radiation contamination
November 13, 2012
Persistently high radioactivity in some fish caught close to the Fukushima nuclear plant has sparked a government investigation into the physiological basis for contamination...
July 28, 2012
The science ministry admitted it was partly responsible for not releasing accurate data on the spread of radiation to evacuees fleeing from the Fukushima disaster, but argued...
May 28, 2012
OSAKA--Police arrested the former manager of a meat shop in Osaka's Konohana Ward on May 28 on suspicion of falsely labeling Fukushima Prefecture beef as coming from Kagoshima...
December 13, 2011
FUKUSHIMA--A member of the public living near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was exposed to more than 14 times the government’s safe annual limit of...
November 26, 2011
Rice grown on five additional farms in the Onami district of Fukushima city contained levels of radioactive cesium exceeding government standards, Fukushima prefectural...
November 24, 2011
In southern Belarus along the border with the Ukraine stretches the Polessie State Radiation and Ecological Reserve, a foreboding name sure to keep the poachers and public out.
November 02, 2011
Struggling to clean up playgrounds contaminated with radiation, kindergartens in Fukushima Prefecture have seen applications and enrollment plummet following the accident at...
October 18, 2011
Farmers in eight prefectures are stuck with about 7,200 tons of rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium, the farm ministry said Oct. 17, as local governments struggle...
August 06, 2011
A government panel considering guidelines for compensation payments for those affected by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant agreed that expanding these...
August 03, 2011
The government will expand airborne radiation measurements to cover all regions of eastern Japan to provide a more precise picture of "hot spots" of elevated radiation levels...
April 23, 2011
Fear of radiation poisoning from Japanese products is forcing exporters to conduct extensive radiation tests on products being shipped overseas.
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