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Fukushima Watch: Long-Running Foodie Manga Touches Nerve via The Wall Street Journal Japan

Posted on 2014/05/10 by norma field

While Japanese manga aimed at adults are notorious for often having dark, troubling subject matter, a more prosaic food-themed manga has stirred up quite a bit of controversy after one of its main characters was sickened following a visit to … Continue reading →

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Fukushima towns seek to protect historic sites ahead of hosting waste facilities via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/04/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture–A sixth-century stone tower and a Shinto shrine are among local cultural assets the town of Okuma wants to protect ahead of a central government plan to construct temporary facilities to store radioactive waste in the vicinity. A … Continue reading →

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Ex-mayor of nuclear-reliant village voices opposition to nuclear power via Global Post

Posted on 2014/04/13 by norma field

The former mayor of a village that had a pioneering role in Japan’s nuclear development expressed his opposition Sunday to the nation continuing to look to nuclear power as an energy source. “It has been said that a local community … Continue reading →

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【movie review】Nuclear Nation via The Dissolve

Posted on 2013/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The film is mostly set in that high school, as the refugees wait and wait and wait for someone from the government or the power plants to find them new homes, or recompense them, or at least apologize. If … Continue reading →

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【movie review】The Disaster Is Over, but the Effects on a Nation Are Not via The New York Times

Posted on 2013/12/11 by norma field

“Fukushima.” The name of the nuclear power plant that was severely damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated coastal areas of northeastern Japan has become an ominous buzzword. Along with “Chernobyl,” it lurks in the backs of … Continue reading →

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Over 60% of evacuees from Fukushima towns don’t plan to return home via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/12/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

More evacuees from the two towns that co-host the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have given up hope of returning home, a government survey found Dec. 6. According to a Reconstruction Agency survey conducted in October, 67.1 percent of … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial for the Right of Children to Be Educated in a Safe Place

Posted on 2012/11/24 by norma field

Take action to help children in Fukushima whose lives are now in danger!－－＞World Citizens’ Tribunal It is a privilege to be able to lend personal support to the Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit. There is no better measure of the moral … Continue reading →

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