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JAPAN
Nov 1, 2013

Lawmaker under fire for letter to Emperor

The repercussions continued Friday after independent Upper House lawmaker Taro Yamamoto the previous evening handed an apparently politically inspired letter to Emperor Akihito.
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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013

Tepco starts pumping groundwater at Fukushima No. 1

The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant faces another crisis as an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water reach the Pacific Ocean every day.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 16, 2013

Google Street Views goes inside a Fukushima school

Straying off the usual Street View path, Google does inside a school in Fukushima's no-go zone.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2013

M5.2 quake jolts Fukushima, vicinity

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.2 jolts Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity Sunday evening.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 7, 2013

The dogs of post-3/11 Fukushima; ESP for the common man; CM of the week: Tokyo Metro

The March 2011 accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant forced the relocation of hundreds of families, and since then television has made a concerted effort to keep us informed as to their situation. On Tuesday, NHK will air a special about family members who tend to get less attention: pet...
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2013

Power trouble leads to suspension of cooling operations at Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. says Monday a problem with electric power has occurred at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to the suspension of the system to cool spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 units.
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JAPAN / TOHOKU TRAPPED IN TIME
Mar 9, 2013

Water is both the savior and the bane at Fukushima No. 1

Those who were at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant two years ago probably remember their fears after towering tsunami knocked out the reactor cooling systems, triggering three core meltdowns.
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JAPAN
May 13, 2023

South Korean team to visit Japan for four days over Fukushima water

The South Korean side said it actively and sincerely engaged in the talks to realize the inspection team's prompt visit, while the Japanese side described the talks as a 'briefing session.'
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JAPAN
Apr 5, 2023

Video probe shows internal damage to Fukushima reactor

The video illustrated the daunting task ahead to decommission the plant after it was hit by a huge tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in 2011.
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JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023

Limited impact on South Korean waters from Fukushima release, study claims

The South Korean government analysis comes as the country's President Yoon Suk-yeol seeks to improve relations with Japan after years of tensions.
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JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 15, 2023

The controversial plan to release Fukushima nuclear plant's wastewater

Tepco says the water has been filtered to remove most radioactive elements, and calls the release both safe and necessary, but there has been domestic and international opposition.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2023

Japan calls on China to approach Fukushima water release in 'scientific manner'

The issue of the water release took up a substantive amount of the hourlong talks between the nations' top diplomats, but the two did not come to a clear agreement on the matter.

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