News in Japan - October

GEJET

Another leak found at Fukushima Daiichi

Fukushima worker accidentally switches off cooling pumps, backup kicks in

6 workers splashed with toxic water at crippled Japanese nuke plant

Radiation levels near Japan's damaged Fukushima reactor hit two-year high

Massive antinuclear rally staged in Tokyo

Radiation estimates for Fukushima workers may be too low: U.N. report

Fukushima plant struggles with typhoon threat

Japan

Japan to Get Slammed by Typhoon Danas

Japan to ease rules on child care center use

Japan and South Korea brace for Typhoon Danas

Only 56% of shelters found quake-resistant

At least 17 dead, 50 missing as Typhoon Wipha grazes Japan

Evacuation Could Have Saved Lives in Japan Typhoon

Hundreds of residents to be evacuated from Izu Oshima

Typhoon Francisco bears down on Japan

Japan joins UN non-nuclear arms statement

Japan to end unfair treatment of out-of-marriage children

Japan’s sexual apathy is endangering the global economy

Osaka ward is Japan’s first government office to support LGBT community

USA

How one Transportation Business Survived Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy's Impact On New Jersey Coastal Wetlands, One Year Later

San Francisco launches social network for disasters (Dutch) see also http://www.sf72.org/home

Netherlands

Dutch oil company wants to talk with earthquake predicter (Dutch)

Population growth stalls and aging continues (Dutch)

Other

The effect of diminished belief in free will

England's young people near bottom of global league table for basic skills