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US "Bullying" Behind Escalation Of Iran Nuclear Crisis: China
China on Monday said "unilateral bullying" by the United States was the cause behind the escalating Iran nuclear crisis, after Tehran announced it was set to breach its uranium enrichment cap.
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China, South Korea Leaders To Discuss North Korea Nukes
South Korean President Moon Jae-In will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday amid mixed US signals about potential talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis.
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Japan High Court Rules Nuclear Reactors Can Restart
A Japanese appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a pair of nuclear reactors halted by a lower court order can be restarted, in a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policy.
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Fukushima Evacuees Face Hardship As Japan To Slash Subsidies
Nearly six years after Noriko Matsumoto and her children fled Japan's Fukushima region, fearing for their health after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, they confront a new potential hardship - the slashing of vital housing subsidies.
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Fukushima Costs To Double To Nearly $180 Billion: Report
The estimated cost of dealing with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis has doubled to some $180 billion, a report said Thursday, underlining the challenge Japan faces in overcoming the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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Deal or No Deal, Iranian President Faces Headaches at Home
Iran's president has been pursuing a nuclear agreement for two years but even if a deal is reached Hassan Rouhani and his government will soon face mounting political pressure at home.
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Final Push in Iran Nuclear Talks as Extension Looms
Time runs out on Monday for the best chance in years to end the Iran nuclear crisis, as Tehran and six powers make a final push for a deal but with a extension looking increasingly likely.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Seeks Verdict on "Abenomics" in Snap Election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved parliament's lower house today for a snap election on December 14, seeking a fresh mandate for his struggling "Abenomics" revival strategy just two years after he returned to power promising that "Japan is Back".
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Fukushima radiation readings hit new high near contaminated tanks
Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked more than 20 percent to their highest level, Japan's nuclear regulator said, again raising questions about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in 27 years.
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Japan to spend up to $473 million to fix Fukushima nuclear crisis
Japan is set to pledge up to $500 million to contain leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with the government stepping up its intervention in the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century.
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Japan nuclear plant firm opens Twitter account
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the quake-hit Japanese nuclear reactors, opened an official Twitter account late Thursday, immediately drawing more than 117,000 followers.
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5.5 magnitude quake hits Japan nuclear crisis zone, Fukushima plant stable
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's Fukushima area on Monday, but a nuclear plant there that was crippled by a huge quake and tsunami in March remained stable, officials said.
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UN chief heads to Japan as nuclear crisis simmers
UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Japan on Sunday, where he plans to visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone, as the crippled atomic power plant simmers and a food safety scare deepens.
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'Safety myth' left Japan ripe for nuclear crisis
Near a nuclear power plant facing the Sea of Japan, a series of exhibitions in a large public relations building here extols the virtues of the energy source with some help from "Alice in Wonderland.""It's terrible, just terrible," the White Rabbit says in the first exhibit. "We're running out of energy, Alice." A Dodo robot figure, swiveling to ad...
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Hillary Clinton visits Japan in a show of support
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that America would stand by Japan, saying she was confident the country will fully recover from its tsunami and nuclear disasters."We are very confident that Japan will recover and will be a very strong economic and global player for years and decades to come," Clinton told Prime Minister N...
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US "Bullying" Behind Escalation Of Iran Nuclear Crisis: China
China on Monday said "unilateral bullying" by the United States was the cause behind the escalating Iran nuclear crisis, after Tehran announced it was set to breach its uranium enrichment cap.
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China, South Korea Leaders To Discuss North Korea Nukes
South Korean President Moon Jae-In will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday amid mixed US signals about potential talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis.
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Japan High Court Rules Nuclear Reactors Can Restart
A Japanese appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a pair of nuclear reactors halted by a lower court order can be restarted, in a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policy.
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Fukushima Evacuees Face Hardship As Japan To Slash Subsidies
Nearly six years after Noriko Matsumoto and her children fled Japan's Fukushima region, fearing for their health after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, they confront a new potential hardship - the slashing of vital housing subsidies.
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Fukushima Costs To Double To Nearly $180 Billion: Report
The estimated cost of dealing with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis has doubled to some $180 billion, a report said Thursday, underlining the challenge Japan faces in overcoming the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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Deal or No Deal, Iranian President Faces Headaches at Home
Iran's president has been pursuing a nuclear agreement for two years but even if a deal is reached Hassan Rouhani and his government will soon face mounting political pressure at home.
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Final Push in Iran Nuclear Talks as Extension Looms
Time runs out on Monday for the best chance in years to end the Iran nuclear crisis, as Tehran and six powers make a final push for a deal but with a extension looking increasingly likely.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Seeks Verdict on "Abenomics" in Snap Election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved parliament's lower house today for a snap election on December 14, seeking a fresh mandate for his struggling "Abenomics" revival strategy just two years after he returned to power promising that "Japan is Back".
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Fukushima radiation readings hit new high near contaminated tanks
Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked more than 20 percent to their highest level, Japan's nuclear regulator said, again raising questions about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in 27 years.
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Japan to spend up to $473 million to fix Fukushima nuclear crisis
Japan is set to pledge up to $500 million to contain leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with the government stepping up its intervention in the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century.
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Japan nuclear plant firm opens Twitter account
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the quake-hit Japanese nuclear reactors, opened an official Twitter account late Thursday, immediately drawing more than 117,000 followers.
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5.5 magnitude quake hits Japan nuclear crisis zone, Fukushima plant stable
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's Fukushima area on Monday, but a nuclear plant there that was crippled by a huge quake and tsunami in March remained stable, officials said.
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UN chief heads to Japan as nuclear crisis simmers
UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Japan on Sunday, where he plans to visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone, as the crippled atomic power plant simmers and a food safety scare deepens.
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'Safety myth' left Japan ripe for nuclear crisis
Near a nuclear power plant facing the Sea of Japan, a series of exhibitions in a large public relations building here extols the virtues of the energy source with some help from "Alice in Wonderland.""It's terrible, just terrible," the White Rabbit says in the first exhibit. "We're running out of energy, Alice." A Dodo robot figure, swiveling to ad...
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Hillary Clinton visits Japan in a show of support
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that America would stand by Japan, saying she was confident the country will fully recover from its tsunami and nuclear disasters."We are very confident that Japan will recover and will be a very strong economic and global player for years and decades to come," Clinton told Prime Minister N...
