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BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 11, 2014
Households free to choose power supplier
The Diet on Wednesday enacted legislation to end the grip regional monopolies have held for 60 years on the household electricity market by opening it up to greater competition.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2014
U.S. firm hired to scrub Fukushima No. 1 water
Tokyo Electric hires a U.S. firm to extract strontium from the radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 plant because it can't get ALPS to work properly.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2014
Work on giant underground ice wall begins at Fukushima plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday started building a huge underground ice wall around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to reduce the generation of toxic water at the crippled complex.
JAPAN
May 30, 2014
Japan solicits offers for tritium separation bid
Japan is offering ¥1 billion to any party that can help it separate tritium from the radioactive water building up at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
JAPAN
May 28, 2014
Tepco pinpoints leak at Fukushima No. 1 reactor
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has identified the location of a leak at the bottom of the container in the No. 1 reactor, a company official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2014
NRA gives go-ahead to No. 1 ice wall
The country's nuclear watchdog has decided to allow Tokyo Electric Power Co. to start building an underground ice wall at the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 plant in June despite previous safety concerns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 26, 2014
First Papua gas heads for Japan
The first cargo of liquefied natural gas from Papua New Guinea was headed for Japan on Monday, marking the first time LNG has been imported from the South Pacific nation as Japan deals with a nationwide atomic power shutdown.
JAPAN
May 26, 2014
Tepco ordered to pay damages to nuke evacuee
The Kyoto District Court has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay millions of yen in damages to a man who evacuated Fukushima Prefecture due to the March 2011 nuclear disaster, sources close to the matter said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2014
Tepco begins dumping Fukushima No. 1 groundwater into Pacific Ocean
Tokyo Electric Power Co. began dumping groundwater from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the Pacific on Wednesday, in a bid to manage the huge amounts of radioactive water that have built up at the complex.
JAPAN
May 20, 2014
Government silent on report Fukushima No. 1 workers fled during crisis
The government is refusing to comment on a media report that Masao Yoshida, the now-deceased chief of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant at the time of the meltdowns, was quoted as saying most of the plant's workers evacuated the site despite of his order to remain.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 16, 2014
Miniature underground ice wall shown off at Fukushima No. 1
A miniature version of the experimental underground ice wall slated to be built around the stricken reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant was shown to the media Friday.
JAPAN
May 16, 2014
Tepco finds source of water leak in reactor 3
Tepco has found the exact place where radioactive water is leaking from the primary containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
JAPAN
May 14, 2014
Fukushima fund also tasked with decommissioning
The Diet enacted a revised law Wednesday that will give a state-backed fund dealing with compensation issues related to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster the added task of working to decommission the plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 10, 2014
Radioactive cesium-137 released from Fukushima 1.5 times Tepco estimate: study
The total amount of radioactive cesium-137 released into the atmosphere and seawater from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is estimated at between 17,500 and 20,500 terabecquerels, a study by a Japanese research team showed Friday.
JAPAN
May 10, 2014
Majority of Fukushima evacuees in Tokyo area may suffer from PTSD: survey
A survey of Fukushima Prefecture residents who evacuated to the Tokyo metropolitan area area following the March 2011 nuclear disaster found that a majority of respondents may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
JAPAN
May 2, 2014
Unlabeled AC switch likely caused botched water transfer, Tepco says
Tokyo Electric Power Co. told nuclear regulators Friday that human error was likely responsible for the highly radioactive water that got pumped into the wrong building at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in March and that the tainted building is being turned into a makeshift water tank.
JAPAN
May 2, 2014
Nuclear expert doubts ice wall will solve Fukushima plant leaks
An international nuclear expert expressed skepticism Thursday about Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to set up an experimental ice wall to ultimately stop radioactive water from escaping from the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 30, 2014
Tepco reports profit for first time since '11
Tokyo Electric Power Co. moved into the black in fiscal 2013 thanks to drastic cost-cutting efforts taken in response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 24, 2014
Rebuilding trust in Tepco
Tepco's task of regaining the trust of Japan's public will be just as difficult as resolving the technical challenges in the decades-long work of decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2014
Fukushima No. 1 boss admits plant doesn't have complete control over water problems
The manager of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant admits efforts to control the radioactive water being churned out there are failing because they were planned in haste.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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