information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/japan/ Sign petition demanding TEPCO stop dumping radioactivity into the Pacific Ocean! July 8, 2015 Our friends at Green Action Japan have asked us to urge our supporters to consider signing a Change.Org petition demanding...
July 8, 2015 Local reaction mixed to fuel loading, imminent restart at Sendai nuclear plant Protesters hold up light-up message boards in front of the Tokyo office of Kyushu Electric Power Co. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on the evening of July 7, 2015. (Mainichi)...
August 7, 2017 New photos of post-bombing central Hiroshima discovered https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170807/p2a/00m/0na/016000c#cxrecs_s HIROSHIMA -- Two color photos of an area within a 500-meter radius from the hypocenter of the Hiroshima atomic...
February 15, 2016 Five years on, tsunami debris on ocean floor near Fukushima nuclear plant remains untouched http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/15/national/five-years-on-tsunami-debris-on-ocean-floor-near-fukushima-nuclear-plant-remains-untouched/#.VsGiVuaDmov The...
November 3, 2014 Industry group to postpone 'pluthermal' program again http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201411030039 By TOMOYOSHI OTSU/ Staff Writer An electric power industry organization will postpone the wide-scale start of...
November 4, 2014 Lower House approves Fukushima waste bill Nov. 4, 2014 - Updated 10:15 UTC+1 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html The Lower House of Japan's Diet passed a bill on Tuesday governing the storage of radioactive waste...
November 17, 2016 Fukushima ‘ghost town’ uses dummies to fill sad post-3/11 void http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611170053.html By TAKUYA ISAYAMA/ Staff Writer NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--Ghosts of the past are all around in this Fukushima town...
August 24, 2016 Film focuses on ‘irradiated’ cattle kept alive in Fukushima http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201608240067.html By SATOKO ONUKI/ Staff Writer OSAKA--For some cattle farmers in Fukushima Prefecture, the thought of destroying their herds...
July 22, 2016 Hurdles mar Japan’s renewable energy equation http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/22/business/hurdles-mar-japans-renewable-energy-equation/#.V5IbZ6Jdeot by Jarni Blakkarly At Yamakura Dam, 45 km southeast of Tokyo, construction workers...
July 5, 2016 Reuse of radioactive soil feared to trigger illegal dumping http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160705/p2a/00m/0na/012000c An Environment Ministry decision to allow reuse of radioactively contaminated soil emanating from the Fukushima nuclear...
SUMOTO, Hyogo Prefecture--A massive floating wind turbine with an output capacity of 5 megawatts began the slow journey to its final destination off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on July 2. The turbine had been undergoing assembly off the coast of...
June 21, 2016 Fukushima 3/11 Breeds Cynicism by Robert Hunziker There’s an old saying “disasters bring out the best in people,” but Fukushima 3/11 of March 11, 2011 has put an exclamation point on cynicism rather than heartfelt concern. Similar to America’s...
April 25, 2016 (Mainichi Japan) TEPCO to dismantle top of exhaust stack at Fukushima plant due to fractures http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160425/p2a/00m/0na/024000c The fractured steel beam section of the exhaust stack pillar at the No. 1 and...
March 11, 2016 Fukushima Keeps Fighting Radioactive Tide 5 Years After Disaster http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/world/asia/japan-fukushima-nuclear-disaster.html?emc=edit_th_20160311&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=32427321&_r=0 By JONATHAN SOBLEMARCH 10, 2016 Little...
March 11, 2016 Fukushima 'decontamination troops' often exploited, shunned MINAMISOMA, Japan (AP) -- The ashes of half a dozen unidentified laborers ended up at a Buddhist temple in this town just north of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Some of...
February 27, 2017 The hidden costs households must pay for nuclear disaster in 2011 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702270056.html By KEISHI NISHIMURA/ Staff Writer There's more to monthly electricity charges than meets the eye. For one thing,...
February 15, 2016 NRA to allow part of frozen soil wall at Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201602150062 By HIROMI KUMAI/ Staff Writer The nation’s nuclear watchdog decided that Tokyo Electric Power Co. can start freezing...
February 17, 2017 Robot stuck in Fukushima No. 2 reactor on 1st try, abandoned http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702170048.html THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The Sasori robot surveys the interior of the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima...
February 6, 2017 Radiation limit for contaminated soil in reuse experiment lowered after local opposition http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170206/p2a/00m/0na/009000c The radiation limit for soil contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in an...
January 9, 2017 VOX POPULI: Futaba daruma a symbol of hope, nostalgia for Fukushima http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201701090024.html Daruma dolls, traditional round-shaped representations of the Indian priest Bodhidharma used as charms for the fulfillment...
January 1, 2016 Photo Journal: Family foundations http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160101/p2a/00m/0na/004000c A family gathers in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, spending the New Year there for the first time in five years after the area...
January 20, 2015 2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants This photo taken on Jan. 19, 2015 and provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) shows an opening atop a water storage tank which a worker fell into, at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear...
January 19, 2015 TEPCO racing against time to process 280,000 tons of tainted water at Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201501190050 By TSUYOSHI NAGANO/ Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co. will likely fall short...
February 22, 2015 Teacher's 50-year hobby key to studying nature in pre-disaster Fukushima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201502220015 By YU KOTSUBO/ Staff Writer FUKUSHIMA--For half a century, Nobuo Sakurai has indulged in...
February 21, 2015 Fukushima may accept delivery of radioactive waste http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/21/national/fukushima-may-accept-delivery-of-radioactive-waste/#.VOhDpC51Cos Workers wearing protective gear put compressed radioactive waste...
