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How Impermanence Became Central to Japanese Thought

Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.

By Aatish Taseer and Moe Suzuki

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Tsunehisa Katsumata, Top Executive in Power Plant Meltdown, Dies at 84

He was sued and prosecuted for his actions as chairman of the Japanese power company that ran the Fukushima nuclear facility when it failed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

By River Akira Davis

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China To ‘Gradually’ Resume Imports of Japanese Seafood

China imposed a ban last year after Japan began releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. They have agreed to expand monitoring of the water.

By Daisuke Wakabayashi Kiuko Notoya and Claire Fu

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Plastic Waste and Toxic Sludge: A Sweep of a Messy Beat

The Climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi is interested in all the things we take for granted about our environment.

By Josh Ocampo