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/ 31 January 2012
The UN’s nuclear watchdog gave its seal of approval to Japan’s reactor safety checks, but said utilities should beef up plans for managing disasters.
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/ 16 November 2011
More firms face a tough choice over whether or not to move production in Japan overseas to escape the impact of the relentless rise of the yen.
Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan, struggling with the nation’s tsunami and nuclear disasters, on Thursday faced a no-confidence motion.
When other doctors fled, 72-year-old Kyohei Takahashi stayed, and hundreds of patients in the town near a crippled nuclear plant will never forget.
Japan was on Wednesday weighing a series of creative solutions to its unfolding nuclear disaster.
Concern over Japan’s ability to contain its nuclear crisis grew on Thursday, as military helicopters dumped water on to an overheating power plant.