information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
July 2, 2012 Residents ponder escape routes as restart begins For local residents, lack of escape routes is a more serious matter By ERIC JOHNSTON Staff writer http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120702a1.html#.T_GoY5FIwpU OI, Fukui Pref. — Hundreds...
June 18, 2012 Uncertain prospects loom for post-Oi reactors http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120617002371.htm Masayuki Takata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Now that the government has decided to reactivate the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear...
90% of TEPCO's annual average profits come from households http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120523005516.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun About 90 percent of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s annual average profits came from sales to households from fiscal 2006...
July 13, 2012 Film shows Nagasaki soon after A-bomb Kyodo http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120713f3.html#.UAAS9pFIwpU NAGASAKI — The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is showing previously unscreened footage taken just a month after the U.S. atomic bombing...
October 9, 2012 Let Inoue's antinuclear Jizo, forged in Hiroshima, guide Japan's future http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20121009hn.html Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Man for the moment: A statue of Jizo, protector of children and travelers, stands...
Fukushima evacuees upset over gov't plan for set compensation amounts Residents evacuated from their nuclear disaster-hit hometowns in Fukushima Prefecture have expressed discontent over the government's plan to compensate them in set amounts. "I can't...
June 23, 2012 Thousands protest against Oi nuclear plant restart in Tokyo http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120623p2a00m0na005000c.html Thousands of people gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on June 22 in a protest...
March 6, 2012 Shenanigans at TEPCO subsidiary led to higher electricity rates: investigation http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120306p2a00m0na006000c.html Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) raised electricity rates after one of its subsidiaries offloaded...
May 13, 2012 May 13, 2012 Govt to ask users to conserve to help KEPCO http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120512003013.htm The government plans to ask households and businesses in the service areas of four electric power companies in western Japan to...
June 18, 2012 http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20120618p2a00m0na012000c.html Editorial: Don't reverse policy toward less reliance on nuclear plants Protesters standing in the rain chant slogans against the restart of the Oi Nuclear...
February 28, 2012 Report takes former PM Kan to task over Fukushima nuke disaster handling http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120228p2a00m0na016000c.html The office of former Prime Minister Naoto Kan came in for scathing criticism in a Feb. 27 report...
May 14, 2012 Trial rice planting begins 20 kms from Fukushima nuke plant http://mainichi.jp/graph/2012/05/14/20120514p2a00m0na004000c/001.html KAWAUCHI, Fukushima -- Trial planting of rice has begun in this village some 20 kilometers away from the crippled...
Editorial: Summer electricity savings a step toward a society without nuclear power http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20120519p2a00m0na013000c.html A manufacturer work on fans called "Marugame Uchiwa" in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture,...
May 24, 2012 Even with N-power, reducing emissions is hard http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120523005517.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun Japan may be able to cut greenhouse gas emissions only by up to 19 percent in 2020 from 1990 levels under a scenario...
February 24, 2012 New technology can remove 99.9 percent of radioactive cesium in soil http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120224p2a00m0na022000c.html New technology that can remove up to 99.9 percent of radioactive cesium in contaminated soil has been...
Even Noda startled by size of anti-nuclear protest outside his office June 30, 2012 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201206300021 Thousands rallied outside the prime minister’s office in Tokyo’s Nagatacho district...
February 13, 2012 High level of radioactive cesium found in Okinawa noodles http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120213p2a00m0na010000c.html NAHA -- High levels of radioactive cesium have been detected in noodles produced in Okinawa, apparently because...
May 8, 2012 TEPCO new president vows to promote reform http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120508_35.html The incoming president of Tokyo Electric Power Company says he will do his best to quickly pay damages to those affected by the Fukushima nuclear...
May 5, 2012 Energy conservation in spotlight as Japan faces summer without nuclear power In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo, solar panels cover the 11-hectare compound of the Ukishima Solar Power Station in Kawasaki near Tokyo. The new plant, jointly...
August 10, 2012 Entry ban lifted in a town in Fukushima http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120810_23.html The Japanese government has lifted its entry ban on part of a town in Fukushima Prefecture that had high levels of radiation caused by the nuclear...
Local town assembly OKs Oi nuclear reactors' restart http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120514p2g00m0dm102000c.html TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The assembly of Oi town, Fukui Prefecture decided Monday to support the restart of two idled reactors...
April 23, 2012 3 of 9 utilities may fail to meet demand / Power curbs seen likely this summer http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120424005735.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun Three of the country's nine electric power companies may be unable to meet expected...
I “pinched” this idea of making a list of books on Fukushima from Pierre Fetet’s blog. Those interested in reading books in French can check the following page : http://fukushima.over-blog.fr/article-des-livres-sur-fukushima-105303511.html Here is a first...
May 3, 2012 Consumers ultimately paid up for nuclear bribery in japan http://nuclear-news.net/2012/05/03/consumers-ultimately-paid-up-for-nuclear-bribery-in-japan/ Consumers ultimately footed bill, Utilities gave nuclear plant hosts billions http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120502x1.htm...
Holiday volunteers arrive in disaster zones http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120429002669.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun Volunteers and residents plant flowers on the grounds of temporary housing in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday. FUKUSHIMA--Many...
