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Here are some topics that have been in the news recently:

• Nuclear Power
• Japan faces crossroads for rebranding itself after Fukushima crisis
• Simulation shows core meltdown avoidable
• International Media Coverage About Honest Japanese People
• Thousands march against nuclear power in Tokyo
• Japan set to reduce nuclear reliance: minister
• Video: Right Wingers Cheer as Cops Arrest Anti-Nuclear Protester
• Japan and neighboring Asian countries
• China Marks 80th Anniversary of Japan's Invasion
• Chinese Patrol Boats Enter Japanese Territorial Waters
• SMAP bops in Beijing
• 6 Japanese swim to Taiwan to show quake gratitude
• Lee hints at visit to disputed isles
• Japan’s right-wing groups hold rallies vs. Korean pop culture
• Whaling
• Japan hunts 195 whales in northwest Pacific Ocean
• Beluga whale a bubble-blowing sensation at Shimane aquarium, Japan