Daily Japan Headlines: Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011
Photo Source: Daily Mail.
Daily Mail: Smackdown! Schoolchildren enter the ring for slimmed-down sumo wrestling competition
You don’t have to be a 30-stone man mountain to enjoy a spot of Japanese sumo-wrestling, as these fiercely competitive schoolchildren prove.
The pint-sized athletes were taking part in the annual Hassaku Sumo Festival held in Okunitama, Tokyo, Japan, where the competition was extremely fierce.
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ABC News: Japan Utility Seals Area With High Radiation Level
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday radiation exceeded 10 sieverts at two locations near a duct connected to a ventilation stack between two reactor units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.
TEPCO says no one has been injured. The area required no immediate work and was closed off.
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Sydney Morning Herald: Major chain sold radioactive beef
AEON, Japan’s biggest supermarket chain, said beef from cattle fed caesium-contaminated straw was put on sale at 314 of its Japanese stores between March 31 and July 24.
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Sydney Morning Herald: Grandmother has Tokyo’s measure on radiation
Mrs Okoshi is an unlikely activist. A lifelong farmer, she lives with her 85-year-old mother and one of her daughters. After her tests continued to show high levels of radiation, her cousin Chuhei Sakai, a farmer in the area, went with several other villagers to show her data to the mayor. He did not respond, Mr Sakai said.
Since then, she has earned a reputation for her monitoring. ”Every time I have mentioned my name at meetings recently, city officials there say, ‘Ah, you are the one who measured the radiation,’ ” she said.
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Reuters: Japan summer bonuses, overtime pay fall in June
Japanese workers’ summer bonuses fell and overtime pay marked a third straight month of annual falls in June, government data showed on Tuesday, as the economy remained under strain from the March 11 earthquake and its aftermath.
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UPI: Japan turmoil puts freeze on U.S. ties
Political instability in Japan is affecting ties with the United States and putting the premier’s visit to Washington in doubt, officials said Tuesday.
The two governments are likely to give up on drafting a joint statement on their relationship to mark the 50th anniversary of their security treaty, sources on both sides tell the Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Wall Street Journal: Japan Intensifies China Rhetoric
Japanese officials added language in the most recent version of the white paper stating that China’s stance toward its neighbors can be viewed as “assertive.” It also said that China’s “future direction can be a source of concern” stemming from its multiple “conflicting interests with neighboring countries, including Japan.”
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Sacramento Bee: Former Japan national defender Matsuda collapses
The 34-year-old Matsuda was unconscious when he arrived at a hospital Tuesday and has been on an artificial cardiopulmonary unit, Matsumoto Yamaga Football Club team officials say.
His condition was “extremely severe,” club president Hiroshi Otsuki said, according to doctors.
Matsuda collapsed after finishing a 15-minute warmup run during training, coach Yoshiyuki Kato said.
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The Independent Video: Video: Robot seal helps Japan victims
Two small white robotic seals are being used to comfort elderly victims of Japan’s tsunami and earthquake.
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