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Fukushima remains very complex despite progress: IAEA

December 5, 2013 - 00:20
U.N. nuclear experts on Wednesday praised Japan for making progress on shutting down the crippled Fukushima plant, but warned the situation there remained "very complex". (Japan Today)
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Black fox seen in Hokkaido residential areas

December 4, 2013 - 04:59
People in northern Japan are excited about sightings of a rare black fox. (NHK)
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Japan finds methane hydrate in Sea of Japan

December 3, 2013 - 11:44
Japan has discovered methane hydrate lying over a large area in the Sea of Japan in northwestern Japan, in addition to previously discovered areas in the Pacific Ocean, the trade ministry said. (Reuters)
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New Tokyo island growing

December 2, 2013 - 22:12
Japan Coast Guard officials say an island formed by volcanic activity in Tokyo's Ogasawara island chain is growing. They say it is about 2.5 times larger than when it was identified on November 20th. (NHK)
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Train run for the future

December 2, 2013 - 22:02
A test train for the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line runs in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Monday, after test runs began that day between Nagano Station and Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station in Toyama Prefecture on an extension of the Tokyo-Nagano line. (Yomiuri)
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TEPCO puts off tainted groundwater removal at Fukushima plant

November 28, 2013 - 22:17
Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday that a shortage of water storage tanks has forced it to postpone removal of contaminated groundwater at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station. (Jiji Press)
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Japan wants to turn the moon into a giant power plant

November 27, 2013 - 22:59
Shimizu Corporation, a Japanese architecture and engineering firm, has a plan to effectively turn the moon into a giant solar power plant, reports Inhabitat. (businessinsider.com.au)
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Eruptions 'likely to create new island off Tokyo'

November 26, 2013 - 22:37
Japan Coast Guard officials say ongoing volcanic eruptions will likely create a new island off Tokyo. (NHK)
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2nd round of N-fuel removal begins at Fukushima No. 4 reactor

November 26, 2013 - 22:30
Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Tuesday began the second round of work to remove nuclear fuel from the No. 4 reactor building's spent fuel pool at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 power station. (Jiji Press)
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Small-firm deep-sea probe successful

November 24, 2013 - 22:19
Japanese engineers have succeeded in filming and collecting deep-sea creatures using a probe developed by a group of small manufacturing firms. (NHK)
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TEPCO Ends transfer of 1st batch of fuel at Fukushima N-plant

November 22, 2013 - 23:52
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday finished the transfer of the first batch of fuel assemblies from the storage pool at the No. 4 reactor of its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station to a common pool located within the premises of the plant. (Jiji Press)
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TEPCO transfers 1st set of No. 4 reactor fuel

November 21, 2013 - 21:38
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Thursday completed the first transfer of nuclear fuel assemblies from the No. 4 reactor at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant to a safer building. (Yomiuri)
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New volcanic island forming in Japan

November 21, 2013 - 04:49
A new volcanic island is being born off the coast of Japan near the Nishino-shima volcanic island. (volcanodiscovery.com)
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Climate change fight getting off track after major global setbacks in Japan and Australia, study finds

November 20, 2013 - 22:14
The world is getting further off track in limiting global warming with setbacks in Japan and Australia outweighing positive signals from the United States and China, a study showed on Wednesday. (huffingtonpost.com)
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ICCAT members divided over bluefin tuna stocks

November 20, 2013 - 22:09
Fishery officials from around the world are divided on how to evaluate existing stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna. An agreement is necessary to determine fishing quotas. (NHK)
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TEPCO to scrap all reactors at Fukushima No. 1 plant

November 20, 2013 - 11:55
Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to retire the No. 5 and No. 6 reactors at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station in northeastern Japan, informed sources said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)
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Wakata releases micro-satellites from ISS

November 19, 2013 - 22:34
Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata has released micro-satellites from the International Space Station. (NHK)
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Method developed to screen out versatile iPS cells

November 19, 2013 - 02:34
A Japanese research team says it has developed a method to screen out iPS cells that are particularly good at differentiating into body cells. (NHK)
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Japan medics bring high-tech fixes to Philippines typhoon

November 17, 2013 - 08:27
Japanese medics working to help victims of the Philippines typhoon have deployed wireless mobile X-ray kits using tablet computers, a world first in a disaster zone, a team spokesman said Saturday. (abs-cbnnews.com)
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U.S. advocacy group advisor rides on maglev train on test track

November 16, 2013 - 22:39
A advisory board member from a U.S. advocacy group pressing for a magnetically levitated train system on Saturday rode a high-speed linear motor train on the test track of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo)
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