information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
July 17, 2012 Experts: ground under nuke plants needs assessment http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120717_40.html Experts have asked the government to assess cracks under the ground below and around nuclear power plants. They want to ascertain whether...
July17, 2012 Radioactive village rezoned into 3 parts http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120717_07.html A village in Fukushima Prefecture has been divided into 3 areas according to accessibility. One area has been fenced off because of a high level...
July 12, 2012 A-bomb doctor warns of further Fukushima woes By MEGUMI IIZUKA Kyodo http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120712f3.html#.T_6v8pFIwpU A 95-year-old retired doctor is continuing to warn of possible health dangers to residents near the Fukushima...
Active fault may lie under Shika N-plant http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120717005220.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun A reactor building of the Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture may have been built over an active fault, which could unleash...
July 20, 2012 Remote-controlled decontamination tractor unveiled in Fukushima An unmanned tractor is remotely manipulated from a white station wagon, background, while residents look on from afar, in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 19. (Mainichi)...
July 17, 2012 Residents reluctant to return to Iitate despite progress in lifting evacuation zone Cars are about to pass through an open-barricade area newly set up for a hard-to-return area in the Nagadoro district of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on...
July 17, 2012 Giant antinuclear rally in Tokyo draws protesters from all walks of life Antinuclear protesters fill Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on July 16. (Mainichi) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120717p2a00m0na008000c.html Tens of thousands...
November 9, 2012 New TEPCO policy on rocks / Utility accepts responsibility for crisis, asks for more support http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T121108004043.htm Hiroyuki Tanaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s new management...
July 27, 2012 Rate hike to burden families / TEPCO's rate to increase by more than 10% for some families Chiaki Toyoda and Tadaaki Inoue / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Households will experience a variety of increases in their electricity rates when...
July 3, 2012 High level of radioactive cesium detected in Fukushima freshwater fish http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120703p2g00m0dm035000c.html TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Environment Ministry said Monday it detected 61 to 2,600 becquerels...
Makino reaction to Ohi plant restart http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120702_12.html After the Ohi nuclear power plant reached criticality, senior vice industry minister Seishu Makino said the restart operation went smoothly. Makino spoke at a video...
JAXA develops camera that can 'see' radioactive contamination A photograph taken in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, with a prototype camera developed by JAXA that is capable of capturing images of radioactive contamination. The red parts in the photograph...
March 26, 2012 TEPCO: Just 60cm of water in Fukushima reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120326_34.html Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has found that the cooling water in one of the damaged reactors at Fukushima is only 60 centimeters...
June 29, 2012 Many foreign tourists still steering clear of Tohoku region http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120628004802.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun Many foreign tourists are avoiding trips to the disaster-hit prefectures of Iwate, Fukushima and Miyagi...
July 12, 2012 Ukraine and Japan's radioactive bond By EDAN CORKILL Staff writer http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120712a1.html#.T_6wY5FIwpU Bedecked in an odd yellow protective suit and wandering through a ruined landscape, the figure could be a member...
June 27, 2012-06-27 Nuclear redress will never approximate losses http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120627a3.html#.T-sqAZFIwpU By CHICO HARLAN The Washington Post Incalculable loss: Mikio Watanabe holds a photograph of his wife, Hamako, on Monday....
July 10, 2012 Just over 20 percent of 3/11 debris dealt with http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120710_23.html Environment Minister Goshi Hosono says one-fifth of the debris generated by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami last year has been dealt...
June 12, 2012 TEPCO sets cut in charge for line access http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120612005301.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Electric Power Co. will lower charges for power producers and suppliers (PPS) to use its electricity transmission lines...
July 17, 2012 NOAA offers grants for tsunami debris disposal http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120717_22.html US federal authorities have decided to offer 250,000 dollars to 5 West Coast states to help them dispose of debris from last year's tsunami...
Breaker, breaker: How to conserve energy without thinking too much July 4th, 2012 by Philip Brasor & Masako Tsubuku http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/ Power trip: electrical panel with 30-ampere main breaker switch Last Monday the summer setsuden...
June 19, 2012 This critical article from the nuclear engineer Kenichi Ohmae dates from April 18, 2012 but is well worth reading again. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120418a4.html#.T-AvClJIwpU Nuclear nightmare: The destroyed No. 3 reactor building...
June 18, 2012 A stolen life: Fukushima woman looks back on lost peaceful life due to nuclear crisis Ruiko Muto poses for a photograph together with her dog near her coffee shop, Kirara, in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. (Mainichi) 拡大写真 http://mainichi.jp/graph/2012/06/18/20120618p2a00m0na019000c/002.html...
June 21, 2012 Nuclear agency to review PR procedures on troubles http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120621_15.html Japan's nuclear safety officials will boost their public relations efforts after criticism they were slow to reveal problems at the Ohi...
July 3, 2012 Iitate village decides on reconstruction plan http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120703_39.html A village assembly in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has adopted a roadmap for rebuilding the village before its residents can return home. Iitate...
July 1, 2012 Ohi nuclear reactor back online http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120701_22.html A reactor at the Ohi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, is back online for the first time in 15 months. The operator, Kansai Electric Power...
