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Fukushima Daiichi operator considers plans to dump treated water into sea
Reuters guardian.co.uk, Thursday 8 December Tepco says it is running out of space to store water and may dump it, prompting protests from fishing groups Water on the floor inside more »
Japan mulls $13-$19 billion bailout for Fukushima plant operator
By Edwina Gibbs and Linda Sieg TOKYO | Thu Dec 8, 2011 5:16am EST (Reuters) – The Japanese government may inject between $13 billion and $19 billion into Tokyo more »
Japan funding whaling hunt with disaster budget
TOKYO: Japan is spending 2.3 billion yen (29 million) from its supplementary budget for tsunami reconstruction to fund the country’s annual whaling hunt in the Antarctic Ocean. A fisheries official more »
Japan town embraces volunteer who stayed after tsunami
Book Japan tours and things to do in Japan with City Discovery ! Chizuru Nakagawa has worked 18-hour days to help rebuild Ogatsu since the March 11 quake and tsunami. more »
Japan Split on Hope for Vast Radiation Cleanup
Book Japan tours and things to do in Japan with City Discovery ! Workers replaced soil as part of a decontamination effort at Soma agricultural high school in Fukushima. By more »
Japan quake-tsunami recast undersea terrain
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com SAN FRANCISCO – Undersea views reveal that Japan’s colossal earthquake ripped deep fissures in the seafloor and raised undersea cliffs hundreds of feet, while more »
Radiation traces found in Japanese baby formula
TOKYO — Traces of radiation spilled from Japan’s hobbled nuclear plant were detected in baby formula Tuesday in the latest case of contaminated food in the nation. In this photo more »
Symbolic pine tree doomed due to rotten roots
The pine tree in Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate Prefecture A local civic group has discontinued its efforts to preserve a local pine tree that miraculously survived the March 11 tsunami and thus more »
Fukushima halts shipments of rice from Watari district
TOKYO (majirox news) –Japan has banned rice shipments from the Watari district of Fukushima City after tests showed they exceeded the legal limits of radioactive cesium, authorities said Monday. The more »
Man makes key holders from quake rubble to help March 11 victims
Hajime Nakata holds key rings made of rubble in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of Hajime Nakata) RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate — A man here has come up with the more »
