The move comes as resource-poor Japan has struck out in search of new energy supplies after it shut down its stable of nuclear reactors in the wake of 2011's tsunami-sparked nuclear crisis.

2011年海啸引发核危机之后日本就关闭了核电站，从那以后资源贫乏的日本就一直在奋力寻求新的能源供给来源。

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The council reviewing Japan 's space program is expected to present a new plan this summer.

委员会评论到日本的太空计划有望在今年夏天提出新的计划。

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The Institute of International Education in New York says last year's top five were India, China, South Korea, Japan and Canada.

VOA: special.2009.01.08

The first test of the new government's popularity may come next year in upper house elections in Japan.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Yasuhisa Kawamura is Japan's deputy consul general in New York.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

South Korea's and Japan's new helicopter carriers could also one day be useful for moving troops in United Nations peacekeeping operations.

ECONOMIST: Asia's navies

This week's report includes Larimer's main story on how Japan's new, uncertain generation may be a positive force for the country's renewal.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised steps to weaken the yen to help revive Japan's sluggish economy.

BBC: Japanese yen hits 27-month low against US dollar