Tag Archives: Tokyo

Radioactive Contamination in Tokyo: A Message from Shinpei Tanno aka SugarNat, representative of Hot Spot Investigators for Truth (HIT) in Tokyo via Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

Posted on 2020/03/12 by nfield
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Testimony of a mother who evacuated from Tokyo via Fukushima 311 Voices

Posted on 2017/11/29 by nfield

[…] I am standing here to tell you that the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe is not over. I evacuated to Kansai (note2), three years after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Where do you think I evacuated from? I evacuated from … Continue reading →

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TEPCO Chief Posts Rare Message In English via Forbes

Posted on 2013/09/08 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

On Saturday, shortly after Tokyo was awarded the opportunity to host the 2020 Olympic Games, the head of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) released a rare English message addressing concerns about concerns about radiation at the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant. … Continue reading →

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Madrid ‘favoured’ for Olympic bid via Al Jazeera

Posted on 2013/09/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Spanish city set to benefit as Syria’s civil war and stricken Fukushima plant threatens Tokyo and Istanbul’s 2020 bids. Fears over radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant and fall-out from the bloody civil war in Syria are hanging over … Continue reading →

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2020 Olympics Likely To Go To Madrid: Source via The Huffington Post

Posted on 2013/09/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

NEW YORK — Just three days before the International Olympic Committee is expected to decide which city will host the Summer Games in 2020, an expert familiar with the organization told The Huffington Post Wednesday evening that it seems increasingly … Continue reading →

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Abe Says Fukushima Will Be Resolved Before 2020 Olympics via Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted on 2013/09/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he will tell the International Olympic Committee that leaks of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will pose no problem in hosting the 2020 Olympics. Abe was speaking to reporters as he … Continue reading →

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3 days ahead of vote to choose 2020 Olympic host, bid cities fend off concerns via The Washington Post

Posted on 2013/09/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Three days before the vote to choose the host of the 2020 Olympics, bid officials for Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid were forced to fend off criticism about various aspects of their bids. All three cities present … Continue reading →

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Fukushima failures threatening to derail Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics bid via The Telegraph

Posted on 2013/09/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The team behind Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics Games is scrambling to save its long and expensive campaign from falling victim to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The International Olympic Committee will announce the winner … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste in the US via Fairewinds

Posted on 2012/04/29 by norma field

While traveling in Japan several weeks ago, Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen took soil samples in Tokyo public parks, playgrounds, and rooftop gardens. All the samples would be considered nuclear waste if found here in the US. This level of contamination is … Continue reading →

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Tokyo exodus nuke report’s worst scenario via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/01/06 by norma field

Areas as far as 170 km away from the Fukushima nuclear plant faced the potential risk of being declared permanent evacuation zones, according to a worst-case scenario drawn up at the height of the crisis by the chief of the … Continue reading →

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