Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

Grandson of crew member of both B-29s that dropped A-bombs interviews survivors in Japan　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/08/06 by norma field

A twist of fate has led the grandson of the only U.S. crew member aboard both the B-29s that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to Japan to meet survivors of those horrific blasts. Ari Beser, a … Continue reading →

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Fukushima cattle producer’s beef with TEPCO, government leads to lawsuit via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/07/25 by norma field

KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture–A local cattle producer has sued Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the government to recover 500 million yen ($4 million) in losses it says it suffered as a result of the 2011 nuclear disaster. In the suit filed … Continue reading →

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Land prices rise in 10 prefectures, but overall trend is down via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/07/01 by norma field

[…]Rising prices were attributable to increasing investment in real estate, mainly by foreign investors, due to the yen’s depreciation and low interest rates under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic policies amid a gradual economic recovery. Of the country’s 47 prefectures, … Continue reading →

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TEPCO told to pay 27 million yen to family of Fukushima evacuee who killed himself via the Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/06/30 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA–Tokyo Electric Power Co. has been ordered to pay 27 million yen ($219,500) in compensation to the bereaved family of a male evacuee who committed suicide after being displaced due to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Presiding Judge Naoyuki Shiomi … Continue reading →

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Japan delays removal of fuel rods from Fukushima for 3 years via The Nuclear Power Daily

Posted on 2015/06/17 by norma field

The removal of spent uranium fuel rods from the Fukushima power plant will begin three years later compared to the originally planned date, the Japanese government said in a roadmap published on Friday. Initially, the removal was scheduled for the … Continue reading →

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TEPCO starts prep work to take cover off damaged Fukushima reactor　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/05/15 by norma field

Tokyo Electric Power Co. began preparations on May 15 to remove the cover around a damaged reactor building at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the first step in a lengthy process to extracting nuclear fuel inside it. … Continue reading →

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Taiwan tells Japan to check food labeling before involving WTO via Want China Times

Posted on 2015/05/13 by norma field

Japan should check false labeling problems that have given rise to Taiwan’s decision to impose tighter regulations on imported Japanese food before taking the case to the World Trade Organization, the head of an agency dealing with Japan said Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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Like the canary in a coalmine, birds tell real story of Fukushima via Digital Journal

Posted on 2015/05/05 by norma field

Using animals as environmental indicators is not a new idea, particularly when it involves studying the after effects of radiation. The flora and fauna in and around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster have been studied for years. Now … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Nine Years After The Chernobyl Disaster, No Solution in Sight via Portside

Posted on 2015/05/03 by norma field

April 26th marked the 29th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, the worst nuclear disaster in history. And, according to a new Greenpeace report, preventing further major releases of radioactivity into the environment seems to be a race against time. There … Continue reading →

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‘Fukushima Lessons: Any Notion That Nuclear Power Is Clean Is Obsolete’ via RTs

Posted on 2015/04/20 by norma field

The world must phase out nuclear power because it is absolutely not clean from the mining processing of uranium to the generation of high-level radioactive waste, Kevin Kamps for the radioactive waste watchdog Beyond Nuclear, said. 17 Apr 2015 – … Continue reading →

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