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Ex-PM: Nuclear Emergency Laws Flawed

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.28.2012

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TOKYO — Japan's leader felt fearful and helpless during last year's nuclear disaster and lacked experts capable of giving him guidance, he testi...

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Japan's Ex-Leader: 'We Were Totally Unprepared' For Fukushima

Posted 05.08.2012

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan was woefully unprepared for last year's nuclear disaster, the country's former prime minister said, and suggested that the crippl...

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Ex-PM: Japan Was Ill-Prepared For Nuke Crisis

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI and MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 04.18.2012

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TOKYO -- Japan was woefully unprepared for last year's nuclear disaster, the country's former prime minister said Friday, and suggested that the cripp...

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Fearing Panic, Japanese Officials Reportedly Kept Nuclear Crisis Report Secret

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.26.2012

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TOKYO — The Japanese government's worst-case scenario at the height of the nuclear crisis last year warned that tens of millions of people, incl...

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Japan To Return Looted Royal Documents To South Korea

AP | By SAM KIM | Posted 12.18.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea -- Japan's prime minister will return looted Korean royal documents during a summit with his South Korean counterpart this week, of...

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Naoto Kan Feared For Japan's Survival During Nuclear Crisis

AP | Posted 11.07.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan's former prime minister says he feared early in the March nuclear crisis that it might become many times worse than the Chernobyl disas...

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Japan's New Prime Minister Faces Unique Challenges

AP | Posted 10.29.2011

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TOKYO — Japan's prime minister and his Cabinet resigned en masse on Tuesday ahead of a vote in parliament to install former Finance Minister Yos...

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Japanese Prime Minister Set To Step Down On Friday

AP | Posted 10.25.2011

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TOKYO — Japan's unpopular leader Naoto Kan is expected to resign Friday, fulfilling a promise to step down after parliament approved two key pie...

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Japan Prime Minister Calls For 'Gradual' Nuclear Reduction

AP | By ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 09.28.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday called for a long-term and careful effort to scale back the nation's reliance on nuclear power ove...

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Japan Premier Seeks Nuclear Power Phaseout

AP | Posted 09.12.2011

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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's prime minister said Wednesday he wants his country to learn from its ongoing crisis and become less reliant on nuclear energy. ...

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Japan Prime Minister Says He Will Consider Resigning

Posted 08.02.2011

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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Thursday, although he did so in part because he suggested he might resig...

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Japan Prime Minister Says He Will Consider Resigning

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 08.01.2011

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Naoto Kan, facing a no-confidence vote in parliament, said Thursday he will consider resigning once Japan's efforts to r...

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A Look Inside Japan's Nuclear Dependency Culture

The New York Times | MARTIN FACKLER and NORIMITSU ONISHI | Posted 07.30.2011

KASHIMA, Japan -- When the Shimane nuclear plant was first proposed here more than 40 years ago, this rural port town put up such fierce resistance th...

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Japan, EU Set To Talk Free Trade Agreement

AP | By DON MELVIN | Posted 07.28.2011

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BRUSSELS -- Japan and the European Union agreed at a summit meeting Saturday to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement that would deepen economi...

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Japan Official Says Country Will Not Abandon Nuclear Power

AP | Posted 07.07.2011

TOKYO -- A top Japanese official says Japan will maintain atomic power as part of its energy policy despite the country's ongoing nuclear crisis. Dep...

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Japan Approves Nearly $50 Billion For Post-Earthquake Rebuilding

Reuters | Linda Sieg and Kazunori Takada | Posted 06.21.2011

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April 22, 2011 4:37:58 AM By Linda Sieg and Kazunori Takada TOKYO, April 22 (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved on Friday almost $50 billio...

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Japan Declares No-Go Zone Around Nuclear Plant

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 06.20.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometer) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging resi...

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Japanese PM Visits Tsunami-Wrecked City

AP | KOJI UEDA and SHINO YUASA | Posted 06.10.2011

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RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — Somber ceremonies and moments of silence were planned Monday to mark one month since a massive earthquake and tsunami dev...

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Japan Prime Minister Visits Nuclear Exclusion Zone

Reuters | Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chisa Fujioka | Posted 06.01.2011

April 2, 2011 2:57:26 AM - By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chisa Fujioka TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister made his first visit to the ...

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Japan Told To Consider Widening Evacuation Zone Around Nuclear Plant

Reuters | Chizu Nomiyama and Chisa Fujioka | Posted 05.30.2011

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March 31, 2011 6:30:27 AM By Chizu Nomiyama and Chisa Fujioka TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - Pressure mounted on Japan on Thursday to expand th...

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Japanese Rate PM's Quake Response

Christian Science Monitor | Justin McCurry | Posted 05.29.2011

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Amid the destruction and nuclear crisis caused by the March 11 tsunami, there is a joke making the rounds in Japan: President Obama telephones Naoto K...

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Japan On 'Maximum Alert' Over Nuclear Crisis, Says PM

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.29.2011

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TOKYO — Seawater outside the hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan was found to contain 3,335 times the usual amount of radioactive ...

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Poor Risk Communication in Japan Makes Things Worse

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

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Risk management in a crisis has to include not just the threat itself but also how people perceive and respond to the threat. Risk communication is a vital tool; for managing that part of the overall risk.

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US-Japan Friendship Dolls Then & How to Help Today

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is a time when Japan and its current leader, Naoto Kan, or some as yet undiscovered inspiring visionary, need to figure out a pathway to reinvention. This is a time when Japan needs help.

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Japanese Government Warns Those Nearby Plant To Stay Indoors

AP/The Huffington Post | By ERIC TALMADGE and SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SOMA, Japan -- Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors Tue...

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