Eric Talmadge

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Demonstrators raise clenched fists during a rally, protesting against restarting the Ohi nuclear power plant's reactors in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Japan moved closer to restarting the nuclear reactors for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a nationwide shutdown. A slogan, center, reads: "Stop restarting nuclear power plant." (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Japan OKs restart of 1st reactors since tsunami

Eric Talmadge · June 16, 2012 2:50 am

Demonstrators raise clenched fists during a rally, protesting against restarting the Ohi nuclear power plant's reactors in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Japan moved closer to restarting the nuclear reactors for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a nationwide shutdown. A slogan, center, reads: "Stop restarting nuclear power plant." (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Japan OKs restart of 1st reactors since tsunami

Eric Talmadge · June 16, 2012 2:50 am

Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors

Eric Talmadge · June 14, 2012 3:28 am

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 12, 2012, Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa, foreground, inspects Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan. Japan moved closer Thursday, June 14, 2012 to restarting nuclear reactors for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a nationwide shutdown after Ohi Mayor Shinobu Tokioka gave his support to a plan to bring the plant's No. 3 and No. 4 reactors back online. All 50 of Japan's workable reactors are offline because of safety concerns or for maintenance since the March 11, 2011 disaster touched off a crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant. No. 1 reactor at the plant is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors

Eric Talmadge · June 14, 2012 3:27 am

FILE - In this April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. Japan has evidence that vehicles capable of transporting and launching missiles were exported to North Korea by a Chinese company in possible violation of U.N. sanctions, Japanese media reported Wednesday, June 13, 2012. China called the reports inaccurate, and denied violating any U.N. restriction. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

Reports: NKorea missile launchers came from China

Eric Talmadge · June 13, 2012 5:34 am

Japanese city balks at US aircraft deployment

Eric Talmadge · June 12, 2012 3:54 am

The ruling Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers, Tsutomu Takamura, left in background, Koichi Mukoyama, second left in background, and Yoichiro Morioka, foreground, pose on a fishing boat with the disputed islands in the East China Sea, which are called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, as a backdrop during an unofficial "fishing" trip to waters off the islands Sunday, June 10, 2012. The lawmakers pushing for a tougher stance in a dispute with China over the uninhabited islands said Monday the country should allow a team of experts to travel there to study development possibilities and environmental issues. A man standing behind a Japanese flag is a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly whose identity is not immediately available. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Koji Harada) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Lawmakers push Japan to get tough on isle dispute

Eric Talmadge · June 11, 2012 8:23 am