information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
February 11, 2015 Children's picture book uses dragon as metaphor for nuclear power http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502110010 By AKEMI HARADA/ Staff Writer Nuclear power is not mentioned in the children's picture book "Hikari...
February 13, 2015 Tepco starts using cosmic rays to grasp condition inside damaged reactors http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/13/national/tepco-starts-using-cosmic-rays-grasp-condition-inside-damaged-reactors/#.VN3Ori51Cos This handout picture...
February 10, 2015 'Akira' creator hopes airport mural will serve as reminder of 3/11 disaster for children THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Manga giant Katsuhiro Otomo hopes that a huge mural based on his illustration, to be displayed at Sendai Airport from March, will...
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...
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 25, 2015 Fukushima cleanup fails to convince as just 10 to 20% of evacuees seek return http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502250050 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Less than one-fifth of evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster say...
February 25, 2015 TEPCO may reroute wastewater drainage channel http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150225_30.html Feb. 25, 2015 - Updated 11:29 UTC+1 The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is considering a plan to...
February 26, 2015 'Miracle pine' gets new life as luxury pen http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201502260029 By NAOAKI TERASAWA/ Staff Writer RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--A memorial pen made from branches of the “miracle pine tree”...
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...
February 26, 2015 Trio of approvals in Fukushima seals deal for radioactive soil dump http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502260037 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Ending a prolonged and often contentious process, Fukushima Prefecture and two town...
February 28, 2015 Entire Joban Expressway set to open with completion of Fukushima stretch http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201502280021 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN A major artery connecting Tokyo to the coastal Tohoku region will open March...
March 2, 2015 Lifting of Monju operation ban uncertain http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150302_22.html Mar. 2, 2015 - Updated 11:23 UTC+1 A senior official of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority's secretariat has indicated that he has no...
March 1, 2015 Young craftsmen carve reconstruction minister's new seal from 'miracle pine' http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201503010021 By NOBUYOSHI NAKAMURA/ Staff Writer When a reconstruction minister gives his official stamp of...
March 4, 2015 Fukushima evacuees to tell their stories through picture boards at Tokyo event Yoshihiro Ozawa, pictured here in Koori, Fukushima Prefecture, tells stories of his hometown, a no-go zone in Fukushima, through the "kamishibai" storytelling...
March 5, 2015 FOUR YEARS AFTER: Blood problems continue to plague residents at temporary housing http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201503050078 By SHINGO FUKUSHIMA/ Staff Writer Cases of blood clots among evacuees living in temporary...
March 6, 2015 FOUR YEARS AFTER: 80% of Fukushima municipalities expect full restoration in fiscal 2021 or later http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201503060044 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Hampered by radiation contamination, about 80 percent of...
March 4, 2015 OLYMPICS/ Runners to carry 2020 torch through quake-ravaged Tohoku http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/sports/AJ201503040059 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The Olympic flame will burn brightly throughout the Tohoku region when the torch relay for...
PHOTO: Leaders to be greeted by miniature doubles at U.N. conference in Sendai March 7, 2015 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201503070025 By AKIKO NAGASHIMA/ Staff Writer SENDAI--Local craftsmen have created Japanese wooden dolls...
March 7, 2015 FOUR YEARS AFTER: Seismic device can reproduce any quake http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201503070019 By TAKASHI KAMIGURI/ Staff Writer To promote protection against natural disasters, Shimizu Corp. developed a...
March 8, 2015 FOUR YEARS AFTER: Radioactive debris continues to stack up at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201503080013 by HIROMI KUMAI/ Staff Writer FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture--With nowhere to put...
March 11, 2015 FOUR YEARS AFTER: Japan prays for Tohoku disaster victims http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201503110018 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Members of the Seo family on March 11 made the familiar trek along the coast of Ofunato, Iwate...
March 12, 2015 Problems remain in management of decontamination workers' radiation exposure A record shows radiation counts per minute for equipment removed from a decontamination site that the person in charge wrote without taking measurements. (Mainichi)...
March 11, 2015 Transfer of tainted Fukushima soil to begin Nuclear & Energy Mar. 11, 2015 - Updated 11:02 UTC+1 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150311_24.html Workers will begin transferring soil and debris collected during decontamination...
March 11, 2015 Contaminated wastewater yet to be controlled http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150311_26.html Mar. 11, 2015 - Updated 11:02 UTC+1 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150311_26.html Contaminated wastewater continues...
March 13, 2015 FOUR YEARS AFTER: Girl killed in tsunami lives on in picture book http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201503130013 By YOSHINOBU MOTEGI/ Staff Writer ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Keiko Sekiguchi came up with a project...
