Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/10/2011

• Japan’s Trade Minister Jokes About Radiation | Japan Probe

• Six months later: The Fukushima nuclear disaster in retrospect - The Mainichi Daily News

• Analysis: New Japan PM a bureaucrats' puppet or puppet master? - Yahoo! News

• Fukushima disaster: it's not over yet | Jonathan Watts | World news | The Guardian

• Radiation expert says outcome of nuke crisis hard to predict, warns of further dangers - The Mainichi Daily News

  Cold shutdown entails bringing the temperature of sound nuclear fuel in pressure vessels below 100 degrees Celsius. It would be one thing to aim for this in April, when the government had yet to confirm that a meltdown had indeed taken place. But what is the point of "aiming for cold shutdown" now, when we know that fuel is no longer sound?

• Japanse modestudenten stellen tentoon in Antwerpen - De Standaard

• The Associated Press: Japan minister slammed for gaffe over nuke crisis

• Fukushima store plan abandoned because of protests (Asahi)

• EU to maintain safety checks on food from Japan (AFP)

• Radiation, power fears lead to population decrease in Tokyo (Asahi)

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