information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
September 1, 2014 Testimony from former chief of crippled Fukushima nuclear plant encourages ex-worker http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140901p2a00m0na025000c.html A former Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) employee who worked to bring...
http://www.worldnuclearreport.org/-2014-.html 2014 The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2014 The world’s nuclear statistics are distorted by an anomaly whose cause is not technical but political. Three years after the Fukushima events started unfolding...
November 8 Robot brings safety, dexterity to Fukushima cleanup arsenal http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/AJ201411080026 By MAKOTO UKAI/ Staff Writer UOZU, Toyama Prefecture--A machinery maker here has developed a "crawling" robot capable of penetrating...
November 5, 2014 TEPCO to conclude most vital phase in fuel rod extraction from No. 4 reactor http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411050045 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Tokyo Electric Power Co. has removed all the spent nuclear fuel from the...
November 4, 2014 Kagoshima assembly to OK restarts of 2 Sendai nuke reactors http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201411040034 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN KAGOSHIMA--The Kagoshima prefectural assembly is set to give the green light to restarting...
November 4, 2014 Survey: Nearly half of local government leaders want a say in restarting nuclear reactors http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201411040025 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Nearly half of all heads of prefectures and municipalities near...
NUCLEAR WATCH http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclearwatch/20141224.html Dec. 24, 2014 One Step Forward The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has taken a big step toward decommissioning the complex. Tokyo Electric Power...
December 4, 2014 Global eco-radiation research institute opens in Fukushima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201412040069 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN FUKUSHIMA--With its team of international researchers, Fukushima University’s Institute of...
December 1, 2014 3/11 recovery slow going under Abe http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/01/national/311-recovery-slow-going-abe/#.VHyvcMl5Cos Efforts to rebuild areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami have inched along since Prime...
December 4, 2014 RENEWABLE CHALLENGE: Shizen Energy oriented to communities hosting solar farms http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201412040006 By MARI FUJISAKI/ Staff Writer Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series...
September 12, 2015 Bags of tainted waste swept into Fukushima river during torrential rain http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201509120043 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN FUKUSHIMA--Seven sites for radioactive waste generated from the Fukushima nuclear...
November 30, 2016 Rare look inside reveals how A-Bomb Dome is still standing http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611300069.html THE ASAHI SHIMBUN A tour in the interior of the A-Bomb Dome building reveals countless bricks and piles of debris as well...
On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/12/13/books/book-reviews/brink-inside-story-fukushima-daiichi/#.VI1Gont1 by Catherina Depaz Special To The Japan Times Dec 13, 2014 On the Brink, by Ryusho Kadota,...
December 4, 2014 RENEWABLE CHALLENGE: Shizen Energy oriented to communities hosting solar farms http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201412040006 By MARI FUJISAKI/ Staff Writer Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series...
November 28, 2014 JAEA seeks to resume research on new type of nuke reactor it says is safer http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sci_tech/technology/AJ201411280055 November 28, 2014 By TERUHIKO NOSE/ Staff Writer The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is seeking to...
November 25, 2014 Nuclear power’s dark future http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/11/25/commentary/world-commentary/nuclear-powers-dark-future/#.VHS3uMl5B1s by Brahma Chellaney Nuclear power constitutes the world’s most subsidy-fattened energy industry,...
Meanwhile in Fukushima http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soundproof/meanwhile-in-fukushima/5839298 Listen now Download audio Sunday 16 November 2014 8:05PM Image: (Seb Jarnot) Link to larger image. Almost 4 years after the Fukushima Daiichi...
November 13, 2014 Municipalities briefed on Oma plant construction http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141113_40.html Nov. 13, 2014 - Updated 13:27 UTC+1 A Japanese power company has notified the northern city of Hakodate of its plan to apply...
September 29, 2014 Radioactive contamination lingering in lakes, marshes Hiroshi Iijima, head of the NPO Asaza Fund, seen here in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, worries about radioactive contamination of river water flowing into Lake Kasumigaura. (Mainichi)...
September 24, 2014 16,000 people gather at Tokyo park to protest against restart of nuclear plants http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140924p2a00m0na021000c.html About 16,000 people took part in an anti-nuclear rally at Kameido Central...
September 23, 2014 SURVEY: Iwaki residents harbor mixed emotions toward Fukushima evacuees http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201409230032 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--The majority of residents in this city, which...
August 25, 2014 Major budget cut planned for radiation forecasting tool for nuclear accidents http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201408250028 By TOSHIO KAWADA/ Staff Writer The Nuclear Regulation Authority is planning a major slash...
August 31, 2014 Fukushima governor gives go-ahead for intermediate storage facility for radioactive debris http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201408310016 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN FUKUSHIMA--Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato said on Aug. 30 that...
August 18, 2014 Gov't decides to lift evacuation order on Fukushima village despite residents' protests Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kazuyoshi Akaba meets residents in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014. (Mainichi)...
August 11, 2014 Poems of Fukushima native pluck heartstrings overseas http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201408110066 By KANAKO MIYAJIMA/ Staff Writer HADANO, Kanagawa Prefecture--Poet Taro Aizu is still trying to adjust to his...
