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This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.

[July 12] Fishermen here boarded their ships and headed out to sea — not to catch fish, but disaster debris.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120711p2a00m0na015000c.html

On July 11, Yabuki and his fellow fishermen began the day by pouring sake into the sea and taking a moment of silence to mourn those who perished in the disasters. Then they headed out to sea to collect the still vast amount of debris dispersed in the ocean.

[July 16] East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will implement full-fledged measures to reduce electricity consumption ahead of an expected power shortfall this summer, with other railway companies making similar power-saving efforts.

http://article.wn.com/view/2012/05/20/JR_East_to_start_broad_powersaving_measures_Electricity_gene/

 JR East plans to employ such technologies as storing regenerative power produced when trains brake and solar power to minimize consumption of conventional power.

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