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                    [Title] => Japan audit: Millions of dollars wasted in Fukushima cleanup
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Japanese government auditors say the operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has wasted more than a third of the 190 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in taxpayer money allocated for cleaning up the plant after it was destroyed by a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-25 04:43:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432408 [Title] => Nobel-winner Oe: Japan should follow Germany, quit nuclear [Summary] =>

Nobel-winning author Kenzaburo Oe said yesterday that Japan's push to restart some nuclear reactors following the Fukushima disaster could lead to another crisis, and urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to follow Germany's example and phase out atomic energy.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-11 05:07:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1421180 [Title] => Japan readies first robot to probe melted Fukushima reactor [Summary] =>

A snake-like robot designed to examine the inside of one of three melted reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is ready to begin its expedition.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-07 02:00:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1524808 [AuthorName] => Miki Toda [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150207/Japan-Fukushima-Robot.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1380841 [Title] => Japanese governor says too soon for nuke restarts [Summary] =>

A Japanese governor said yesterday the country should not restart any nuclear plants until the cause of the Fukushima meltdown is fully understood and nearby communities have emergency plans that can effectively respond to another major accident.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-16 02:46:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => 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] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1251491 [Title] => Japan OKs fuel removal from pool at nuke plant [Summary] =>

Japanese regulators on yesterday gave final approval for removing fuel rods from an uncontained cooling pool at a damaged reactor building considered the highest risk at a crippled nuclear plant.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-31 02:48:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1249678 [Title] => 7.3-magnitude quake rocks Japan; no damage reports [Summary] =>

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck early Saturday off Japan's east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said, triggering small tsunamis but causing no apparent damage.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-26 07:01:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488733 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi and Ken Moritsugu [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7058/6oj8.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1244026 [Title] => Japan, IAEA to monitor radioactivity off Fukushima [Summary] =>

The head of the UN nuclear agency urged Japan on yesterday to work harder to address international concerns about leaks of contaminated water at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and said his agency will jointly monitor radiation levels in the nearby ocean.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-11 03:10:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1179041 [Title] => Japan's radioactive water leaks: How dangerous? [Summary] =>

New revelations of contaminated water leaking from storage tanks at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have raised alarm...

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-06 05:00:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4048/vbz5.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 921961 [Title] => Power, cooling restored at Japanese nuclear plant [Summary] =>

Cooling systems were restored for four fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, more than a day after a power outage halted the supply of fresh cooling water and raised concerns about the safety of the facility, which still relies on makeshift equipment.

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