January 5, 2018 Paracelsus, the Nuclear Age, and Future Generations http://akiomatsumura.com/2018/01/paracelsus-the-nuclear-age-and-future-generations.html Emilie Gaillard and Andreas Nidecker The famous physician Andreas Paracelsus, who taught at the...
March 1.2018 http://www.greenpeace.org/japan/ja/news/press/2018/pr201803011/ Greenpeace investigation shows Fukushima radiation risks to last into next century Tokyo, 1 March 2018 - A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in the towns of Iitate and...
July 13, 2018 1964 Olympic torch bearer hopes 2020 runners will spur hope in Fukushima https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180713/p2a/00m/0na/018000c YABUKI, Fukushima -- A 71-year-old man here who served as a torch bearer in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics...
August 31, 2018 EDITORIAL: Safe and steady progress needed to finally end Monju debacle http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808310018.html The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) on Aug. 30 started work to remove nuclear fuel from the Monju prototype...
http://queenmobs.com/2015/06/an-interview-with-hiromichi-ugaya-a-photojournalist-documenting-fukushima/ A 25-minute interview (in English) with Ugaya Hirochimi, a photojournalist who has visited Fukushima many times since the disaster. https://youtu.be/EbUUhk4uoAc...
November 14, 2018 IAEA urges quick plan on Fukushima radioactive water cleanup https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181114/p2g/00m/0dm/007000c TOKYO (AP) -- Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency urged the operator of Japan's tsunami-wrecked...
September 29, 2014 Tokai reprocessing plant to be scrapped http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html Sep. 29, 2014 - Updated 10:59 UTC+2 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency says it will scrap its Tokai nuclear fuel reprocessing plant north of...
September 29, 2014 Hospitals nominally designated for radiation treatment double from 2011 Kyodo http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/29/national/science-health/japan-more-than-doubles-the-number-of-hospitals-designated-as-radiation-treatment-centers/#.VCkUkBanp1s...
October 4, 2014 EDITORIAL: Measures needed to prevent renewable energy boom from going bust http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201410040038 The positive growth of electricity production using renewable energy powered by the feed-in-tariff...
U.S. Said to Join Russia in Blocking Nuclear Safety Moves http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-23/u-s-said-to-join-russia-in-blocking-nuclear-safety-moves.html By Jonathan Tirone Oct 23, 2014 2:57 PM GMT+0200 Photographer: Koji Sasahara/Pool via Bloomberg...
November 6, 2014 As I See It: Total picture needed for future electric power system http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20141106p2a00m0na005000c.html Five utilities including Kyushu Electric Power Co. have suspended signing new contracts...
November 9, 2014 Minamata disease group opposes restart of Sendai nuclear plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411090008 By YASUSHI SAITO/ Staff Writer MINAMATA, Kumamoto Prefecture--Minamata disease victims and supporters have...
November 25th, 2014 | TEPCO’s Trench Saga Could Have Unintended Consequences http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14165 TEPCO has made multiple attempts to deal with the unit 2 trench full of highly contaminated water. In 2011 they tried to block leaking water...
February 22, 2015 Nuclear waste disposal problem Even as the Abe administration pushes for reactivating idled nuclear power reactors after they have cleared the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s safety screening, an open question remains: How will Japan...
February 25, 2015 Tepco admits it failed to disclose cesium-tainted water leaks since April http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/25/national/tepco-admits-failed-disclose-cesium-tainted-water-leaks-since-april/#.VO17iS51Cos JIJI Tokyo Electric Power...
February 25, 2015 No measures taken for radioactive water leak http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html Feb. 25, 2015 - Updated 01:42 UTC+1 The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant did not take any measures to prevent radioactive...
June 2, 2015 Hose leaking radioactive water not replaced http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150602_13.html Jun. 2, 2015 - Updated 02:46 UTC+2 Officials at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant say a hose that leaked radioactive water was left...
June 5, 2015 Report: Nuclear fallout top environmental problem http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150606_04.html un. 5, 2015 - Updated 20:17 UTC+2 A Japanese government report says the release of massive amounts of radioactive materials is...
October 31, 2015 Cancer and Fukushima: Who to trust? http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/31/national/media-national/cancer-fukushima-trust/#.VjTiCit1BLN by Philip Brasor Special To The Japan Times South Korean director Kim Ki-duk is a noted provocateur....
November 6, 2015 How France is Fueling Japan and China’s Nuclear 'Race' France is helping to support industrial policies that make no economic sense and potentially threaten a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia. by Victor Gilinski and Henry Sokolski...
December 22, 2015 Gov't plans not to decontaminate Fukushima forests away from residential areas http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20151222/p2a/00m/0na/012000c The Ministry of the Environment on Dec. 21 showed a panel of experts a policy of not decontaminating...
January 4, 2015 Fukushima asks govt. for forest decontamination http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html Jan. 4, 2016 - Updated 11:47 UTC+1 Officials from Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and its municipalities have called on the central government...
January 5, 2015 Labor shortage sucks underage workers into Fukushima nuclear cleanup http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160105/p2a/00m/0na/016000c It was the spring of 2015, and a 37-year-old construction company owner in Fukushima Prefecture got a...
January 27, 2016 Fukushima fishermen to expand operations off crippled nuclear plant http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/27/national/fukushima-fishermen-to-expand-operations-off-crippled-nuclear-plant/#.VqkknFKDmot JIJI FUKUSHIMA – Fishermen in Fukushima...
January 31, 2016 Restarts threaten to increase amount of deadly MOX at Takahama plant to 18.5 tons http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/31/national/restarts-threaten-increase-amount-deadly-mox-takahama-plant-18-5-tons/#.Vq4jY1KDmot JIJI Restarting...