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Stomach flu outbreak hits 52 workers at Fukushima nuclear plant
TOKYO — Dozens of workers at Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear power plant have come down with symptoms of stomach flu, halting a radioactive waste cleanup operation. The operator of the Fukushima more »
Microfinancing lifts tsunami-hit Japan firms
Yuta Oki (L), owner of Sake Maker, shows off the company’s production at a Music Securities briefing in November AFP TOKYO — The world’s third largest economy might not seem more »
Kansai Electric to start power-saving measures Monday
TOKYO — Kansai Electric Power Co said Sunday that power-saving measures will go into effect in the Kansai area from Monday until March 23. Kansai Electric said in a statement more »
‘Absolutely no progress being made’ at Fukushima nuke plant, undercover reporter says
Conditions at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant are far worse than its operator or the government has admitted, according to freelance journalist Tomohiko Suzuki, who spent more than a more »
Japan nuclear efforts only ‘first aid’: press
Posted on 17 December 2011 – 02:22pm TOKYO (Dec 17, 2011) – Japanese newspapers Saturday dismissed Tokyo’s declaration of a “cold shutdown” at the Fukushima nuclear plant as meaning only more »
Hermit of Fukushima says he’s staying put despite risks
Dairy farmer Naoto Matsumura feeds a cow at his farm in Tomioka town in Fukushima prefecture AFP KORIYAMA —Naoto Matsumura is tired of being accused of madness for refusing to more »
Noda’s declaration on Fukushima met with cynicism
TOKYO —Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s announcement Friday that Japan finally had control of leaking reactors at Fukushima was met with criticism from various quarters. In a live press conference, Prime more »
Japan claims critical stage reached in shutdown of crippled nuclear plant
Reporting from Seoul -– Japan declared Friday that the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has reached conditions that suggest a critical stable state known as a “cold shutdown” and more »
Japan set to declare Fukushima plant shutdown
Japan was set to announce Friday it has finally tamed leaking reactors at Fukushima, in what authorities say is a vital step on the long road to recovery, nine months more »
Man continues to live alone in Fukushima no-entry zone despite criticism
Naoto Matsumura A man is continuing to live at his home inside the 20-kilometer no-entry zone set up around the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, saying that while he more »
