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Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant
Japan took the final step to allow the restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday as the region of Niigata voted to resume… Read
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A Japanese H3 rocket carrying the sixth satellite in a seven-orbiter geolocation system failed to deliver its payload into orbit after liftoff on Monday, the… Read
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Japan will take "appropriate steps against excessive moves" in the yen, the country's top currency diplomat said Monday, after the currency fell sharply against the… Read
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Shizuoka prefectural police are looking for three men who broke into a residential property in Nagaizumi town on Monday morning and stole 10 million yen… Read
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Great, now restart the others.
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"Is TEPCO qualified to run Kashiwazaki-Kariwa?" Valid question.
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“Bears! Bears! You switch on the news and it’s nothing but bears! What about monkeys?” What’s the scourge of preference? The warpath widens, the enemies… Read
