information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
August 30, 2016 Japan’s ‘Hail Mary’ at Fukushima Daiichi: An Underground Ice Wall http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/science/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-cleanup-ice-wall.html?emc=edit_th_20160830&nl;=todaysheadlines&nlid;=32427321&_r=0 By MARTIN FACKLERAUG....
March 14, 2016 Fukushima evacuations were not worth the money, study says http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/14/national/fukushima-evacuations-were-not-worth-the-money-study-says/#.VuaL4-aDmot by William Hollingworth Kyodo LONDON – The costs of...
August 5, 2016 Japan’s new environment minister pledges to build trust, contaminated waste storage facility in Fukushima http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/05/national/japans-new-environment-minister-pledges-build-trust-contaminated-waste-storage-facility-fukushima/#.V6WC-KJdeos...
June 7, 2016 Fukushima woman speaks out about her thyroid cancer http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606070049.html THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--She's 21, has thyroid cancer, and wants people in her prefecture in northeastern...
November 6, 2015 How France is Fueling Japan and China’s Nuclear 'Race' France is helping to support industrial policies that make no economic sense and potentially threaten a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia. by Victor Gilinski and Henry Sokolski...
June 8, 2016 Radioactive soil to be used to build roads set to spark uproar http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606080056.html By YU KOTSUBO/ Staff Writer A public outcry is expected when radioactive earth from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is...
Source : Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/fukushima-nuclear-crisis-japan-radiation-research/blog/55623/ Five years on and the Fukushima crisis is far from over Blogpost by Shaun Burnie - 24 February, 2016...
January 18, 2015 All 2014 Fukushima rice cleared radiation tests, thanks to fertilizer http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/18/national/all-2014-fukushima-rice-cleared-radiation-tests-thanks-to-fertilizer/#.VLt1uy51Cos Fukushima Minpo For the first...
September 12, 2015 Editorial: Local authorities should reconsider timing of issuing safety evacuation orders http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20150912p2a00m0na020000c.html The record rainfall that hit eastern Japan inundated extensive...
January 22, 2015 Prosecutors not to indict ex-TEPCO execs again over Fukushima nuclear disaster http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150122p2a00m0na001000c.html The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is set to decide soon not to...
September 15, 2015 Learning from natural disasters http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/09/15/editorials/learning-natural-disasters/ People listed as missing after last week’s flooding of the Kinugawa River in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture have been located...
January 6, 2015 EDITORIAL: Consensus-building process needed for nuclear policy decisions Nearly four years have passed since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Signs are...
August 18, 2016 Former town mayor recalls town referendum that booted plans for nuclear plant http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/18/national/former-town-mayor-recalls-town-referendum-booted-plans-nuclear-plant/#.V7WdM6Jdeos JIJI NIIGATA – Residents...
January 13, 2015 Group files fresh complaint over Fukushima nuclear disaster http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150113p2g00m0dm077000c.html TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A group of citizens including some from Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday filed...
September 16, 2015 Former PM Naoto Kan says nuclear power makes little economic sense, must end http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/16/national/former-pm-naoto-kan-says-nuclear-power-makes-little-economic-sense-must-end/#.VfmQX5fwlLN by Kazuaki Nagata...
January 16, 2015 METI eyes lowering solar energy buying rate under feed-in tariff system http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150116p2a00m0na012000c.html The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has proposed lowering the buying...
Japan's big 'nuclear restart' overtaken by conservation and renewables http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987971/japans_big_nuclear_restart_overtaken_by_conservation_and_renewables.html Jim Green 12th August 2016 For all Japan's talk of 43...
POINT OF VIEW/ Eiji Oguma: Planned protective measures show real cost of nuclear power http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/column/AJ201501150006 SPECIAL TO THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The industry ministry is discussing a new protective measure for nuclear power...
September 12, 2015 Evacuation of Fukushima elderly riskier than then-exposure to radiation: study http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/12/national/science-health/nursing-home-evacuation-fukushima-accident-higher-radiation-risk-study/#.VfW_ZpfwlLN...
April 6, 2015 Evacuees can stay 24 hours in Fukushima town http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150406_18.html Apr. 6, 2015 - Updated 07:10 UTC+2 Residents of a town near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant can now stay in their homes 24...
June 4, 2016 Japanese gov't withheld report on Chernobyl disaster's health effects http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160604/p2a/00m/0na/006000c The Japanese government has withheld an investigative report it compiled on health effects from the 1986...
January 9, 2015 Korean food safety inspectors plan second visit to judge marine exports Kyodo South Korean food safety inspectors will pay a second visit to Japan next week before deciding whether to lift a ban on imported marine products, the Foreign...
February 23, 2016 Court orders Nagasaki to recognize 10 people as A-bomb survivors http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160223/p2g/00m/0dm/002000c A lawyer holds a banner reading "partial lawsuit victory" outside the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki,...
April 9, 2015 Plans to remove melted nuclear fuel http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html Apr. 9, 2015 - Updated 13:22 UTC+2 New methods may be used to remove melted fuel from the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant....
September 14, 2015 IAEA discussing nuclear issues in Iran and Japan http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150915_03.html Sep. 14, 2015 - Updated 18:20 UTC+2 Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency have begun discussing an international...
