Quake-hit tourist spot attracts more visitors than expected on 'Golden Week' holiday (by Mainichi Shimbun)

Tourists board a cruise boat in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 4, 2011. (Mainichi)

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Better quality of life for nuclear workers coming: TEPCO (by Mainichi Shimbun)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has announced a plan to improve the living conditions of workers fighting to bring the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant under control.

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Hiroshima A-bomb victim voices anger over handling of nuclear crisis (by Mainichi Shimbun)

Atsushi Hoshino gives his views about the nuclear accident at his residence in Fukushima. (Mainichi)

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Workers enter No. 1 reactor building for 1st time since accident (by Mainichi Shimbun)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Workers entered the No. 1 nuclear reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant Thursday for the first time since the complex was damaged by the March 11 mega earthquake and subsequent tsunami, as part of efforts to install a cooling system at the No. 1 reactor, Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials said.

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