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NUCLEAR DISASTER

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 13, 2019
Nuclear wasteland selfies draw ire as tourists flock to Chernobyl after hit HBO series
A spate of selfie-taking tourists at Chernobyl — one wearing little more than her underwear — in the wake of a hit TV series on the world's worst nuclear disaster has sparked anger, with the show's author urging more respect for the dead.
JAPAN / Society
May 13, 2017
In Fukushima, a land where few return
The evacuation orders for most of the village of Iitate have been lifted. But where are the people?
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2016
A caution on nuclear restarts
The government should heed the Otsu District Court's call to develop standards for plans to evacuate residents in the event of nuclear accidents.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2015
China's 'insane' gamble on nuclear power
If tech-savvy Japan couldn't avoid a nuclear disaster, what hope for a nation known for lax safety and graft?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Oct 3, 2015
Who's responsible for the Fukushima disaster?
The International Atomic Energy Agency released its comprehensive — but mostly ignored — final report on Fukushima on Aug. 30.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Oct 19, 2014
Former Fukushima teacher blogs to inspire students while fighting off cancer
The former vice principal of a junior high school in Fukushima Prefecture has been encouraging his former students by blogging while undergoing 11 years of treatment for cancer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014
After leaks, government to release interviews with deceased Fukushima plant boss
After months of leaks, criticism and controversy, the government says it will release most of the transcribed testimony of the late Masao Yoshida, who dealt with the 2011 triple meltdown crisis as head of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jun 15, 2014
Fukushima hotline gets record calls
A suicide-prevention hotline in Fukushima Prefecture received a record 18,194 calls in 2013, signaling that scars from the events of March 2011 still weigh heavily on residents' minds.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2014
Hyogo blocks release of nuke crisis study data
Hyogo officials are blocking the release of data from a simulation run last year predicting what would happen to surrounding prefectures in the event of a meltdown crisis at one of Fukui Prefecture's four atomic plants.
EDITORIALS
Apr 9, 2014
Hakodate's valid nuclear concern
The government and power companies should not dismiss the concerns of muncipalities that could be impacted by nuclear accidents but have no say in their operations.
EDITORIALS
Jul 13, 2013
Iodine tablets no prevention
To require local governments to keep enough potassium iodide pills on hand in the event of another nuclear disaster could give people a false sense of security.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2013
Responding to Fukushima's challenges
Japan's nuclear industry, regulators and government must explain why no well-defined radioactive waste-management system has been established.

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