Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactors
STR/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread public opposition, more than a year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered three nuclear meltd…
Japan’s Prime Minister Reshuffles Cabinet
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(TOKYO) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, just four months after taking office, in an effort to win bipartisan support for an unpopular sales tax hike.Noda replaced fiv…