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Ray of sunshine on a dark day
Don't forget. Tonight Mercury and Jupiter will be at their closest low in the western sky starting about 35 minutes after sunset. Last night I managed to see and photograph the pair just in time bef...
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Amazing Japanese baseball Spiderman catch
He should be using his powers to fight crime ... not play baseball. Shame on you, amazing athlete!  See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today's Big Thing.  ...
Posted on 8/6/10 at 5:08 AM
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Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

For 70-year-old Toshiko Murakami, memories of the terrifying earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of her seaside town and swept away her sister brought fresh tears Sunday, exactly a year after the disaster.

March 12, 2012

Records show Japan gov't knew meltdown risk early

Just four hours after a tsunami swept into the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan's leaders knew the damage was so severe that the reactors could melt down, but they kept their knowledge secret for months. Five days into the crisis, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan voiced his fears that it could turn worse than Chernobyl.

March 10, 2012

Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons.

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press , March 05, 2012

Typhoon buffets Tokyo, dumps rain in tsunami zone

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan Wednesday, halting trains and leaving 13 people dead or missing in south-central regions before grazing a crippled nuclear plant and heaping rain on the tsunami-ravaged northeast.

September 21, 2011

1 million urged to evacuate as typhoon nears Japan

TOKYO (AP) — More than a million people in central Japan were urged to evacuate Tuesday as a powerful typhoon approached, triggering floods that left two people missing.

By Associated Press , September 20, 2011

Japanese millers getting look at ND wheat

Representatives of prominent Japanese flour milling companies are in North Dakota this week to get a better understanding of U.S. wheat breeding, production and marketing systems.

September 19, 2011

Japan officials ignored own radiation forecasts

Japan’s system to forecast radiation threats was working from the moment its nuclear crisis began. As officials planned a venting operation certain to release radioactivity into the air, the system predicted Karino Elementary School would be directly in the path of the plume emerging from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. But the prediction helped no one. Nobody acted on it.

By By Eric Talmadge, The Associated Press , August 10, 2011

Japan wins 1st World Cup title in penalty shootout

Japan has won the Women's World Cup, stunning the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout Sunday night after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie.

July 17, 2011

Japan reconstruction minister resigns over remarks

Japan's new disaster reconstruction minister submitted his resignation Tuesday after making remarks widely criticized as offensive during a visit to the earthquake-devasted northeast coast, where he refused to shake a governor's hand, scolded the official and threatened to withhold aid.

July 04, 2011

Kids find safety in EGF

Kids find safety in EGF When Kayla Lee turned 8 on March 18, only one of her friends came to her birthday party. She was in Japan, where, just a week before, a massive earthquake and tsunami had killed thousands and damaged a nuclear power plant. Fear of leaking radiation disrupted daily life throughout the country, even at Camp Zama, a U.S. Army base in the south of Japan, where Kayla lived. The quake struck when she was in school, Kayla said. “I thought it was the dishwasher making things shake.”

By By Lisa Gulya, Forum Communications Co. , April 27, 2011

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Japan declares no-go zone around nuclear plant

Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometer) area evacuated around its tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety.

April 21, 2011

Clinton visits Tokyo in show of support for Japan

TOKYO — 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.

By By Matthew Lee, The Associated Press , April 17, 2011

Operator airs plan to control Japan nuclear crisis

TOKYO (AP) — The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant laid out a blueprint Sunday for stopping radiation leaks and stabilizing damaged reactors within the next six to nine months as a first step toward allowing some of the tens of thousands of evacuees to return to the area.

By By Ravi Nessman, The Associated Press , April 17, 2011

JC student from Japan waits to return home

Hitomi Sakuma was more than 8,000 miles away from her family and friends when the 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck 207 miles from her home in Tokyo one month ago.

By By Minerva Morato, The Jamestown Sun , April 11, 2011

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Strong aftershock rattles disaster-weary Japan

A big aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled.

April 08, 2011

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