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CRISIS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2014
Hokkaido Electric wins government OK to raise rates
The government on Tuesday approved Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s plan to raise household electricity bills by 15.3 percent on average, with the surge in fossil fuel costs weighing on the utility's business in the absence of nuclear power generation following the 2011 Fukushima crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2014
Cars allowed to use highway section closed by Fukushima nuclear crisis
The government had lifted a vehicle ban on National Route 6 through the area where residency is restricted due to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, the first time that stretch of highway has been open to automobiles since the nuclear crisis began in March 2011.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2014
Signpost says more eurozone deficit financing
The only question about European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's recent speech to central bankers in which he implied that avoiding a eurozone breakup will require increased fiscal deficits is how openly that reality will be admitted.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014
Tepco to settle 3/11 suit over hospital evacuee's death for ¥13.5 million
Tokyo Electric Power Co. agreed Friday to pay ¥13.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed over the death of a woman who was forced to evacuate from a hospital during the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, a relative of the woman said.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2014
Central bankers try harder to speed up growth, dealing with issues treated as taboo until now
Six years after the near-collapse of the global financial system and more than five years into one of the strongest bull markets in history, the answer still taxes the ingenuity of central bankers who now sound more determined than ever to get faster growth.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2014
Firm rapped for neglecting to get Fukushima decontamination workers health checks
A Yokohama-based firm has been reprimanded for not having its workers undergo required health checks after sending them to Fukushima Prefecture for decontamination work.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 6, 2014
Administration eyes system for utilities to pay power-saving firms
The Abe administration is studying a plan to require that power companies make "cooperation" payments to firms that cut their electricity use when demand peaks, sources said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2014
Regional security deficits threaten economic growth
Political insecurity, potential conflict and deteriorating international relations pose a greater threat to global economic progress than the post-2008 financial crisis debate foresaw.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2014
Europe may have weathered financial storm, but aging society will need structural reform
Europe may have weathered the financial storm, but elected leaders face a daunting task enacting structural reforms of labor markets, pension systems and taxes to restore growth.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2014
Italian police seize $140 million from Nomura in Sicily fraud case
Police in Italy seize $140 million from Nomura Holdings, accusing the giant brokerage of defrauding the region of Sicily with complex financial products in the years leading up to the derivatives crisis.
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.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2014
U.S. policy triggered latest border crisis
The U.S. does everything it can to screw up the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, then acts surprised when desperate people from there, including thousands of children, show up at the U.S. border, trying to escape the carnage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2014
Tepco shrugs off activist investors
Tokyo Electric Power Co. shot down a bevy of anti-nuclear policy proposals lobbed up by irate shareholders at its annual meeting Thursday in Tokyo and vowed instead to restart its idled reactors.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2014
Operator of Hamaoka nuclear plant says no active faults below site
The operator of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture said Wednesday its investigation found no active geological faults under or around the site, which was forced to shut down in 2011 after the plant's operation was deemed risky.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2014
Photog returns home to chronicle Fukushima
As a photographer whose roots are in Fukushima, Tadao Mitome feels a duty to continue capturing images of the area to document the effects of the nuclear disaster triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2014
Japan failed to report 640 kg of nuclear fuel to IAEA
Japan 'inappropriately omitted' 640 kg of unused plutonium in its annual nuclear fuel reports to the U.N. nuclear watchdog in 2012 and 2013.
EDITORIALS
Jun 7, 2014
Global obesity: a growing crisis
A new global study showing that one-third of the world is now overweight shows that a global health crisis is imminent unless urgent steps are taken. For what it's worth, Japanese adults are the least obese among the industrialized countries.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2014
772 Fukushima No. 1 interviews slated for release
The government says it will release the transcripts of interviews with 772 people involved in the Fukushima meltdowns but might redact some parts for secrecy reasons.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2014
Farmers find a new cash crop in solar power field
The campaign to boost renewable power supplies since the Fukushima nuclear disaster is producing some unlikely winners: vegetable farmers.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 28, 2014
Lawmakers to push Abe on Russia gas link
Diet members are renewing the push for a ¥600 billion natural gas pipeline from Russia, which last week signed a supply deal with China, in a bid to cut energy costs after the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Japan keeps up yen warnings as two-day intervention suspected
An electronic screen displays a graph showing yen exchange rates surging against the U.S. dollar amid an alert to the possibility of intervention in Tokyo on Friday.
Hyogo governor stands firm on not resigning despite official's death
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito speaks to reporters on Tuesday.
Four injured after man sets fire to Japan city hall
Police said four people were injured after a man set fire to a city hall in Aichi Prefecture, with local media reporting he had been arrested.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
By Tomoko Otake

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