Industries left short-handed after foreign workers flee Japan following nuke accident (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na022000c.html

A Chinese restaurant remains closed in Yokohama's Chinatown. (Mainichi)

Anti-nuclear plant candidate Hosaka wins Setagaya Ward mayoral race (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na008000c.html

Nobuto Hosaka raises bunches of flowers after winning the Setagaya Ward mayoral election on April 24. (Mainichi)

Fukushima city to seek reconstruction ideas from around globe (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110426p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Suits to halt atomic plants have all failed (by Japan Times)

The risk of an earthquake causing critical damage to a nuclear power plant has been the subject of lawsuits filed by residents in various parts of Japan over the years, but to date none of these legal actions has led to the actual suspension of a plant.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110426a2.html

5,000 protest in Shibuya against nuclear power generation (by Asahi Shimbun)

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104250122.html

Participants in an anti-nuclear demonstration walk the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 24 holding "nanohana" flowers, a symbol of the revitalization of Chernobyl following the 1986 nuclear accident. (Shingo Kuzutani)

Evacuees get home visits of five hours--No-go zone entry after Golden Week OK'd; animal cull begins (by Japan Times)

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110425x1.html

Russian nuclear scientist says Fukushima disaster was predictable (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na023000c.html


A unique photo of the 4th destroyed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant made by the plant's photographer Anatoliy Rasskazov in the first hours after the deadly April 26 1986 explosion. A highly radioactive vapor trail seen coming from the heart of the destroyed reactor. He died in 2010 of Chernoby-related cancer. (AP Photo/Anatoliy Rasskazov)

Indonesian nurse grateful for Japan's help after Sumatra tsunami joins relief team in Iwate (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na017000c.html


Indonesian nurse Suwarti shows a board with a message in support of Japan written by her colleagues, in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 24. (Mainichi)

American teacher in Sendai stays in Japan to help with volunteer efforts (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na011000c.html


Greg Lekich, far left, and other volunteers are pictured in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20. (Photo courtesy of Greg Lekich)

How did Japan's nuclear industry become so arrogant? (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20110425p2a00m0na006000c.html


Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) officials hold a press conference on March 21 on the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. (Mainichi)