Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant
May 10, 2013
Editor's note: This is the ninth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
May 08, 2013
FUKUSHIMA—Two parking lots in the city of Fukushima were declared off-limits to the public on May 7 after high concentrations of radioactive cesium were detected in the...
May 08, 2013
After a series of blunders, miscalculations and unresolved problems, Tokyo Electric Power Co. adopted a new strategy to avoid a total collapse of its system for handling...
April 22, 2013
FUKUSHIMA—Radioactive cesium levels exceeding 100,000 becquerels per kilogram were measured in mud accumulated at the bottom of swimming pools at two high schools in and...
April 22, 2013
Japan's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant halted cooling of a spent fuel pool at the site on April 22 to remove two dead rats, the third time cooling equipment has...
April 21, 2013
Tokyo Electric Power Co. refuses to pay 10.55 billion yen ($106 million) for decontamination work around its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, saying it is under no legal ...
April 18, 2013
A U.N. nuclear watchdog team has begun inspecting Japan's crippled nuclear plant, which has been plagued with radioactive water leaks and other glitches more than two years it...
April 02, 2013
NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Kneeling among brown weeds and scattered debris, Miho Suzuki, 24, placed a bouquet of flowers on the remains of the home she shared with her...
January 09, 2013
The slipshod organization of the mammoth decontamination program around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant created an environment where cutting corners came naturally and...
January 05, 2013
On the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, 9-year-old Tetsuo Imamichi was at his home in Hiroshima looking after his two little brothers. In the skies above the city, a U.S. B-29 silently ...
January 04, 2013
To discover the extent of shoddy decontamination practices, Asahi Shimbun reporters spent 130 hours observing, photographing and interviewing workers at various locations in...
November 22, 2012
Of the many thousands of workers who have risked radiation exposure at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, only a paltry 3.7 percent are eligible for free cancer...
November 22, 2012
YOKOHAMA--A Japanese robot designed to withstand high levels of radiation and extreme heat at damaged nuclear plants such as Fukushima froze on its first public demonstration.
November 07, 2012
Fukushima nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Nov. 7 it would have to seek more government funds to tackle the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, as...
September 30, 2012
Even with newer stricter standards for radioactive materials in food, only about 1 percent of food samples tested by the central and local governments in the past six months...
September 30, 2012
Japan's industry minister said the country must give up nuclear power plants as soon as possible because they pose too much risk in one of the world's most earthquake-prone...
July 07, 2012
Anti-nuclear protesters are increasingly focusing their anger on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who decided to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant despite...
June 13, 2012
An individual living near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was exposed to the highest level of external radiation doses reported so far among residents, according to the...
June 13, 2012
A citizens group behind a drive to collect 10 million signatures to end Japan's reliance on nuclear power is three-quarters of the way to its goal.
May 22, 2012
All of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors are currently offline--for now, anyway.