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Report reveals truth about Japan disaster

...expended vilifying the Tokyo Electric Power Co., the Japanese government, and the nuclear industry in general for months...unfounded.I submit that the accused ? TEPCO, the Japanese government and the nuclear industry ? are guilty of not having...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-06-15/report-reveals-t
Two years after disaster, Fukushima residents thriving, healing

...short-circuit triggered by a rat. Decommissioning all the reactors is expected to take decades.Meanwhile, the Japanese government still is very pro-nuclear and stresses ? rightly, I think ? that nuclear power still is overwhelmingly safe...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/joe-hotchkiss-columns/2013-03-24/two-years-
Augusta-area residents helped after tsunami, nuclear meltdown in Japan a year ago

...Dan McCabe, a researcher at Savannah River National Laboratory, has been a small yet vital part of helping the Japanese government begin cleanup of radiation released into the environment near Fukushima. McCabe and three others from SRNL contributed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-03-10/augusta-area-residents-helped
SRS discloses secret visit from Fukushima nuclear delegation

...damaged the Japanese nuclear plant, U.S. national laboratories have collaborated to provide advice to U.S. and Japanese government officials and to support the development of potential mitigation and recovery strategies.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-03-13/srs-discloses-secret-visit-f
Update on Japanese auto recalls

TOKYO -- Toyota declined a Japanese government energy efficiency award given to its hybrid Prius, saying that the honor is not appropriate for a car hit by massive recalls...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/autos/2010-02-11/update-japanese-auto-recalls
Autos
American, partners boost JAL support offer

...weeks and months." The announcement came as the Japanese government finalizes details of a turnaround plan for JAL...according to media reports. "While JAL and the Japanese government might decide to address capital requirements internally...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/13/bus_562926.shtml
Business
Delta considers ties to struggling Japan carrier

...to serve Haneda Airport, a mostly domestic airport that is much closer to the center of Tokyo. The U.S. and Japanese governments have been in talks about air service between the countries. A key benefit for Japan Airlines, Asia's biggest...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/09/12/bus_547854.shtml
Business | Swine flu
More toxic loans could haunt banks

...come to be known the "lost decade" because of its drawn out economic and financial malaise. Even though the Japanese government injected trillions of yen into its banking system, new lending was constrained because troubled loans clogged...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/07/19/bus_541357.shtml
Business
Journalists get apology after assault

...would look into the new rules that require reporters to make appointments to do reports at Tiananmen Square. The Japanese government and the Foreign Correspondents Club of China condemned the roughing up of the Japanese newsmen who were covering...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/08/06/oly_468408.shtml
Olympics
Automakers' tiniest cars yet score big in Japan's market

...locked up the niche market. Price is a big factor. Minicars cost about $10,000 and get tax breaks from the Japanese government. The cars' fuel efficiency hits 47 miles a gallon in a country where gasoline sells for $4.75 a gallon. Minis...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/07/28/bus_137463.shtml
Business