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Gov't adopts power-saving plan for summer
Mainichi Daily News
s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster, which unfolded in the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Prior to the Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster, Japan relied on nuclear plants for about 30 percent of its electricity.

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Iwate Prefecture discovers 1 million more debris to clean up
The Japan Daily Press
By Masao Hasegawa / May 18, 2012 / No Comments Iwate prefecture now needs to figure out how to get rid of 5.3 million tons of debris resulted from the wide-spread damage of the Tohoku Earthquake. The current estimate is about 1 million tons more than ...

Japan seeks 15 pct summer power savings in western region
Reuters
Japan's utilities have been struggling to secure stable power supplies because of widespread anti-nuclear sentiment after last year's massive earthquake and tsunami wrecked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, triggering meltdowns that caused ...

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Chinese-Japanese-Korean FTA to benefit Japanese automobile manufacturers
Gasgoo automotive news
Such an agreement would be a blessing for Japanese automobile manufacturers, whose export sales have suffered from both the Tohoku earthquake last March and constantly appreciating yen. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda and Subaru parent Fuji Heavy ...

Exhibition to focus on Japan tsunami tragedy
Illawarra Mercury
Ms Shiine's parents and brothers lived 50km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors when a magnitude-9 earthquake hit on March 11 last year. The massive tsunami it generated devastated the eastern coast of Tohoku, the name given to the northern ...

Yokohama sponsors tsunami recovery project
Tire Business
Ltd. recently sponsored the planting of 3391 indigenous broad-leaved evergreen seedlings in Otsuchi-cho, Japan, as part of its March 2011 earthquake-and-tsunami recovery program to create “Forests That Protect Lives.” Local residents, government ...
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO : Yokohama Rubber Holds Tree Planting in Otsuchi-cho Using ...4-traders

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Fukushima: rumours, emotions and Rousseau's general will in the digital age
Open Democracy
In the immediate aftermath of the Great Tohoku Earthquake, false reports and e-mails were running rampant in Japan. Because of the power failures, there was no TV, and telephone and Internet services were limited. In particular, people had trouble ...

Consumption helps Japan growth beyond expectations in 1st qtr
Mainichi Daily News
The result added to the view the world's third-largest economy is recovering from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, also helped by the acceleration of public works projects for reconstruction following the disasters, as well as a pickup in exports ...

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YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO : Yokohama Rubber Holds Tree Planting in Otsuchi-cho Using ...
4-traders
The plan by Otsuchi-cho as part of its earthquake-and-tsunami recovery program is to create "Forests That Protect Lives." Supporting that plan, the company carried out the model planting. Five hundred forty-three participants, including some 330 ...

Japanese growth in strong bounce
CNN
Much of the growth came from the reintroduction of government incentives to buy fuel-efficient cars, due to expire in August, and from the beginning of earthquake-related reconstruction activities in the Tohoku area. As those twin boosts fade, ...

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Japanese growth in strong bounce
Financial Times
Much of the growth came from the reintroduction of government incentives to buy fuel-efficient cars, due to expire in August, and from the beginning of earthquake-related reconstruction activities in the Tohoku area. As those twin boosts fade, ...

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Helping tsunami victims heal
Washington Jewish Week
A year after a 3.11 earthquake struck the Pacific coast of Tohoku, causing a devastating tsunami, Weisel reports, "The victims were saying, 'They're fixing us up physically, but no one is healing our hearts.' " In response, IsraAID created Heal Our ...

Daily Mail
Scientists turn to Alaska over fears active fault-line could cause Japan-style ...
Daily Mail
... the geographically-similar Tohoku subduction zone off the coast of Japan, a tsunami could occur - and the deaths could happen as far away as Hawaii and California. The Semidi Islands lie close to the faultline , and an earthquake could send a tsunami.

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Toyota Announces 2012 Community Concert Program
ITNews
Amateur orchestras in the Tohoku Region, the area struck by last year's Great East Japan Earthquake, are gradually resuming activity, and performances will be held this year in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures. The visiting concerts that were ...

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Over and Out for Japan's Nuclear Industry?
IBTimes.co.uk
By Graeme Mackay: Subscribe to Graeme's RSS feed The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the owners of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant devastated by the March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, reported a net-loss of $9.7 billion for the ...

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Express Hospitality
A summit for solidarity
Express Hospitality
The first part of the WTTC Global Summit was held in Sendai, the centre point of the devastating earthquake that had hit the Tohoku region in March 2011. Before the start of the sessions delegates from across the world got an opportunity to witness the ...

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The West Australian
Japan firms eye $4.4 billion stake in Australia LNG project: report
Reuters
T), which is now under state control following last year's earthquake and tsunami that devastated its Fukushima nuclear plant, had planned to buy the stake to secure additional supplies of liquefied natural gas. Amid concern that Chinese and other ...
Japan firms eye $4.4b stake in Wheatstone gasSydney Morning Herald
Chevron's LNG From Australian Project Almost Sold Off, Acquires 4th Japanese BuyerInternational Business Times AU

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Trade network needed as trilateral pact may offset ECFA advantages: VP Siew
China Post
Siew stated that it is time to enhance cooperation with Japan since industries in Taiwan and Japan are complementary and relations between Taiwan and Japan have improved since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. According to the vice president, ...

British Columbia, Canada contributes to Japanese recovery
The Japan Daily Press
By Adam Westlake / May 15, 2012 / 1 Comment Both the government of Canada and the western province of British Columbia are contributing to efforts for northern Japan's Tohoku region as it continues to recover from last year's earthquake and tsunami.
Premier Clark visits Japan tsunami shrineSurrey Leader
Canada, B.C. Helping Japan RebuildMarketwire (press release)

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Cherry Blossoms in Fukushima
New York Times
A few of us from Hiroshima visited Fukushima and certain parts of the Tohoku region two weeks ago. It was comforting to be reminded that even unprecedented disasters cannot entirely sap this nation's resolve. People are getting back on their feet, ...
Japan's Job Hunting Graduates Feel The Strain - OpEdEurasia Review

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