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BIKINI ATOLL

“Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again” fully articulates the intentions behind the creation of Japan’s most infamous "kaijū" (monster) before Toho Studios releases the newest chapter in the “Godzilla” saga.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 29, 2023
‘Godzilla’ novellas expand on infamous monster’s origins
Shigeru Kayama’s entertaining and informative stories delve deep into the underlying pacifist beliefs of the entire “Godzilla” franchise.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2022
Marshall Islands grapple with consequences of superpowers' actions
Lingering damage from nuclear weapons testing and the growing threat from climate change are the two main problems facing the Pacific island nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2021
Japanese fisherman exposed to 1954 U.S. nuclear test dies of pneumonia at 87
Matashichi Oishi was among the fishermen exposed to nuclear fallout when the United States conducted its largest-ever nuclear weapons test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1954.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2019
Shikoku court rejects fishermen's appeal over 1954 hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll
The Takamatsu High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a claim by former tuna fishermen and bereaved relatives for state compensation over the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2017
ICAN Nobel Peace Prize resonates in radiation-hit Marshall Islands
The awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is resonating in the Marshall Islands, boosting hopes there will be no repeat of its exposure to radiation from nearly 70 U.S. nuclear tests from 1946 to 1958.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2016
Aging H-bomb victim petitioning for memorial at Tsukiji
A fisherman who suffered radiation sickness after a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean is campaigning for a monument to the danger of fallout from nuclear tests.
JAPAN
May 12, 2016
Survivor hopes Obama to reflect on 1954 H-bomb test in Hiroshima visit
A Japanese survivor of a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific said Thursday he hopes U.S. President Barack Obama will reflect on the consequences of the test among other issues when he visits Hiroshima later this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2016
Former fishermen sue state for hiding Bikini atoll H-bomb fallout records
Former fishermen caught up in the U.S. H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll back in 1954 sue the government for hiding data on their exposure for decades.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2016
Long kept in dark, Japan fishermen, kin to sue Tokyo for 1954 U.S. H-bomb test redress
Former Japanese fishermen plan to seek compensation from the Japanese government for keeping undisclosed for decades records of their radiation exposure linked to a series of U.S. hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2016
Pacific nuclear tests should serve as lesson in aftermath of Fukushima disaster
As Japan inches toward recovery from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear calamity, critics say the government should heed lessons from an incident in the Pacific 62 years ago that also affected Japanese fishermen operating in the area.
EDITORIALS
Mar 8, 2014
Sixty years since Bikini's sacrifice
It has been 60 years since the U.S. tested a hydrogen bomb — a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima — in the Bikini Atoll, destroying an island and exposing thousands of people to deadly radiation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2014
Students seek out Bikini, Fukushima parallels
Sixty years have passed since the U.S. detonated a hydrogen bomb in a test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1954, but for one former resident of a town near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the hardships the islanders faced are all too easy to imagine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2014
1954 radiation survivor continues anti-nuke fight
An 80-year-old former crew member of a tuna boat exposed to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test 60 years ago has vowed to continue a personal crusade against nuclear energy for the rest of his life despite suffering a series of illnesses, including liver cancer.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 8, 2014
Blast from the past: Lucky Dragon 60 years on
Sixty years ago, on March 1, 1954, a Japanese fishing boat named Lucky Dragon No. 5 was doused by radioactive fallout from a U.S. hydrogen-bomb test, codenamed Castle Bravo, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Although the bomb was over 1,000 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, Bravo was just one of 67 nuclear tests the U.S. conducted in that part of the North Pacific between 1946-58, rendering some atolls uninhabitable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 10, 2012
The Marshall Islands: Tropical idylls scarred like Tohoku
With all its American, European and Asian cultural influences, it's easy to forget that Japan is also an island nation in the Pacific.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
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