Fukushima nuclear crisis
February 06, 2013
Editor's note: This is the fifth part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the different responses...
February 05, 2013
A government-backed fund set up to help compensate victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will review Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s business rehabilitation plan because of...
February 05, 2013
Fukushima nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Feb. 4 received approval to tap the Japanese government for $7.5 billion more funds to compensate those harmed by...
February 04, 2013
Editor's note: This is the fourth part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the differences between Japan ...
February 02, 2013
A senior official of the Nuclear Regulation Authority secretariat was removed for leaking a draft report by an expert panel on seismic activity at the site of the Tsuruga...
February 02, 2013
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has released a barrage of images, many taken by workers themselves, showing chaos at the site as three reactors were going...
February 01, 2013
Editor's note: This is the third part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the differences between Japan...
February 01, 2013
Police are trying to prevent gangsters from profiting on the many rebuilding projects in the Tohoku region, but the huge demand for workers is making it difficult to keep...
January 31, 2013
Criminal organizations are cashing in on the disaster that shook Japan nearly two years ago by sinking their claws into all aspects of recovery operations to skim off handsome...
January 31, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Jan. 30 it may introduce mandatory background checks for workers at nuclear power plants as a way to prevent terrorist attacks.
January 30, 2013
Editor's note: This is the second part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the differences between Japan ...
January 29, 2013
A Nuclear Regulation Authority panel of experts has endorsed a draft report declaring that a geological fault line running directly beneath a reactor building at the Tsuruga...
January 29, 2013
The nuclear industry watchdog is pitching new safety standards on earthquake and tsunami preparedness, which could substantially delay restarts of some idled nuclear plants.
January 28, 2013
Editor's note: This is the first part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the differences between Japan...
January 25, 2013
Heavier seasonal snowfall than usual is disrupting cleanup and decontamination efforts around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, forcing some subcontractors to...
January 24, 2013
Confusion spread, tempers flared and disaster loomed at two reactors of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, nearly two weeks after the crisis started in March 2011, footage of...
January 23, 2013
To clarify a loosely defined government "guideline," the nuclear industry watchdog decided on Jan. 22 it will expressly prohibit reactor buildings and other key safety-related...
January 22, 2013
Japan's nuclear industry watchdog plans to apply stricter evacuation standards than the international norm for cases in which residents at risk from a nuclear accident need to...
January 21, 2013
Two industry ministry officials who played a central role in Japan’s nuclear policy at the time of the Fukushima disaster went on to land senior positions at major financial...
January 19, 2013
Nearly half of the 242 companies involved in decontamination work in Fukushima Prefecture were found to have violated labor laws in 219 instances, the labor ministry said Jan....