Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —

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"… lantic bluefin tuna, a sushi delicacy sold in restaurants from New York to Tokyo. The still-secret proceedings accuse some of France’s most prominent fis …"

"… fin tuna industry is Tsukiji, the world’s largest fish market in central Tokyo, where tuna are auctioned off each morning in a dizzying array of nods, wi …"

"… ctment of Japan’s tuna fishing industry, as well as of the government in Tokyo, whose poor controls had allowed massive imports of bootlegged bluefin int …"

Japanese quake is taking a toll on US economy, from cars to debt financing

By Laurel Adams

Agency warns of long lasting impact of Japanese earthquake and tsunami on the US economy

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"… fects of the Japanese disaster. The shutdown of a Hitachi factory north of Tokyo caused a General Motors plant in Louisiana to shut down for a week. Texas …"

"… lion to $400 million hit to profits. Delta is reducing flights through its Tokyo hub by up to 20 percent through May.In addition, the tsunami caused millio …"

After Moscow bombings, U.S. subways still vulnerable to terrorism

By John Solomon

A sarin gas attack on Japan's subway system in 1995. A foiled subway terror plot in New York City. Attacks on underground trains in London i

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"… tack in a subway system arose in 1995 after the deadly sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, the Department of Homeland Security began staging tests to study h …"

"… Center’s David E. Kaplan that explored the Aum Supreme Truth cult behind Tokyo’s 1995 sarin attack.The Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National …"

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Case studies show value of old-timers

By Knut Royce

Accounts of airplane "saves," especially when veteran captains overcome the errors of less-experienced crew members, are mostly anecdotal.

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"… s Rimkus, knew something was wrong as his Boeing 747 flew from Honolulu to Tokyo. “He had been across (the Pacific) so many times, so call it a sixth sen …"

"… more than 300 passengers, also could have run out of fuel before reaching Tokyo.Commuter planesWhile few accounts of close calls can be found in public re …"

Part III: Bluefin, Inc.

By Marina Walker Guevara and Martin Foster

Mount Fuji rises across the bay from the 16th century port of Shimizu — a sight fit for a post card. The town has seen better days — its bus

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"… stry paused for a moment in disbelief. Instead of quickly being trucked to Tokyo’s Tsukiji market and other distribution centers, huge consignments of th …"

"… airman Fabio Hazin at a 2008 meeting of the industry and the commission in Tokyo. “The Commission’s inability to halt the decline of the bluefin tuna s …"

"… ajor markets throughout Japan, including Tsukiji — a landmark in central Tokyo and the world’s largest seafood market. More than 450 species of fresh, …"

"… sh valued at $5.2 billion flowed through Tsukiji in 2009, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. With operations leased out to seven wholesal …"

Part II: Diving into the tuna ranching industry

By Marcos Garcia Rey

In the final days of 1996, the air was cold and seas rough around the southern Spanish port of Cartagena. A boat belonging to the Tuna Graso

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"… h was worth $17,000 to the company, and would fetch far more at auction in Tokyo. The days of supplying fresh bluefin tuna just a few months a year we …"

"… ting dubious paperwork by suppliers. At the end of 2009, ICIJ has learned, Tokyo temporarily halted imports from Tunisia after, among other problems, ranch …"

"… the prized bluefin will be hard to dampen in the markets and sushi bars of Tokyo and Osaka, and Japan remains by far the world’s biggest buyer. Despite c …"

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Asbestos test under fire in Japan

By Scilla Alecci

Faulty findings may add to 100,000 death toll

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"… ny sense,” said Naoki Toyama, an environmental measurement expert at the Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center. “In Japan there have been many ca …"

"… and a member of the ISO working group.Kevin Carroll, president and CEO of Tokyo-based EFA Laboratories Ltd., a commercial asbestos testing laboratory, sai …"

"… stos. Hane’s case went to trial in March 2009. On December 1, a judge in Tokyo District Court found that Honda had failed to implement dust-control measu …"

"… e judgment has been appealed; meanwhile, similar cases are pending in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kobe.With its extraordinary resistance to high temperatures …"

Industry targets Tokyo's ambitious new climate goals

By Akiko Kashiwagi

Japan's new government proves tough to lobby

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"… ournalists. ICIJ member Mitsuhiro Yoshida contributed to this report.  …"

"… t emitter of greenhouse gases, critics say it is time for a change in Tokyo. Takejiro Sueyoshi, special advisor to the United Nations Environment Prog …"

"… was done under the LDP,” says Kiyoyuki Tomita, a research fellow at the Tokyo Foundation and former METI official. “So how to lobby and how to petitio …"

"… help save the planet while not wrecking their economy.Akiko Kashiwagi is a Tokyo-based free-lance journalist and an associate of the International Consorti …"

FDA staff travels on drug industry dollars

By Alexander Cohen

Groups tied to FDA-regulated industry paying for agency officials' trips

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"… Engineering, a group that paid more than $15,000 for his travel to Milan, Tokyo, Singapore, Zurich and Dublin while he was with the FDA.Hoiberg declined t …"