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JAPAN: Kirin Brewery Co ramps up frozen beer launch
2013-03-11 12:22:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Kirin Brewery Co is to bring its frozen beer innovation, Ichiban Shibori Frozen Nama, to the world.
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Japan May Revive Carbon Trading Discussion After Election
2013-03-11 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The Japanese government may revive discussions about a carbon market that would reduce pollution levels after elections for the Upper House of parliament due in July, a government adviser said. Takashi Hongo, a senior fellow at Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute and a delegate for Japan at United Nations climate talks, said ministers are likely to consider building a market for carbon dioxide emissions credits later this year. The market would cap emissions from utilities and industry...
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Japan marks tsunami anniversary
2013-03-11 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Exactly two years after its north-east coast was wrecked by a deadly tsunami, Japan marked the moment that the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history triggered deadly waves that killed almost 19,000 people, while the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, promised to speed up reconstruction of flattened communities. In Tokyo and along the tsunami-battered coastline people gathered at memorial services to remember those who died after a magnitude earthquake struck offshore at 2:46pm on 11 March...
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Japan: Fukushima Running Out of Workers
2013-03-11 10:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Japan has promised to scrap the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors that faced the world's worst nuclear accident. But Hiroyuki Watanabe, councillor in Iwaki City located 30 kilometres from the accident site, greets such intentions on the second anniversary of the disaster on Monday with misgiving. "I see problems in Fukushima increasing, not decreasing. One of the biggest issues facing the country is the lack of qualified workers in Japan who can meet the enormous challenges ahead," he told...
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Japan PM Abe vows nation to emerge stronger from 2011 triple disasters
2013-03-11 10:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Monday to speed up rebuilding from the huge earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that struck Japan's northeast two years ago, promising that the nation would emerge stronger from its worst disaster since World War Two. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:46 p.m., triggering tsunami waves as high as 30 meters (100 feet) that swept away residents and their homes. Nearly 19,000 people died and some 315,000 evacuees were stranded, including refugees from radiation...
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