Tag Archives: Tokyo

Utility Reform Eluding Japan After Nuclear Plant Disaster via The New York Times

Posted on 2011/11/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By NORIMITSU ONISHI and MARTIN FACKLER Published: November 17, 2011 TOKYO — In a direct act of rebellion against Tokyo Electric Power Company, which owns the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the local government in Tokyo is moving swiftly to build … Continue reading →

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Radiation Near Tokyo Tied to Rain After Disaster via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2011/10/24 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

TOKYO—After the discovery of the most radioactive “hot spot” so far outside Fukushima prefecture, officials of Kashiwa, a bedroom community just north of Tokyo, began combing through roadside gutters and playgrounds Monday to find and clean up tainted spots. Officials … Continue reading →

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Citizens’ Testing Finds 20 Hot Spots Around Tokyo via The New York Times

Posted on 2011/10/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By HIROKO TABUCHI Published: October 14, 2011 TOKYO — Takeo Hayashida signed on with a citizens’ group to test for radiation near his son’s baseball field in Tokyo after government officials told him they had no plans to check for … Continue reading →

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Tokyo under illusion that things are normal while Fukushima remains a war zone via The Mainichi Daily News

Posted on 2011/10/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

We are well into autumn. And despite the growing sense in the Tokyo metropolitan area that things are now all right — with train services back to pre-disaster schedules and the regret we once felt over our wasteful consumption of … Continue reading →

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Okutama cesium level seen spiking via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/10/09 by norma field

An aerial radiation survey of the capital and Kanagawa Prefecture has revealed the northwest tip of Tokyo was tainted by an unusually high amount of fallout, while most other areas showed normal levels, a science ministry official said Friday. The … Continue reading →

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Tokyo guarantees debris plan is safe via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/10/07 by norma field

A plan to help rebuild the Tohoku region has sparked controversy in Tokyo after the metropolitan government said Sept. 28 it would burn and store debris and other waste from Miyagi and Iwate prefectures that could be tainted with radiation … Continue reading →

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