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Opening Monologue

• New, more conversational format
• Welcome to Japanese listeners!
• Thomas Kohler – walking the length of Japan
• Korea Black – Film maker

• Residents in radiation hotspots anxious
• Disaster debris still a huge, smelly problem
• Radiation fears mount
• High level of radioactive cesium found in meat of Fukushima cow
• Local govts withhold OT pay
• Reconstruction minister quits for tough attitude
• Minister blames blood type for gaffes
• Ichihashi: Regrets rape, panicked when Hawker tried to flee
• Hawker’s father urges harshest punishment
• Debris from Japansteadily drifting toward California
• Kyushu Electric caught in lie
• China claims superior rail tech
• Snake found on Shinkansen
• No more raw beef liver in Tottori
• Rakuten to begin e-book service
• Smartphones Ward Off Pests
• Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed
• Tokyo may drop bid for ’20 Games