Daily Archives: 2012/03/30

Kyoto governor demands reactor safety guarantee via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/03/30 by norma field

KYOTO — Opposition in the Kansai region to restarting reactors 3 and 4 at the nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, continued to build Thursday, with Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada telling the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency that he isn’t … Continue reading →

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Book recounts Taiwanese tales of A-bombings via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/03/30 by norma field

NAGASAKI — A book containing the testimony of 12 Taiwanese who survived the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima has been published. Nobuto Hirano, 65, representative of a Nagasaki-based liaison group for hibakusha overseas, says he hopes the book will … Continue reading →

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Tepco asks for another ¥1 trillion injection via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/03/30 by norma field

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Thursday requested an injection of ¥1 trillion from a government-backed entity to avoid insolvency but left unsettled such key questions as how big a stake the utility will let the state have in return for … Continue reading →

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