Tokyo tackles taxation for tsunami reconstruction
The rich will pay most if planned tax rises to cover costs of this year’s disaster damage are enacted
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Japan faces its worst crisis since the second world war after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11 devastated the north-east of the country and triggered a crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant
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Japan restarts first nuclear reactor since disaster
Symbolically important first step before dozens of idled reactors can be brought back online
Utilities struggle with post-nuclear reality
Japan’s economy minister has criticised a major atomic power utility for its underhand efforts to sway public opinion
Japan’s radiation evacuees stuck in limbo
Nuclear disaster forces whole communities into internal exile, with no end in sight
Tepco fights to keep emergency files secret
Tepco is fighting to keep its pre-disaster emergency-response procedures secret from politicians and the public, arguing they contain valuable trade information
Tepco warned over $112bn funding shortfall
Government panel highlights falling public support over the coming decade
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Japan’s ‘can-do’ bid for a nuclear-free era
The narrow question of whether Japan can survive without nuclear power may be answered much sooner than people think, writes David Pilling
Tokyo tames nukes
The unpopular Japanese government gets credit for almost nothing these days but its plans for an overhaul of nuclear regulation are broadly sensible
Japan: Protect and revive
A nation struggling to restore the battered confidence of both its people and investors is placing post-disaster rebuilding at the heart of attempts to shrug off political and economic malaise
Japan’s tsunami supply chain comeback
Recovery is taking place with remarkable speed, thanks to the co-operative capitalism that underpins the business system, write George Olcott and Nick Oliver
Ending Japan’s nuclear drift
The government in Tokyo urgently needs to minimise uncertainty by at least agreeing on whether to restart or replace its reactors
Kyushu Electric rumbled in scheme to restart reactors
Kyushu Electric Power attempted to manipulate public opinion in favour of restarting reactors
Japan’s nuclear embrace is looser but not yet broken
As the radioactive dust continues to settle from the world’s worst nuclear accident for 25 years, it would be easy to imagine that Japan’s love affair with atomic energy is officially over
Tokyo has no option but to cleave to China
The road to deepening mutual trust will not be smooth, and could engender an anti-China backlash in Japan, writes Yoichi Funabashi
The race to secure Tepco’s financial stability
A much more urgent task than divvying up the long-term burden is making sure that compensation starts flowing, says Mure Dickie
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