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SENDAI

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2014
Disaster plans outstanding issue in Sendai plant restart, critics say
Anti-nuclear groups warn that the Sendai plant's reactors are far from ready to go online, despite Kyushu Electric Power Co. clearing a major hurdle toward their restart.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2014
Sendai nuclear plant to clear safety hurdle
The Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture is to clear an initial safety hurdle Wednesday, a key step in what is likely to be the gradual restart of an industry idled by the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 4, 2014
Backcourt dynamo Takeno takes talents to Akita
Veteran guard Akitomo Takeno, a perimeter marksman with an explosive first step, has left the Rizing Fukuoka and OK'd a contractual agreement to play for the Akita Northern Happinets for the 2014-15 season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2014
Evacuation plans stir fresh doubts over Japan nuclear restarts
Keen to restart nuclear power plants three years after the Fukushima disaster, authorities may face an additional hurdle in securing approval — coming up with a cogent evacuation plan in the event of new accidents.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 12, 2014
With few players selected, draft becoming pointless
The bj-league's inaugural draft in June 2005 featured 26 players, including No. 1 overall pick Jo Kurino by the Oita HeatDevils. There were 102 players who participated in a league-organized tryout two weeks before the draft.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2014
Atop Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' debate flares over volcanic risk to Japan's nuclear plants
In the three years since the Fukushima disaster, Japan's utilities have pledged $15 billion to harden their nuclear plants against earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes and terrorist attacks.
BASKETBALL
Apr 20, 2014
Brave Warriors avenge loss to 89ers
The Shinshu Brave Warriors suffered a 16-point loss at home to open the weekend, yielding 101 points to the visiting Sendai 89ers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2014
In test of post-Fukushima policy, town rallies for restart of reactors
For residents of Satsumasendai, their old nuclear plant jobs take priority over a quake they never felt and an atomic disaster they never had to deal with.
BASKETBALL
Apr 13, 2014
Toyama extends winning streak to nine games, reaches 40 wins for first time in franchise history
The Toyama Grouses collected their ninth straight victory on Sunday, defeating the host Sendai 89ers 95-88.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 27, 2014
Finding Japan's hidden punk scenes in their natural environments
Finding music in Japan can be a nightmare, and the live-music scene in particular is notoriously difficult to penetrate. Tucked away in the basements and upper floors of anonymous buildings, often in seedy parts of town, where the neighbors will be less likely to raise complaints against noise and loitering,...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 26, 2014
Sendai seeking to maintain winning ways during stretch run
With seven victories in their past 10 games, the rejuvenated Sendai 89ers have bolstered their playoff chances.
COMMUNITY / Voices
Mar 10, 2014
Three years after 3/11, how is the Tohoku recovery effort going?
In the waiting room at Tokyo Station, Liane Wakabayashi asked passengers en route to Tohoku for their opinions on recovery efforts since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which devastated the region three years ago.

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’