DTN News: Japan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated March 17, 2011

DTN News: Japan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated March 17, 2011

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources The Japan Times & The Mainichi Daily

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Thursday, March 17, 2011 Gov't warns of massive blackout in Tokyo area Electricity demand tops supply despite power rationing, Kaieda says as he urges railway operators to cut number of evening trains. Updated Thursday, March 17, 17:57 SDF choppers drop water on troubled Fukushima nuclear plant Helicopters douse the troubled No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in an attempt to cool down its apparently overheating fuel pool though radiations levels remain unchanged. Updated Thursday, March 17, 15:30 Containment vessel failure unlikely: Edano Identification of dead taxing as toll soars Thousands swamp immigration SDF chopper can't drop water Angry public demands more info Capital has no iodine prep plans Embassies list 400 foreigners as missing Foreign medics get OK to come Seoul to send boron in bid to cool reactors Shizuoka 6.4 temblor unwelcome harbinger? Rice stockpile stands ready: Kano Emperor issues video message over tragedy Kansai officials brace for sudden deluge of refugees Blood donations up nationwide Quake manual now in 31 languages Ueno Zoo panda coming-out delayed International 'anime' fair canceled Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Radiation fears grow after blasts Radiation levels spike in Tokyo; capital still safe, Ishihara says 3,373 people confirmed dead, 6,746 missing Exposure, risk tied to variables Tohoku joins Tepco in rationing power One certainty in the crisis: Power will be at a premium Take proper steps to avoid exposure to fallout Ishihara sorry for quake gaffe Overseas aid offers flow in Survivors fret over lack of gas

Moments in time March 17, 2011 A clock apparently showing the time it was hit by Friday's tsunami lies among the debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday. KYODO PHOTO Thursday, March 17, 2011 Dollar hits fresh postwar low of ¥76.25 in Sydney The U.S. dollar touches a fresh postwar low of ¥76.25 Thursday in Sydney, far below its previous record low of ¥79.75 marked in April 1995. Updated Thursday, March 17, 15:30 Keidanren urges 'command center' Wednesday, March 16, 2011 State may buy stocks to buoy prices: Yosano Toyota output reduction may top 40,000 vehicles amid power crisis Samsung, Ford, Boeing produce but fear parts halt Tokyo stocks surge after post-quake tumbles

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GOV'T WARNS OF MASSIVE BLACKOUT IN TOKYO AREA ON BIGGER POWER DEMAND

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government warned that an unpredictable massive blackout could occur in the Tokyo area from the evening through the night Thursday as power demand in the region has increased overnight due to cold temperatures.Full article

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• Gov't warns of massive blackout in Tokyo area on bigger power demand
• Japan baffled by alarming U.S. statement, says reactor info delayed
• Radiation fears hamper delivery of goods to areas near troubled nuclear plant
• Nursery school in disaster area reopens its doors to refugee children
• 10,000 people go to get radiation exposure tests in Fukushima Pref.
• Hoax messages of 'nuclear fallout' from Japan swirl in Philippines
• Gov't pours effort into delivering supplies to quake-ravaged areas
• Hospital close to Fukushima reactors struggling care for over 300 patients
• 15 elderly disaster refugees die in Fukushima and Iwate prefectures
• Fukushima to move residents near nuclear plant to neighboring prefectures

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DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: New Hayabusa Shinkansen Train Debuts On Tokyo-Aomori Line

DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: New Hayabusa Shinkansen Train Debuts On Tokyo-Aomori Line

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources (Mainichi Japan) March 5, 2011

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- March 5, 2011:

The new Hayabusa bullet train debuted Saturday on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line following the route's extension in December to Aomori, the northernmost prefectural capital on Japan's Honshu main island.

The train is the first new model deployed by the service's operator, East Japan Railway Co., since December 1997. It can travel at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour and it has the longest nose of any shinkansen at 15 meters.

It links Tokyo with Shin-Aomori Station in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run, taking 10 minutes less than the conventional Hayate train. JR East says it aims to raise the speed to up to 320 kph and shorten the time to three hours and five minutes in the spring of 2013.

Scheduled to make two round trips between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori and one between Tokyo and Sendai Station in the Miyagi prefectural capital every day, the 10-car trains began service after departure ceremonies at both Tokyo and Shin-Aomori stations.

The Hayabusa, whose seats are all reserved, has 18 "Gran Class" seats, a new class likened to first class in airplanes, costing 26,360 yen. Ordinary and premium Green Car seats are priced at 16,870 yen and 21,360 yen, respectively.

Tickets on the first train departing from Tokyo were sold out within about 40 seconds after being put up for advance sale on Feb. 5, with Gran Class seats selling out in about 10 seconds. It took 90 minutes for all the tickets for the first train from Shin-Aomori to be snapped up, according to JR East.

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