Iitate
April 10, 2013
Editor's note: This is the 17th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to the ...
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...
February 19, 2013
An upcoming documentary film depicts the ongoing burden for evacuees from a village situated close to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
November 19, 2012
FUKUSHIMA--A Fukushima resident living well outside the no-entry zone set up after last year's nuclear disaster was exposed to an unusually high level of radiation in the first ...
October 21, 2012
At a converted electronic components factory in Fukushima, capital of Fukushima Prefecture, a wall is filled with messages from across the country to encourage students who are ...
July 17, 2012
New zones for a largely deserted village near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant took effect on July 17, the first step in allowing residents to start returning...
April 30, 2012
The vats of the only unrefined sake maker from Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, are bubbling again, despite a forced evacuation following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
March 01, 2012
IITATE, Fukushima Prefecture--A delegation from Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, could forget about their troubles and smile as they attended the opening ceremony for a junior...
December 17, 2011
The local government in Iitate, a village in Fukushima Prefecture where high radiation levels forced all residents to evacuate, announced its reconstruction plan on Dec. 16.
October 27, 2011
IITATE, Fukushima Prefecture--Government researchers on Oct. 26 tested an experimental technique to decontaminate farmland soil by roasting it at 800 degrees at a waste...
October 06, 2011
IITATE, Fukushima Prefecture -- Autumn is normally harvest time for folks in this village, located in a major rice-producing region. But this is not a normal year and things...
June 09, 2011
Low levels of radioactive strontium have been detected in soil at 11 locations in Fukushima Prefecture, the government announced June 8.
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 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 08, 2011
A study of soil samples has revealed that as much as 400 times the normal levels of radiation could remain in communities beyond a 30-kilometer radius from the Fukushima No. 1...
March 24, 2011
NEW YORK--Radiation levels are high in areas extending about 30 kilometers northwest of the quake-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, according to aerial and...
March 21, 2011
Evacuees forced out of their homes by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have begun a fresh exodus to escape the threat of radioactive fallout from the crippled Fukushima No....
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