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The End of Japan’s Nuclear Power Mirage? Tokyo’s Green Olympics in 2020 via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/09/13 by norma field

Andrew DeWit The September 7 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to award the 2020 games to Tokyo is potentially of monumental importance. That significance is not merely due to the fraught geopolitics of the so-called pivot to the … Continue reading →

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Japan anger over French Fukushima cartoon via BBC

Posted on 2013/09/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan will formally protest about a cartoon in a French satirical weekly of sumo wrestlers with extra limbs at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. The caption says: “Thanks to Fukushima, sumo is now an Olympic sport”, a reference to Tokyo’s … Continue reading →

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Fukushima far from solved, say Abe’s Games critics　via Global Post

Posted on 2013/09/10 by norma field

Speaking to Olympic chiefs in Buenos Aires just ahead of their weekend decision to award the Games to Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said there was nothing to worry about at the plant. “Let me assure you, the situation … Continue reading →

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