Jeremy Rigby comments

Simple.. postpone it one year, start the build up, and it'll go down as being one of the greatest games ever. Hold it in 16 weeks and it'll go down in history as most likely one of the worst.

And people continue to say this is the safe clean green alternative to generating electricity.

Can he appeal? My wife and I are in a loving relationship but I'm sure we'd both have each others DNA all over us..

Perhaps they can use the water to fill swimming pools... I'd imagine when it's dilluted into the entire ocean the levels would be low but is it fair the whole World has to pay for their making?

Madness.... I believe they still can't even get robots into one of the reactors it's that radioactive.

Should be built into price of ticket..... That's how you streamline!

Well I hope the Australian Government balls up to defend what will then be illegal poaching of whales in the Arctic waters!

This is a very difficult situation as not all people in all jobs are able to work past 65. If they need to stop work because of deterioration at 65 and they cannot find another job and access pension for 5 years that is very bad.

.....Why would anybody believe anyone from the govt telling them it was safe to return when radiation is spilling at uncontrollable rates into the ocean. They still can't even get robots near the melted down reactor.

TEPCO was still trying to determine what exactly the decommissioning effort might involve.....And yet they can't wait to turn other reactors on again....

If Japan respected the lnternational Court of Justice and their ruling that Japan's scientific whaling program was a sham that should be halted Sea Shepherd would not need to be there. If Japan respected the International Whaling Commission (IWC) who said the Japanese whaling reseach plan was not justified Sea Shepherd would not need to be there. If Australia had the spine to deffend the rulling of the International Court Sea Shepherd would not need to be there. If Japan listened to Japanese peoples they would not need to be there and neither would Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd you are fighting the good fight, keep it up!

If TEPCO are only just admitting what happened on day one I am very scared to think of what has happened since.

I'd pick the fine and send the tab to the syndicate.

Very sad to hear, but the World is a changing place.

The French were the only ones to agree to building the submarines in Australia which in turn will provide employment and return for Australians. Excellent choice and well done for Australia.

Nearly impossible to remove and it will cost a lot of money cannot be used as an excuse! They did it, they clean it!

Sorry 120,000 hundred yen onagiris or two hundred and fifty every hour for two days! That's amazing!

That's 12,000 onagiris!

I wonder if the store is consistently banking that much money or did they suddenly have a weekend windfall!

Disgusted. I hope that they can someday see the worth in tourism is far greater than the worth and negativity in killing these beautiful intelligent animals.

I think the right person for the job should be employed and by setting targets in law can not be seen as equal.

Technically I believe even you confess you are still innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and then you would be noted as innocent or guilty and not then rendered to as being suspected.

Go get em Captain Watson. Japanese claim it's traditional....hunting whales in Antartic waters with harpoons designed by the self defence force in huge hunting ships... Tradition - lie more like it!

I'm from Australia, I've never had problems accessing free WiFi on my mobile at hotels I've stayed that offer. On the road I access free WiFi standing outside any of the Starbucks cafes. If I had to ring to register I'd do it in Skype. So for Softbank to be doing this I'm super thrilled!

I guess the people who will suffer most will be the people with the smallest voices. I thought a couple of years ago when it was won, how could they even consider bidding when for example there were and still are so many displaced people from the Fukushima disaster. I guess it will most probably mean even less money for them.

Thank you Japan Times for what I see as a very well written article. While they are still alive hope should also be kept alive. These people were not the people that made the drugs, or who provided the money to buy the drugs or who were the people who were going to distribute the drugs. These people, young people who were taken in and used and were caught. Gaol, yes, death no.

Good work America, I think part of the problem in Japan is...Well the excuse they give is.... they know it happens but they can't prove it of find the culprits.

23 days is better the Guantanamo Bay.

Starting will only give them a bigger profit. Shame on them. With people still displaced and with land that will still be contaminated for 1000's of years it is outrageous. I applaud the Governor for his stand. With talk of the big Tokyo quake being reality how could anybody guarantee a reactors integrity ever again.

Even in times of recession the government can afford money to continue this important scientific research. This is most inspiring and the people of Japan should be proud.