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Japan’s failure to resume its atomic plants would be a “disaster” for the country because of its limited alternatives, said Nobuo Tanaka, the International Energy Agency’s former executive director.
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Japanese shares advanced, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average rising to a seven-month high, after U.S. jobless claims fell to a four-year low and on signs European leaders will speed the establishment of a permanent bailout fund to help contain the debt crisis.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved closer to imposing tougher safeguards at the nation’s reactors, a year after a disaster in Japan that triggered radiation leaks from a crippled power plant.
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You would expect a nation famed for its efficiency and infrastructure to set the world standard for rebuilding. One year after a giant earthquake and tsunami, Japan’s revival has barely begun.
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 44.00, or 0.5 percent, to 9,751.37 as of the 11:30 a.m. trading break in Tokyo. The following are among the most active shares in the Japanese market today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names.
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A majority of the five-member U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to issue rules on reactor safety, moving the agency a step closer to enhancing safeguards in response to Japan’s 2011 disaster.
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New U.S. operating standards imposed in the wake of the reactor meltdowns in Fukushima, Japan, last year may prompt owners of single nuclear plants to consider selling them, PPL Corp. Chief Executive Officer William Spence said yesterday.
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Japan, the world’s biggest importer of liquefied natural gas, is in talks to start shipping the fuel from the continental U.S. after the Fukushima disaster last year shut most of the country’s nuclear power plants.
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Our family has feasted on two Gambaru Pakku (“Hang in there!” packs) -- boxes of fruit, vegetables and miso from Fukushima Prefecture -- and my wife has just ordered a third. We have bought several cartons of crisp Fukushima apples, too, and almost all of the rice we have consumed since the earthquake last March has also come from the part of Japan known worldwide for its crippled nuclear reactors.
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Aluminum buyers in Japan agreed to pay producers higher premiums for shipments starting in April, the first increase in three quarters, as the nation’s recovery from natural disasters boosts demand from builders and carmakers.
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