Britain’s Andy Murray is drawn to face Tatsuma Ito of Japan, the world number 69, in the opening round of the French Open.

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Murray to face Ito in first round

Radiation levels in most of Japan are below cancer-causing levels a year after the Fukushima plant accident, a World Health Organisation report says.

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Japan radiation levels are ‘low’

The nation’s chief of nuclear safety announced his resignation Monday after a turbulent three-year tenure that included debates over regulatory guidelines, the U.S. response to the Japanese nuclear disaster last year, and whistleblower and congressional allegations that Jaczko spoke abusively to women in the workplace. Read full article > >

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Gregory Jaczko, chief of Nuclear Regulatory Commission, resigns

South Korea urges North Korea to follow a ‘different path to peace’ at the start of talks with the US and Japan, amid fears of a third nuclear test.

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S Korea urges North on ‘new path’

Japan urges businesses and households to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts.

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Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

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Japan launches S Korea satellite

Japan’s economy grows by 1.0% between January and March compared with the previous three months, official figures show.

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Rebuilding spurs Japan economy

Bass guitarist Donald “Duck” Dunn, who played on hits including Respect, Soul Man and Green Onions, dies in Japan, hours after playing two concerts in Tokyo.

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Booker T bassist Donald Dunn dies

The Japanese consumer electronics giant expects to return to profit this year, aiming to reduce by half the losses in its television business.

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Sony Striving to Cut Its Way From Record Loss to Profit

Sony Corp predicted a return to profit this year as it looks to halve the losses in its TV business that pushed the Japanese consumer electronics giant to a record loss of $5.74 billion in the year just ended.

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Sony Sees Return to Profit, Aims to Halve TV Losses

The automaker also gave upbeat forecasts for this fiscal year, marking a solid recovery from a hardship-filled year following the tsunami in Japan.

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Toyota Quarterly Profit Quadruples on Recovery

Public distrust created by last year’s nuclear disaster forced the nation to at least temporarily do without atomic power for the first time in 42 years.

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Last Reactor of 50 in Japan Is Shut Down

In Japan, thousands of people have taken to the streets to celebrate the temporary switching off of the country’s last operating nuclear reactor.

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VIDEO: Protesters call for nuclear free Japan

SEOUL — Japan will power down its last operating nuclear reactor this weekend, finalizing the country’s sudden turn away from a once-preferred energy source and leaving it nuclear-free for the first time since 1966. Read full article > >

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Japan’s last reactor to shut down, leaving country nuclear-free for first time since 1966

The owner of a Harley Davidson swept away by last year’s tsunami in Japan is delighted that the motorbike has been found washed up on the Canadian coast.

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