information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
January 15, 2015 New subsidy system designed to expedite restarts of nuclear reactors http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201501150078 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The Abe administration has earmarked 1.5 billion yen ($12.75 million) for a new...
January 24, 2015 TEPCO to rely on cosmic beams to glimpse melted fuel inside Fukushima reactors http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201501240039 By TSUYOSHI NAGANO/ Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co. will use cosmic rays at the crippled...
November 16, 2016 NRA exception gives new lease on life to another aging reactor http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611160045.html By HIROSHI ISHIZUKA/ Staff Writer The nation's nuclear watchdog granted approval Nov. 16 for the aging No. 3 reactor...
February 15, 2016 Five years on, tsunami debris on ocean floor near Fukushima nuclear plant remains untouched http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/15/national/five-years-on-tsunami-debris-on-ocean-floor-near-fukushima-nuclear-plant-remains-untouched/#.VsGiVuaDmov The...
September 2, 2014 Fukushima governor sets 5 conditions for storing radioactive waste http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201409020061 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The Fukushima governor issued five conditions for accepting radioactive debris at...
September 22, 2014 Tsunami-stricken town harvests rice for first time in 4 years http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201409220060 By KAZUMASA SUGIMURA/ Staff Writer RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--As the Tohoku region enters harvest...
August 20, 2014 http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/tepco-is-out-of-space-for-contaminated-water-eyes-pacific-ocean/article/397789 TEPCO is out of space for contaminated water, eyes Pacific Ocean By Karen Graham Aug 20, 2014 in Environment...
January 20, 2015 Nuclear watchdog screens first all MOX-fuel plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150120_22.html Jan. 20, 2015 - Updated 06:45 UTC+1 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has begun screening a nuclear power plant now under...
January 31, 2015 Around-the-clock convenience store reopens in Fukushima restricted zone http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201501310033 By HIROKI ITO/ Staff Writer NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--A 24-hour convenience store has reopened...
February 13, 2015 Tepco starts using cosmic rays to grasp condition inside damaged reactors http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/13/national/tepco-starts-using-cosmic-rays-grasp-condition-inside-damaged-reactors/#.VN3Ori51Cos This handout picture...
February 26, 2015 'Miracle pine' gets new life as luxury pen http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201502260029 By NAOAKI TERASAWA/ Staff Writer RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--A memorial pen made from branches of the “miracle pine tree”...
March 7, 2015 FOUR YEARS AFTER: Seismic device can reproduce any quake http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201503070019 By TAKASHI KAMIGURI/ Staff Writer To promote protection against natural disasters, Shimizu Corp. developed a...
April 19, 2015 TEPCO releases video from second robot probe at Fukushima reactor http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201504190026 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Rust or peeling paint on a steel floor was visible in video footage taken by the second...
April 30, 2015 Moving Enola Gay pilot’s log copy fetches $50,000 at N.Y. auction http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/30/world/moving-enola-gay-pilots-log-copy-fetches-50000-n-y-auction/#.VUHO7JPwmos AFP-JIJI NEW YORK – A copy of a deeply moving pilot’s...
May 4, 2015 Choir of A-bomb survivors gets standing ovation at concert in New York http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201505040061 By SHOHEI OKADA/ Staff Writer NEW YORK--A choir comprised of Nagasaki's hibakusha atomic bomb survivors...
May 7, 2015 Proponents, foes of nuclear energy content with preaching to the converted http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201505070071 By SATOSHI OTANI/ Staff Writer A lecturer at a meeting in Osaka touted the improved safety of nuclear...
May 21, 2015 Fukushima again tops in grand prizes at sake competition http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201505210095 Fukushima Prefecture won the most grand prizes at the Annual Japan Sake Awards for the third straight year, lifting...
May 22, 2015 Nuclear disaster evacuees voice doubts about LDP recovery plan Evacuee Miyoko Matsumoto sits down in a temporary dwelling in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21, 2015. (Mainichi) 拡大写真 Evacuees of the Fukushima nuclear disaster have voiced...
May 28, 2015 Solar plant for 30,000 households planned in Kagoshima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sci_tech/environment/AJ201505280059 By SHUSAKU ISOBE/ Staff Writer Construction of a massive solar power plant on a vast forested mountainside in Kagoshima...
June 13, 2015 INSIGHT: Success of revised decommissioning plan for Fukushima far from a done deal THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Safety over speed reflects the thinking behind the revised road map for decommissioning the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power...
June 17, 2015 Evacuees from Fukushima town get official OK to return home in time for Bon http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201506170090 By AKIFUMI NAGAHASHI/ Staff Writer IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Residents of the town of Naraha...
Buddhist monk promotes peace through release of anti-nuclear manga in Sri Lanka June 29, 2015 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201506290007 By KO IWAKI/ Staff Writer With his home country of Sri Lanka having been embroiled in decades-long...
August 6, 2015 Atomic bombing has not stifled talk by politicians about arming Japan with nuclear weapons http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201508060003 August 06, 2015 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN August in Japan is always a solemn month as Hiroshima...
August 8, 2015 A-bombed structures to be preserved using health ministry subsidies http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201508080031 By ANANDA KOKUMAI/ Staff Writer HIROSHIMA--Hiroshima and Nagasaki are to get central government funding...
August 17, 2015 Doll mascot for evacuated Fukushima town winning hearts in Europe http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201508170024 By YOSHITAKA ITO/ Staff Writer Kumamon, the ubiquitous bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, has a Japanese...
