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By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in the Japanese city of Fukushima on Sunday to observe the massive decontamination effort following the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Local doctors also began a long-term survey of children for thyroid abnormalities, a problem assoc ...
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan this week to help with the massive cleanup of areas contaminated by a radiation-leaking nuclear power plant, officials said Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said the 12-member team will help plan and conduct the de ...
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By Matthew M. Burke and Elena Sugiyama Stars and Stripes, September 30, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — In an effort to ease concerns over low-level radioactive waste from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami currently being stored at U.S. military installations across Japan, the Sasebo City Assembly is sending a letter to the Japanese government asking them ...
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By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes, September 30, 2011 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Street lights, escalators and other electrical equipment that was switched off to save power over the summer will gradually be turned on in October as cooler autumn temperatures reduce peak energy demand at U.S. military bases across Japan, according to U.S. officials. ...
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By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- Japan lifted some evacuation advisories around the tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Friday to reassure tens of thousands of residents who fled the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl that it is safe to return home. A 12-mile (20-kilometer) no-go zone remains in place around the plant, whic ...
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By MALCOLM FOSTER Associated Press, Sep 19, 11:11 PM EDT TOKYO (AP) -- Chanting "Sayonara nuclear power" and waving banners, tens of thousands of people marched in central Tokyo to call on Japan's government to abandon atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident. Monday's demonstration underscores how deeply a Japanese public long ...
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By Seth Robson Stars and Stripes, September 15, 2011 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Commissary customers will be seeing more Japanese produce on the shelves since the U.S. military started lifting food bans put in place following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Food deliveries from 26 food producers in northern Japan were suspended due to a range of health ...
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By Matthew Burke Stars and Stripes, September 14, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Japanese government will provide funding for an additional nuclear radiation monitoring post in Sasebo to cover the city’s port entrance and surrounding area, Sasebo city officials said. The post, a small building fitted with electronic equipment to monitors radiation lev ...
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