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Energy policy post-Fukushima_ Japan needs to show leadership – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

December 2012:

#Radioactive Japan_ Former NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko Visits Fukushima, Meets Evacuees _

EXSKF _Active Fault Right Under the Reactor Building in Tsuruga Nuke Plant_,

Japan’s Nucleaer Regulatory Authority Concluded After 2-Day Field Research _EXSKF

8 companies face order to stop illegal labor practice at Fukushima plant – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

23ABC News – San Diego sailor angered over Japan radiation exposure12292012 – Story

26 and 27 year down 45 percent inhibition 200 people College Recruiting Kyuden – MSN Sankei News

Active fault decision could affect all nuclear facilities in Aomori Prefecture – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

AFP_ Fukushima ‘unprecedented challenge’_ new Japan PM

As the new year approaches, Japan still reels from 2011 _ The Japan Times Online

Beware the nuclear village as it readies to rear-end docile Japan again _ The Japan Times Online

Chernobyl factored in the fall of a corrupt regime — Fukushima may too _ The Japan Times Online

Debris removal restarted at tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant – UPI

Evacuation standards toughened _ The Japan Times Online

Flimsy waste tanks cause new delay in Fukushima plant decontamination – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Fukushima Daiichi’s Unit 4 Spent-Fuel Pool_ Safe or Not_ – Japan Real Time – WSJ

FUKUSHIMA MINPO NEWS _ Evacuation order for 16 areas in Iitate to be lifted in March 2014

Fukushima plant operator to press LDP government for bailout – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Fukushima victims take a stand with human rights declaration – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Google offers online panoramic views inside tsunami-ravaged buildings – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Gross nuclear misrepresentations _ The Japan Times Online

Hamaoka nuke plant tsunami barrier unveiled to media as construction continues- 毎日jp(毎日新聞)

High thyroid radiation doses in 178 Fukushima workers – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Hitachi’s robot for Fukushima plant _ Photos _ Kyodo News

IAEA post-Fukushima plan needs funding – Power Engineering

IAEA, Fukushima Prefecture to set up joint decontamination program – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Japanese flee Fukushima nuke disaster to faraway Okinawa, plan class-action against radiation _ Fox News

Japanese nuke agency drops ‘radioactive wife’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Japanese researchers make radioactive cesium glow in dark with new compound- 毎日jp(毎日新聞)

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Japan’s incoming pro-nuclear PM _to review Fukushima_ – Channel NewsAsia

LDP likely to restart N-reactors _ National _ DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

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MHI rolls out nuclear crisis robot _ The Japan Times Online

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Noticeable earthquakes in Japan top 3,000 in 2012 -NHK WORLD English-

NRA to examine method for fault impact forecast on nuke plants- 毎日jp(毎日新聞)

Opponents of nuclear power vow to continue protests under new government – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Panel agrees to distribute iodine tablets to households in advance _ Kyodo News

Panel set up to monitor new nuclear watchdog _ The Japan Times Online

Quake risk at Japan atomic recycling plant_ experts

Robot with deft arms developed for decommissioning -NHK WORLD English-

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TEPCO sees delay in new water treatment facility at Fukushima plant _ Kyodo News

TEPCO unable to locate source of leak in Fukushima reactor – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Tests show normal rate of thyroid cysts in Fukushima children – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

The Associated Press_ Nowhere to use Japan’s growing plutonium stockpile

The body is the female head from 06 Chiba クワガタ male specimen exhibition – MSN Sankei News

The facts on Fukushima’s fish _ The Japan Times Online

The Yakuza Lobby – By Jake Adelstein _ Foreign Policy

Today’s Japan Earthquake Could Be 2011 Quake Aftershock – Yahoo! News

USS George Washington to return to Yokosuka on Wednesday – Earthquake Disaster in Japan – Stripes

Wakeup call for Japan’s politicians _ The Japan Times Online

Watchdog chief blasts nuclear industry for lax safety precautions – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents _ German physician _ The Japan Times Online

Worker wants new government to secure safety at Fukushima plant – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

 

November 2012:

Fukushima health survey committee chair apologizes over secret meetings- 毎日jp(毎日新聞)

Fukushima plant chief defied TEPCO headquarters to protect workers – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Fukushima Watch_ Toshiba’s New Nuclear Robot – Japan Real Time – WSJ

Hamaoka reactor likely wrecked in seawater accident – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

High radiation exposure level in Fukushima resident puzzles experts – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Immediately after the accident, 80 milli-sievert exposure GSDF personnel_ Social_ YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)

Japan’s nuclear future_ Rokkasho and a hard place _ The Economist

JapanToday_US Thinktank Demands Japan Stay Nukes For US

Kada urged to look to Merkel for nonnuclear inspiration _ The Japan Times Online

Kyodo News Special general incorporated association – the Great East Japan Earthquake

Most Fukushima nuke plant workers ineligible for free cancer checks – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Not good enough_ UN says Japan is underestimating nuclear fallout risks — RT

SDK to Provide Cultivation Technology to LED-Based Plant Growth Facility of Kawauchi Village in Fukushima

Second mass complaint coming over Fukushima disaster – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Special allowance not reaching workers involved in disaster cleanup – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

SRS suspends portable reactor development _ The Augusta Chronicle

Taking iodine before fallout hits is key_ NRA _ The Japan Times Online

TEPCO adds missing radiation data to online archive – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

TEPCO admits 4th worker exposed to radiation in early days of disaster – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

TEPCO failed to respond to dire warning of radioactive water leaks at Fukushima – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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TEPCO’s Teleconference Video from March 16 to April 6, 2011 Shows TEPCO HQ’s Ineptitude, Meddling by the Government (1) _ EXSKF

TEPCO’s Teleconference Video on March 16, 2011_ _Lunch Menu is Biscuits and Canned Saury_ _ EXSKF

The muddy issue of cesium in a lake _ The Japan Times Online

UN inspector Human Rights Issues Asahi Shimbun

Video_ Japan earthquake and tsunami anniversary_ the man left behind in Fukushima – Telegraph

Vulnerable people _ wrestling 4 kg, the Futaba Public Welfare Hospital, Hebei Shimpo marginalized primary news

Watchdog inspectors divided on fault activity at Oi nuclear plant site – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

WHO forecasts no significant increase in cancer patients in Fukushima – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Why is the potential turning point of 3_11 being allowed to slip away_ _ The Japan Times Online

Wild mushrooms far from Fukushima show high levels of cesium – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Within 10 km Fukushima Daiichi 10 deaths during the three hospitals, waiting for rescue _ Medical medical site will connect China and Japan

Workers are leaving primary – NHK modern close-up

Worries over highly radioactive fish prompt study – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

October 2012:

‘! No nukes’ protest in front of business HQ – @ JapanPress_wky

3 City evacuees to sway or move left or restoration housing development (news Fukushima friend people)

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Akahata protests NRA regarding coverage limitation – @JapanPress_wky

Alien plant species invading Fukushima restricted zone _ National _ DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

All nuclear plants to undergo quake fault assessment_ NRA official- 毎日jp(毎日新聞)

ANALYSIS_ Utilities hold on to nuclear reactor plans despite minister’s remark _ Kyodo News

Anti-nuclear rallies pass the 6-month mark – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

AP News_ Japan utility agrees nuclear crisis was avoidable

Ash and sludge containing radioactive material, instead of going on disposal_ Regional_ Saitama YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)

Creating _questioning attitude_ in individuals key to TEPCO reform _ Kyodo News

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Despite more water, radiation still high in Fukushima reactor – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Director films lives of evacuees _ National _ DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Dose _of Fukushima, publication or artificially low_ independent investigation civic organizations – the Great East Japan Earthquake_ Digital Asahi Shimbun

Farmer plows own antiradiation furrow _ The Japan Times Online

‘Fukushima 50′ recount quiet heroism _ The Japan Times Online

Fukushima communities still crippled as evacuees choose to stay away – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Fukushima medical uni “It’s important to collect medical data before outbreak to come in 4~5 years” _ Fukushima Diary

Fukushima operator admits nuclear disaster avoidable _ Reuters

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Fukushima Prefecture prepared proceedings for nuke radiation meeting- 毎日jp(毎日新聞)

Government OK irrelevant on nuke restarts_ Maehara _ The Japan Times Online

GOVERNMENT PROBE_ Many Fukushima hospital patients died during botched rescue operation – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Gov’t considers distributing iodine tablets to homes near nuclear plants ‹ Japan Today_ Japan News and Discussion

Govt must take responsibility on N-reactor reactivation _ Editorial _ DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Group_ Ministry may have manipulated Fukushima radiation readings – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Japan News_ Prime Minister Noda Fukushima hits 50_ spreadnews

Japan should listen to US_ TEPCO’s ex-vice president – @ JapanPress_wky

Japanese nuclear plant operator admits playing down risk – CNN

Japan’s no-nuke pledge is already fraying at the edges – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Maehara says reactors can restart if watchdog gives OK ‹ Japan Today_ Japan News and Discussion

New Cabinet at odds over nation’s future nuclear policy – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

New imaging robot to crawl inside Fukushima buildings – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

New nuclear safety standards to include steps against terrorist acts _ Kyodo News

Nikkei_New Disaster Guidelines Cloud Outlook For Idle Reactors

Noda lauds work to ease reactor 4 fuel threat; fears remain _ The Japan Times Online

Noda vows ‘green revolution’ shift from nuclear energy – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Not capitalize on the evacuation of the province dose data, loss of function in communication (news Fukushima friend people)

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Red Cross labels Fukushima evacuations humanitarian crisis – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Rice harvested in no-entry zone being checked for radiation levels – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Robot suit to be used in Fukushima cleanup, controlled by brain waves – The Japan Daily Press

TEPCO admits Fukushima crisis could have been avoided ‹ Japan Today_ Japan News and Discussion

TEPCO admits to insufficient tsunami measures -NHK WORLD English-

TEPCO_ Water level high enough to cool reactor-1 -NHK WORLD English-

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Weighing the melted nuclear fuel, _Preventing diversion weapons budget_ 500 million yen reconstruction_ Tokyo Shimbun society (TOKYO Web)

Western allies concerned about Japan’s no-nuke energy policy – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

With government wary, decision on reactor restarts up in the air – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

 

September 2012: 

1 case of thyroid cancer found following Fukushima nuclear crisis _ Kyodo News

2,814 still missing 18 months after March 11 disaster ‹ Japan Today_ Japan News and Discussion

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Fukushima sees shortage of nursing care staff to look after elderly _ National _ DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Futaba worst hit by Fukushima fallout _ The Japan Times Online

Melted stereotype of the Fukushima nuclear power plant containment, in the hydrogen explosion_ _ Science_ YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)

Minister_ Japan to set energy policy but ‘no stance’ on nuclear – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

NHK news first diagnosis of cancer in thyroid testing children

No summer blackouts_ nuclear scaremongering in Japan proven false _ Greenpeace International

Nuclear power plant worker confesses cover-up of his own radiation doses – @JapanPress_wky

Radiation checks reassure Fukushima residents on food safety – AlertNet TEPCO videos_ Sans equipment, staff, Fukushima crisis spun out of control – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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The Associated Press_ Japan utility_ No money to develop renewables

To allay Fukushima fears, radiation checks made easy in Tokyo cafes, stores – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Tokyo Power Company President Urges Retaining Reactors – NYTimes

 

December 2011:

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April 2011:

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A Japanese Firefighter on Surviving the Nuclear Reactors and Radiation – The Daily Beast

Contamination spread around hemisphere _ The Japan Times Online

Curbs on produce to be changed _ The Japan Times Online

Curbs on summer power use in offing _ The Japan Times Online

Evacuation turns into chance to help victims _ The Japan Times Online

Fukushima disaster holds lessons for future _ The Japan Times Online

GE chief Immelt says nuclear power plants safe, gas turbines on way _ The Japan Times Online

Lacking facts, U.SplayedsafeAP

Letting radiation leak, but never information _ The Japan Times Online

Mayors near nuke plant torn between threat, jobs _ The Japan Times Online

Nuclear crisis man-made, not ‘an act of god’_ experts _ The Japan Times Online

Safe Fukushima produce get nod _ The Japan Times Online

Seawater radiation shoots far past limit _ The Japan Times Online

Tepco plans to pay partial compensation _ The Japan Times Online

Thailand to require ‘radiation certificates’ be supplied for food from Japan _ The Japan Times Online

Tohoku coastal-area job losses look to top 81,500 _ The Japan Times Online

Toshiba hopes to decommission reactors in 10 years _ The Japan Times Online

March 2011:

3,000 ordered to evacuate near quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant _ The Japan Times Online

3_14_2011TEPCO _ Press Release _ White smoke around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3

3_15_2011TEPCO _ Press Release _ Damage to the Unit 4 Nuclear Reactor Building at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station

Angry public demands more info _ The Japan Times Online

BBC News – Timeline_ Japan power plant crisis

Capital has no iodine prep plans _ The Japan Times Online Chubu plant generator moved to high ground _ The Japan Times Online

Containment vessel failure unlikely_ Edano _ The Japan Times Online

Copters, trucks try to cool fuel rod pool _ The Japan Times Online

Evacuees served hot meals _ The Japan Times Online

Experts_ Too early to bury reactors _ The Japan Times Online

Fukushima crisis recalls Three Mile Island _ The Japan Times Online

Fukushima nuclear plant alert _ The Japan Times Online

Fukushima reactor cover blows up _ The Japan Times Online

Hospitals stretched to the breaking point _ The Japan Times Online Japan tsunami_ Fukushima Fifty, the first interview – Telegraph

Kaieda sorry for threat to ‘punish’ firefighters who balk at nuke plant _ The Japan Times Online

Kan widens ban on contaminated food _ The Japan Times Online

Keidanren urges ‘command center’ _ The Japan Times Online

Massive quake hits Japan _ The Japan Times Online

Neutron beam observed 13 times _ The Japan Times Online

No signs yet of a Chernobyl-type catastrophe _ The Japan Times Online

Other nations continue moving their people out _ The Japan Times Online

Peace Boat rallies help for victims _ The Japan Times Online

Preparation for nuke crisis woeful _ The Japan Times Online

Radiation fears grow after blasts _ The Japan Times Online

Radiation levels spike in Tokyo; capital still safe, Ishihara says _ The Japan Times Online

Radiation rises in Tokyo water _ The Japan Times Online Radiation-free ‘certificates’ coveted _ The Japan Times Online

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SDF chopper can’t drop water _ The Japan Times Online

SDF in full disaster deployment; U.S

Seoul to send boron in bid to cool reactors _ The Japan Times Online

Singapore checks Japanese produce _ The Japan Times Online

Special firetruck hoses down No3 fuel rods

Steps to avoid exposure to fallout _ The Japan Times Online

Stricken milk and vegetables _ The Japan Times Online

Tap water woes hit Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki _ The Japan Times Online

Tepco puts focus on reactivating cooling pumps at reactors 3, 4 _ The Japan Times Online

The mobile-Internet is a lifeline for people in postquake confusion _ The Japan Times Online

Tokyo firms eye moving to Osaka _ The Japan Times Online

Tokyo tap water has trace level of radiation _ The Japan Times Online

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Updated details on nation’s unprecedented natural, nuclear disasters _ The Japan Times Online

Water injected into Fukushima reactor _ The Japan Times Online

Workers battle against time _ The Japan Times Online

Authorities jump gun on iodine pills _ Premature distribution risked ill effects on health, depleted emergency supplies _ National _ DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)