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February 10, 2015 'Akira' creator hopes airport mural will serve as reminder of 3/11 disaster for children THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Manga giant Katsuhiro Otomo hopes that a huge mural based on his illustration, to be displayed at Sendai Airport from March, will...
February 11, 2015 Children's picture book uses dragon as metaphor for nuclear power http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502110010 By AKEMI HARADA/ Staff Writer Nuclear power is not mentioned in the children's picture book "Hikari...
Tectonic stress levels off northeastern Japan back to pre-disaster state February 04, 2015 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201502040069 By SUSUMU YOSHIDA/ Staff Writer Pressure exerted by tectonic plate movement off Tohoku that...
February 4, 2015 Land secured in Fukushima opens door for 1st shipment of radioactive waste http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502040078 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The government has begun prep work on a parcel of land near the crippled Fukushima...
February 28, 2015 Entire Joban Expressway set to open with completion of Fukushima stretch http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502280021 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN A major artery connecting Tokyo to the coastal Tohoku region will open March...
February 26, 2015 Trio of approvals in Fukushima seals deal for radioactive soil dump http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502260037 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Ending a prolonged and often contentious process, Fukushima Prefecture and two town...
February 25, 2015 TEPCO may reroute wastewater drainage channel http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150225_30.html Feb. 25, 2015 - Updated 11:29 UTC+1 The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is considering a plan to...
February 25, 2015 Fukushima cleanup fails to convince as just 10 to 20% of evacuees seek return http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502250050 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Less than one-fifth of evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster say...
March 28, 2015 Technology that gives peek inside wrecked Fukushima reactors faces challenges http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/28/national/technology-that-gives-peek-inside-wrecked-fukushima-reactors-faces-challenges/#.VRcf3-F1Cos Muon drift tubes...
March 26, 2015 AKB48 members continue to bring smiles to disaster-hit areas despite initial criticism http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201503260011 By TAKANORI TSUJI/ Staff Writer Four years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and...
March 27, 2015 City challenges Kyushu Electric, sets up company to sell power to households http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201503270005 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN MIYAMA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Miyama has become the first local government...
September 5, 2015 Town near Fukushima plant renews hope for rebuild Sep. 5, 2015 - Updated 15:10 UTC+2 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html An event has been held in a town near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to...
September 4, 2015 Lanterns lit up in Fukushima town ahead of lifting of evacuation order Participants in "Candle Night" look at paper lanterns they lit up at a sports park in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2015, the day before an evacuation...
August 18, 2015 Led by Greek-born pianist, Fukushima student orchestra set to debut in Tokyo http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201508180050 By JUNKO YOSHIDA/ Senior Staff Writer When Greek concert pianist Panos Karan performed for evacuees...
August 21, 2015 JR East begins decontaminating tracks in areas affected by nuclear crisis Workers remove weeds along the JR Joban Line tracks in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2015, in preparation for work to decontaminate the tracks on a trial...
August 5, 2o15 UNSC members to ban their own WMD http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/08/05/commentary/japan-commentary/time-unsc-members-ban-wmd/#.VcJxP_nwmot by Hans Blix STOCKHOLM – The nuclear agreement between Iran, the five permanent members...
August 6, 2015 Hiroshima marks 70th A-bomb anniv. amid fears of eroded pacifism http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150806p2g00m0dm001000c.html A woman, right, who lost her mother- and sister-in-law to the Hiroshima atomic bomb prays...
August 7, 2015 Video: Story of atomic terror, revival projected onto facade of Nagasaki cathedral http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150807p2a00m0na007000c.html Click to enlarge NAGASAKI -- On the night of Aug. 6, a story of life, destruction...
August 5, 2015 U.N. secretary-general calls for nuclear free world on 70th anniversary of A-bombings United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a news conference following a Security Council meeting on Syria, on Wednesday, July 29, 2015,...
August 2, 2015 In delicate operation, 20-ton object removed from Fukushima fuel pool http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201508020026 By HIROMI KUMAI/ Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Aug. 2 removed a 20-ton piece of debris from...
July 30, 2015 Survey: 61% of 2nd-generation hibakusha feel anxiety over parents' radiation exposure http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201507300072 By AZUSA ITO/ Staff Writer More than 60 percent of second-generation hibakusha still...
August 3, 2015 Children deliver anti-war message at Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201508030023 August 03, 2015 By TAKASHI OKUMA/ Staff Writer HIROSHIMA--Messages of peace and hopes for a nuclear-free...
December 29, 2015 'Ichiefu,' manga by Fukushima nuke plant worker, to hit shelves abroad http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20151229/p2a/00m/0na/018000c "Ichiefu," a manga-cum-reportage series about the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant...
December 29, 2015 Fox finds way into highly radioactive reactor building at Fukushima plant http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20151229/p2a/00m/0na/007000c A camera at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has captured video of a fox poking around a very...
December 28, 2015 Suicides rise among Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201512280026 By MANA NAGANO/ Staff Writer Disaster-related suicides in Fukushima Prefecture have surged this year, with prolonged...
