information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
April 6, 2015 VOX POPULI: Japan’s democracy withering like old cherry trees http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/vox/AJ201504060012 Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. An old poem reads, “It often becomes windy...
March 1, 2012 Cesium released from Fukushima possibly equals 20-30% of Chernobyl http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120301p2g00m0dm031000c.html TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Radioactive cesium released into the atmosphere in the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi...
September 14, 2015 Fuel rods placed into 2nd Sendai reactor Sep. 14, 2015 - Updated 04:21 UTC+2 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150914_12.html The operator of the Sendai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan has finished placing fuel...
July 5, 2012 Nuclear crisis man-made: Diet panel Regulatory system corrupt; safety steps were rejected By KAZUAKI NAGATA Staff writer http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120705x1.html#.T_XOypFIwpU The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was man-made...
April 7, 2015 Keidanren says over 25% ratio for nuclear power http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150407_14.html Apr. 7, 2015 - Updated 03:01 UTC+2 Japan's largest business federation is proposing that nuclear power supply should be more than...
Fukushima nuke disaster investigative panel rejects TEPCO tsunami claims http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120706p2a00m0na011000c.html The final report released by the Diet's Fukushima nuclear disaster investigative panel has concluded...
September 15, 2015 Japan briefs IAEA about reactor restart plans http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150915_12.html Nuclear & Energy Sep. 15, 2015 - Updated 02:47 UTC+2 Japan has laid out its case to the international community for its plan...
TEPCO notifies gov't of plan to replace thermometer at Fukushima plant http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120303p2g00m0dm019000c.html TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it has notified the government of a plan to set up a new temperature...
April 7, 2015 Fukushima radiation detected off Canada's coast http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201504070065 REUTERS PORTLAND, Oregon--Radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along...
Noda vows to accelerate disposal of debris generated in March disaster http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120305p2g00m0dm025000c.html TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pledged Sunday to accelerate the disposal of debris generated by the...
September 16, 2015 Solar farms grow in shadow of Fukushima plant http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/16/national/solar-power-farms-grow-shadow-fukushima-plant/#.VfmQ0ZfwlLN JIJI FUKUSHIMA – Parcels of farmland totaling 250 hectares near the crippled...
Criteria for N-agency personnel revealed http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120703004843.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun The government will adopt strict criteria on the selection of a chairman and members of a new regulatory commission for nuclear plant safety,...
2016/07/10 See also http://www.fukushima-is-still-news.com/2016/06/clandestine-modernisation-of-us-nuclear-arsenal.html An Overview of the Nuclear Age: From Cold War I to Cold War II http://nf2045.blogspot.fr/2016/07/an-overview-of-nuclear-age-from-cold.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm;_medium=email&utm;_campaign=Feed:+NuclearFreeBy2045+(Nuclear+Free+by+2045?)...
March 1, 2012 Ministry OK's rice planting in areas over cesium limit http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120229006153.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun The agriculture ministry has announced it will conditionally permit rice planting this year in municipalities...
April 5, 2015 Oversight for secrets too weak http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/04/04/editorials/oversight-secrets-weak/#.VSDyy5Pwmos Committees in both chambers of the Diet overseeing government operations under the state secrets law held their...
April 21, 2012 Farm ministry asks food industries to abide by gov't-imposed allowable radiation limits http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120421p2a00m0na012000c.html The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has sent a notification...
February 23, 2016 UN launches working group on nuclear abolishment http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160223_07/ The United Nations has launched a working group to discuss the possibility of a legal ban on nuclear weapons. The proposal to establish...
March 8, 2012 Survey: Most municipalities wary of nuclear plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120308_26.html An NHK survey has found that nearly 80 percent of municipalities hosting or located near nuclear power plants are wary about resuming...
March 27, 2015 Fukushima rod handler blocking spent-fuel pool of unit 3: Tepco http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/27/national/debris-poses-risk-spent-fuel-pool-gate-fukushima-1s-reactor-3-tepco/#.VRUsVuF1Cot Kyodo Tokyo Electric Power Co. has disclosed...
July 28, 2012 Fukushima disaster worker says subcontractors siphoned money from wages http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120728p2a00m0na017000c.html A man hired to help bring the disaster at the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant under...
April 4, 2015 Gov't reluctant to charge TEPCO over rent money for voluntary Fukushima evacuees http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150404p2a00m0na014000c.html The government has been covering the rent for apartments provided for evacuees...
May 5, 2012 Anti-nuclear activists pessimistic despite historic shutdown http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201205050060 May 05, 2012 By KOSUKE SO/ Staff Writer Workers at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido were preparing...
April 25, 2015 Radioactive soil removed from Tokyo park http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/25/national/radioactive-soil-removed-from-tokyo-park/#.VTyqXpPwmos AFP-JIJI Workers have removed radioactive soil from a Tokyo playground where extremely...
March 28, 2012 Prefecture to fund distressed Fukushima victims http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120328_09.html Fukushima Prefecture says it will make cash payments to people in municipalities not eligible for full compensation from Tokyo Electric...
October 31, 2015 1st salmon fishing since 2011 nuclear accident http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html Oct. 31, 2015 - Updated 06:31 UTC+1 Anglers at a river in Fukushima Prefecture have enjoyed their first session of salmon fishing...
