Fukushima nuclear disaster
May 10, 2013
Chaos reigned during the early phase of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and people who fled the area have no idea how much radiation they were exposed to before the evacuation. ...
May 02, 2013
Japan's nuclear watchdog said it will seek to address unanswered questions about the Fukushima nuclear disaster in a report to be submitted to the Vienna-based International...
April 30, 2013
As concern over nuclear accidents and radiation lessens, people have begun to go so far as to talk about restarting idle reactors.
April 27, 2013
Philosopher Shunsuke Tsurumi once wrote: "Having been told of the nation's defeat in World War II during the summer holiday of 1945, the hearts of schoolteachers were heavy as...
April 25, 2013
FUKUSHIMA--Officials are still struggling to dispose of some 17,000 tons of contaminated rice produced in Fukushima Prefecture after the nuclear disaster there two years ago.
March 15, 2013
A handful of evacuees from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant crisis gathered on March 14 in Tokyo and called on the central government to do more to help children and...
March 14, 2013
An inquiry by Tokyo Electric Power Co. into allegations the utility misled Diet investigators and thereby thwarted an inspection of a particular building at the Fukushima No. 1 ...
March 13, 2013
TAIPEI--Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is taking heat from opposition parties and environmentalists by repeatedly justifying his administration's commitment to nuclear energy ...
March 11, 2013
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of northeastern Japan.
March 11, 2013
During my visit to Fukushima last month, the city, on the surface, seems to have picked itself up and dusted itself off. The strength and stoic nature of the Japanese seemed...
March 09, 2013
Work to clear radioactive fallout in Fukushima Prefecture is so far behind schedule that government deadlines could be missed and evacuees may have to wait longer to return...
March 09, 2013
More than 40 percent of children from Fukushima Prefecture tested for thyroid abnormalities, such as small cysts or lumps, but that rate is not troubling because it roughly...
March 08, 2013
As the crisis started to unfold at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, tech-savvy individuals on both sides of the Pacific banded together to help fill the void of information...
March 08, 2013
Although studies have shown that most local residents were likely not exposed to cancer-causing doses of radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the great fear...
March 07, 2013
FUKUSHIMA--For a problem caused by such advanced technology, the solution sounds decidedly low-tech.
March 07, 2013
Two years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan and triggered the unprecedented nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...
March 05, 2013
Sixty percent of Fukushima Prefecture residents said it will take more than 20 years to recoup the lifestyles they lost when the prefecture was hit by the triple disaster of...
December 17, 2012
The decisive victory in the Dec. 16 Lower House election for the Liberal Democratic Party places its leader, Shinzo Abe, 58, on the road back to becoming prime minister, five...
December 17, 2012
The International Atomic Energy Agency will establish a base in Fukushima Prefecture to provide training and stock radiation counters and protective equipment for possible...
December 14, 2012
The operator of a Japanese nuclear power plant that blew up after a tsunami last year said on Dec. 14 its lack of safety and bad habits were behind the world's worst nuclear...