Articles by Martin Fackler

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Japan Announces a Military Shift to Thwart China
Martin Fackler and David E. Sanger – The New York Times, 7 Jul 2014

Japan’s prime minister announced a reinterpretation of the country’s pacifist Constitution on Tuesday [1 Jul 2014], freeing its military for the first time in over 60 years to play a more assertive role in the increasingly tense region.

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Worst Spill in 6 Months Is Reported at Fukushima
Martin Fackler – International New York Times, 24 Feb 2014

About 100 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks at the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday [20 Feb 2014], calling the leak the worst spill at the plant in six months.

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Nuclear Issue in Limbo as Indecision Grips Japan
Martin Fackler – International New York Times, 17 Feb 2014

Several industrialized countries have turned their backs on nuclear power as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including one that has already begun permanently shutting functioning plants. That country is not Japan.

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