Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from April 2011

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from April 2011

Keene gives final lecture at Columbia Univ.
April 28, 2011... Keene gives final lecture at Columbia Univ. Michinobu Yanagisawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri NEW YORK NEW YORK--One of the world's top scholars of Japanese literature, Donald Keene, delivered a lecture on noh and...

Govt to monitor asbestos in earthquake-hit areas.
April 28, 2011... Govt to monitor asbestos in earthquake-hit areas Yomiuri A panel will be set up to devise measures to prevent workers clearing debris in areas devastated by the March 11 disaster from contracting asbestos-related diseases, such as...

Sony game user accounts likely hacked / 77 mil. may be aff.
April 28, 2011... Sony game user accounts likely hacked / 77 mil. may be affected by Net break-in Taro Koyano / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri NEW YORK NEW YORK--The personal information of about 77 million users worldwide of Sony Corp.'s...

EDITORIAL / Diet showing admirable respect for diplomacy.(Editorial)
April 28, 2011... EDITORIAL / Diet showing admirable respect for diplomacy Yomiuri It has long been accepted for the prime minister and other Cabinet members to cancel official visits to foreign nations because of Diet deliberation schedules. Japan's...

EDITORIAL / Top court strikes 3rd blow against mammonism.(Editorial)
April 28, 2011... EDITORIAL / Top court strikes 3rd blow against mammonism Yomiuri A corporate manager who worshipped the philosophy of "doing whatever it takes to make money" has been struck down three times by the courts. The Supreme Court has rejected...

Schools wary of the outdoors / Even if radiation levels lo.
April 28, 2011... Schools wary of the outdoors / Even if radiation levels low, some Fukushima students kept inside Yomiuri FUKUSHIMA FUKUSHIMA--Some schools in Fukushima are refusing to let their students venture outdoors even though radiation levels in...

Hometown tax pours in to quake-hit prefectures.
April 28, 2011... Hometown tax pours in to quake-hit prefectures Yomiuri The governments of the prefectures hit by the March 11 earthquake are receiving a strong stream donations via the furusato nozei (hometown tax) system, which encourages people to...

Rules near N-plant put doctors in tight spot.
April 28, 2011... Rules near N-plant put doctors in tight spot Akihiko Kano and Yukiko Takanashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Residents of Fukushima Prefecture near a crippled nuclear power plant are having a hard time getting treatment in...

Firms ready to save power / 80% of Keidanren members plan.
April 28, 2011... Firms ready to save power / 80% of Keidanren members plan to cut electricity usage by 25% Yomiuri Changing work hours, working from home, even wearing T-shirts in the office. Companies are thinking outside the box as they try to cut...

ENGLISH SPECIAL / Keeping pace with the business world.
April 28, 2011... ENGLISH SPECIAL / Keeping pace with the business world Hiroko Ihara / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri English will become a more important business tool for many Japanese companies as they try to diversify their international...

ENGLISH SPECIAL / English for business success.
April 28, 2011... ENGLISH SPECIAL / English for business success Hiroko Ihara / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Keita Morikawa was apprehensive. His first assignment using English working at major trading house Marubeni Corp. was to write a short...

ENGLISH SPECIAL / Tackling the problem of technical Englis.
April 28, 2011... ENGLISH SPECIAL / Tackling the problem of technical English Midori Matsuzawa / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri English-language writing skills are very important for non-liberal arts students, as people in science and engineering are...

EDUCATION RENAISSANCE / Bridging primary and middle school.
April 28, 2011... EDUCATION RENAISSANCE / Bridging primary and middle school English Shoko Okuda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri UTSUNOMIYA The following is an article from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Education Renaissance series. This final...

MUSINGS / April 25, 2011.
April 28, 2011... MUSINGS / April 25, 2011 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's April 25 issue. * * * If we are asked what the capital of California is, we may be tempted to answer, "Los...

THE HOT CORNER / 'Boo' time comes again for Swallows.
April 28, 2011... THE HOT CORNER / 'Boo' time comes again for Swallows Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri So often, people miss the start of big things. Small hot streaks by unheralded players so often go unnoticed when there are so many...

Liquefaction victims in line for financial aid.
April 27, 2011... Liquefaction victims in line for financial aid Yomiuri The government plans to provide financial assistance for the reconstruction of houses damaged by soil liquefaction in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake. The financial aid...

Horie facing prison after top court rejects appeal.
April 27, 2011... Horie facing prison after top court rejects appeal Yomiuri Takafumi Horie, the former president of Internet giant Livedoor Co., will likely be imprisoned soon for accounting fraud after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal of a...

Radioactive material 'down to 1/100'.
April 27, 2011... Radioactive material 'down to 1/100' Yomiuri The amount of radioactive material emitted from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has decreased to about one-hundredth of the level recorded earlier this month, the Cabinet Office's...

TEPCO boss wanted use of SDF plane / Minister nixed March.
April 27, 2011... TEPCO boss wanted use of SDF plane / Minister nixed March 11 plan to rush to HQ Yomiuri Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu tried to fly to TokyoCopyright 2011 The Daily Yomiuri

EDITORIAL / Report by JR West, victims a milestone.(Editorial)
April 27, 2011... EDITORIAL / Report by JR West, victims a milestone Yomiuri Monday marked the sixth anniversary of the derailment on the Fukuchiyama Line in Hyogo Prefecture that claimed the lives of 106 passengers. The bereaved families and West Japan...

EDITORIAL / Learn lessons from world's worst nuclear disas.(Editorial)
April 27, 2011... EDITORIAL / Learn lessons from world's worst nuclear disaster Yomiuri Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the former Soviet Union, the worst nuclear disaster in history. As Tokyo...

Moving away, staying together / 1,400 households in Miyagi.
April 27, 2011... Moving away, staying together / 1,400 households in Miyagi Pref. willing to relocate inland en masse Yomiuri About 1,400 households in nine coastal areas in Miyagi Prefecture that were pummeled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are...

Searching for memories amid tsunami debris.
April 27, 2011... Searching for memories amid tsunami debris Hiroshi Mizota / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri NATORI, Miyagi NATORI, Miyagi--Yoshio Suzuki and one of his sons have searched the rubble of Yoshio's former home for photographs of...

Robot 'Quince' to investigate nuclear plant.
April 27, 2011... Robot 'Quince' to investigate nuclear plant Yomiuri A robot will be used to investigate hard-to-reach places at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to the head of robotics at the unified command headquarters dealing...

Quake seen culprit in 'rocking derailment'.
April 27, 2011... Quake seen culprit in 'rocking derailment' Yomiuri The derailment of an out-of-service train on the Tohoku Shinkansen line may have been due to the rocking motion caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to the government's...

Plans for LNG field scale up / Japan, Russia agree to doub.
April 27, 2011... Plans for LNG field scale up / Japan, Russia agree to double peak output of joint project Yomiuri Japan and Russia will double the production capacity for their joint liquefied natural gas project in Vladivostok from the initially planned...

Cooling gel pillows tipped to be hot item.
April 27, 2011... Cooling gel pillows tipped to be hot item Yomiuri As temperatures rise ahead of what is likely to be a hot summer, demand for cooling gel pillows and cooling sheets also is expected to heat up. Hakugen Co. plans to increase production...

Domestic auto factories running at 50%.
April 27, 2011... Domestic auto factories running at 50% Yoichiro Kagawa and Hajime Yamagishi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Although all domestic automobile factories had restarted by the middle of this month after being halted due to the March...

JRFU to hold domestic charity 7s tournament.
April 27, 2011... JRFU to hold domestic charity 7s tournament The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri The Japan Rugby Football Union announced Tuesday that it would hold a domestic sevens tournament at Tokyo's Chichibunomya Stadium on May 29 for victims of the March...

HARD DRIVES / Carp hurlers have CL seeing red.
April 27, 2011... HARD DRIVES / Carp hurlers have CL seeing red John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri In recent years, one of the main reasons to watch a Hiroshima Carp game was the possibility of seeing former skipper Marty Brown throwing...

IRB pulls 5 PNC matches from Japan.
April 27, 2011... IRB pulls 5 PNC matches from Japan Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Japanese rugby fans were once again given the short straw Tuesday when it was announced that all but one game in the Pacific Nations Cup was being...

Naruse blanks Buffs, fans 12.
April 27, 2011... Naruse blanks Buffs, fans 12 The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Yoshihisa Naruse was once more overpowering, even without his best stuff. The Chiba Lotte lefty struck out a dozen Buffaloes on Tuesday en route to a 6-0 Marines victory over the...

Kan under pressure over DPJ's poll stumble.
April 26, 2011... Kan under pressure over DPJ's poll stumble Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan was unable to stop its decline in the second half of the unified local elections Sunday, while the Liberal Democratic Party won big in the Aichi Prefecture's...

Miyagi govt unveils regional redevelopment plan.
April 26, 2011... Miyagi govt unveils regional redevelopment plan Yomiuri SENDAI SENDAI--The Miyagi prefectural government has drawn up future blueprints of 14 coastal cities and towns that were damaged by the March 11 disaster, classifying areas to be...

EDITORIAL / Spare no expense for N-plant safety.(Editorial)
April 26, 2011... EDITORIAL / Spare no expense for N-plant safety Yomiuri Efforts have been made at nuclear power plants across the nation to ramp up safety measures in the wake of the series of serious accidents that occurred at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s...

EDITORIAL / DPJ should learn lessons from its election los.(Editorial)
April 26, 2011... EDITORIAL / DPJ should learn lessons from its election losses Yomiuri The second round of this year's unified local elections was conducted Sunday, wrapping up the quadrennial nationwide battles. The two rounds of campaigning were...

Malnutrition rife in quake zone.
April 26, 2011... Malnutrition rife in quake zone Masanori Tonegawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri KESENNUMA, Miyagi KESENNUMA, Miyagi--Due to deteriorating hygiene caused by power blackouts, suspension of the water supply and poor nutrition...

DPJ lost races where it openly supported candidates.
April 26, 2011... DPJ lost races where it openly supported candidates Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan failed to win any of the five mayoral elections in which it independently recommended or jointly ran candidates with the People's New Party, its...

Kitasato U. moving Iwate Pref. campus.
April 26, 2011... Kitasato U. moving Iwate Pref. campus Haruto Noguchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri OFUNATO, Iwate OFUNATO, Iwate--Kitasato University is relocating the functions of its Sanriku Campus in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, to its...

Map details radiation at N-plant site.
April 26, 2011... Map details radiation at N-plant site Yomiuri Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released to the public for the first time a map of its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant that shows results of a survey of radiation levels at the site. The...

Maglev gains backing as risk hedge.
April 26, 2011... Maglev gains backing as risk hedge Kazuki Nishimura and Hiroko Nakamura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The construction of the Chuo Shinkansen maglev line has gained greater importance as a way to reduce the risk of rail travel...

TEPCO to cut board members' pay by half.
April 26, 2011... TEPCO to cut board members' pay by half Yomiuri Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided to cut all board members' annual salaries by about 50 percent, and is also planning pay cuts for other employees, it has been learned. Faced with a...

Need-based welfare reforms eyed.
April 25, 2011... Need-based welfare reforms eyed Yomiuri The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is drafting a social security reform plan that would cap out-of-pocket medical, nursing care and child care payments by low-income earners, according to...

EDITORIAL / Step up fight against harmful rumors about Jap.(Editorial)
April 25, 2011... EDITORIAL / Step up fight against harmful rumors about Japan goods Yomiuri Alarmed by possible radiation contamination due to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant crisis, a growing number of countries have slapped restrictions on...

EDITORIAL / Intl safety standards vital to restoring faith.(Editorial)
April 25, 2011... EDITORIAL / Intl safety standards vital to restoring faith in N-power Yomiuri A series of accidents at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is shaking nuclear energy policies in Europe. In Germany, the conservative center-right...

2 men hand 50 mil. yen to evacuees, disaster-hit city.
April 25, 2011... 2 men hand 50 mil. yen to evacuees, disaster-hit city Yomiuri ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi--Two men handed envelopes of cash to evacuees at several shelters in disaster-hit Ishinomaki last week, as well as more than 5 million...

Movers turn away evacuees / People told to relocate get co.
April 25, 2011... Movers turn away evacuees / People told to relocate get cold shoulderCopyright 2011 The Daily Yomiuri

Sharing disaster-area workers' emotional, mental load.
April 25, 2011... Sharing disaster-area workers' emotional, mental load Shingo Hashitani and Yuichi Sato / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri A psychotherapist has been assigned to to care for Ground Self-Defense Force colleagues in Fukushima...

Major firms plan to sell excess power to TEPCO.
April 25, 2011... Major firms plan to sell excess power to TEPCO Daisuke Segawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The reason the government is planning to ease power restrictions this summer is partly that major companies from steel and other...

Cashing in on power-saving.
April 25, 2011... Cashing in on power-saving Yu Toda and Fukutaro Yamashita / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri With electricity shortages looming this summer, many companies are releasing new power-saving products they hope will inspire consumers to...

MUSINGS / April 20, 2011.
April 25, 2011... MUSINGS / April 20, 2011 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's April 20 issue. * * * Hirosawa Torazo II (1899-1964), a rokyoku narrative storyteller, was in his house in Asakusa,...

FROM SQUARE ONE / Japan's unique electric history.
April 25, 2011... FROM SQUARE ONE / Japan's unique electric history Yomiuri Recent electricity shortages faced by Tokyo and its vicinity after several power plants were damaged in the Great East Japan Earthquake have shed light on the weaknesses of the...

FROM SQUARE ONE / Mismatch leaves nation divided.
April 25, 2011... FROM SQUARE ONE / Mismatch leaves nation divided Yomiuri The country's electricity grid is effectively split in two by mismatched power frequencies--the supply is 50 Hz in eastern Japan, and 60 Hz in western Japan. The "electricity border"...

5th straight for Murakami.
April 25, 2011... 5th straight for Murakami The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri World bronze medalist Yukifumi Murakami won his fifth straight title in the men's javelin at the Wakayama Invitational meet Sunday, but fell well short of his goal of an 85-meter...

Funky play, Nishi propel Buffaloes.
April 25, 2011... Funky play, Nishi propel Buffaloes The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri A sacrifice bunt turned into a run-scoring play, and Orix right-hander Yuki Nishi turned in seven innings of one-hit pitching as the Buffaloes downed the Saitama Seibu Lions...

Atmospheric radiation leak underestimated.
April 25, 2011... Atmospheric radiation leak underestimated Yomiuri Data released by the government indicates radioactive material was leaking into the atmosphere from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in early April in greater quantities than...

Law change to bolster security of private data.
April 25, 2011... Law change to bolster security of private data Yomiuri The government plans to toughen penalties for illegal use and distribution of individuals' personal information, and make it possible to punish individual workers for such offenses,...

Canadian filming quake-hit Kesennuma.
April 25, 2011... Canadian filming quake-hit Kesennuma Yomiuri KESENNUMA, Miyagi KESENNUMA, Miyagi--A Canadian researcher has focused her camera on Kesennuma in a project that may last a decade to show how the devastated city and residents are recovering...

Anchored by community spirit / Village's determination to.
April 25, 2011... Anchored by community spirit / Village's determination to recover inspires N.Z. woman to stay put Aki Nakamura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri NODAMURA, Iwate NODAMURA, Iwate--"A real tsunami..." As assistant language teacher...

'Stop radiation with underground wall'.
April 24, 2011... 'Stop radiation with underground wall' Yomiuri The government is considering building an underground barrier near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to prevent radioactive material from spreading far from the plant via soil and...

'I want to be with Japan' / Donald Keene discusses plan to.
April 24, 2011... 'I want to be with Japan' / Donald Keene discusses plan to relocate, become citizen Michinobu Yanagisawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri NEW YORK NEW YORK--Renowned expert in Japanese literature and culture Donald Keene, who...

EDITORIAL / Buy Tohoku products to help revive the region/.(Editorial)
April 24, 2011... EDITORIAL / Buy Tohoku products to help revive the region Yomiuri There is no doubt there are a lot of people who want to support the disaster-hit areas in some way. But even without going there as some volunteers have done, there is...

EDITORIAL / Quickly pass donations to disaster victims.(Editorial)
April 24, 2011... EDITORIAL / Quickly pass donations to disaster victims Yomiuri Huge amounts of money have been donated at home and abroad to survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The Japanese Red Cross Society and the Central Community Chest...

TEPCO boss blasted by angry evacuees.
April 24, 2011... TEPCO boss blasted by angry evacuees Yomiuri KORIYAMA, Fukushima KORIYAMA, Fukushima--"Why don't you try living here!" "Tell us when we can go home!" These and other harsh comments greeted Masataka Shimizu, president of Tokyo...

Lots to do before evacuation / 6,000 people, 10,000 cows,.
April 24, 2011... Lots to do before evacuation / 6,000 people, 10,000 cows, town offices, other facilities must leave Yomiuri Now that an area spanning five municipalities has been designated an evacuation zone near the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

Satoyama woodlands face grim future.
April 24, 2011... Satoyama woodlands face grim future Yomiuri IITATEMURA, Fukushima IITATEMURA, Fukushima--Radiation leaks from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will force people in Iitatemura to abandon satoyama--natural woodlands near human...

Exporters hit by nuclear anxiety / Radiation-fearing clien.
April 24, 2011... Exporters hit by nuclear anxiety / Radiation-fearing clients abroad demand time-consuming, costly screening Mamoru Kurihara and Koichi Uetake / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Exporters are facing demands from an increasing number...

Ikuchijima: An inland island with a twist.
April 24, 2011... Ikuchijima: An inland island with a [lemon] twist Koji Hatamoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Ikuchijima island in the Seto Inland Sea is considered the birthplace of lemon cultivation in Japan. When I ask Kohei Tokuno where I...

Ishii, Kuriyama help Lions end 5-game losing streak.
April 24, 2011... Ishii, Kuriyama help Lions end 5-game losing streak The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Kazuhisa Ishii gave the Saitama Seibu Lions a big boost, and Takumi Kuriyama delivered the big hit they needed to get over the hump on Saturday. Ishii...

Schools welcome displaced / Over 1,000 private schools off.
April 24, 2011... Schools welcome displaced / Over 1,000 private schools offer places to students affected by disaster Yomiuri More than 1,000 private schools nationwide have offered to accept about 6,600 middle and high school students from areas hit by...

TEPCO president apologizes in Fukushima.
April 23, 2011... TEPCO president apologizes in Fukushima Yomiuri FUKUSHIMA FUKUSHIMA--Masataka Shimizu, the president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., visited Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato on Friday to apologize for the ongoing crisis at the firm's Fukushima...

Govt officially sets new evacuation zone.
April 23, 2011... Govt officially sets new evacuation zone Yomiuri Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday designated an area spanning five municipalities beyond a 20-kilometer radius of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as a planned evacuation zone and...

EDITORIAL / Japan should fulfill global responsibility.(Editorial)
April 23, 2011... EDITORIAL / Japan should fulfill global responsibility Yomiuri What foreign policy should Japan conduct in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake? We think the government should engage actively with the international community...

Power-saving target may be 15% for all.
April 23, 2011... Power-saving target may be 15% for all Yomiuri The government is considering adjusting targets for electricity consumption in summer to a 15 percent reduction for all users--industrial, commercial and household--in the service area of...

EDITORIAL / Govt must persuade residents on necessity of n.(Editorial)
April 23, 2011... EDITORIAL / Govt must persuade residents on necessity of no-entry zone Yomiuri The area within a 20-kilometer radius of the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. was designated as a no-entry zone...

Sunflowers to clean up radioactive soil.
April 23, 2011... Sunflowers to clean up radioactive soil Yomiuri Japanese researchers who study space agriculture believe growing sunflowers will remove radioactive cesium from contaminated soil around the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, and are...

Directive angers villagers / Farmers worried about caring.
April 23, 2011... Directive angers villagers / Farmers worried about caring for cattle after forced evacuation Yomiuri IITATEMURA, Fukushima IITATEMURA, Fukushima--Residents being ordered to evacuate from areas outside a 20-kilometer radius of the...

Authorities scramble to arrange home visits.
April 23, 2011... Authorities scramble to arrange home visits Yomiuri The Self-Defense Forces, police and local governments are trying to prepare as best they can to ensure visits by evacuees to homes within the no-entry zone around the Fukushima No. 1...

Sea leaks would be rated Level 5 or 6.
April 23, 2011... Sea leaks would be rated Level 5 or 6 Yomiuri If estimates of leaks of radioactive material into the sea from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were judged according to the International Nuclear Event...

Science ministry releases radiation data.
April 23, 2011... Science ministry releases radiation data Yomiuri The science ministry has announced the results of radiation monitoring in areas between one and 21 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The research was conducted in...

Garuda starts program for earthquake orphans.
April 23, 2011... Garuda starts program for earthquake orphans The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Garuda Indonesia has started a program to support children affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. In the program named "Gambaro Nippon! Tetap Semangat...

Sweating over summer power / Govt, industry share concerns.
April 23, 2011... Sweating over summer power / Govt, industry share concerns over looming electricity crunch Yomiuri The government is considering easing power-savings targets to a 15 percent cut in consumption for all businesses and households out of...

INTERVIEW WITH SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO / Master plan, men.
April 23, 2011... INTERVIEW WITH SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO / Master plan, mental care key to quake recovery Yomiuri Recounting the experience of his nation in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono...

A5N set to kick off with two new teams.
April 23, 2011... A5N set to kick off with two new teams Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri John Kirwan and the Japan team will be watching the TV in their Hong Kong hotel closely Saturday as the HSBC Five Nations gets underway. Not so...