Daily Japan Headlines: Thursday, Aug 11, 2011
Photo Source: ABC Australia.
ABC Australia: Japan’s nuclear agency hides radiation results
Japan’s nuclear watchdog has denied public access to the results of thyroid check-ups for more than 1,000 Fukushima children exposed to radiation.
Critics have accused Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission of denying the public accurate information about the crisis.
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Forbes: Nuke Closures Could Cost Japan 5.6 Percent of GDP
In the wake of the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Japan has taken as many as 39 of the nation’s 54 nuclear reactors offline.
Unless the nuclear power-plants are returned to service soon, the closures could carry a steep price for the economy of Japan, according to a new report by Japan’s Institute of Energy Economics.
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Wall Street Journal: Japan Official: Smaller Reactors May Be Answer
National Policy Minister Koichiro Gemba—who is responsible for helping craft energy policy—said that despite the bitterness following the accident at the nuclear-power plant, Japan should consider the use of what are known as microreactors, as a way to help bridge the electricity shortages that plagues the industrial sector.
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NPR: Japan Takes Nuclear Safety Agency Away From Trade Ministry
Japan is removing its nuclear regulatory agency from the control of its trade ministry, dissolving a relationship that was criticized in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. The new nuclear safety agency will be under the environmental agency, Kyodo News reports.
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Wall Street Journal: Japan Military Targets New Enemy: Flies
Now Japan’s soldiers have another job: fighting swarms of flies that are spreading in the sweltering summer heat. In a first-of-its-kind mission for the Japanese military, soldiers are spraying down piles of rubble with insecticide, while some cities scramble to dispose of the insect-luring waste.
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Wall Street Journal: Japan’s Wasted Debt-Ceiling Fight
Speaking of debt ceilings: Earlier this week, Japan’s ruling party and the opposition cut a deal to raise the ceiling and avoid a government shutdown. But if you didn’t hear about this Tokyo showdown, it’s because the squabble was about power, not principles. Without a tea party pressing for smaller government, Japan is stuck in a time warp where stimulus packages roll along, tax rises loom on the horizon, and prime ministers come and go.
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Digital Trends: Hulu announces video streaming expansion for Japan
While constant buyout rumors continue to swirl around the popular television and movie streaming service, Hulu is increasing the speed of international expansion by announcing plans to entertain the citizens of Japan.
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Sydney Morning Herald: Japan says it’s time visitors dived in
FIVE months after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, an ad campaign aimed at Australian tourists will push the message that most of the country is working normally, especially its snowfields.
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Washington Examiner: Ishikawa in last place in PGA
On Thursday in the opening-round of the PGA, Ishikawa shot the worst round of his career, a 15-over 85, and is in last place with roughly half of the field in the clubhouse.
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ABC Australia: Moustache blamed for Japan rugby ban
A leading Japanese rugby player has been banned for two years for a positive steroid test, which he blames on a cream he was using to help him grow a moustache.
World Cup hopeful Ryohei Yamanaka tested positive for a banned substance during a random doping check a few months ago.
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