Report: Japan considering moving capital away from Tokyo

Published: April 14th, 2011 at 9:09 am ET
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Japan Mulls to Move Capital over Disaster Worries, Sofia News Agency, April 14, 2011:

As powerful earthquakes continue to jolt Japan and radiation levels near Tokyo are rising, the Asian country’s authorities are considering moving the capital to another city.

The most probable location for a new capital are Osaka and Nagoya, according to ITAR-TASS. …

Read the report here.

Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), Wikipedia:

Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) is Bulgaria’s largest English-language news provider. “Novinite” (Bulgarian: “Новините“) means “The News” in Bulgarian.

Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, Wikipedia:

The Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (Russian: Информационное телеграфное агентство России, Informatsionnoye telegrafnoye agentstvo Rossii; abbr. ИТАР-ТАСС, ITAR-TASS), is the major news agency of Russia. It is headquartered in Moscow.

Published: April 14th, 2011 at 9:09 am ET
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