In a Post-Fukushima Japan, Municipalities Hesistant to Restart Reactors
We continue our series of Fukushima-related stories this week. NHK says that more than 70 percent of Japanese municipalities that host nuclear power plants are cautious about restarting their reactors. The Japanese broadcaster surveyed 29 municipalities ...
http://www.linktv.org/linkasia/blog/post/1161/linkasia/blog/follow/Wendy%20Hanamura


Getting Married In Japan
Barbie Carpenter Couples do not have to post intents to marry in Japan. In fact, they are married the same day they apply for a marriage license. Acquiring a marriage certificate through the municipal government means the couple is legally married.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/getting-married-in-japan_n_1263682.html


Civil engineers needed in 3 disaster-hit prefectures in Japan
TOKYO -- Many coastal Tohoku municipalities in Japan hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and others affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis are suffering from a severe shortage of civil engineers and other backup staff ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/02/11/1847693/civil-engineers-needed-in-3-disaster.html


China lodges representations over Nagoya mayor's denial of Nanjing Massacre
When asked whether the incident will have any impact on China-Japan relations, Hong said the Chinese government supports a decision by Nanjing municipal authorities to halt contact with the Japanese city of Nagoya. "We express understanding and support for ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-02/22/c_131425595.htm


Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 9:57 am (0627 IST) quake, which registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in 11 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures including the city of Morioka in Iwate.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175212/tsunami-hits-japan-strong-quake.html


573 deaths certified as nuclear-crisis-related in Japan
TOKYO — A total of 573 deaths in Japan have been certified as “disaster-related” by 13 municipalities affected by the crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. This number could rise ...
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/05/news/573-deaths-certified-as-nuclear-crisis-related-in-japan/


Thousands March Against Nuclear Power in Japan
and says it now has enough to ask Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto to submit a plebiscite ordinance to the municipal assembly Monday. Brendan Barrett writes in Al Jazeera that public support for renewable energy in Japan is strong: The type of Japan ...
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/11-1


Residents of three towns received as much as 23 millisieverts of radiation
FUKUSHIMA — The Fukushima Prefectural Government said Monday that residents in three municipalities near its crippled nuclear plant were exposed to as much as 23 millisieverts of radiation in the four months after the meltdowns triggered by the March 11 ...
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a6.html


Band of the Pacific-Asia creates friendship through music at Japan-U.S. Joint Concert
the Band of the Pacific-Asia has supported the annual Japan-U.S. Joint Concert sponsored by the North Kanto Defense Bureau for the six municipalities surrounding Yokota Air Base. On Jan 28, the band continued the tradition, sending jazz trio Final Approach ...
http://www.pacaf.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123288950


Cyberjaya Selected As One Of Japan's Futurecities
The Japanese government aims to create unparalleled successful ... we have certain targets to fulfill the green technology agenda together with stakeholders including Sepang Municipal Council (Local Authority), Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and ...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v6/newsindex.php?id=646531