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FUKUSHIMA NO 2

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JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jul 17, 2016
Retailer hopes to lift returning firms in Namie by tapping pipeline to Qvevri-made Georgian wine
Matsubaya, a retail and wholesale firm from the town of Namie near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, is trying to revitalize businesses that were based in the district, using Georgian wine.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 14, 2016
Fate of stats from former leagues uncertain
Should statistical records from the bj-league, the JBL and its successor (NBL), the JBL2 and its successor (NBDL) be kept handy and recited frequently for the B. League?
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JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jul 7, 2016
Showdown in apathetic Fukushima finds justice minister scrambling for survival
Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki is feeling threatened.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 5, 2016
Dynamic scorer Nash to play for Milwaukee Bucks in Las Vegas Summer League
After a banner rookie season in the bj-league, forward Le'Bryan Nash continues his quest to secure a job in the NBA.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2016
Outgoing Fukushima plant chief says long road still ahead
The crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has seen improvements over the past three years but it will continue to be a difficult project during its decades-long decommissioning, the outgoing chief of the plant said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jun 19, 2016
Fukushima rice set to make first EU foray with debut in Britain
Fukushima-harvested rice will hit the stores in Britain in July, which might make it the first member of the EU to import the grain, following a sustained effort by a group of Fukushima natives in London fighting rumors about the safety of the crop.
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JAPAN
Jun 16, 2016
Tepco chief likely banned use of 'meltdown' under government pressure: report
The report said someone in the government was unhappy Tepco had revealed a photo of the blown-up building for reactor No. 1 a day after 3/11.
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CULTURE / Books
Jun 11, 2016
Novelist Hideo Furukawa views the Fukushima disaster through nonhuman eyes
After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, critically acclaimed writer Hideo Furukawa experienced an unsettling "imagination meltdown."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 9, 2016
Fukushima brings in Moriyama as new coach
It didn't take long for the Fukushima Firebonds to fill their coaching vacancy.
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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 2, 2016
Coaching moves already underway
The annual coaching carousel changes the landscape of who's in charge.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 30, 2016
Let's discuss ex-PM Koizumi's support for the ailing U.S. sailors
Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has thrown his support behind a group of former U.S. sailors suing the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

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