information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
March 7, 2017 SIX YEARS AFTER: Father, daughter grow closer through 100-km drives to school By KAZUMASA SUGIMURA/ Staff Writer KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--The near-daily drives start around 6 a.m. from the latest home of Katsuhiko Namie here. Weary...
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...
April 13, 2015 Fish from 3/11 found alive in Japanese boat spotted off Oregon http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/13/national/fish-311-found-alive-japanese-boat-spotted-oregon/#.VSvO3pPwlLM JIJI LOS ANGELES – Fish have been found alive in the wreck...
April 13, 2015 TEPCO releases reactor footage captured by robot Apr. 13, 2015 - Updated 13:38 UTC+2 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150413_33.html The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has released interior footage...
April 17, 2015 Japan’s largest solar-powered plant in Rokkasho set for July start http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/AJ201504170039 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN ROKKASHO, Aomori Prefecture--Japan’s biggest solar power plant is scheduled to start a trial run in...
April 15, 2015 2nd robotic survey begins inside damaged reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150415_30.html Apr. 15, 2015 - Updated 10:56 UTC+2 The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has begun operating a new robotic...
June 14, 2015 Govt. panel proposes restoring nuclear waste sites http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150414_18.html Apr. 14, 2015 - Updated 04:53 UTC+2 A government panel says radioactive soil and waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
April 14, 2015 Evacuee from Fukushima town wants nuclear signboard kept in hometown Yuji Onuma video records blooming cherry trees in his hometown of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 13, 2015. (Mainichi) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150414p2a00m0na011000c.html...
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 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 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...
April 4, 2015 Fukushima couple take sentimental journey before their home vanishes http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201504040047 By YOSHITAKA ITO/ Staff Writer OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Standing head to toe in protective gear,...
April 1, 2015 Fukushima residents suing government for lifting evacuation advisories http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201504010062 By MASAKAZU HONDA/ Staff Writer MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Hundreds of residents here plan...
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...
May 26, 2015 Spent nuclear fuel issues plague restarts http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/26/national/spent-nuclear-fuel-issues-plague-restarts/#.VWVhc0bwmos A man and children walk past a model of a nuclear reactor at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s...
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...
May 26, 2015 Gutted tsunami-hit structure to be preserved as memorial http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201505260046 MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--The skeletal steel frame of a building that stands as a symbol of the devastation...
May 23, 2015 Theater owner makes directorial debut with anti-nuclear fantasy/adventure offering http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/movies/AJ201505230019 By ATSUSHI OHARA/ Staff Writer Ryo Saitani, owner-operator of a small theater, made his directorial...
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...
December 21, 2017 Papers show ministry played down Chernobyl nuclear disaster http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712210043.html Foreign Ministry officials made a concerted effort to downplay the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 to promote nuclear...
December 19, 2017 Panel: Hokkaido at risk of huge earthquake over next 30 years A government panel is warning of a “high possibility” that an earthquake the size of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake will strike the area south of Hokkaido within the...
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 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...
November 25, 2017 Still at a stalemate as Fukushima’s radioactive water grows by 150 tons a day https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/25/national/japan-stalemate-fukushima-radioactive-water-grows-150-tons-day/#.Whl_33mDOos by Mari Yamaguchi AP ONAHAMA,...
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...
