information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
November 10, 2015 Test fishing in Fukushima reels in a clean catch fit for a king http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201511100001 By NAOYUKI TAKAHASHI/ Staff Writer IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--An aquarium's veterinarian and a team...
December 12, 2015 Civic groups, A-bomb survivors blast Japan-India nuclear power deal http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/12/national/civic-groups-a-bomb-survivors-blast-japan-india-nuclear-power-deal/#.Vm1_nr8R-ov Kyodo Civic groups and atomic bomb...
December 17, 2015 Return of swans a welcome sight in Fukushima town emptied by nuclear disaster http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201512170001 By YOSHITAKA ITO/ Staff Writer OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--A flock of swans have returned...
December 22, 2015 Government estimate: Almost 100 percent of contaminated soil can be recycled http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201512220042 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Up to 99.8 percent of more than 20 million cubic meters of contaminated...
December 22, 2015 Researchers trying to unravel spread of cesium and its impact on ecosystem after Fukushima disaster http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201512220004 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN More than 90 percent of the fir trees in forests...
January 7, 2016 Nuclear Watch: 'Nursing care plan' for nuclear plants (Pt. 60) http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160107/p2a/00m/0na/005000c Many of those involved in nuclear power say the electric power industry appears to have no intention to "die...
January 12, 2016 Nuclear Watch: When will Japan awake from the 'dream' of nuclear energy? (Pt. 63) http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160112/p2a/00m/0na/005000c "Japan still has a dream that the country had when it started using atomic energy," said...
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...
May 5, 2016 Yoshinaga, Sakamoto hold anti-nuke poetry event in Canada By HIDEKI SOEJIMA/ Staff Writer http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201605050034.html VANCOUVER--With a piano accompaniment by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, actress Sayuri Yoshinaga recited...
May 6, 2016 Teacher's tragic A-bomb story told in pictures in Nagasaki http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201605060069.html By SHOHEI OKADA/ Staff Writer NAGASAKI--Kazuko Yumii was determined to take the story of her wartime experience to the grave....
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...
August 1, 2016 Iodine jelly for infants to be stocked up for nuclear disasters http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201608010008.html By TAKASHI SUGIMOTO/ Staff Writer Tubes of stable iodine jelly for newborns up to a month old (Provided by Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical...
August 5, 2016 Far-reaching quakes put Ehime’s atomic evacuation plans in doubt http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/05/national/far-reaching-quakes-put-ehimes-atomic-evac-plans-doubt/#.V6RrPaJdeos by Eric Johnston Staff Writer MATSUYAMA, EHIME PREF....
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....
September 2, 2014 Fukushima governor sets 5 conditions for storing radioactive waste http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201409020061 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The Fukushima governor issued five conditions for accepting radioactive debris at...
September 22, 2014 Tsunami-stricken town harvests rice for first time in 4 years http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201409220060 By KAZUMASA SUGIMURA/ Staff Writer RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--As the Tohoku region enters harvest...
August 20, 2014 http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/tepco-is-out-of-space-for-contaminated-water-eyes-pacific-ocean/article/397789 TEPCO is out of space for contaminated water, eyes Pacific Ocean By Karen Graham Aug 20, 2014 in Environment...
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...
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...
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 20, 2015 Nuclear watchdog screens first all MOX-fuel plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150120_22.html Jan. 20, 2015 - Updated 06:45 UTC+1 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has begun screening a nuclear power plant now under...
January 31, 2015 Around-the-clock convenience store reopens in Fukushima restricted zone http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201501310033 By HIROKI ITO/ Staff Writer NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--A 24-hour convenience store has reopened...
February 4, 2015 Land secured in Fukushima opens door for 1st shipment of radioactive waste http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502040078 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The government has begun prep work on a parcel of land near the crippled Fukushima...
Tectonic stress levels off northeastern Japan back to pre-disaster state February 04, 2015 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201502040069 By SUSUMU YOSHIDA/ Staff Writer Pressure exerted by tectonic plate movement off Tohoku that...
