information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
Apr. 8, 2013 TEPCO head briefs government on leakage accident http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130408_27.html The head of Tokyo Electric Power Company says the utility will remove by Wednesday radiation-contaminated water from storage tanks...
__________________________________________ March 25, 2013 Abe visits Fukushima towns, vows to speed up rebuilding http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130324002479.htm Jiji-Daily Yomiuri FUKUSHIMA--Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday inspected areas...
April 8, 2013 Mayor of Namie asks for cooperation in disaster recovery Namie Mayor Tamotsu Baba speaks at a symposium on the town's recovery from the nuclear disaster in Tama, western Tokyo, on April 6. (Mainichi) 拡大写真 http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130408p2a00m0na005000c.html...
January 9, 2013 Installment of cover for fuel removal begins at Fukushima plant reactor The No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant where installment of a cover for fuel removal has begun. (Photo courtesy of TEPCO) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130109p2a00m0na001000c.html...
Facing the wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami By Gretel Ehrlich, Pantheon Feb.12, 2013 (Review of Amazon.fr) A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated...
April 12, 2013 Another leak found at Fukushima plant during water transfer The Asahi Shimbun http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201304120067 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 11 confirmed another leak at its crippled...
March 29, 2013 Local opposition spelled end for Namie-Odaka nuclear plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303290079 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Long removed from his hometown, Sakae Ishida recalled how opposition to a planned nuclear power...
Where did it go?: Workers examine an underground tank Saturday that leaked 120 tons of highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in the town of Okuma. | KYODO National Fukushima tank springs major leak 120 tons of radioactive water...
March 20, 2013 Nuclear disaster headquarters to lift rice planting restriction in 20km area http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/03/nuclear-disaster-headquarters-to-lift-rice-planting-restriction-in-20km-area/ Posted by Mochizuki on March 20th, 2013 · On 3/19/2013,...
March 13, 2013 3 men searched for people in no-go zone without protective gear for 1 month A police officer in protective gear is seen in the exclusion zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on March 11, 2013. The search for people still missing...
___________________ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyj3ys_visite-virtuelle-dans-la-zone-interdite-de-fukushima_news virtual visit of ghost-town Namie _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Google adds street views inside Japan nuclear zone http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130328p2g00m0dm036000c.html...
March 25, 2013 7,000 flock to rally for decommissioning of all reactors in Fukushima Sakura Takano, a high school student serving as a messenger of peace, addresses an anti-nuclear power rally in the city of Fukushima on March 23. (Mainichi) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130325p2a00m0na009000c.html...
March 21, 2013 Govt. tells TEPCO to add multiple power sources http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130322_01.html Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says the government has instructed Tokyo Electric Power Company to install multiple power sources at the...
March 2, 2013 Declining radiation measured near Fukushima plant, some blown elsewhere http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303020041 By HIROSHI ISHIZUKA/ Staff Writer Government figures show airborne radiation levels in the vicinity...
February 26, 2013 Ministry forced to start radioactive waste disposal site plan over http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201302260086 Bags of incineration ash contaminated with radioactive substances are piled in a warehouse at the Nasushiobara...
March 18, 2013 N-evacuees to get job assistance / Labor ministry to also help people forced to flee find rental housing http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130318003683.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun The labor ministry will launch a project in fiscal 2013...
March 7, 2013 AJW e-book chronicling March 11 disaster available here, free to access AJW Two years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan and triggered the unprecedented nuclear crisis at the Fukushima...
Power Supply Facilities Failure at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Follow-up Report 6) http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/announcements/2013/1225705_5502.html At around 6:57 PM on March 18, there was an incident where the power supply facilities in the...
Fukushima apocalypse: Years of ‘duct tape fixes’ could result in ‘millions of deaths’ Published time: August 17, 2013 13:15 Edited time: August 18, 2013 13:41 Damaged Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) number 1 daiichi nuclear power plant at Okuma town in...
March 20, 2013 Cooling restored at all Fukushima fuel pools http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130320_05.html [what about the radioactive water decontamination system ?] Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has restored all 4 cooling systems for the...
March 4, 2013 Study: Higher radiation risk found at one evacuation route used after nuclear disaster http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303040085 By YURI OIWA/ Staff Writer Of the many routes taken by evacuees in the aftermath of...
February 21, 2013 Govt fights to curb rate hikes / Shikoku Electric follows other utilities in applying to raise fees http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T130220005172.htm Tadaaki Inoue and Hiroyuki Tanaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers As more utility...
March 19, 2013 Oi N-plant to continue operations through Sept. Jiji Press http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130319004241.htm The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Tuesday that the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power...
March 19, 2013 UPDATE: Cooling systems restart for 2 spent fuel pools at Fukushima nuclear plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303190020 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The cooling systems restarted for spent fuel pools in the No. 1 and No....
March 27, 2013 TEPCO may skip summer power targets The Yomiuri Shimbun http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/20130326dy01.htm Tokyo Electric Power Co. expects to be able to comfortably meet electricity demand this summer due to the restart of a key thermal...
