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  • Ex-Fukushima plant worker accuses employer

    A former subcontract worker exposed to radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant filed a complaint with a labor standards inspection office against his employer.

  • METI intends to use post-disaster recovery budget for nuclear exports

    The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) intends to use tax money allocated for post-3.11 disaster recovery projects for a nuclear plant export to Vietnam.

  • US airman commits violence while under curfew

    Some say that Okinawa seems to become a lawless island. A recent incident of trespassing and violence against a junior high school boy allegedly caused by U.S. personnel on curfew has fueled the anger of Okinawans.

  • POLITICS
  • Shii grills PM on misuse of disaster recovery funds, mass firing of electronics workers, consumption tax, nukes, Senkaku, TPP, and US bases

  • Upper House holds urgent session on PM censure motion

  • US FORCES
  • US airman commits violence while under curfew

  • LABOR
  • Ex-Fukushima plant worker accuses employer

  • Political support for corporate restructuring - II: US demand for deregulation of labor laws

  • SDF
  • SDF jointly conducts live-shooting drills with US forces: Okinawa defense bureau official

  • WELFARE
  • editorial Support single-parent households

  • Ex-Hansen’s disease patients need more sanatorium staff

  • NUCLEAR CRISIS
  • Revised nuclear evacuation zone expanded to 30km

  • 1,000 youth rally in Fukushima demand shutdown of all nuclear plants in Japan

  • OKINAWA
  • Anti-US base candidate challenges incumbent mayor in Okinawa

  • JCP Ichida talks with Okinawa’s mayors on Osprey issue

  • GREAT EAST JAPAN DISASTER
  • METI intends to use post-disaster recovery budget for nuclear exports

  • Use reconstruction budget for sufferers: Women’s group

  • AGRICULTURE
  • Are US beef under 30-month old with risky parts remaining safe to eat?

  • CIVIL RIGHTS
  • Court revokes some ‘Kimigayo’-related punishments on Tokyo teachers

  • ENVIRONMENT
  • JCP aims for 30% cut in greenhouse gases: JCP Kasai

  • ARTS AND SPORTS
  • editorial Support development of art and culture



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