DPJ eyes tax hike, partial capital relocation in postquake vision (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110429p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Workers construct temporary housing for people whose homes were destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the grounds of a school acting as a shelter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Panel urges broad compensation for farmers, fishermen (by Asahi Shimbun)

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104280204.html

Rows of spinach and other leafy vegetables are lined up for auction at a wholesale market in Maebashi after shipment restrictions were lifted earlier this month. (Shinji Ishiwata)

Disaster rekindles doubts about courts' nuclear plant rulings (by Asahi Shimbun)

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104270145.html


A plaintiff, demanding suspension of a reactor at the Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, holds a sign that reads, "A 10-year grudge," after the high court reversed a lower court and dismissed the case in March 2009. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Holidaymakers should travel to revitalize devastated economy (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20110428p2a00m0na008000c.html


People row boats as they enjoy warm spring weather under the canopy of the cherry blossoms at the Imperial Palace moat in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 13, 2011.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Medical team from southern Japan provides psychological care for quake relief workers (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110428p2a00m0na018000c.html


Hitoshi Kuroda, left, consults with psychiatric care team members over mental care for disaster relief workers at Greenpia Sanriku Miyako on April 22. (Mainichi)

Osaka governor vows to scrap nuclear power generation (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110428p2a00m0na011000c.html


Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto is pictured during his regular media interview at the Osaka Prefectural Government on April 27. (Mainichi)

Reconstruction Adviser: Time to Push Reforms (by WSJ)

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/04/22/reconstruction-adviser-time-to-push-reforms/?mod=earthquake


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An elderly evacuee sits outside an evacuation center as a volunteer walks by in the tsunami-devastated coastal town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture April 13.

For Many, Golden Week Is Opportunity to Help (by WSJ)

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/04/27/for-many-golden-week-is-opportunity-to-help/?mod=earthquake


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A woman receives clothes from volunteers in Miyagi Prefecture earlier this month. Many Japanese are forgoing traditional Golden Week vacations and choosing instead to travel and volunteer in Japan’s tsunami-devastated northeast.

Illnesses Surge Among Quake Victims . (by WSJ)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703907004576278620034100668.html


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Shizuko Abe, 67, helps her 73-year-old husband, Yoshio, at a shelter for displaced hospital patients.