Thursday, May 19, 2011

Tokyo urges APEC economies to buy Japan products despite disaster (by Mainichi Shimbun)

BIG SKY, Montana (Kyodo) -- Japan urged fellow Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum members to trade with it as usual despite its prolonged nuclear crisis, as their trade ministers began a two-day meeting Thursday in Montana.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110520p2g00m0in011000c.html

Gov't attempt to promote clean energy a test of electric power policy reform (by Mainichi Shimbun)

The government's attempt to promote clean energy to replace nuclear power following the crisis at the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is widely viewed as a litmus test of electric power policy reform.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20110519p2a00m0na001000c.html