http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/select\/science\/news\/20100722ddm002040104000c.html<\/a><\/p>\n\u00e5\u2020\u008d\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a8\u00e3\u0192\u008d\u00e3\u0192\u00ab\u00e3\u201a\u00ae:\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e9\u2021\u008f\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u008f\u2013\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e5\u02c6\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u00a8\u02c6\u00e8\u00b2\u00a0\u00e6\u2039\u2026\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e6\u0153\u02c6200\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e7\u00b5\u0152\u00e7\u201d\u00a3\u00e7\u0153\u0081\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e9\u2021\u009d<\/p>\n
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\u00e5\u2020\u008d\u00e7\u201d\u0178 – \u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e – regenerate\/recycle
\n\u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd – \u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e3\u0081\u2020 – possible
\n\u00e5\u2020\u008d\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a8\u00e3\u0192\u008d\u00e3\u0192\u00ab\u00e3\u201a\u00ae – \u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u0081\u00ad\u00e3\u201a\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u017d – renewable energy<\/p>\n
\u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e9\u2021\u008f – \u00e3\u0081\u0153\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020 – total
\n\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u008f\u2013\u00e3\u201a\u0160 – \u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a8\u00e3\u201a\u0160 – buy back
\n\u00e5\u02c6\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6 – \u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a9 – system
\n\u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e9\u2021\u008f\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u008f\u2013\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e5\u02c6\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6 – \u00e3\u0081\u0153\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a8\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a9 – Total Buy Back System<\/p>\n
\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u00a8\u02c6 – \u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u2018\u00e3\u0081\u201e – family budget\/household living expenses
\n\u00e8\u00b2\u00a0\u00e6\u2039\u2026 – \u00e3\u0081\u00b5\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e3\u201a\u201c – share of a cost, burden<\/p>\n
\u00e6\u0153\u02c6200\u00e5\u2020\u2020 – \u00e3\u0081\u00a4\u00e3\u0081\u008d\u00e3\u0081\u00ab\u00e3\u0081\u00b2\u00e3\u201a\u0192\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u201c – 200 yen monthly<\/p>\n
\u00e7\u00b5\u0152\u00e7\u201d\u00a3\u00e7\u0153\u0081 – \u00e3\u0081\u2018\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020 – (abbr.) Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (or METI)
\n\u00e7\u00b5\u0152\u00e6\u00b8\u02c6\u00e7\u201d\u00a3\u00e6\u00a5\u00ad\u00e7\u0153\u0081 – \u00e3\u0081\u2018\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u2013\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u0081\u017d\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020 – Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry<\/p>\n
There is one point of background necessary to understand this headline. The Japanese government introduced the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Total Buy Back System\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in November of 2009, to require power utilities to buy electricity from individual households. The headline refers to a new premium to be charged to support this system. <\/p>\n
Finally, here is my full translation of the headline:
\n\u00e5\u2020\u008d\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a8\u00e3\u0192\u008d\u00e3\u0192\u00ab\u00e3\u201a\u00ae:\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e9\u2021\u008f\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u008f\u2013\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e5\u02c6\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u00a8\u02c6\u00e8\u00b2\u00a0\u00e6\u2039\u2026\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e6\u0153\u02c6200\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e7\u00b5\u0152\u00e7\u201d\u00a3\u00e7\u0153\u0081\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e9\u2021\u009d
\nRenewable energy: 200 yen per household will be charged in order to support the total buy back plan – – METI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another news item from mainichi shinbun, this article has a great current buzzword, renewable energy. http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/select\/science\/news\/20100722ddm002040104000c.html \u00e5\u2020\u008d\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a8\u00e3\u0192\u008d\u00e3\u0192\u00ab\u00e3\u201a\u00ae:\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e9\u2021\u008f\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u008f\u2013\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e5\u02c6\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e8\u00a8\u02c6\u00e8\u00b2\u00a0\u00e6\u2039\u2026\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e6\u0153\u02c6200\u00e5\u2020\u2020\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e7\u00b5\u0152\u00e7\u201d\u00a3\u00e7\u0153\u0081\u00e6\u2013\u00b9\u00e9\u2021\u009d ———————————————————— \u00e5\u2020\u008d\u00e7\u201d\u0178 – \u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e – regenerate\/recycle \u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd – \u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e3\u0081\u2020 – possible \u00e5\u2020\u008d\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd\u00e3\u201a\u00a8\u00e3\u0192\u008d\u00e3\u0192\u00ab\u00e3\u201a\u00ae – \u00e3\u0081\u2022\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u02c6\u00e3\u0081\u00ad\u00e3\u201a\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u017d – renewable energy \u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e9\u2021\u008f – \u00e3\u0081\u0153\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020 – total \u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u008f\u2013\u00e3\u201a\u0160 – \u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a8\u00e3\u201a\u0160 – buy back \u00e5\u02c6\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6 – \u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a9 – system \u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e9\u2021\u008f\u00e8\u00b2\u00b7\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u008f\u2013\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e5\u02c6\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6 – \u00e3\u0081\u0153\u00e3\u201a\u201c\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u201a\u2021\u00e3\u0081\u2020\u00e3\u0081\u2039\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a8\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00e3\u0081\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00a9 – Total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technicaljapanese.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}