Perspectives
Protection of communities must take priority in quake restoration efforts
An evacuation order affecting residents near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant looks likely to be prolonged.Full article
National News
- Removal of 60,000 tons of radioactive water eyed at Fukushima plant
- Experts support TEPCO decision to discharge radioactive water into sea
- TEPCO had to dump radioactive water in ocean due to shortage of storage space
- Residents taking risks to enter off-limits zones near troubled nuclear power plant
- Sendai Airport a symbol of U.S. forces' cooperation in disaster recovery
- Evacuee with dementia dies of exposure near shelter
- Quake-ravaged village keeps busy disposing of tons of fish
- TEPCO to offer provisional damages to people hit by nuclear crisis
- Ex-Fukushima gov. blames headstrong energy policy for nuclear crisis
- Woman released from detention after quake arrested on suspicion of trespassing
Business News
- Shares of Japan nuke operator hit all-time low
- GE, Hitachi vow long-term support to tackle Fukushima nuclear crisis
- With Japan disaster, uncertainty prevails in world economy: IMF head
- Hitachi to hike output of equipment for thermal power plants
- 5 Japanese firms to jointly buy 60% stake in U.S. aluminum sheet maker
Features
Ex-Fukushima gov. blames headstrong energy policy for nuclear crisis
The latest crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant was caused not by a natural disaster, but by the national government's nuclear energy program, former Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato said in an interview with the Mainichi.Full article
Daily Haiku Selection
April 5, 2011
What mistake i made?
Talking to walls in the night
became my fate.
--
Shahzad Niaz (Karachi, Pakistan)More...
National Days and Events
Ikebana International Osaka shows off works of beauty
Ikebana International Osaka chapter President Yaeno Noda, right, introduces Misho-ryu Nakayama Bumpokai school Chairman Keiho Nakayama during the chapter's meeting held at the Rihga Royal Hotel in Osaka late last month. Nakayama demonstrated ikebana works expressing his sustainable pursuit of beauty.
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Market & Exchange Rates
- Nikkei
- 2011/04/05 15:00
- 9615.55(-103.34)
- Yen/Dollar
- 2011/04/04
- 84.06 yen
- Yen/Euro
- 2011/04/04
- 119.54 yen