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    Cotton Replaces Rice in Japan's Salt-Soaked Fields

    Sep 16, 2011 03:52 PM EDT

    ... by the tsunami. The cotton will be harvested and purchased by participating companies, who will use it to create products such as towels and shawls. Japan Airlines, Lee Jeans, and department store chain Takashimaya are among the participants. According to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, more than ...

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    Report: Japan's High Suicide Rates Linked to Unemployment

    Aug 30, 2011 09:05 PM EDT

    ... people. The rate in United States, as of 2007, was 11 for every 100,000. Suicide rates are highest for both men and women in Japan between the ages of 45 and 64. Japan has a historical tendency to view suicide as a noble end, and public health officials have ...

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    A Day in the Life of Japan's 'Nuclear Gypsies'

    Jul 26, 2011 03:27 PM EDT

    IWAKI-YUMOTO, Japan — Most residents of Iwaki-Yumoto are still fast asleep when the first stirrings of human activity join the din of crows picking through garbage bags. The men who emerge from their hostels and inns, blinking when confronted by the dazzling early-morning sun, say little as they ...

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    U.S. Women Take on Japan in World Cup Final

    Jul 15, 2011 10:44 PM EDT

    ... Japan. And the U.S. of course is going to be trying to go to Abby Wambach, who is quite a bit taller than the Japanese players. But this is a story not only of athletic success for Japan, but also of course for the nation and the sense of ...

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    Some Bright Spots Amid Worries in Japan's Quake Recovery

    May 13, 2011 01:50 PM EDT

    ... first group of 100 people were allowed to return to their homes within the restricted zone circling the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan and retrieve some of their cherished possessions. They were escorted in on government buses and given protective suits, goggles and masks to wear, along ...

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    Japan's Triple Disaster, By the Numbers

    May 12, 2011 12:10 AM EDT

    On March 11, Japan's northeastern shore was struck by a massive earthquake followed by a violent tsunami. Within days a third disaster was unfolding, a crisis at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power facility.

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    Slide Show: The Japan Crisis, 2 Months Later

    May 11, 2011 09:36 PM EDT

    ... home towns to the tsunami are also still in flux. More than 126,000 people remain in evacuation centers as of May, according to the Japanese Red Cross Society, though plans are moving forward to build temporary homes for displaced people. View all of our Japan coverage and follow us ...

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    Top Five Global Health Headlines: Foreign Aid Cuts, Preventing Stillbirths, Japan Raises Alert

    Apr 14, 2011 07:16 PM EDT

    ... that number, the study found. Wealthy countries also continue to deal with this problem; 1 in every 300 babies are stillborn in high-income countries. Japan Raises Nuclear Alert Level The Japanese government raised the nuclear alert level for the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant to its highest level, seven ...

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    NATO in Talks About Libya Mission, Japan's Emperor Visits Survivors

    Apr 14, 2011 11:38 AM EDT

    ... city short of medical supplies, food and water as rebels struggle to hold on to their only bastion in the western part of the country. Japan's Emperor Visits Survivors, Police Search for Victims Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited two shelters in Asahi, near the Pacific coast, meeting ...

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    Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Level, Pakistan Demands Cut in CIA Presence

    Apr 12, 2011 12:44 PM EDT

    Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has raised the level of the nuclear crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to a seven, matching the level used to describe Chernobyl. Officials said the increase was a description of the total amount of radiation that has been released ...