Sunday, February 19, 2012

• Mainichi Daily News – M5.1 quake jolts Ibaraki Pref., vicinity
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor of nuclear disaster-hit village speaks in New York
• Mainichi Daily News – News Navigator: What happens to aging nuclear power plants?
• Mainichi Daily News – Film about Japan disaster awarded special mention at Berlin festival

Saturday, February 18, 2012

• Japan Times – Israel’s Barak calls A-bombing ‘unavoidable’
• Japan Times – Nuke crisis caused by Japan, not quake: Kan
• Japan Times – From Aboriginal land to Japan’s nuclear reactors – Eriko Arita
• Japan Times – Nuke crisis caused by Japan, not quake: Kan
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuke disaster refugees may get lump-sum compensation payments
• Mainichi Daily News – Former nuclear worker, heart attack victim sues gov’t over workers comp claim
• Mainichi Daily News – Number of foreign visitors to Japan down in Jan. for 11th month
• PanOrient News – Greenpeace: Nuclear Safety Regulations Inadequate

Friday, February 17, 2012

• Reuters – Japan refiners eye force majeure clause for Iran oil contracts – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Nuclear crisis turns Japan ex-PM Kan into energy apostle – Linda Sieg and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Factbox: Japan’s hidden nightmare scenario for Fukushima – Yoko Kubota
• Yahoo! News – Ex-PM: Japan was unprepared for nuke crisis – Malcolm Foster And Mari Yamaguchi
• Xinhua News – Japan to shut another nuclear reactor, only 2 units left online
• Daily Yomiuri – New radiation limits confuse farmers – Nobuhiko Harada and Takahiro Matsumoto
• Daily Yomiuri – Ministry sets stricter cesium limits for food – Tsuyoshi Nakamura and Eiji Noyori
• Daily Yomiuri – N-compensation criteria set / Center urges TEPCO to pay without confirmation of assets’ condition
• Daily Yomiuri – Government should not hurry to take control of TEPCO
• Denki Shimbun – Japanese government granted TEPCO additional 690-billion-yen aid
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima victims complain of stingy response
• Mainichi Daily News – Another reactor to shut down, leaving only 2 units online in Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Only 10 prefectural governments willing to accept quake rubble
• Mainichi Daily News – Monju fast breeder reactor’s sodium detector hits trouble
• Mainichi Daily News – Int’l nuclear ministerial meeting to be held in Fukushima in Dec.
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to mull bill for disposal of radioactive waste outside Fukushima
• Majiros News – Japanese nuclear experts sought by Korea – Tomonori Saito
• Focus Taiwan – Taipower assessing completion time, cost of fourth nuclear power plant – Huang Chiao-wen, Sherry Tang and Lilian Wu

Thursday, February 16, 2012

• Bloomberg – Nuclear Safety Chief Says Lax Rules Led to Fukushima Crisis
• New York Times – Making Music For a Ghost Town – James R. Oestreich
• Platts – Japan’s nuclear generation capacity to fall to 4.6% over two units Feb 20 – Takeo Kumagai
• Reuters – State fund won’t seek majority but wants TEPCO progress-media – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Japan car makers lash out at Tepco over rate hikes – Chang-Ran Kim
• Daily Yomiuri – Ministries to measure radiation in Tokyo Bay
• Daily Yomiuri – NSC head says system flawed / Nuclear risks ignored, govt regulations lax, Diet inquiry told
• Daily Yomiuri – More local govts seek power bids / Prefectures, municipalities seek to avoid higher burden of TEPCO rate hike
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO may move up household rate hike
• Japan Times – Shimane, Ikata nuclear plants hold crisis drill
• Japan Times – U.S. clashed over IAEA inspections in 1960s: papers
• Japan Times – Panel OKs lower cesium limit for food
• Japan Times – Rare Tohoku debris disposal test starts
• Japan Times – Health threat from cesium-137 – Steven Starr
• Mainichi Daily News – Massive levels of radioactive cesium detected at quarry near Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor of Fukushima town proposes split storage of tainted soil
• Mainichi Daily News – Documents show Japan, U.S. at odds over IAEA nuclear inspections
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda urges Israel not to take military action on Iran nuclear issue
• Mainichi Daily News – Governors oppose TEPCO’s planned hike in electricity charges
• Mainichi Daily News – Key persons in gov’t acted inadequately over Fukushima crisis

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

• Bloomberg – Fukushima Nuclear Reactors Need Reinforcing, Seismic Study Says – Jacob Adelman
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Town Offers First Site for Waste Storage, Nikkei Says – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Newser – Too late: 4 days before tsunami, Japan nuclear plant operator promised to reassess risks – Yuri Kageyama
• New York Times – Japanese Official Calls Nation’s Atomic Rules Flawed – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Daily Yomiuri – Citizens wary of accepting disaster debris
• Daily Yomiuri – Naraha mayor opens N-waste dialogue
• Japan Times – Noda talks Iran with Israel’s Barak
• Japan Times – Hamaoka locals evasive on no-nuke future – Miya Tanaka
• Japan Times – Governors slam Tepco’s price hikes
• Japan Times – Nuclear safety boss faults agency, utilities – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – College women oppose nuclear plants in survey
• Japan Times – Fukushima farming hard row to hoe – Rob Gilhooly
• Mainichi Daily News – Industry minister Edano, Keidanren chief in battle over nationalization of TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan to seek nuclear cooperation accord with Belarus
• Focus Taiwan – Four foreign nuclear experts in Taiwan to inspect nuclear plants – Huang Chiao-wen and Sofia Wu

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

• Bloomberg – Tepco Bailout Fund Starts Steps to Raise Up to 2 Trillion Yen – Tsuyoshi Inajima, Yuji Okada and Emi Urabe
• CNN – Tokyo threatens to withhold TEPCO aid – Jonathan Soble
• Radio New Zealand – Seismic fault re-activated at Fukushima
• Reuters – Refile-Japan group seeks local referendum on nuclear power – Yoko Kubota
• Vancouver Observer – Scandals of Fukushima – Alexis Stoymenoff
• Daily Yomiuri – Closing No. 2 N-plant would add to woes – Chiaki Toyoda
• JapanToday – Official defends secrecy over worst-case nuclear disaster scenario – Yuri Kageyama
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Govt’ must be aware of responsibilities if it takes over TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Edano hints at following Resona case when injecting money into TEPCO
• Nikkei – Fukushima Town Offers To Store Radioactive Soil
• Focus Taiwan – Activists protest alleged use of dogs in radiation research – Huang Chiao-wen, Lin Hui-chun, Yang Su-min and C.J. Lin

Monday, February 13, 2012

• AFP Google – Japan approves $8.9bn aid as TEPCO loss worsens – Shigemi Sato
• BBC News – Tepco to get $9bn extra aid to help pay compensation
• Bloomberg – Tepco Widens Full-Year Loss Forecast as Fukushima Costs Mount – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Tepco Receives Aid, Averts Delisting Threat – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Fukushima Reactor Temperature Breaches Safety Limit – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Takeshi Awaji
• Bloomberg – Tepco Faces Delisting as Negotiations Stall – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• DBKP – Mystery of Disappearing Clouds Over Fukushima Damaged Nuclear Reactors
• Global Research – Fukushima Reactor Temperature Surpasses 752 Degrees … More Than 4 Times Maximum for “Cold Shutdown”
• Public Radio International – Video: Tens of thousands remain evacuated nearly a year after Fukushima nuclear disaster
• Reuters – Japan nuclear watchdog OKs 2 reactor stress tests – Yuko Inoue
• Reuters – Update 3-Japan minister threatens to block Tepco bailout – Yoko Kubota and Linda Sieg
• Reuters – New Fukushima scare blamed on faulty thermometer – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Japan atomic power defenders: keep ability to build nuclear weapons – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Japan OKs fresh support for Fukushima nuclear plant – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Tokyo Elec soars after Japan approves additional support – Dominic Lau
• Xinhua News – TEPCO predicts 8.95 bln dollar net loss for fiscal 2011
• Daily Yomiuri – Evacuees pray at graves in no-entry zone
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S. waits for impending arrival of debris – Taro Nishijima
• Japan Times – Sentaku Magazine: Put children before politics
• Japan Times – Reactor 2 heat spike reading said faulty – Kazuaki Nagata and Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Oi reactor stress tests approved by NISA – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Hot reading at reactor blamed on faulty gear – Kazuaki Nagata and Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Tepco to get additional ¥689.4 billion: Edano
• Japan Today – Gov’t OKs further Y690 bil for TEPCO, but wants say in running company
• Mainichi Daily News – Half of female univ. students want nuke plants scrapped: survey
• Mainichi Daily News – Professor who promoted lenient standards for nuclear containers received donations
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation concerns keep municipalities from helping with disaster-area debris
• Mainichi Daily News – High level of radioactive cesium found in Okinawa noodles
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t approves additional 689 bil. yen aid for TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Documentary on Fukushima town screened at Berlin film festival
• Tokyo Times – Tokyo anti-nuke protest attended by thousands