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Quake causes cancellation of job offers
A survey by Japan's labor ministry shows at least 173 new graduates have had their job offers cancelled in the wake of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.....
Friday, April 08, 2011 12:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_22.html
Government drafts power-saving plan
A government task force has outlined a plan to slash electricity usage this summer, calling on households and businesses to conserve power in a bid to avoid rolling blackouts......
Friday, April 08, 2011 12:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_25.html
Fewer foreign students at Tokyo Japanese school
A Japanese language school in Tokyo says about 15 percent of its foreign students have shown up for the new school year that started this month.
Only 20 foreign students attended the entrance ceremony of Tokyo Central Japanese Language School in Shibuya Ward on Friday.....
Friday, April 08, 2011 16:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_29.html
Over 27,000 dead or missing in March 11th disaster
Police say more than 27,000 people are dead or missing in the March 11th disaster and its aftershock that hit northeastern Japan......
Friday, April 08, 2011 17:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_35.html
Toyota factories to restart April 18
Toyota Motor is to soon resume operation of all of its factories in Japan including group plants in quake-hit Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. The firm stopped operations at all but 2 of its assembly factories after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.
President Akio Toyoda told reporters on Friday that the resumption will take place on April 18th.....
Friday, April 08, 2011 17:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_31.html
Economic confidence hits record low
A Japanese government survey indicates that workers' confidence in the economy has deteriorated significantly due to the recent massive earthquake and tsunami.
The Cabinet Office polled about 2,000 workers nationwide, including those at retail stores and restaurants.....
Friday, April 08, 2011 17:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_33.html
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Yomiuri online
TEPCO sees more power / Utility expects to secure nearly 50 mil. kilowatts in summer
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is expected to secure a power supply of nearly 50 million kilowatts this summer, up about 3.5 million kilowatts from an earlier projection, it was learned Thursday.....
(Apr. 8, 2011)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20110407dy01.htm
Earthquake shifted seabed 24 meters
The seabed near the focus of the March 11 earthquake off Miyagi Prefecture moved about 24 meters east-southeast as a result of crustal movement during the massive temblor, the Japan Coast Guard announced Wednesday.....
(Apr. 8, 2011)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110407004595.htm
Classrooms, teachers in short supply
In response to a lack of teachers and classrooms following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the education ministry is asking public schools to temporarily introduce a two-division system in which students take either morning or afternoon classes and to hold regular classes on Saturdays as well.....
(Apr. 8, 2011)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110407005909.htm
Quake-hit schools can't resume class
At least 155 of 3,317 public primary, middle and high schools in prefectures affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake have been unable to resume classes in their original buildings, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.....
(Apr. 8, 2011)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110407006075.htm
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Asahi com
DPJ to redirect overseas aid to rebuilding efforts
A Democratic Party of Japan study commission asked the government Wednesday to slash the foreign aid budget for fiscal 2011 by 114.5 billion yen ($1.34 billion), a full 20 percent, to finance reconstruction for areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. .....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104070138.html
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Mainichi jp(kyodo, AP)
Immigration information in 5 languages for foreigners in disaster area
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Immigration Bureau announced Friday it will distribute flyers with information about visas and other immigration procedures in five languages to foreign nationals affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm011000c.html
SDF rescue 20,000 people, recover 8,000 bodies after quake
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Self-Defense Forces have so far rescued more than 19,000 people and recovered about 7,900 bodies after the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear power plant crisis, the Defense Ministry said Thursday......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm013000c.html
Gov't eyes curbing household power use in summer by 15-20%
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to ask households to reduce electricity use by 15-20 percent from a year earlier to cope with power shortages expected in Japan's eastern and northeastern regions this summer, a draft of the plan's outline showed Thursday......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm015000c.html
Reconstruction proposal aims to create disaster-resistant fishing bases
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has drafted a reconstruction proposal for the coastal areas damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami, featuring plans to build high-rise fish markets and move houses of fishermen's families to higher ground to counter tsunami, sources close to the issue said Thursday.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm016000c.html
173 students see cancellation of job offers after quake
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 173 new graduates in Japan had job offers cancelled as of Wednesday, up 50 from a week earlier, in the aftermath of the March 11 mega earthquake, the labor ministry said Friday.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm032000c.html
Matsumoto seeks cautious debate on ODA cut to secure recovery funds
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto sought a cautious debate Friday on an idea to slash Japan's foreign aid to secure funds for relief and reconstruction work in the country following the magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami on March 11, parliamentary vice foreign minister Ikuo Yamahana said....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm033000c.html
Fukushima evacuees to move into closed upscale Tokyo hotel Sat.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around 450 households, who evacuated their homes near a crisis-hit nuclear power plant in Fukuoka Prefecture, are expected to move starting Saturday into Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, an upscale hotel that closed last month.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm034000c.html
Evacuees have mixed reactions to plan to allow them to temporarily go home
Residents evacuated from areas near from the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture have shown mixed reactions to the national government's plan to allow them to temporarily return home.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na012000c.html
Store owners' future uncertain in tsunami-hit Kamaishi as city mulls restoration plans
KAMAISHI, Iwate -- Store owners in this tsunami-devastated city have been left with an uncertain future as the municipal government mulls remodeling the city to boost protection against future natural disasters.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na015000c.html
A new day breaks in a scarred city
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- It is around 5 a.m. when a strip of red lights up the horizon as a wood fire is started on the grounds of Jionji Temple, opened to local residents since the March 11 quake and tsunami as an evacuation shelter.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na017000c.html
Townspeople facing 'starvation' as aid fails to reach disaster area households
SHICHIGAHAMA, Miyagi -- Some four weeks after the disasters of March 11, survivors who have returned home from refugee shelters are struggling with severe shortages of basic necessities, with some even saying they face starvation.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na022000c.html
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