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  7. Panel likely to delay start of 10% price hike by Tepco - ow.ly/bgrUO
  8. A 9-year-old Japanese boy was rewarded for designing a coin urging recovery - ow.ly/bgrUN
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  10. LDP plank pushes to nationalize Senkakus - ow.ly/bgAZP
  11. Kansai chiefs accept 'limited' reactor restart - ow.ly/bgAZO
  12. "The level of general awareness of this event is almost on par with a real political election." #AKB48 - ow.ly/bgtIx
  13. Magnitude 4.5, shindo 3 quake off the coast of Fukushima at 14:49. No tsunami warning. ow.ly/bgh65
  14. AKB48 'election' shows marketing brilliance #music - ow.ly/bfwG2
  15. Editorial > Boosting agriculture opportunities - ow.ly/bfwMs
  16. Editorial > AEC's dubious behavior - ow.ly/bfwMr
  17. Commentary > Why nuclear weapons don't make any sense - ow.ly/bfwMq
  18. Commentary > Anxiety growing in China about the road ahead - ow.ly/bfwMo
  19. Commentary > Setting the record straight on marriage - ow.ly/bfwMm
  20. Universities learned the lesson of cult mischief, get proactive - ow.ly/bfwMl