Japan Nieuwsbrief 08/25/2011

• Japan faces costly, unprecedented radiation cleanup (Reuters)

• Au Japon, l'activisme citoyen pallie l'enlisement politique - LeMonde.fr

• ANALYSIS: No quick fix found as Japan toils on strong yen - The Mainichi Daily News

• Japan's energy crisis: Too open for business (The Economist)

• Japan utility knew of tsunami threat: government (AP)

• M5.8 Quake? But What Was the 'Shindo'? (Japan Real Time)

• Google Earth map shows ground level radiation measurements (Nippon Sekai)

• Evidence of past major tsunamis discovered in Tohoku (Nippon Sekai)

• Government's move to monitor online sparks public outcry (Asahi)

• Comedian Shimada to retire over his friendly ties to yakuza (Asahi)

• Japan PM contender Maehara looks to powerbroker Ozawa (Reuters)

• Yakuza link undoes TV's Shimada (Japan Times)

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