3.11, one year on: radiation
Many earthquake refugees are actually able to go back to their hometowns, but the fears of invisible dangers linger.
- The levels of radiation changed immediately after the quake and tsunami hit the Fukushima nuclear plant.
- Frustrated with the government and not trusting the official data, a group of Japanese has started to crowdsource and map data on radiation:
Making the invisible visible: measuring radiation in Japan | Asia | DW.DE | 08.03.2012Many Japanese are worried about so-called hot spots, radioactive patches located in otherwise uncontaminated areas. Distrustful of offici...Radiation keeping fugitives away from home
Tohoku fears nuke crisis evacuees gone for good | The Japan Times OnlineKAWAUCHI, Fukushima Pref. - During a visit in late February to Shidamyo, less than 30 km from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a few el...Radiation in the farmland
With Radiation, Doubt Grows In Fukushima Farms : NPRThe mountain village of Kawauchi lies partly inside the area deemed unsafe because of high levels of radiation in Japan's Fukushima prefe...
Data just presented here at Koriyama symposium: 81,000 hectares of #Japan farmland contaminated at levels of 5,000 Bq+. #Fukushima
March 11, One Year On: Against the Odds, A Fukushima RestaurantIn 2009, Kenji Suzuki came up with a plan to open new restaurant in Tokyo's ultra-competitive dining market by mid-2011. It was to have a...Radiation, pollution and fears overseas
Contaminated water may still be leaking into Pacific | The Japan Times OnlineA group of researchers has reported that radiation-contaminated water could still be leaking into the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 power ...
Radiation from Fukushima detected 400 miles off Japanese coastBy BRIAN SKOLOFF, MALCOLM RITTER updated 2/21/2012 6:12:44 PM ET 2012-02-21T23:12:44 SALT LAKE CITY - Radioactive contamination from the ...
Japanese tsunami debris 'to reach Hawaii in next few days' - TelegraphThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated the first bits of tsunami debris will make landfall soon on small atolls no...
Fukushima radiation measured in Ireland - The Irish Times - Fri, Mar 09, 2012The Irish Times - Friday, March 9, 2012 RADIOACTIVITY FROM the Fukushima nuclear reactor accident in Japan reached Ireland in the weeks a...The shift away from nuclear power
Nuke opponents warn of more Fukushimas | The Japan Times OnlineOSAKA - The government's plan to allow nuclear reactors to operate as long as 60 years has shocked antinuclear experts and activists, who...
Actor in the spotlight of Japan's antinuke movement | The Japan Times OnlineYou said on Twitter that your income fell to one-tenth of what it had been before you spoke out. Actually, to less than a tenth (laughs)....- When will the Japanese media stop avoiding antinuke sentiment? | The Japan Times OnlineOn Dec. 15, freelance journalist Tomohiko Suzuki held a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan about his new book, ...
Living cautiously
Irradiated food poses moral dilemmas | The Japan Times OnlineMail-order food-delivery companies and cooperatives have long been among the leading campaigners for - and custodians of - food safety in...
Calm at J. Village belies the danger | The Japan Times OnlineTokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday for the first time let reporters into the base camp for thousands of workers striving every day to fix...
