Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

Trial of Tepco Executives Over Japan’s Fukushima Disaster Heads to Conclusion via U.S. News

Posted on 2019/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY AARON SHELDRICKTOKYO (Reuters) – A Tokyo court will hand down a verdict later this week on whether three Tokyo Electric Power executives are liable for the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the only criminal case to arise out of the world’s … Continue reading →

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Fukushima fishermen concerned for future over release of radioactive water via The Guardian

Posted on 2019/09/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Eight years after the triple disaster, Japan’s local industry faces fresh crisis – the dumping of radioactive water from the power plant […] Having spent the past eight years rebuilding, the Fukushima fishing fleet is now confronting yet another menace – … Continue reading →

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New environment minister says Japan should stop using nuclear power via Reuters

Posted on 2019/09/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

 Japan’s newly installed environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, wants the country to close down nuclear reactors to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011.  The comments by the son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, himself an anti-nuclear advocate, … Continue reading →

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Japan will have to dump radioactive water into Pacific as Fukushima runs out of storage tanks via The Telegraph

Posted on 2019/09/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

 Julian Ryall The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will have no choice but to release more than 1 million tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s environment minister said on Tuesday.  “The only option will be … Continue reading →

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Japan briefs diplomats on Fukushima plant’s radioactive water via Japan Today

Posted on 2019/09/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Mari YamaguchiTOKYOJapan tried to reassure foreign diplomats Wednesday about safety at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant amid concerns about massive amounts of treated but radioactive water stored in tanks. Diplomats from 22 countries and regions attended a briefing … Continue reading →

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South Korea summons Japanese diplomat over plans for Fukushima water via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/08/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SEOUL – South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the economy minister from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to discuss a reported plan to discharge waste water, contaminated due to the meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, into the … Continue reading →

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Can 2020 Summer Olympics help Fukushima rebound from nuclear disaster? via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2019/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By DAVID WHARTONSTAFF WRITER  […] Since the spring of 2011, the world has known Fukushima for the massive earthquake and tsunami that killed approximately 16,000 people along the coast. Flooding triggered a nuclear plant meltdown that forced hundreds of thousands more from their … Continue reading →

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Japan to resume effort to tackle contaminated water problem at Fukushima via USNews

Posted on 2019/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (REUTERS) – JAPAN is resuming efforts to disperse a build-up of contaminated water at Tokyo Electric Power’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant that is stalling progress on cleaning up the site, the government said on Thursday. A panel of experts will … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: an ongoing disaster via Red Flag

Posted on 2019/07/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jack Crawford15 July 2019 In March – on the eighth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster – Time magazine published an article with the headline: “Want to Stop Climate Change? Then It’s Time to Fall Back in Love with Nuclear Energy”. … Continue reading →

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Three arrested for ‘forced decontamination work’ via NHK World

Posted on 2019/06/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo police have arrested three men on suspicion of snatching a man to make him do decontamination work in Fukushima Prefecture. Jiro Yonekura and two others are accused of abducting the 24-year-old victim and confining him in March. Investigators say … Continue reading →

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