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Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water

ELAINE KURTENBACH and SHINO YUASA My Way News 03/22/2011
Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water

A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant.

Tokyo's weirdest museums

Here are some of the Japanese capital's weirdest museums, which are hard to find in your ordinary guidebook.

In Tokyo, Obama Makes Concession on Marine Base

HELENE COOPER and MARTIN FACKLER The New York Times 11/13/2009

Incoming Tokyo government threatens split with US

Julian Ryall Telegraph 09/12/2009

TOKYO — President Obama, seeking to mend fences with Japan, America’s most important Asian ally, announced on Friday that he would establish a high-level working group on the contentious issue of the continuing presence of a Marine base in Okinawa.

Incoming Tokyo government threatens split with US

A split is emerging between the United States and Japan over the new Tokyo government's anti-globalisation rhetoric and its threats to end a refueling agreement for US ships in support of the war in Afghanistan.

Tokyo Property Poised to Rebound, Chuo Mitsui Says (Update1)

Finbarr Flynn and Takako Taniguchi Bloomberg 06/17/2009
Tokyo Property Poised to Rebound, Chuo Mitsui Says (Update1)

June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo’s property market is poised to rebound as overseas investors seek bargains in Japan’s biggest cities, said Kazuo Tanabe, president of Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.

3 CONTRACTORS' REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROFITS TO SINK IN FY09

TOKYO, Jun 09, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- OBYCF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Three of Japan's top four general contractors are expected to reap lower profits from real estate development operations in the year ending March 31, 2010, as a result of slumping market prices.