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We already know what Japan’s abrupt abandonment of nuclear power means at home:  a long, hot summer of power conservation. But what does it mean abroad? Rebecca Smith and Mari Iwata report that U.S. companies see opportunity in feeding what ...
May 25, 2012 at 01:45 | Source: Wall Street Journal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is leaning toward a policy of halving nuclear power's share of electricity supply from pre-Fukushima levels to about 15 percent by 2030, but will likely stop short of pledging the long-term exit strategy that many voters ...
May 25, 2012 at 09:58 | Source: Reuters India
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways-owner IAG (ICAG.L) said its joint business with Japan Airlines JAPACI.UL had received competition clearance, allowing the pair to cooperate commercially on flights between Europe and Japan. IAG, formed by the ...
May 25, 2012 at 08:54 | Source: Reuters India
When a 1-year-old Humboldt penguin that escaped from a Tokyo aquarium three months ago dared to set foot on land in Ichikawa on Thursday night, it was captured by hand and finally collared, The Japan Times reported. An aquarium employee was ...
May 24, 2012 at 23:57 | Source: CNN (blog)
Japan will set up test sites for marine energy and offshore wind power to increase the use of renewable sources following the nuclear disaster last year. Applications will be sought from local administrations and the first group of test sites ...
May 25, 2012 at 08:25 | Source: Bloomberg
TOKYO (Reuters) - Struggling Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp is planning to slash as many as 14,000 jobs and sell a major semiconductor factory in Japan to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Renesas, the world ...
May 26, 2012 at 11:16 | Source: YAHOO!
TOKYO -- Japan's core consumer price index rose for the third straight month in April on the back of higher energy prices, presenting a cautiously hopeful sign in the country's battle to emerge from years of debilitating deflation. Government ...
May 25, 2012 at 08:04 | Source: NASDAQ
Japan has had a tumultuous, and at times controversial relationship with Mount Everest. Its history features the first woman summiteer, a heated race to claim the crown of oldest person to the top, a disastrous early expedition — and one of the mountain ...
May 26, 2012 at 23:48 | Source: Japan Times
SEATTLE, May 26 (UPI) -- Scientists and lawmakers say debris from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last year is reaching U.S. shores sooner than expected. Fishing floats, soccer balls, fuel tanks and fishing vessels let ...
May 26, 2012 at 15:41 | Source: United Press International
The news raised fears that the steel and concrete containment around one of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant could be leaking. Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, made clear that the work to stabilise Fukushima remains on a knife-edge.
May 27, 2012 at 00:59 | Source: Daily Telegraph