Japan
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TOKYO (AP) — The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors.
Report blames Japan’s nuclear policies and poor response for Fukushima; says U.S. plants OK.
Tokyo has a 70 percent chance of getting hit by a magnitude-7 earthquake in next four years.
Government grants that funded foreign language classes nationwide fall victim to budget cuts.
The December of 1941 radically altered America and its global role.
American activists called in to help Tokyo anti-tax movement organize.
The Japanese economy is expected to rebound sharply in the second half of 2011 and 2012.
Nuclear regulators send mixed signals on how American industry must respond.
Of course, lessons can be learned, but American plants are proven safe.
Atomic power remains an essential part of the nation's balanced energy portfolio.
