out Ivory Coast

Looking at the scenes of bloodshed and looting, and the terrified flight of thousands of people, as Alessane Outtara took over as president, it is hard to imagine that only 25 years ago the Ivory Coast was the sparkling jewel of sub-Saharan Africa.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Apr 19, 2011

Who pays for nuclear nightmare?

Dear Prime Minister Naoto Kan,
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2011

The only panacea for Indonesia's troubles

Is there any idea of the rule of law in the Indonesian Constitution? What is the notion of the rule of law in the context of Indonesia?
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 17, 2011

Japan's food crisis goes beyond recent panic buying

The neon lights of Ginza flickered out, leaving Tokyo's favorite playground in ominous darkness. Drivers fumed while waiting in long lines to purchase gasoline. Goods disappeared from supermarket shelves, sending housewives on forays into neighboring prefectures in search of everyday items such as toilet...
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2011

Task force starts to draw up ways to revive Tohoku

A government task force specially set up to handle reconstruction in quake- and tsunami-hit Tohoku region started Thursday to draw up ways to revive the devastated area.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2011

Further BOJ easing needed: IMF's Shinohara

The Bank of Japan may need to provide further monetary stimulus if power shortages, supply chain disruptions and the nuclear crisis after the quake are prolonged, the International Monetary Fund's No. 3 official said.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2011

East Fukushima shiitake banned

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday banned the shipment of shiitake raised outdoors in eastern Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled nuclear power plant after radioactive substances exceeding government standard were detected.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 14, 2011

Consumers suddenly rushing back to pariah produce

Two weeks ago shoppers were shunning produce from the Tohoku area; now they can't get enough of it.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2011

Edano denies flying family abroad

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano flatly denied rumors Monday that he sent his family abroad to protect them from radiation exposure when workers began to battle the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2011

High radiation well past no-go zone: Greenpeace

Radiology experts from Greenpeace urged the government to revise their evacuation protocol Monday after they found high levels of radiation around the greater Fukushima area and in the region's fresh produce.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2011

Latest jolt tests other nuclear plants, but no leaks

Tohoku late Thursday suffered its largest aftershock since the March 11 killer temblor, but no abnormalities were found in radiation levels around nuclear reactors along the region's Pacific coast, including the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant, government officials said Friday.

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