The growing costs and high compensation claims have raised fears about the very future of Tepco, which provides electricity to some of the most densely populated and economically important regionsofJapan.
He wants to put aside intra- and cross-party rivalries in order to secure funding for reconstruction of the tsunami-ravaged regionsof north-east Japan.
Led largely by messaging and dating app, the phenomenon is one that seems to be spreading across all regionsof the globe, with Japan and the United States still in the lead but growth coming from outside those two countries.
Relatively low contamination levels in western Japan could be explained by mountain ranges sheltering those regions from the dispersal of radioactive material, the authors said.
But some analysts see the labor shortage as a sign of trouble awaiting Tohoku once the reconstruction boom ends, and symbolizes what many other regions in Japan face over the coming decades.
In addition, Lenovo has made or is making plays for PC assets in other regions, notably for Medion in Germany and for some yet-to-be-specified piece of NEC in Japan or elsewhere.