Fukushima

In Japan: Running Out Of Places To Put Radioactive Water

Mark Memmott — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:16:00 +0000

Adding to reporting from NPR, The Associated Press and other news outlets, The New York Times writes Tuesday that:

"Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world's second worst nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive wastewater that workers are struggling to cont

Depression And Anxiety Could Be Fukushima's Lasting Legacy

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:40:00 +0000

Two years ago today, an earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Hundreds of thousands of people living near the plant were forced to flee. The World Health Organization recently predicted a very small rise in cancer risk from radioactive material that was released. For the nuclear refugees, though, anxiety and depression could be the more persistent hazard. Correspondent Geoff Brumfiel traveled to Fukushima prefecture and met victims of the accident to see how they are coping.

Japan's Conservative LDP Returns To Power

Frank Langfitt — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:28:00 +0000
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party won resoundingly in parliamentary elections Sunday that both Washington and Beijing were watching carefully. The conservative LDP's hawkish leader, Shinzo Abe, will become Japan's prime minister for the second time and has pledged to take a harder line on China.
Speaking on Japanese TV, Abe had a message for Japan's most important ally, America, and another for Japan's biggest rival — China.
"First, we should restore the Japan-United States alliance, a trusting alliance — that's the first step.

Japanese Utility Admits For First Time That Nuclear Disaster Was Avoidable

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:33:00 +0000
In a dramatic reversal, Tokyo Electric Power Co. admitted for the first time that if it had fixed known safety issues, Japan's nuclear disaster following the March 2011 tsunami could have been avoided.
The Associated Press says the utility company made the admission in a statement released Friday.

After Death Of Nuke Protester In Japan, A New Stigma

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:24:00 +0000
Transcript
LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:
The 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident did not just turn the Japanese against nuclear energy, virtually overnight it has legitimized the act of public protest in a country where few people have been willing to take political issues to the streets. Lucy Craft reports from Tokyo.
LUCY CRAFT, BYLINE: Nagatacho is Tokyo's Capitol Hill, home to parliament and the prime minister. It's a part of town few Japanese ever set foot in.