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• UN panel urges Japan to probe wartime sex slavery and compensate former 'comfort women' – Reuters. July 24, 2014
• Japan's government approves larger military role – Associated Press. July 1, 2014
• Half Japanese voters oppose Abe's security shift – Reuters. June 30, 2014
• Japan set for landmark easing of constitutional limits on military – Reuters. June 27, 2014
• Ex-sex slaves demand Japan PM acknowledge past – Associated Press. June 3, 2014
• Hiroshima survivors offer peace and hope for nuclear disarmament – Sydney Morning Herald. April 13, 2014
• Fukushima: Plan to send residents home three years after nuclear accident labelled 'irresponsible' – ABC Radio Australia. March 11, 2014
• Three years after tsunami, children of Fukushima battle an invisible enemy – Sydney Morning Herald. March 10, 2014
• Thousands in Tokyo anti-nuclear rally – Agence France Presse. March 9, 2014
• Japan may review probe on WWII sex slavery – Associated Press. February 22, 2014
• Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaks radioactive water – BBC News. February 20, 2014

• Opponents to fight new US military base on Okinawa - Associated Press. December 26, 2013
• Typhoons spreading Fukushima fallout - Agence France Presse. November 29, 2013
• Japan under fire for slashing greenhouse gas emission target - Jakarta Post. November 16, 2013
• Groundwater radiation spikes at crippled Fukushima - Agence France Presse. October 19, 2013
• Japan nuclear export parts not safety checked: report - Agence France Presse. October 14, 2013
• Radiation levels in harbour off Fukushima hit two-year high - Agence France Presse. October 10, 2013
• Fukushima workers doused by contaminated water leak - BBC News. October 9, 2013
• Fukushima leaks: Radioactive water overflows tank - BBC News. October 2, 2013
• WWII comfort women: The pain that time cannot heal - Associated Press. September 28, 2013
• Japan's uncertain nuclear future - ABC Radio Australia. September 15, 2013
• Fukushima to get 'wall of ice' - Sydney Morning Herald. September 4, 2013
• High radiation spreads at ruined Fukushima plant, Japan vows aid - Reuters. September 3, 2013
• Fukushima radiation levels '18 times higher' than thought - BBC News. September 1, 2013
• Fukushima leak crisis worsens - New York Times. August 25, 2013
• Fukushima clouds Abe's political fortunes tied to economic recovery - Bloomberg. August 23, 2013
• Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe' - BBC News. August 22, 2013
• Fukushima nuclear plant: Radioactive water leak found - BBC News. August 20, 2013
• Japanese ministers visit war shrine - Agence France Presse. August 15, 2013
• South Korea unveils 'new evidence' of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement - Korea Herald. August 9, 2013
• Nuclear experts slam Fukushima nuclear plant operators over toxic water admission- Agence France Presse. July 26, 2013
• Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan seen leaking steam but operator TEPCO says it's no emergency - Agence France Presse. July 18, 2013
• Watchdog: Ocean contamination likely at Fukushima - Associated Press. July 11, 2013
• Toxic radiation found at Japanese plant - Agence France Presse. July 7, 2013
• Okinawa's Agent Orange fears return with discovery of buried US barrels - South China Morning Post. July 2, 2013
• 'Deny, deny until all the veterans die' – Pentagon Investigation into Agent Orange on Okinawa  - Truth Out. June 13, 2013
• Thousands in Tokyo nuclear power rally - Agence France Presse. June 2, 2013
• Japan's sex slave legacy remains open wound - Associated Press. May 29, 2013
• Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary - Associated Press. May 14, 2013
• Water, rats, outages: Japan nuke plant precarious - Associated Press. April 11, 2013
• More radioactive water leaking at Japan nuke plant - Associated Press. April 9, 2013
• Activists fault WHO on Fukushima radiation  - Agence France Presse. March 12, 2013
• Fukushima disaster victims launch lawsuit  - Daily Telegraph. March 12, 2013
• Two years after tsunami, slow progress on cleanup  - Associated Press. March 11, 2013
• Protesters in Tokyo demand end to nuclear power  - Associated Press. March 9, 2013
• Japan signals military upgrade  - Sydney Morning Herald. January 9, 2013

• Japan's new leader endorses nuclear plants  - New York Times. December 31, 2012
• Nowhere to use Japan's growing plutonium stockpile  - Associated Press. December 28, 2012
• Japan hints it may revise an apology on sex slaves  - New York Times. December 27, 2012
• New parties pop up in Japan, confusing voters - Associated Press. December 14, 2012
• Japan's alienated youth overlooked in elections - Agence France Presse. December 14, 2012
• Another US military serviceman arrested on Okinawa - Associated Press. November 18, 2012
• Japan protests another US troop-related incident - Associated Press. November 2, 2012
• Worker: Japan nuke crisis crew not told of danger - Associated Press. November 1, 2012
• Fish near Fukushima still contaminated: study - Agence France Presse. October 27, 2012
• Japan nuke plant water worries rise - Associated Press. October 25, 2012
• Japan gets cold feet on total nuclear phase-out - Associated Press. September 20, 2012
• US Agent Orange activist brings message of solidarity to Okinawa - Japan Times. September 15, 2012
• Record radiation found in fish near damaged Fukushima plant - Deutsche Presse Agentur. August 22, 2012
• Tokyo's anti-nuclear protesters remember WWII - Agence France Presse. August 18, 2012
• Fukushima 'caused mutant butterflies' - Agence France Presse. August 14, 2012
• Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of A-bomb - Associated Press. August 6, 2012
• Anti-nuclear demo to surround Japan parliament - Agence France Presse. July 29, 2012
• Activists hope gay marriage debate will stir Japan - Agence France Presse. July 27, 2012
• Government probe of Japan nuke crisis criticizes TEPCO - Associated Press. July 23, 2012
• Japan probes alleged cover-up at nuclear plant - Associated Press. July 22, 2012
• Japan firm 'told workers to lie' about radiation dose - Agence France Presse. July 21, 2012
• Japan nuclear fallout may cause 1300 cancer deaths - Jakarta Post. July 19, 2012
• Crowds rally in Tokyo for end to nuclear power - Associated Press. July 16, 2012
• Fukushima nuclear accident 'man-made', not natural disaster - Bloomberg. July 5, 2012
• Japan readies nuclear reactor as protests mount - Agence France Presse. July 1, 2012
• Japan protest over nuclear restart - Agence France Presse. June 23, 2012
• Buried stockpile of toxic defoliant is contaminating Futenma air base - Counter Punch. June 19, 2012
• Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart - Agence France Presse. June 16, 2012
• Radioactive waste at Fukushima threatens second nuclear catastrophe - New York Times. May 28, 2012
• Thousands march as Japan shuts off nuclear power - Associated Press. May 5, 2012
• US to remove 9,000 Marines from Okinawa - Associated Press. April 27, 2012
• Very high radiation, little water in Japan reactor - Associated Press. March 28, 2012
• 80 percent in Japan 'support nuclear phase-out' - Agence France Presse. March 18, 2012
• Prayer and protest at Japan anti-nuclear rally - Agence France Presse. March 11, 2012
• Japan cabinet was warned of Fukushima meltdown - Agence France Presse. March 10, 2012
• Japan's nuclear mobsters won't be sharing the pain - Jakarta Globe. March 8, 2012
• Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success - Associated Press. March 5, 2012
• Probe finds Japan hid dangers of nuclear disaster - Associated Press. February 28, 2012
• Thousands march against nuclear power in Japan - Associated Press. February 11, 2012
• Rising heat at Fukushima plant poses chain reaction danger - Bloomberg News. February 9, 2012
• Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan - Agence France Presse. January 14, 2012

• Japan releases 40-year nuke plant cleanup plan - Associated Press. December 21, 2011
• Japan nuclear efforts only 'first aid' - Agence France Presse. December 17, 2011
• New depths for whaling war - Sydney Morning Herald. December 10, 2011
• Radioactive water leaked at second Japan plant - Agence France Presse. December 10, 2011
• Army veteran claims Agent Orange buried on beach - Japan Update. December 9, 2011
• Agent Orange buried at beach strip? - Japan Times. November 30, 2011
• Water leaks from crippled Japanese nuke plant - Associated Press. December 5, 2011
• Pressure on Japan to review whaling - Deutsche Presse Agentur. December 2, 2011
• Fukushima meltdown worse than thought? - Agence France Presse. December 1, 2011
• Fukushima farmland 'no longer safe' - Agence France Presse. November 15, 2011
• Progress, peril, at Fukushima nuclear plant - The Australian. November 14, 2011
• Fukushima compensation call - Sydney Morning Herald. November 1, 2011
• Thousands march against nuclear power in Tokyo - Associated Press. September 19, 2011
• Pentagon denies burying Agent Orange in Okinawa - Japan Times. August 21, 2011
• Agent Orange buried on Okinawa, vet says - Japan Times. August 13, 2011
• Japan's Hiroshima city marks atomic bombing - Associated Press. August 6, 2011
• Japanese beef contamination widens - Sydney Morning Herald. July 16, 2011
• Anti-nuke protests in Japan, 3 months after quake - Associated Press. June 11, 2011
• Japan nuke crisis 'twice as bad' - The Australian. June 8, 2011
• Poll: Most Japanese distrust government on nuke crisis - Associated Press. May 30, 2011
• Fukushima tsunami plan a single page - Associated Press. May 27, 2011
• Ghost towns around Japan's crippled nuclear plant - Straits Times. May 20, 2011
• New setbacks at Japan nuclear plant - Agence France Presse. May 12, 2011
• Asbestos, Japan tsunami's other hidden danger - Associated Press. April 27, 2011
• Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after PM call to close plant - Reuters. May 7, 2011
• Farmers protest against Japanese nuke plant owner - Associated Press. April 26, 2011
• Evidence for Agent Orange on Okinawa - Associated Press. April 12, 2011
• Japan dumps radioactive water into the Pacific - Associated Press. April 5, 2011
• Fukushima 'much bigger than Chernobyl' - Agence France Presse. April 2, 2011
• Japan nuke plant leaks radiation into groundwater - Associated Press. April 1, 2011
• Race to stop leaks as radioactive water nears sea - New York Times. March 29, 2011
• Highly radioactive water leaks from Japanese nuclear plant - Reuters. March 28, 2011
• Radiation inside Japan nuclear plant rises sharply - Associated Press. March 27, 2011
• Dangerous breach suspected at Japanese nuke plant - Associated Press. March 25, 2011
• Workers evacuated from nuclear plant - Associated Press. March 21, 2011
• Workers miss deadline to reconnect power at nuclear plant - Associated Press. March 19, 2011
• Japan raises severity of nuclear crisis - Associated Press. March 18, 2011
• Japanese choppers dump water on stricken reactor - Associated Press. March 17, 2011
• Bungling, cover-ups define Japanese nuclear power - Associated Press. March 17, 2011
• Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant - Associated Press. March 16, 2011
• Japan radioactivity released 'directly' into atmosphere: IAEA - Reuters. March 15, 2011
• Blasts, fire escalate Japan's nuclear crisis - Agence France Presse. March 15, 2011
• Tens of thousands dead as Japan scrambles to avert nuclear catastroph - Associated Press. March 14, 2011
• Japan nuclear power plant partial meltdown 'highly possible' - Associated Press. March 13, 2011
• Japan nuclear mishap among worst ever: US expert - Agence France Presse. March 12, 2011
• Japan quake causes emergencies at five nuke reactors - Associated Press. March 12, 2011
• Scenes of devastation at heart of Japan disaster - Associated Press. March 12, 2011
• Daylight exposes horror in quake-battered Japan - Reuters. March 12, 2011
• Japan sees slowest population growth since 1920 - Associated Press. February 25, 2011
• Japanese women in court for right to own identity - Agence France Presse. February 13, 2011

• Japan election sure to show opposition to US base - Associated Press. November 23, 2010
• Former sex slaves call on Japan for full apology - Agence France Presse. November 25, 2010
• Hiroshima not shy of its atomic bomb legacy - Associated Press. November 15, 2010
• Depression costs Japan's economy $32 billion - Associated Press. September 8, 2010
• After a year, Japan's Democratic Party slips - Agence France Presse. August 29, 2010
• Japan prime minister shuns shrine, apologizes at WWII ceremony - Associated Press. August 15, 2010
• Nagasaki marks 65th anniversary of US atomic bomb - Associated Press. August 9, 2010
• Japan's child abuse reaches record high - Associated Press. August 5, 2010
• Horror of 'Hiroshima remains seared into survivors' minds - Agence France Presse. August 4, 2010
• 'Hidden poverty' eating away at Japan - Agence France Presse. August 4, 2010
• Japan government mauled in election - Reuters. July 11, 2010
• Japan PM warns of Greece-like debt crisis - Associated Press. June 11, 2010

• Landslide defeat for ruling party in Japan's poll - Reuters. August 30, 2009

Japanese exports suffer record plunge - Agence France Presse. March 25, 2009

• Japan struggles with WWII legacy - BBC News. November 2, 2008

• Japan moves to loosen army's role - BBC News. April 13, 2007
• Japan's divisive 'comfort women' fund - BBC News. April 10, 2007