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press tour of Iitate village, Fukushima prefecture, pic: IAEA Imagebank (Flickr CC)

Fukushima updates: admission and remission?

By Graham Land Mon, Oct 15, 2012 10:22PM UTC 1 Comment

Last week the head of Japan’s new nuclear regulatory agency announced that the country’s reactors will not be restarted until proper seismic inspections are carried out. The new standards with which the reactors must comply will be established next year. Prior to last year’s Fukushima disaster, regulations were in fact only recommendations and plant operators...

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Japan’s ex-PM: I was frightened by nuclear crisis

By AP News Tue, May 29, 2012 9:09AM UTC 1 Comment

In this aerial photo taken from the Asahi Shimbun helicopter, the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is seen in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 28, 2012. Pic: AP.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s leader felt fearful and helpless during last year’s nuclear disaster and lacked experts capable of giving him guidance, he testified Monday in his first response to a public investigative inquiry on the crisis. Naoto Kan resigned in September after being criticized for government failures during the disaster. He told the parliamentary...

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PHILIPPINES: How to help typhoon Sendong (Washi) victims

By Tonyo Cruz Mon, Dec 19, 2011 3:32PM UTC 0 Comment

Volunteers use rubber a boat to ferry residents to safer grounds following a flash flood that inundated Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Pic:AP

The typhoon-struck cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in southern Philippines continue to need urgent relief aid as people come to grips with the horrible death toll and as families continue to search for hundreds of others who are still missing. For Filipinos abroad and our friends from other countries, Philippines-based international courier company LBC...

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Philippines: Storm kills 600; bloggers launch donation drives

By Tonyo Cruz Sun, Dec 18, 2011 8:13AM UTC 0 Comment

More than 600 persons are feared to have been killed or missing by typhoon Sendong (Washi) in Southern Philippines. Bloggers in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City, two areas which bore the brunt of flash floods, swiftly took action and launched online donation campaigns for typhoon victims: Iligan Bloggers’ #oneforiligan campaign: Paypal ID singcol.inquisitor@gmail.com...

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Mitsubishi starts Pajero SUV production in Bangladesh

By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury Fri, Aug 12, 2011 2:14AM UTC 1 Comment

Through a press release on August 9, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that it has started local production and sales in Bangladesh of its new-model Pajero Sport SUV. The Pajero Sports model is being produced at the Chittagong plant of Pragoti Industries Limited (PIL), MMC’s business partner in Bangladesh, and will be sold through PIL’s...

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