information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
March 4, 2014 Technology and working conditions for decommissioning process still lacking Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant (above) on March 12, 2011, the day after it was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on Feb. 17, 2014....
February 27, 2014 Water pump glitch stymies decontamination work at Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201402270030 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Tokyo Electric Power Co. had to halt some decontamination work at its crippled Fukushima...
GOs discuss tsunami debris on US Pacific coast http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130217_15.html Non-governmental organizations from Japan and the United States met in Oregon on Saturday to discuss how to deal with drifting debris from the March 11th...
February 18, 2013 http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/02/contaminated-water-overflowed-from-the-tank-of-reactor5-and-6-in-the-end/ Overflow of radioactive water outside reactor 5 and 6 Press Release (Feb 17,2013) Status of TEPCO's Nuclear Power Stations after...
Fukushima villages face 1-year delay in lifting of evacuation orders http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201402280073 By ASAKO MYORAKU/ Staff Writer Citing delays in decontamination work, the government has decided to extend evacuation...
February 19, 2013 Nuclear watchdog: Fault lines under Higashidori plant are active http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201302190051 By RYUTA KOIKE/ Staff Writer Geological fault lines that run beneath Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s...
February 20, 2013 Sketches depicting Chernobyl aftermath on display in Tokyo Hiroshi Kaihara http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130219p2a00m0na011000c.html An exhibition of sketches by a late Japanese artist who strived to depict people...
February 18, 2013 http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2013/201302-e/130213-02e.html http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=9728 SimplyInfo » The Latest » Analysis: Unit 3 Mast In Pool Inspection Analysis: Unit 3 Mast In Pool Inspection TEPCO released a new video and...
December 23, 2013 Robots compete at U.S. trials to work at sites like Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201312230001 REUTERS HOMESTEAD, Florida--As a squat, red-and-black robot nicknamed CHIMP gingerly pushed open a...
February 26, 2013 School in evacuated town in Fukushima has no new first grade students http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130226p2a00m0na016000c.html Four second-graders that remained in Namie Elementary School study in a large classroom...
February 26, 2014 http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/26/navy-knew-fukushima-contaminated-uss-reagan/ Documents Say Navy Knew Fukushima Dangerously Contaminated the USS Reagan Harvey Wasserman | February 26, 2014 12:05 am | A stunning new report indicates the...
November 21, 2012 Anti-nuclear power advocates aim for Diet majority http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20121121_38.html Politicians advocating an end to nuclear power generation in Japan have agreed to join forces to aim for a combined majority in the...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ 'Shadow units' (1): Secret rescue mission at the Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303040001 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Editor's note: This is the first part of a new series that has run in the past under...
November 26, 2012 Rice planting to resume in Fukushima Prefecture http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T121125003077.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun The town government of Hirono and the village government of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture have decided to resume...
November 27, 2012 Voters' choice: Fukushima town crowd disappointed by Hashimoto's weak anti-nuclear stance Toru Hashimoto gives an outdoor talk in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 27. (Mainichi) 拡大写真 http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121127p2a00m0na009000c.html...
Trying to get things done in the wake of 3/11 by C.W. Nicol http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/03/environment/trying-to-get-things-done-in-the-wake-of-311/#.UTMNFDf1tEs Two years have passed since the magnitude-9 Great East Japan Earthquake of March...
February 16, 2013 TEPCO releases video of vital Fukushima plant equipment, denies quake damage TEPCO employees examine the area around an emergency isolation condenser, back, in this still image from video taken Nov. 30, 2012 inside the Fukushima No....
http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/ Support the evacuation of Japanese children and accountability for their radiation contamination November 29, 2012 The World Network for Saving Children from Radiation is circulating two urgent petitions for...
November 30, 2012 Poll platform revised to pursue new Constitution Nippon Ishin qualifies nuclear phaseout goal http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121130a1.html By NATSUKO FUKUE Staff writer Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), the "third...
December 2, 2012 Party leaders butt heads over N-power vision / Discussions draw out key differences in campaign pledges over future of nuclear energy dependence Hiroshi Yumoto and Osamu Kawakami / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T121201003190.htm...
February 22, 2014 TEPCO investigating possible human errors http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140222_15.html Tokyo Electric Power Company has yet to determine the cause of a recent leak of radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...
February 25, 2014 Health risk or not? Cesium levels high in hundreds of Fukushima reservoirs http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201402250071 February 25, 2014 By SHINICHI FUJIWARA/ Staff Writer FUKUSHIMA--Very high levels of accumulated...
December 4, 2012 TEPCO considers net in nuke plant port to prevent irradiated fish from heading seaward http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201212040094 By MASAKAZU HONDA/ Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co. may string nets across...
March 2, 2013 Flexible robot snakes its way where humans cannot go http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201303020011 By SHINGO FUKUSHIMA/ Staff Writer NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Developers have unveiled a snake-like robot that they say...
March 4, 2013 Study: Higher radiation risk found at one evacuation route used after nuclear disaster http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303040085 By YURI OIWA/ Staff Writer Of the many routes taken by evacuees in the aftermath of...
