information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
March 13, 2015 EDITORIAL: Tsunami-hit areas need business ideas more than aid http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201503130029 Nobuaki Sasaki is looking for companies that can provide business-based support to help rebuild his disaster-hit...
Retired town officials work on road maintenance in nuclear no-go zone A worker of the Okuma Municipal Government branch office feeds a group of swans at Kumagawa River that flows through Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. (Mainichi) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150314p2a00m0na006000c.html...
March 18, 2015 More reactors to be decommissioned for a total of 5 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201503180040 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Two more aging nuclear reactors are to be decommissioned in addition to three that utilities said had...
March 20, 2015 TEPCO believes nearly all nuclear fuel melted in Fukushima reactor http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201503200050 By TSUYOSHI NAGANO/ Staff Writer Tokyo Electric Power Co. said almost all the nuclear fuel in the No....
March 25, 2015 Tainted soil moved to intermediate storage site http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150325_37.html Mar. 25, 2015 - Updated 12:31 UTC+1 Workers have begun transferring radioactive waste to an intermediate storage facility in the...
March 27, 2015 City challenges Kyushu Electric, sets up company to sell power to households http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201503270005 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN MIYAMA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Miyama has become the first local government...
March 28, 2015 Technology that gives peek inside wrecked Fukushima reactors faces challenges http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/28/national/technology-that-gives-peek-inside-wrecked-fukushima-reactors-faces-challenges/#.VRcf3-F1Cos Muon drift tubes...
April 1, 2015 Fukushima residents suing government for lifting evacuation advisories http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201504010062 By MASAKAZU HONDA/ Staff Writer MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Hundreds of residents here plan...
April 4, 2015 Fukushima couple take sentimental journey before their home vanishes http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201504040047 By YOSHITAKA ITO/ Staff Writer OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Standing head to toe in protective gear,...
April 13, 2015 Fish from 3/11 found alive in Japanese boat spotted off Oregon http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/13/national/fish-311-found-alive-japanese-boat-spotted-oregon/#.VSvO3pPwlLM JIJI LOS ANGELES – Fish have been found alive in the wreck...
April 13, 2015 TEPCO releases reactor footage captured by robot Apr. 13, 2015 - Updated 13:38 UTC+2 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150413_33.html The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has released interior footage...
April 14, 2015 Evacuee from Fukushima town wants nuclear signboard kept in hometown Yuji Onuma video records blooming cherry trees in his hometown of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 13, 2015. (Mainichi) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150414p2a00m0na011000c.html...
June 14, 2015 Govt. panel proposes restoring nuclear waste sites http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150414_18.html Apr. 14, 2015 - Updated 04:53 UTC+2 A government panel says radioactive soil and waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
April 15, 2015 2nd robotic survey begins inside damaged reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150415_30.html Apr. 15, 2015 - Updated 10:56 UTC+2 The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has begun operating a new robotic...
April 17, 2015 Japan’s largest solar-powered plant in Rokkasho set for July start http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/AJ201504170039 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN ROKKASHO, Aomori Prefecture--Japan’s biggest solar power plant is scheduled to start a trial run in...
April 19, 2015 TEPCO releases video from second robot probe at Fukushima reactor http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201504190026 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Rust or peeling paint on a steel floor was visible in video footage taken by the second...
April 24, 2015 Likely radiation source found in Tokyo park http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150424_42.html Apr. 24, 2015 - Updated 11:51 UTC+2 Officials from Tokyo's Toshima Ward have found the possible source of high levels of radiation...
Legal fallout Court cases frustrate efforts to restart Japan’s nuclear plants http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21649557-court-cases-frustrate-efforts-restart-japans-nuclear-plants-legal-fallout THE world’s biggest nuclear power plant runs along nearly...
April 26, 2015 A-bomb survivor on what may be his last quest to seek nuke weapons ban http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201504260018 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN NAGASAKI--Despite his frail condition, 86-year-old atomic bomb survivor Sumiteru...
April 27, 2015 Foreign minister to call for world leaders to visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki at U.N. conference http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201504270053 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan plans to call for nations with atomic weapons to ensure...
April 30, 2015 Moving Enola Gay pilot’s log copy fetches $50,000 at N.Y. auction http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/30/world/moving-enola-gay-pilots-log-copy-fetches-50000-n-y-auction/#.VUHO7JPwmos AFP-JIJI NEW YORK – A copy of a deeply moving pilot’s...
May 3, 2015 Lawson to offer long-term jobs to Fukushima evacuees nationwide http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201505030022 By NORIYOSHI OTSUKI/ Senior Staff Writer Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. will be hiring evacuees...
May 4, 2015 Choir of A-bomb survivors gets standing ovation at concert in New York http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201505040061 By SHOHEI OKADA/ Staff Writer NEW YORK--A choir comprised of Nagasaki's hibakusha atomic bomb survivors...
May 7, 2015 Fukushima evacuee aims to repay kindness with garden full of sakura http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201505070061 By YUKIKO SEINO/ Staff Writer IITATE, Fukushima Prefecture--Kinichi Okubo dreams of the day the garden around...
May 7, 2015 Proponents, foes of nuclear energy content with preaching to the converted http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201505070071 By SATOSHI OTANI/ Staff Writer A lecturer at a meeting in Osaka touted the improved safety of nuclear...
