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Japan has one of the world’s largest economies and its consumers account for an outsize portion of all luxury goods sales. Last year, nearly a quarter of luxury products were bought by the Japanese, according to Deutsche Bank, more than any other single region. But life’s priorities have taken on a starkly different cast after the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
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東北北関東大震災で、今まで安全だとされていた原子力発電所があわやメルトダウンかと世界からの注目を集め、不足した電力を補うために輪番停電が実施されるなど、電力に関する話題が絶える事がありません。
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The restoration of electricity at the plant, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, stirred hopes that the crisis was ebbing, but nuclear engineers say some of the most difficult and dangerous tasks are still ahead — and time is not necessarily on the side of the repair teams.
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TOKYO — Just a month before a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant at the center of Japan’s nuclear crisis, government regulators approved a 10-year extension for the oldest of the six reactors at the power station despite warnings about its safety.
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Enlarge Jennifer Sharpe for NPRStephanie Smith, who founded "Wanna Start A Commune?," says she couldn't afford to be green by herself — and that scared her.Jennifer Sharpe for NPRStephanie Smith, who founded "Wanna Start A Commune?," says she couldn't afford to be green by herself — and that scared her.
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