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Fuel removal project halted at Japan's Fukushima plant

2014-03-28 10:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A worker at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant died on Friday after being buried under gravel while digging a ditch, prompting the operator to suspend cleanup work for safety checks. Tokyo Electric Power Co said it was the first time a laborer had died as a direct result of an accident inside the plant since the nuclear disaster in March 2011, the world's worst since Chernobyl in 1986. An earthquake and tsunami struck the plant, 220 km (130 miles) northeast of Tokyo, sparking triple nuclear...

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Japan's ANA in major fleet expansion

2014-03-27 10:31:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Japan's All Nippon Airways spends $16bn to expand its fleet in anticipation of a spike in travel demand when Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games in 2020.

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Japan's Uniqlo in multi-pronged attack on US market

2014-03-24 14:25:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Premium Supima cotton, musician Pharrell Williams and New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) are spearheading the drive by Japan's Fast Retailing Co to expand its Uniqlo chain in the US market.

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Tax hike to dent Japan's fiscal 2014 car sales 15%: JAMA

2014-03-19 21:53:12| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

New-car sales in fiscal 2014 will likely fall about 15% to 4.75 million vehicles as demand dips after April's sales tax hike, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

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