information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
June 8, 2015 South Korean team wins $2 million prize in disaster-response robot test http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201506080009 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS POMONA, Calif.--The robots drove, walked through rubble, climbed stairs, turned...
May 26, 2015 TEPCO to finish processing highly contaminated water by month’s end http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201505260041 By MASANOBU HIGASHIYAMA/ Staff Writer IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will...
May 23, 2015 Risk of hydrogen explosion from leaking containers at Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201505230059 By HIROMI KUMAI/ Staff Writer Inspections of containers holding contaminated water at the Fukushima No....
May 19, 2015 Ministry plans to end TEPCO compensation to 55,000 Fukushima evacuees in 2018 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201505190055 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The government will instruct Tokyo Electric Power Co. to terminate compensation...
April 14, 2015 TEPCO footage reveals inside of wrecked Fukushima reactor containment vessel An image of objects inside the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant sent from the robotic probe is seen. The piece in the middle is believed...
February 17, 2015 IAEA: Consider releasing treated water into ocean http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150217_36.html Feb. 17, 2015 - Updated 13:04 UTC+1 The International Atomic Energy Agency has advised Japan's government and the operator...
February 17, 2015 TEPCO vows safety first in training program for workers at Fukushima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502170029 Tokyo Electric Power Co. submitted its plan to provide wide-ranging training programs for workers...
January 27, 2015 Japan’s hydrogen energy hype http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/01/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-hydrogen-energy-hype/#.VMoNBS51Cos Much excitement is permeating within the industrial segments related to hydrogen energy,...
January 23, 2015 R East to run bus service through Fukushima no-entry zone http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201501230057 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will start a bus service on Jan. 31 that runs through an area...
March 2, 2018 TEPCO defends Fukushima ‘ice wall,’ but it is still too porous http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803020042.html THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The “frozen soil wall” erected around the crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power...
February 21, 2015 Japan's 1st mass-produced drone takes maiden flight http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/AJ201502210031 By RYO SHIMURA/ Staff Writer MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--The nation's first mass-produced drone underwent a test flight here...
October 21, 2014 Nautical charts to be revised to reflect unprecedented changes caused by tsunami http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201410210001 By YURI IMAMURA/ Staff Writer ONAGAWA, Miyagi Prefecture--About an hour into a Japan Coast...
June 8, 2015 Petitioners push to have pro-nuclear signs in evacuated town kept in place http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150608p2a00m0na011000c.html A pro-nuclear power sign reading "Nuclear power -- energy for a bright future," is...
June 6, 2015 Disaster-response robots compete in California http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html Jun. 6, 2015 - Updated 04:38 UTC+2 Robots from around the world are competing for a 2-million dollar first-prize in the US state of California....
NUCLEAR WATCH Jun. 2, 2015 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclearwatch/20150602.html Hose Caused Radioactivity Leak Officials at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have supplied more details about a leak of highly radioactive water that...
March 31, 2017 Most Fukushima evacuation orders end save for no-go zones http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703310049.html By KENJI IZAWA/ Staff Writer More than six years after the nuclear accident, evacuation orders for areas in two towns and one...
June 4, 2015 NRA rebukes TEPCO for failure to contain radioactive Fukushima water http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201506040105 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan’s nuclear watchdog had harsh words for Tokyo Electric Power Co. over its failure...
November 7, 2018 Sowing seeds of hope in Fukushima https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/nhknewsline/backstories/sowingseeds/ By Jun Yotsumoto People in Fukushima continue to struggle with the fallout from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear triple disaster....
February 26, 2019 Fierce opposition to recycling radioactive soil from Fukushima http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201902260058.html How to dispose of mountains of soil contaminated by radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster poses a massive...
February 20, 2019 Host town of crippled nuke plant to lift evacuation order http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201902200049.html THE ASAHI SHIMBUN OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--An evacuation order will be lifted for two districts here as early as April,...
August 13, 2016 EDITORIAL: Another nuclear plant restarted amid lingering safety concerns http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201608130031.html The No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.’s Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture was restarted Aug....
May 19, 2016 INSIGHT: Fukushima’s ‘caldrons of hell’ keep questions unanswered http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201605190001.html By TOSHIHIDE UEDA/ Senior Staff Writer A convenience store in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2016, remains...
July 22, 2015 Fukushima scrub-down aims to make villages safe, although woods may remain no-go zones http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/22/national/science-health/fukushima-scrub-aims-make-villages-safe-although-woods-may-remain-no-go-zones/#.VbCKEvnwmif Contaminated...
February 23, 2016 No Takahama reactor restart delay after loose bolt found to be source of leak http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201602230044 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN OSAKA--The radioactive water leak discovered recently at the Takahama...
October 18, 2018 Nuclear plant closure brings hope, despair to Fukushima town http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201810180001.html NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--Naraha’s anti-nuclear wish has been granted, and now this population-depleted town faces...
