Photo Source: The Telegraph

The Telegraph: Japan fails in promise to rehouse 30,000 victims

A maximum of 27,200 units will be completed by the end of May, Akihiro Ohata, the infrastructure minister, told parliament on Monday The government is sticking to its pledge, however, to provide temporary housing to the 110,000 people who are living [...]

Oricon Top 10 Singles for the Week of May 17 – May 23, 2011:

Number 1:

Artist: KAT-TUN
Song: White
Units Sold: 150,944
NEW this week

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Photo Source: Daily Mail

Daily Mail: The British woman braving Fukushima radiation zone to save abandoned quake dogs

So far, 70-year-old Elizabeth Oliver, originally from Somerset, has saved 197 dogs and 17 cats from the area, which she enters wearing a protective suit and carrying a Geiger counter.

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The Independent: Japan gives go ahead [...]

Oricon Top 10 Albums for Week of May 17 – May 23, 2011:

Number 1:

Artist: FTISLAND
Album: Five Treasure Island
Units Sold: 36,980
NEW This Week
BUY in Japan:
BUY from Overseas:

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Telegraph Video: Tokyo zoo shows off newborn cheetah cubs

The six-week-old cheetahs drew hundreds of visitors from the first hour they went of show to the public.
The zoo said it hoped the cheetah cubs would provide some much needed good news amid the chaos of the last couple of months as the country attempts to [...]

Lexus IS. Photo Source: Daily Mail

Daily Mail: Why happiest drivers are at the wheel of a Japanese car

Japanese cars dominate a survey of driver satisfaction with Lexus topping the poll for the 11th year running.
Cars from Japan took seven of the top ten places for most satisfying models while Vauxhall and Ford languish [...]

Japanese Box Office: May 21 – May 27, 2011

Number 1:

Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Weekend Box Office (US$): $14,762,671
Cumulative Take (US$): $18,541,165

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Daily Mail: How the Japanese plan to turn the moon into a mirrorball: All of Earth’s energy ‘to be supplied by lunar ring of solar panels’

The plans call for astronauts to return to the moon and begin work with the help of robots that will be required to level the [...]

Here are the top 10 non-news programs for the week of May 16 – May 22, 2011:

Number 1:

Variety: Shoten (笑点)
Network: NTV
Time & Date: 17:30-18:00, May 22
Rating: 21.3

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Hiroyuki Takeuchi and the handwritten Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun. Photo Source: LA Times.

LA Times: A newspaper unplugged in Japan’s quake zone

For six days, working by flashlight, wearing overcoats in the chilly office, they put the paper out by hand, with black felt-tip markers and large sheets of white paper.
The afternoon paper’s daily circulation fell [...]