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May 5, 2012          6:07 AM ET Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol. Japan was without electricity from nuclear power for the first time in four [...]

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December 16, 2011 Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan has declared an end to the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, saying technicians have regained control of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. “Today, we have reached a great milestone,” Mr. Noda said in a televised address to the nation. “The reactors are stable, which [...]

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Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:01am EDT Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda was chosen on Monday to become Japan’s sixth prime minister in five years, but has to overcome a divided parliament and deep rifts in the ruling party if he is to make more of a mark than his predecessors. Noda is considered a safe pair [...]

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Japan, USA ready for battle royal The FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 comes to a conclusion on Sunday, with two-time world champions USA bidding to complete a hat-trick of titles against the technically accomplished Japanese, who are making their first appearance in the Final and have yet to record a win against the Americans. [...]

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17 April 2011 Last updated at 03:37 ET The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control within nine months. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it aimed to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within an extra three to [...]

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17 April 2011 Last updated at 03:37 ET The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control within nine months. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it aimed to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within an extra three to [...]

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Why Japan’s Mainstream Media Can’t Be Trusted To Report Objectively On TEPCO (東京電力)By Jake Adelstein | Published: 12 April 2011 When the earthquake struck Japan on March 11th and knocked out TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear reactor, setting off a chain reaction of disasters–TEPCO’s chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata was nowhere to be found.  Where was he? He was [...]

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3 April 2011 Last updated at 03:17 ET The bodies of two workers killed by the tsunami which wrecked Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant more than three weeks ago have been recovered. Their remains were found last Wednesday but had to be decontaminated before they could be returned to the families. Meanwhile, officials are still [...]

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14 March 2011 Last updated at 05:11 ET A second explosion has hit a Japanese nuclear plant that was damaged in Friday’s earthquake, but officials said the reactor core was still intact. A huge column of smoke billowed from Fukushima Daiichi’s reactor 3, two days after a blast hit reactor 1. The latest explosion, said [...]

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Astrologer Richard Nolle joined numerologist Ed Peterson to talk about the astrology behind the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan today.   his website:  www.astropro.com     below is the link to listen to the show:   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edvictoriaevangelina/2011/03/11/astrology-for-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami

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11 March 2011 Last updated at 09:58 ET Japan’s most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude quake, which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo. A state of emergency has been [...]

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21 November 2010 Last updated at 21:40 ET Japan’s justice minister says he is resigning after causing outrage for joking about how easy his job was. Minoru Yanagida said the only two phrases he had to remember in parliament were: “I won’t comment on individual cases,” and “I’m acting in accordance with the law and [...]

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June 24, 2010 Japan has reached the knock-out stage of a World Cup for the first time on foreign soil after a 2-1 victory over Denmark in Rustenburg gave it second billing in Group E behind The Netherlands. The Blue Samurai qualified for the Round of 16 when it co-hosted the 2002 World Cup, but [...]

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June 24, 2010 Japan has reached the knock-out stage of a World Cup for the first time on foreign soil after a 2-1 victory over Denmark in Rustenburg gave it second billing in Group E behind The Netherlands. The Blue Samurai qualified for the Round of 16 when it co-hosted the 2002 World Cup, but [...]

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June 24, 2010 Japan has reached the knock-out stage of a World Cup for the first time on foreign soil after a 2-1 victory over Denmark in Rustenburg gave it second billing in Group E behind The Netherlands. The Blue Samurai qualified for the Round of 16 when it co-hosted the 2002 World Cup, but [...]

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