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Russian military aircraft run maneuvers all around Japan, which is unheard of, and seen as a provocation.

ロシア爆撃機が「日本1周」 首相訪問時に福島沖も飛行 前代未聞の露骨な挑発
 
Yoshio Hachiro, minister of finance, makes some less-than-advisable comments about the situation at Fukushima Dai'ichi and the protective clothing he was wearing when he went to inspect it.

鉢呂経産相"失格"発言「死の町」「放射能うつしてやる」
 
Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted in here. Anyway...

A large-scale blackout occurs in Korea due to unexpected demand for electricity because of oppressive heat.

韓国各地で大規模停電 残暑で電力供給不足

By the way, if anyone else wants to post some articles, feel free. I haven't been able to keep up the article-a-day goal, so it may be helpful for others to post some stuff so that this thread stays properly updated. Mostly my weekends have been filled up lately, so if anyone has time then to put up some articles, feel free.
 
A movement to turn Osaka into a To gets underway. This seems like a huge deal (such a huge deal I felt compelled to post it). Right now the only one is Tokyo, and it's the capital.

「大阪都」移行、2015年めざす 維新の会が推進大綱
 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. suffers a cyber attack on its headquarters and several production facilities.

三菱重サイバー攻撃:「標的型」対応難しく 手口、年々高度化
 
This one's a bit of a challenge because of all the place names, but it's good to get some exposure to how they're read so that you have a better idea of how to guess unkown place name readings in the future. Remember, Google is your friend. You can find the readings of all the names in the article by searching Google (I know because it's how I checked them).

Over 1 million people urged to or ordered to evacuate due to Typhoon #15. Rivers in Nagoya flow over.

避難指示・勧告100万人以上に 名古屋、河川あふれる
 
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Edano is also miffed at the overly-complex procedures for compensation put in place by Tokyo Electric for victims of the nuclear disaster.

煩雑な賠償請求手続き「私もあぜん」 枝野経産相
 
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Prime Minister Noda looks at getting nuclear power plants up by next summer, and plans are thrown around as to how to fund the revival efforts after the earthquake/tsunami in March.

原発再稼働、首相「来夏めど」 郵政株売却には慎重姿 勢
 
President Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly about Isreali-Palestinian peace and a Palestinian state, and touches on the suppression of anti-government demonstrators in Syria.

中東和平に「近道なし」=パレスチナ加盟申請に反対-米大統領が国連演説
 
A man finds a bag full of 10,000-yen bills, totalling around 10,000,000 yen in a bag while collecting trash at a cleaning center in Kasai City, Hyogo Prefecture.

ごみ収集のかばんから1千万円 兵庫・加西
 
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says Japan will continued to export nuclear power plants and technology at the UN General Assembly, focusing on raising safety to the highest levels.

原発輸出 継続を表明 国連会合で首相「安全性、最高水準に」
 
MEXT estimates that fragments of the soon-to-fall-back-to-earth research satellite will pass over Japan 3 times: once over the northern territories, once over the Chuubu region, and once over Okinawa.

破片落下の衛星、24日3時半に中部上空を通過
 
A mouse who had a damaged spinal cord is rehabilitated with human stem cells so that it regains its ability to walk.

ヒトiPSでマウスを治療 脊髄損傷、臨床に向け前進
 
I just found this story cool and amazing, so I wanted to post it. The US Navy and Air Force are poised to replace fossil fuels with biofuels in their aircraft and ships, having already successfully tested a 50/50 mix of fossil and biofuels.

米海軍のブルーエンゼルス、バイオ燃料で曲芸飛行

P.S. This was a lot of work on an iPod Touch.
 
A fungus found in cavities is found to increase the risk of intracranial hemorrhage 4-fold. It's found in 8% of Japanese people.

虫歯菌で脳出血リスク4倍 日本人の8%保菌と阪大など
 
The government looks to make the highways free of tolls in Tohoku for all cars on all days and times of day to help the recovery efforts after the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

東北、12月にも全車種無料化 曜日や時間帯問わず
 
The Diet unanimously approves a measure to set up an investigative committee to look into the Fukushima Dai'ichi accident.

国会に原発事故調設置=参院、全会一致で成立へ
 
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck in Miyagi Bay this morning at around 12:30. So far no casualties are reported, including the nuclear reactors in the area (Fukushima #1, and #2, and Onagawa).

Note: There are a lot of place names in this one, including a whole paragraph of them. Wikipedia is good for getting the readings.

宮城中部で震度5強 M6.0、福島第一には影響なし
 
I want to say thanks for the vocab you put in the first couple pages. Just realized I dont know like any words.
 
Yeah, when you get into it it can certainly feel that way at times. I've been there too.

Looks like a new era is about to take hold in Iran, as the new president vows to save the country's economy by having more constructive relations with the US and European Union, and hopes to soften the sanctions due to their nuclear program (with video).

ロウハニ大統領が就任「イラン経済を救う」

 
Here are a video and a couple of articles relating to the recent launching of Japan's unmanned supply vehicle, こうのとり (鸛 in kanji, in case you were curious). The articles are pretty drastically different in difficulty, so choose accordingly, but don't be afraid to challenge yourself, either.

H2Bロケット打ち上げ成功 輸送船「こうのとり」も (動画)

H2Bロケット4号機打ち上げ成功 こうのとり軌道投 入 (易しい方)

H-IIBロケット、補給機「こうのとり」4号機を打ち上げj (難しい方)
 
This one should be fairly straightforward, aside from some place names. I've given the names of the participants below. This is an article about the 4 Japanese representatives of the Geography Olympics, which were held in Kyoto from July 30 to August 5. Singapore was pretty impressive.

日本は銀1、銅1 国際地理五輪表彰式 京都

Here are the readings for the names of the kids:

加藤 規新(かとう きしん)
平賀 美沙(ひらが みさ)
石原 葉月(いしはら はづき)
中西 公輝(なかにし まさき)
 
Here's another article about the supply vehicle HTV4, which successfully docked with the International Space Station. There's also a (long) video at the bottom.

「こうのとり」と国際宇宙ステーション、結合完了……クルーも入室
 
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