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A protester displays a placard that reads: “No to restart of nuclear reactors and Prime Minister Noda” during a march near the parliament complex in Tokyo earlier this week. The government is hearing demands to abandon nuclear power in the wake of the meltdown last year. The question of nuclear weapons is also being brought up. (Associated Press)

Japan revisits nuclear weapons ban

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Workers dump bags filled with radiation contaminated soil - and sometimes the snow that had covered it - from a neighborhood in Hirono. "We often encounter situations that are not in the manual and wonder if we are doing the right thing," worker Takahiro Watanabe said.

Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Briefly: China’s secret detentions restricted - on paper

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** A worker scoops up a layer of radiation-contaminated soil and ice in the garden of a private home in Fukushima, Japan, on Feb. 21, 2012. (Associated Press)

Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated

By MALCOLM RITTER - Associated Press

Japan adds beef to the contaminated menu

By Christopher Johnson — Special to The Washington Times

Debate rises in Japan over paying power plant reparations

By Christopher Johnson - Special to The Washington Times

Japan official: Disasters overwhelmed government

By Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This image made from Japan's NHK public television via Kyodo News shows the Fukushima Daiichi power plant's Unit 1, left, in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. The walls of the building at nuclear power station crumbled Saturday as smoke poured out and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down following the failure of its cooling system in a powerful earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/NHK TV via Kyodo News)

For battered Japan, a new threat: nuclear meltdown

By Eric Talmadge and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

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