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Japan’s Olympic minister resigns over Fukushima gaffe via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/04/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yoshitaka Sakurada suggested a politician in area affected by 2011 triple disaster was more important than reconstruction Japan’s Olympic minister resigned Wednesday after making remarks deemed offensive to the people affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a gaffe that … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the Tokyo Olympics via the Asia-Pacific Journal

Posted on 2019/03/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Koide HiroakiNorma Field, Translation, Introduction and NotesMarch 1, 2019Volume 17 | Issue 5 | Number 3 Introduction: “No One Who Is Alive Today …”An introduction to “The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the Tokyo Olympics”   […] It stands to reason that Koide … Continue reading →

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In the shadow of a disaster, Fukushima responds with ‘play ball’ via The Independent

Posted on 2018/01/08 by nfield

After the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster devastated Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, sports have provided a lifeline for the area. But is it ready – and is it safe – to host Olympic events? […] The disaster also damaged the Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Cover Up　via CounterPunch

Posted on 2016/11/01 by norma field

Robert Hunziker It is literally impossible for the world community to get a clear understanding of, and truth about, the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This statement is based upon The Feature article in Columbia Journalism Review (“CJR”) d/d October 25, 2016 … Continue reading →

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Fukushima could host 2020 events via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/09/04 by norma field

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are working toward staging a baseball and softball game in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck Fukushima Prefecture, a source close to the matter said Friday. Baseball and softball were among the five sports … Continue reading →

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Time has come for an “honorable retreat” from Tokyo 2020 over Fukushima via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/11/05 by norma field

Dear Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo, Let me begin this message by offering you my sincerest condolences. Condolences for what? For the death of the belief that a trouble-free 2020 Tokyo Olympics would serve to showcase Japan’s economic revival. Up to … Continue reading →

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4 Years After Fukushima Nuclear Calamity, Japanese Divided on Whether to Return via The New York Times

Posted on 2015/08/08 by norma field

IITATE, Japan — For four years, an eerie quiet has pervaded the clusters of farmhouses and terraced rice paddies of this mountainous village, emptied of people after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 25 miles away, spewed … Continue reading →

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Outcome of battle against radioactive water at Fukushima plant in doubt via The Mainichi

Posted on 2014/05/19 by norma field

We are facing a problem so large it’s impossible to see all its dimensions. Eventually, we’ll be able to grasp what’s happening, but for now, no. The radioactively contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is but one, … Continue reading →

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Facility on edge of 20-km nuclear exclusion zone to become Olympic training center via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/05/13 by norma field

May 13, 2014 The government intends to turn a national soccer training center located just 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into a practice facility for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, sports minister … Continue reading →

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First high school to close in Fukushima region due to nuclear meltdown via PBC

Posted on 2013/12/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Shoei High School will be the first school in the Fukushima Prefecture to permanently close at the end of March 2014. The high school is around 13.67 miles outside of the nuclear plant. Shoei, a private school in Minamisoma, Fukushima, … Continue reading →

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