Fukushima Prefecture
May 11, 2011
Makoto Hatakeyama peered into the water near the wharf in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, and saw 2-centimeter-long gobies. That was on April 8, and it was the first time he had...
May 06, 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said May 6 that the government has asked Chubu Electric Power Co. to halt all reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture until...
May 02, 2011
Highly radioactive cesium was detected in sewage sludge and molten slag--a sandy substance created by incinerating sewage sludge--at sewage treatment facilities in Koriyama,...
May 02, 2011
Concerns over consumption of milk and meat contaminated with radioactivity have prompted the farm ministry to plan a zone where cattle and dairy cows will be prohibited from...
April 30, 2011
Weeks after fleeing from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Minoru Yoshida received a call from his employer offering to extend his contract.
April 29, 2011
A Tokyo baker, moved by the unfolding disaster in northern Japan, is hiring people who lost their jobs in the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami or accident at the Fukushima...
April 28, 2011
A government panel will call for broad compensation to farmers and fishermen for damages to their harvests caused by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
April 27, 2011
The science ministry's updated map of expected levels of accumulated radiation in Fukushima Prefecture showed slightly fewer areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power...
April 26, 2011
Logs swept up by the March 11 tsunami remain skewered in toppled homes in the Nakano district of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. Crushed cars and furniture lie embedded in the...
April 25, 2011
KAWAMATA, Fukushima Prefecture--Twelve manga artists gave residents and evacuees near the crippled nuclear power plant something to smile about over the weekend.
April 23, 2011
The level of radioactivity from contaminated water that leaked into the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is close to the highest levels ever recorded.
April 22, 2011
NEW YORK--A mayor whose online plea spotlighted the plight of his city's residents in the early days of Japan's nuclear crisis and a doctor who worked through the March 11...
April 21, 2011
After the Great East Japan Earthquake rattled Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 11, cracks were found on local roadways. But one of Japan's national treasures was spared.
April 21, 2011
A week after the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, I flew over the Tohoku region. Looking down at the devastated area with a stunned eye, scenes of horror of another "11"...
April 20, 2011
KAZO, Saitama Prefecture--With the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant expected to linger for another six to nine months, officials at nearby Futaba are worried...
April 16, 2011
Construction of temporary housing in earthquake- and tsunami-stricken areas is going slowly, with only 276 units built as of Saturday, far short of the needed 72,000 units.
April 14, 2011
A team at Fukushima University has drawn up a radiation dispersion map for the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by measuring airborne radiation levels at about 370...
April 12, 2011
Japan raised the severity rating of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on April 12 to the same level as the Chernobyl disaster, weeks after it was criticized ...
April 12, 2011
A month has passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, leaving more than 13,000 people dead and nearly 14,000 missing. In disaster-hit regions and across Japan,...
April 11, 2011
SHIRAKAWA, Fukushima Prefecture--When she felt the earth shake, Gemma Juanay was chatting in her not-so-perfect Japanese with residents at the Komineen home for the elderly.