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By MALCOLM FOSTER Associated Press, Dec 5, 9:29 AM EST TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's crippled nuclear power plant leaked about 45 tons of highly radioactive water from a purification device over the weekend, its operator said, and some may have drained into the ocean. The leak is a reminder of the difficulties facing Tokyo Electric Power Co. as it tries to meet it ...
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Dec 2 On December 1 at the Roppongi Hills complex in downtown Tokyo, Tom Cruise showed his support for the people of Japan by meeting with residents of Fukushima Prefecture before a preview fan screening of his new movie "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol." Together with Ambassador Roos, Mr. Cruise signed a banner highlighting the TOMOD ...
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By Matthew M. Burke and Chiyomi Sumida Stars and Stripes, November 30, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Major changes are slated for toll roads through some of Japan’s most booming cities and areas directly affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The temporary changes will impact people traveling in and around Tokyo, Osaka, and the northern region ...
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By MALCOLM RITTER and MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press, Nov 20, 10:58 AM EST FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out. Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible. But the ordinary rate of cancer is so high, and our understandi ...
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By Matthew M. Burke Stars and Stripes, November 16, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Like the superheroes he follows avidly, Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Holland leads a double life. However, he won’t be donning a cape in a phone booth or emerging from an underground lair to save the day any time soon. When he isn’t providing legal assistance to sailors ...
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By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2011 – The commander of U.S. forces during Operation Tomodachi in Japan earlier this year accepted an award Nov. 15 on behalf of the service members he credited with making the humanitarian assistance and disaster response mission a success. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of ...
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By DAVID GUTTENFELDER and ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press, Nov 12, 7:07 AM EST OKUMA, Japan (AP) -- Two reactor buildings once painted in a cheery sky blue loom over the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Their roofs are blasted away, their crumbled concrete walls reduced to steel frames. In their shadow, plumbers, electricians and truck drivers, some ...
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By Tetsuo Nakahara, Torii Staff A pair of documents committing mutual assistance in case of a natural disaster was jointly signed here on Oct. 26 by the commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan and the mayors of Sagamihara and Zama cities. The endorsement of the Memorandum of Understanding for Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response Operations by Co ...
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