DTN News: Asia News Report: Fukushima Reactions To Radioactive 'Hot Spot' Evacuation Recommendation Mixed....NSI News Source Info # 2095

DTN News: Asia News Report: Fukushima Reactions To Radioactive 'Hot Spot' Evacuation Recommendation Mixed....NSI News Source Info # 2095

The Mainichi Daily News - June 17, 2011: Reaction has been mixed in Fukushima Prefecture to a new government recommendation that people in certain locations outside the Fukushima nuclear crisis exclusion zone evacuate if possible due to high levels of radiation, with some saying it came too late while others hail its flexibility.

The new policy unveiled on June 16 designates certain locations "hot spots," where the annual radiation doses could exceed 20 millisieverts, as areas for recommended evacuation. Since the new policy is nonbinding, those who want to continue to live in their current residences can do so, while others who wish to move out will be provided with government support on a household basis.

http://asianewsreport.blogspot.com/2011/06/dtn-news-asia-news-report-fukushima.html

DTN News - NUCLEAR SAFETY NEWS: Japan, China, S. Korea To Hold Tokyo Summit....NSI News Source Info # 1827

DTN News - NUCLEAR SAFETY NEWS: Japan, China, S. Korea To Hold Tokyo Summit....NSI News Source Info # 1827

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources AFP

(NSI News Source Info) TOKYO, Japan - April 15, 2011:

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea will hold a two-day summit in Tokyo from May 21 to discuss nuclear safety, disaster preparedness and other issues, Japan's government said Friday.

Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan will meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in the annual three-way meeting, Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano told reporters.

"The summit aims to boost cooperation and dialogue in various fields between the leaders of the three countries that have a big responsibility for the stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region," Edano said.

"During the upcoming summit, they will also discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in disaster prevention and nuclear safety in the wake of the Great East Japan Disaster," he said at a press conference.

The Northeast Asian three-way meetings on regional and global issues started in their current format in 2008. South Korea hosted the meeting last year.

This year's talks will come more than two months after the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami brought Japan's worst post-war disaster and triggered an ongoing nuclear emergency that has sparked global concern.

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/2011/04/dtn-news-nuclear-safety-news-japan.html

DTN News - ASIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan News ~ Japan To Restart Sumo Tournament Free Of Charge....NSI News Source Info # 1782

DTN News - ASIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan News ~ Japan To Restart Sumo Tournament Free Of Charge....NSI News Source Info # 1782

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Asian Defense News

(NSI News Source Info)

TOKYO, Japan

- April 6, 2011:

Sumo tournaments will restart in Japan next month, with spectators offered free entry in May as the sport looks to recover an image tarnished by a match-fixing scandal.

The 15-day March tournament was cancelled as allegations emerged that results had been decided in advance. A total of 23 former and present sumo wrestlers were named, with those still active in the sport forced to resign.

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/2011/04/dtn-news-asian-defense-news-japan-news_06.html

Asian Defense News: Japan News ~ Japan Nuclear Struggle Focuses On Cracked Reactor Pit....NSI News Source Info # 1762

Asian Defense News: Japan News ~ Japan Nuclear Struggle Focuses On Cracked Reactor Pit....NSI News Source Info # 1762

April 3, 2011: TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese engineers grappling on Sunday to control the world's worst nuclear crisis sinceChernobyl tried to seal a crack leaking radiation into the Pacific sea from a crippled reactor.

The drama at the six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi complex has dragged into a fourth week, unsettling the global nuclear industry and compounding Japan's suffering after an earthquake and tsunami that left about 27,500 people dead or missing.

Radiation has leaked into the sea, food, drinking water and air. It is hindering efforts to cool overheating fuel rods work at the plant and regain control of the damaged reactors.

http://asiandefensenews.blogspot.com/2011/04/asian-defense-news-japan-news-japan.html