Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
July 12, 2011
Before entering politics, I was involved in oil-related businesses at a trading company. Back then, the energy conditions in Japan were even more liable to be affected by...
July 12, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. will open floating barriers designed to stop radioactive water escaping into the sea near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, but expects little...
July 12, 2011
New photos show that the upper floors of the No. 2 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have emerged relatively unscathed from the disaster, although...
July 12, 2011
Beef from cows from Fukushima Prefecture contaminated with radioactive cesium was sold to restaurants and shoppers in at least five prefectures, according to Tokyo metropolitan ...
July 11, 2011
Four months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tokyo Electric Power Co. still has a long and winding road to go before bringing the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...
July 11, 2011
It will take several decades to decommission reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, where meltdowns occurred in three reactors, according to a draft plan compiled ...
July 11, 2011
FUKUSHIMA--Taeko Henmi once took care of five children at a day-care center she ran out of her home, but a 5-year-old boy nicknamed Mo-kun is now the only one.
July 11, 2011
The situation seems to have stabilized somewhat at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after four months of fears and uncertainties--and an early spewing of radioactive...
July 11, 2011
A crucial difference between the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident is the huge volume of highly radioactive water that ...
July 09, 2011
The Kan administration's frustrating inability to function amid the ongoing disaster recovery crisis is nothing short of scandalous. But what is the Diet doing about it?...
July 09, 2011
Thirty percent of loans to companies afflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake are past due, as well as 10 percent of housing loans to earthquake victims, a Financial...
July 09, 2011
The Tokyo metropolitan government on July 8 detected levels of radioactive cesium 4.6 times the national standard in meat from a cow raised in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture,...
July 08, 2011
Confusion in the government, an e-mail scandal and widespread anger have shattered the blueprint to restart nuclear reactors this summer, leading to possible power shortages...
July 08, 2011
TEPCO is facing difficulty as it prepares to inject nitrogen gas into the containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to prevent another...
July 08, 2011
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Four months after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, sections of northern Japan remain a dystopian nightmare, defaced by mountains of...
July 08, 2011
Another state minister expressed his intention to resign. If it were a school, the situation would be classroom breakdown. But in this case, it is tantamount to Cabinet...
July 07, 2011
A key system to treat highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is operating below its target, threatening to delay the year-end goal for treating all ...
July 07, 2011
SAITAMA--As evacuees from the zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant spread out, Emiko Ota became concerned that residents of her hometown of Namie, Fukushima...
July 07, 2011
The government has decided to carry out "stress tests" on all nuclear power plants in Japan to assess their safety. To be relevant and reliable now, such safety tests must be...
July 06, 2011
Lawmakers in the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party set up a task force to review the party's nuclear power policies, which many say contributed to the Fukushima No. 1...