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                    [Title] => Japan committed to nuclear power despite Fukushima fiasco
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With the pull of a lever, control rods were lifted yesterday from the reactor core at a plant in southern Japan, ending a ban on nuclear power following meltdowns at Fukushima in the northeast that forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, most of them for good.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-11 16:18:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302369 [AuthorName] => Elaine Kurtenbach and Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1360229 [Title] => Japan trade deficit widens; exports up slightly [Summary] =>

Japan’s trade deficit rose in July from the month before to a wider than expected ¥964 billion ($9.4 billion), though exports were higher for the first time in three months, the government said Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1350306 [Title] => Japan incurs $75-B trade deficit in H1 [Summary] =>

Japan’s trade deficit surged to a record ¥7.6 trillion ($74.9 billion) in the first half of the year as exports failed to keep pace with surging imports, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1336733 [Title] => Japan incurs $8.8-B trade deficit in May [Summary] =>

Japan logged its 23rd successive month of trade deficits in May, as exports and imports both declined despite signs of recovering demand in the US and Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1319591 [Title] => Strong earthquake jolts Tokyo region; no injuries [Summary] =>

A strong earthquake jolted Tokyo early Monday, rattling windows and nerves, though there were no initial reports of injuries or major damage.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-05 08:20:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1268747 [Title] => Japan lacks decommissioning experts for Fukushima [Summary] =>

Japan is incapable of safely decommissioning the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant alone and must stitch together an international team for the massive undertaking, experts say, but has made only halting progress in that direction.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-16 03:49:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796133 [AuthorName] => Yuri Kageyama [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259196 [Title] => From '04 tsunami recovery, lessons for Philippines [Summary] =>

The man who steered Indonesia to recovery after the 2004 tsunami has some cautionary words for the Philippines as it begins planning reconstruction after Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors will get angry about living in tents well before permanent houses are ready, and inflation will soon make those houses much more expensive to build.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-21 03:05:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1226204 [AuthorName] => Chris Brummitt [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1258468 [Title] => Damaged Japan nuke plant begin removing fuel rods [Summary] =>

Workers started removing radioactive fuel rods yesterday from a reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-19 05:03:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1258122 [Title] => Tense week ahead for UN climate talks [Summary] =>

U.N. climate talks head into a tense final week Monday after the diplomatic effort to reduce global warming gases was hit by a series of setbacks, including Japan's decision to ditch its voluntary emissions target.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-18 08:43:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1436556 [AuthorName] => Karl Ritter [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9208/vh8r.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1257419 [Title] => Activists at UN climate change meeting criticize Japan's move regarding its emissions target [Summary] =>

Japan's decision to drastically scale back its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions could hurt efforts to craft a global deal to fight climate change, delegates at U.N. talks said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-16 03:37:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529024 [AuthorName] => Monika Scislowska [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/462/f0r5.jpg ) ) )
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