The New York Times
In a highly unusual move for a Japanese politician, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda went on national television on Friday and told his fellow citizens that Japan could not maintain its economy or its current standard of living without restarting some...
The independent
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Japan Today
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the opposition kicked off talks on a proposed consumption tax hike on Friday, aiming to clinch a deal by the end of next week to secure Diet approval of a plan that not long ago appeared all but doomed.
United Press International
Unit 1, partially seen; Unit 2, Unit 3 and Unit 4...June 8 (UPI) -- Japan will face a power crunch this summer unless the two Oi nuclear reactors are restarted, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Friday. The reactors are in Fukui Prefecture on the...
Arab News
Japan's prime minister said yesterday that two idled nuclear reactors in western Japan must be restarted to protect jobs and ensure the survival of society, risking a voter backlash given safety fears more than a year after the Fukushima crisis.
Al Jazeera
25 Yoshihiko Noda, the Japanese prime minister, has said that the country should restart two nuclear reactors to avoid an imminent energy crisis. All 50 of the country's reactors were shut down following the meltdown at the Fukushima plant triggered...