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Fukushima fallout: Not just radiation

By Graham Land Tue, May 15, 2012 9:05AM UTC View Comments

14 months on, residents of Fukushima prefecture are still coping with a variety of problems. In the wake of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and resultant meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, those who live near Fukushima face compounded difficulties rebuilding their lives. Many areas in Fukushima Prefecture were no-go for a year after...

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Earthquake research predicts grim outlook for Japan’s next ‘big one’

By Anna Watanabe Mon, Apr 16, 2012 11:33PM UTC View Comments

It’s the most photographed mountain in the world, but Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji could be the site of a magnitude 8 earthquake, according to researchers at Shizuoka University. The Daily Yomiuri reports that the Fujikawa River fault zone, running west of the dormant volcano, has been found to be 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) long –...

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Japan’s convenience culture cashing in on ‘quake customers

By Anna Watanabe Wed, Mar 14, 2012 7:49PM UTC View Comments

Vending machines and convenience stores – or konbibi as they’re known in Japan – are bucking the trend of Japan’s slow, post-earthquake recovery and are making the most of new market opportunities. Today, Suntory Holdings Ltd. announced that in response to clients’ needs, following the Great Easter Japan Earthquake, it will install 5000 ‘high-performance’ vending...

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One year on: How can we measure Japan’s recovery?

By Anna Watanabe Sun, Mar 11, 2012 5:27PM UTC View Comments

A group of monks pray during the anniversary of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. Picture: H.MASA/Flikr

At 2.46pm Japan stopped everything – even its trains, the arteries of the nation – to remember the disaster that occurred one year ago. But as Japan fell silent, the world’s media returned. And this time their words have not been as sympathetic. Fly-in, fly-out stories have been filed from areas with the most visual...

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One year on: How will you remember March 11?

By Anna Watanabe Tue, Mar 06, 2012 5:14PM UTC View Comments

The program is called Japan’s Tsunami: Tales of Terror and it’s going to be aired four days before the anniversary of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. I haven’t seen the program so I shouldn’t be too critical, but I have seen the “exclusive video” before – about three months ago on YouTube: As the one-year...

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