Sunday September 4th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Noda faces a herculean task
• Daily Yomiuri – Child given 40 times recommended dose
• Japan Times – Shikoku Electric shuts down reactor for regular checkup
• Mainichi Daily News – Shikoku Electric Power halts nuclear reactor for regular checkup
• Mainichi Daily News – East Asia Summit to boost energy cooperation
• PEJ News – Fukushima Nuclear Denial Campaign(video)

Saturday September 3rd, 2011

• Japan Times – METI chief vows to restart reactors
• Japan Times – These may be interesting times, yet we yearn to return to normality – Michael Hoffman
• Japan Times – Cesium over limit found in tea using Saitama, Chiba leaves
• Japan Today – More than 1,000 cattle running wild in Fukushima radiation zone
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive rice rumors rampant among Kansai region consumers
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima leaders, residents hold Tokyo rally for full-scale nuclear compensation
• Mainichi Daily News – New industry minister vows efforts to resume halted nuclear reactors
• Nikkei – Noda Seeks To Bring Idled Nuclear Plants Back Online
• AP Google – Nuclear legacy: photos tell tale of 2 ghost towns – Sergey Ponomarev
• Wall Street Journal – In One Japanese City, Hot Spots to Avoid – Phred Dvorak

Friday September 2nd, 2011

• Daily Yomiuri – Reconstruction, N-crisis among challenges
• Daily Yomiuri – N-plants must be restarted despite end to power curbs
• Denki Shimbun – Claims for damages due to the Fukushima catastrophe estimated to number 500,000
• Mainichi Daily News – Final goodbyes: Residents make short visit to hometown claimed by nuclear disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima hotels face financial crisis as evacuees move into temporary housing
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t releases most detailed maps yet of radiation around Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Schools from evacuated Fukushima town use renovated factory to resume class
• Mainichi Daily News – Hospital technician under-reported doses of radioactive tracer given to children
• Tokyo Times – Japan tourist spending crashes
• Reuters India – Analysis – Reactor restarts first energy hurdle for Japan’s Noda – Osamu Tsukimori and Rebekah Kebede
• UPI – Kyushu Electric takes reactor offline for checkup
• Washington Post – Tepco urges clarity on nuclear issues – Chico Harlan
• Washington Post – In Japan, evacuees weigh risks of return after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster – Chico Harlan
• Washington Post – Map: Fukushima no-entry zone
• World Nuclear News – Nuclear still cost competitive in Japan, study says
• Focus Taiwan – Anti-nuclear activists to push for referendum on nuclear plants

Thursday September 1st, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – CLINICAL RADIATION: 145 children exposed to excessive radiation at Kofu hospital
• Daily Yomiuri – Preparedness means not being surprised by disaster of any scale
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima students back to school, with dosimeters
• Daily Yomiuri – Rice from Chiba Prefecture declared safe
• Daily Yomiuri – Disaster drills held nationwide / Country prepares for possible large quake, tsunami
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to open N-cleanup branch in Fukushima
• Japan Times – EAS ministers to meet, push energy supply security, nuclear plant safety
• Japan Times – Restructuring power distribution
• Japan Times – 517,000 turn out for disaster drills
• Japan Times – Kyushu Electric halts another reactor for checkup
• Mainichi Daily News – North Korea urges Noda to mend ties, no plan to end uranium enrichment
• Mainichi Daily News – Hospital gave at least 84 children overdose of radioactive tracer
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo grad student and author interviews locals to study Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Researchers develop cheap, easy method for cesium-tainted soil cleanup
• Mainichi Daily News – Taiwan plans to build 2 nuclear waste storage facilities, eyes referendums
• Mainichi Daily News – Groundwater around Fukushima nuke plant to be protected by underground steel barrier
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive ash to be solidified with cement under gov’t plan
• Mainichi Daily News – Rough road ahead for work to decommission Fukushima nuclear reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – DBJ positive about continuing to extend loans to TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Beef from 34 cattle in Fukushima shipment clears radioactive screening
• Mainichi Daily News – Niigata-Vladivostok flights halted due to concern over nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Schools in no-go zone near Fukushima plant reopen after relocation
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. chief hopes Japan’s Noda will attend nuke safety meeting: sources
• Nikkei – Interview: Tepco Making Progress In Fukushima Crisis, But Hurdles Remain -President
• Tokyo Times – Japan loses trust in government
• AP Google – GfK Poll: Japanese distrust govt after disaster – Malcolm Foster
• Reuters – Japan study boosts nuclear power’s cost estimates – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Analysis: Reactor restarts first energy hurdle for Japan’s Noda – Osamu Tsukimori and Rebekah Kebede
• Reuters – Update 1-New Japan method eyed to remove radiation from soil – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Q+A-What do Japan’s reactor stress tests mean for nuclear power? – Chikako Mogi
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan Aug nuclear plant usage falls to record low – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – New Japan method eyed to remove radiation from soil – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Washington Post – In Japan, evacuees weigh risks of return after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – Fukushima exceeds Chernobyl in radiation level

Wednesday August 31st, 2011

• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO announces compensation details
• Daily Yomiuri – 14 risky fault lines found near N-plants
• Daily Yomiuri – Fears of power shortfalls undimmed – Takashi Asako
• Japan Times – U.S. still monitoring residual radioactivity on Bikini Atoll isle – Nobuko Nishigori
• Japan Times – Tepco plans to flood reactors, extract fuel
• Mainichi Daily News – 14 locations near nuclear plants could become active faults, agency warns
• Mainichi Daily News – Hakodate mayor seeks continued freeze on Aomori nuclear power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. nuclear plants ordered to update evacuation estimates
• Mainichi Daily News – Vietnam has ‘absolute confidence’ in Japan nuke technology: ambassador
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuke plant workers irradiated on job ignored alarm: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO sets compensation standards for victims of Fukushima nuclear disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t officials’ role in manipulating nuclear symposiums confirmed
• PanOrient News – Over 80% of Tohoku Quake and Tsunami Rubble “Completely Removed“
• AP Google – AP Exclusive: Japan nuke holdout resolved to stay – Eric Talmadge
• Washington Post blog – Fukushima nuclear accuracy urged – Erik Wemple

Tuesday August 30th, 2011

• Daily Yomiuri – 34 spots top Chernobyl evacuation standard
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to allow industry to power up
• Daily Yomiuri – Kan’s Cabinet resigns en masse, cites achievements
• Daily Yomiuri – Mountain of knotty challenges awaits Noda
• Daily Yomiuri – Disaster victims hope Noda will help them
• Denki Shimbun – Residents within a 3-km radius of Fukushima I temporarily returned home 5 months and a half later
• Japan Times – Editorial: Leading a nation in crisis
• Japan Times – Fukushima day care center hot spots
• Japan Times – Nuclear reform will be uphill slog
• Japan Times – Panel confirms fix was in at nuclear public meetings – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Schools in Tokyo ban use of playground sandboxes over radiation fears
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan-Vietnam nuclear tech talks to restart in September
• Mainichi Daily News – 3 Fukushima nuke plant workers blasted with beta radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – 34 points near Fukushima plant exceed radiation standard used for Chernobyl, map shows
• Mainichi Daily News – Exhibition on A-bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki opens in Russia
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. urges progress on nuclear test ban treaty
• Mainichi Daily News – Utilities to be obliged to prepare for severe nuclear accidents
• Nikkei – Radioactive Cesium Found In Wide Areas Around Japan Fukushima Plant
• Nikkei – Tepco To Accept Claims For Nuclear Disaster Compensation From September
• YokosoNews – 311 Disaster Update #50
• Bloomberg – Japan Clean-Energy Laws May Need Clearer Price Signal to Attract Investors – Chisaki Watanabe
• Platts – Japan’s nuclear power to be at just 20% of capacity in early September – Takeo Kumagai
• Reuters – Tokyo Elec to start Fukushima compensation in Oct – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Kyushu to shut Sendai No.2 reactor for maintenance – Osamu Tsukimori
• Washington Post – In Japan, new nuclear agency tests ability to reform – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – Nuclear issue, quake recovery and high yen to top Noda’s jobs

Monday August 29th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Made-in-Fukushima products still shunned amid radiation fears
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima to create guidelines for decontamination
• Daily Yomiuri – Incoming prime minister faces daunting tasks
• Japan Times – Extensions for aging reactors loom – Yuriy Humber and Masatsugu Horie
• Japan Times – Noda victorious in race for prime minister – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – METI faces reform in energy policy revamp – Miya Tanaka
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers enter containment vessel at Fukushima Daini reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima No. 4 unit explosion caused by hydrogen leak from No. 3
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima, Iwate, Tochigi farmers resume shipping cattle
• Bloomberg – Japan’s New Leader May Soften Anti-Nuclear Stance of Predecessor – Chisaki Watanabe and Stuart Biggs
• Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima City kids should not have to choose between radiation and education – Justin McKeating
• Reuters – Japan’s finance minister to be new PM – Linda Sieg and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Greenpeace: Fukushima schools unsafe after clean-up – Natalia Konstantinovskaya
• Reuters – Factbox: Key facts about Japan PM-to-be Noda – Linda Sieg
• Salem-News – Japan is Venting Radiation High Into Atmosphere
• UPI – Yoshihiko Noda to be new Japan PM
• Washington Post – In Japan, new nuclear agency tests ability to reform – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – Yoshihiko Noda set to become Japanese PM
• Xinhua News – Japan’s ruling party leader must piece together fractured party, court opposition