Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

WTO upholds South Korea ban on some Japan seafood imports over Fukushima nuclear disaster via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/04/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

GENEVA/SEOUL – The World Trade Organization on Thursday ruled in favor of a South Korean ban on imports of some Japanese fishery products introduced in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, reversing an earlier decision against the restrictions. The … Continue reading →

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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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Fukushima nuclear disaster: Abandoned town allows first residents home via BBC News

Posted on 2019/04/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Japanese town whose population fled the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster has partially reopened eight years later. Radiation levels in parts of Okuma, west of the Daiichi plant, have been deemed safe for residents to return. About 50 people … Continue reading →

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Stop Olympics In Fukushima, Stop Restarting Japan NUKES & Releasing Radiation via San Francisco Indie Bay

Posted on 2019/04/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DateThursday April 11Time3:00 PM – 4:00 PMEvent TypeProtestOrganizer/AuthorNo Nukes ActionLocation DetailsSan Francisco Japanese Consulate 275 Battery St. near California San Francisco4/11 Speak Out Now! Stop Olympics In Fukushima, Stop Restarting The Japanese NUKES & Releasing Radioactive Water-Stop Repressing Anti-War/Anti-Nuclear Activists  Thursday, April 11, 2019, … Continue reading →

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Nuclear challenge: How Japan has boosted food exports from disaster hit Fukushima – exclusive government interview via FoodNavigator-Asia

Posted on 2019/04/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japanese authorities have been engaging both tourists and foreign governments in a double-pronged strategy to promote food products produced in areas that were hardest hit by the nuclear disaster in 2011, according to a senior government official. FoodNavigator-Asia recently spoke … Continue reading →

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‘Old Men Squad’ completes patrol mission in evacuated Fukushima town via The Mainichi

Posted on 2019/04/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OKUMA, Fukushima — A group of six elderly men that patrolled this evacuated town following the 2011 nuclear disaster disbanded at the end of March ahead of the lifting of the evacuation order for some areas of the town on … Continue reading →

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Lifting of evacuation order formalized for Fukushima plant host town via Kyodo News

Posted on 2019/04/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — The government formally decided to partially lift from next Wednesday a mandatory evacuation order for residents of a town that hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, citing the lower radiation levels achieved through decontamination work. The … Continue reading →

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Fukushima contaminants found as far north as Alaska’s Bering Strait via Reuters

Posted on 2019/03/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Radioactive contamination from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists said on Wednesday. Analysis … Continue reading →

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‘Shocked’ Fukushima evacuees say Tepco ruling fails to fairly compensate them for suffering via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/03/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY MAGDALENA OSUMI A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay a total of ¥21.34 million in damages to a group of evacuees from the March 2011 nuclear disaster.But the ruling by the … Continue reading →

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Evacuation order for Fukushima plant town to be lifted on April 10 via The Mainichi

Posted on 2019/03/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) — A mandatory evacuation order for residents of a Japanese town that hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be lifted for the first time in eight years, though partially, on April 10, government officials … Continue reading →

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