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FUKUSHIMA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2014
All spent fuel removed from reactor 4 pool at Fukushima No. 1, Tepco says
The operator of the shattered Fukushima No. 1 plant finishes extracting fuel from the pool of reactor 4, in a rare piece of positive news from the decommissioning process.
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LIFE
Dec 20, 2014
Public protest in Japan: Power to the people?
"Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed." — Article 21, Constitution of Japan
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 20, 2014
Earthquake strikes off Fukushima Prefecture; no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with an intensity of 4 on the Japanese scale to 7 rattled the Hamadori area of eastern Fukushima Prefecture at 6:31 p.m. Saturday, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2014
Hundreds of Fukushima evacuees sue Tepco for ¥6 billion
More than 340 people forced to evacuate by the atomic meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant in 2011 filed a lawsuit Friday against Tokyo Electric Power Co. demanding around ¥6 billion in compensation.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2014
Taiwan says 3/11 ban on Japanese food exports to remain in place
Taiwan will continue to ban food imports from five prefectures tainted by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster despite Tokyo's efforts to apply stricter export inspections.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2014
Debris clearing starts in Futaba, more than 3½ years after tsunami
The work is limited to areas of the town near the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant where officials plan to eventually lift the evacuation order.
OLYMPICS
Dec 16, 2014
Fukushima makes pitch to host some 2020 Olympic events
Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori on Tuesday told the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that the Tohoku prefecture hopes to host some of the preliminary events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to showcase its recovery from the 2011 nuclear accident.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2014
South Korean food safety inspectors arrive to check radiation protocols
South Korean food quality inspectors arrived in Japan on Monday to verify radiation inspection procedures for seafood.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 13, 2014
On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2014
Ministry ordered to disclose results of poll on localities' tsunami debris acceptance plans
The Osaka District Court has ordered the Environment Ministry to disclose the results of its December 2011 survey on local governments' plans to accept tsunami debris from the Tohoku region following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Dec 10, 2014
Question of negligence hangs over nuclear firms in U.S. case over Fukushima fallout
Why hasn't the Japanese government, like the USS Ronald Reagan sailors, filed its own lawsuits against these nuclear companies to determine their legal liability for the Fukushima disaster?
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JAPAN / DECISION 2014
Dec 10, 2014
Fukushima forgotten: No. 1 plant workers feel voters don't realize their ordeal
Many of the workers involved with decommissioning the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant say they want voters to know about their persisting harsh working conditions, low pay and health worries.
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JAPAN
Dec 5, 2014
Japan's fiscal '13 greenhouse gas emissions worst on record
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions surge to the highest on record, reflecting the fallout from the March 2011 shattering of the government's nuclear safety myth.
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JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2014
Dec 3, 2014
Fukushima voters voice anxiety amid leaders' reconstruction pledges
The leaders of the country's major political parties have called for renewed efforts to speed up reconstruction in disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture, as election campaigning got underway in earnest.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014
U.N. climate conference begins in Lima; Tokyo seen lagging
A 12-day U.N. conference on climate change began in Lima on Monday, with representatives of more than 190 countries and regions seeking a broad agreement by the end of next year to develop a new global framework in 2020 to fight global warming.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 1, 2014
Vast majority of ruling bloc candidates favor rebooting reactors
Most of the ruling coalition candidates running in the general election are in favor of restarting the nation's idled nuclear reactors, a poll says.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2014
Nuclear power's dark future
Nuclear power constitutes the world's most subsidized energy industry yet it faces an increasingly uncertain future.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2014
Tepco fails to halt toxic water inflow at Fukushima No. 1 trenches
Admitting failure in its bid to halt the flow of toxic water into underground tunnels at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, Tepco will try a specially developed cement instead.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2014
Diet approves bill on collective compensation for nuclear accidents
The Diet on Wednesday enacted a bill that allows Japan to join an international pact on financial liability for nuclear accidents.
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JAPAN
Nov 14, 2014
Asahi Shimbun announces new president
The scandal-hit daily newspaper says 55-year-old Masataka Watanabe, one of its managing directors, will take over as president of the company on Dec. 5.

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