information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
November 10, 2016 Last cover removed from crippled reactor in Fukushima http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611100041.html By KOHEI TOMIDA/ Staff Writer The No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is completely exposed for the first...
February 14, 2016 Little progress made in securing land for interim storage facilities for radioactive soil http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201602140022 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN With thousands of bags of radioactive soil piling up, less...
February 13, 2016 PHOTO: More than 1,100 water storage tanks at Fukushima plant ... and counting http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201602130025 By SATORU SEMBA/ Staff Writer OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--From the air, the rows of different...
A man fishes in the town of Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, in November 2015. The town is located near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. | KYODO July 4, 2016 Pacific Ocean radiation back near normal after Fukushima: study http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/04/national/science-health/pacific-ocean-radiation-back-near-normal-after-fukushima-study/#.V3ohdKJdeos...
Thursday, June 30 Probe Spots Signs of Molten Nuclear Fuel Workers who are trying to decommission the crippled nuclear reactors in Fukushima say they've made a discovery that might lead to the first step in the process. They've told NHK they think they've...
June 12, 2016 Evacuation lifted for Fukushima village; only 10% preparing return THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The government on June 12 lifted the evacuation order for Katsurao, a village northwest of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, but most of...
September 7, 2016 Despite dwindling momentum, Koizumi pursues anti-nuclear goals http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/07/national/politics-diplomacy/despite-dwindling-momentum-koizumi-pursues-anti-nuclear-goals/#.V8_1vDVdeos by Ayako Mie Staff Writer...
September 13, 2016 Fukushima plant building exposed as TEPCO opens old wounds http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609130070.html By CHIKAKO KAWAHARA/ Staff Writer The devastated outer layer of Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant’s No. 1 reactor building...
Petitioning Minister of Environment Tamayo Marukawa Contaminated soil , produced by the nuclear disaster, to be used for public works !? FoE Japan Urgent Petition: “No” to the Policy “To Use Contaminated Soil (Less than 8,000 becquerel/kg) for Public...
April 27, 2015 Thousands rally for abolition of nukes as hibakusha ranks thin http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/27/national/thousands-rally-abolition-nukes-hibakusha-ranks-thin/#.VT5P3ZPwmos Kyodo NEW YORK – Atomic bomb survivors from Japan and...
坂本健 Ken Sakamoto and Tatsuyo Young – Courtesy of 坂本健 http://www.evacuate-fukushima.com/2015/11/ken-sakamoto-protecting-housing-subsidies-for-evacuees/ Interview with Ken Sakamoto Protecting Housing Subsidies for Evacuees Nov 02, 2015 Nelson Surjon EVACUEES...
TEPCO told to solve problem of harmful water at Fukushima plant THE ASAHI SHIMBUN http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201607200060.html The nation's nuclear watchdog exhorted Tokyo Electric Power Co. to do something about the accumulation of tens of thousands...
November 21, 2015 Municipalities lock horns over contaminated grass given to Fukushima cattle ranch http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201511210049 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN SHIROISHI, Miyagi Prefecture--The mayor of a town near the crippled...
from Beyond Nuclear : Sign global ban on uranium, nuclear power and atomic weapons! A joint statement by the more than 250 participants from five continents at the recent World Uranium Symposium in Quebec City, Canada calls for a ban on every phase of...
Government employees monitor radiation at a day-care center in Iitate in 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees 'pressured' to return to contaminated homes, says Greenpeace http://www.dw.com/en/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-evacuees-pressured-to-return-to-contaminated-homes-says-greenpeace/a-37639353...
September 29, 2015 Reluctant to speak, Fukushima moms admit fear of radiation, pressure from families http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/29/national/social-issues/reluctant-speak-fukushima-moms-admit-fear-radiation-pressure-families/#.Vgowz5fwmid...
April 22, 2015 Tsunami-ravaged city releases 10,000 images of disaster, reconstruction http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201504220040 By TAKESHI AOSE/ Staff Writer KESENNUMA, Miyagi Prefecture--This tsunami-ravaged northeastern...
April 25, 2017 Tests to start on radioactive soil for use in reconstruction http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201704250038.html By YU KOTSUBO/ Staff Writer MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--The Environment Ministry is exploring the idea of reusing...
Residents in the town of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, including Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (far left), protest a visit by the Environment Ministry officials trying to survey a candidate site in the town for a nuclear waste disposal facility on Monday. | KYODO...
Historic vote at the UN means nuclear weapons will be illegal in 2017 Last year something historic happened at the United Nations. Despite enormous pressure from the United States, 123 nations, all with equal standing at the UN General Assembly, voted...
March 20, 2017 Clearer water should help find melted fuel at Fukushima plant http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703200028.html Cooling water in the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has improved in transparency, which should make...
March 1, 2017 Factory unveils 'muscle robots' to be used in Fukushima nuke plant dismantling http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170301/p2a/00m/0na/010000c HIROSHIMA -- A factory here where so-called "muscle robots" to help decommission the Fukushima...
August 11, 2015 Fukushima fishermen give nod to TEPCO’s plan to release treated water into sea http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201508110060 By SUSUMU OKAMOTO/ Staff Writer Fisherman operating in waters close to the stricken Fukushima...
October 25, 2017 Fukushima debris heading to intermediate storage facility http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201710250040.html The Environment Ministry on Oct. 28 will start bringing radiation-contaminated soil to an intermediate storage site in Fukushima...
FOUR YEARS AFTER: For filmmaker, everything changed in Fukushima hometown http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201503060010 March 06, 2015 By TAKESHI TERUYA/ Starff Writer FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture--Akira Onoda’s video footage of his...
