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Decontamination schedule sheds no light on when evacuees can return
The Ministry of the Environment on Jan. 26 announced a schedule for decontamination work covering 26,700 hectares of "special decontamination areas" tainted with radioactive materials from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.Full article
National News
- Power policy remains mired in power play
- Antinuclear activists refuse to move tents from gov't land
- Parties eye legislation to prevent reservoir purchases by foreigners
- M'bishi Electric inflates fees for gov't defense, space projects
- Govt failed to keep records of key nuke meetings
- Lawyers' body urges Olympus to assess whistle-blower's performance fairly
- 200 km-long active fault found on seabed off Kii Peninsula
- M5.5 quake jolts Kanto-Koshin region
- Foreign workers in Japan up 5.6% in Oct. from year earlier
- Japan, Russia to discuss economic cooperation, despite territorial row
Business News
- All major Japanese automakers log domestic output falls in 2011
- Nippon Steel posts 1.25 bil. yen group net loss in April-Dec. period
- Quake-hit Sendai firm to join N.Y. trade fair with help from partner
- Riken develops quicker, more sensitive system to identify flu viruses
- Tohoku Electric expects 250 bil. yen net loss for fiscal 2011 on quake
Features
Power policy remains mired in power play
In August 2011, a law instituting a feed-in tariff for renewable energy was passed by the Diet. The law requires utilities to purchase all surplus electricity generated by individuals and corporations through renewable energy sources.Full article
Daily Haiku Selection
Jan. 28, 2012
clear night
Earth bared
to every star
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Y E Wong (Briar Hill, Australia)More...
National Days and Events
Ikebana International Kobe holds New Year's meeting
Yasue Otsubo, instructor at the Mami Flower Design School, displays her ikebana flower arrangement using seasonal flowers at the New Year's meeting of the Ikebana International Kobe chapter held at the Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel on Jan. 13.
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