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FUKURYU MARU

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2016
Tokyo H-bomb fallout museum turns 40, keeps alive memory of Bikini Atoll test
A Tokyo museum housing a tuna boat that was coated with radioactive fallout from an American hydrogen bomb test in 1954 is fighting quietly to remind people about the horror of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2016
Only Fukuryu Maru got health-damaging dose from 1954 H-bomb tests, ministry claims
No other Japanese ship was exposed to health-damaging radiation from the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific Ocean aside from the Fukuryu Maru No. 5, which was contaminated by fallout from one of the tests at Bikini Atoll, according to a recently released health ministry study.
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.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2016
Bikini Atoll H-bomb test survivor Misaki dies at 90
Yoshio Misaki, chief fisherman of the Japanese trawler irradiated by a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Marshall Islands in 1954, died Thursday of pneumonia at a hospital in his hometown of Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, his family said Friday. He was 90.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2016
Fishing boat ex-crew members to apply for compensation over Bikini H-bomb tests
Former fishing boat crew members who developed cancer and other symptoms after sailing close to a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test site in the Bikini Atoll plan to seek workers' compensation next month, a doctor supporting them said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2016
Fukuryu Maru H-bomb victims incensed by latest North Korean blast
Three tuna fishermen who survived radioactive fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific say they despair at the world's adherence to such weapons, days after North Korea claimed to have tested a device.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2015
H-bomb test survivor on nuke-free crusade
Matashichi Oishi, a victim of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, has been crusading for a world free of atomic weapons and nuclear power plants.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Sep 27, 2014
Yumenoshima: Tokyo's past trash packed into pleasure
Yumenoshima (literally, "Dream Island") in Tokyo's Koto Ward is aptly named because as in real dreams, the island's narrative encompasses both bucolic and nightmarish elements.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Inbound tourism numbers hit record high, with Japan set to achieve 2025 goal
Tourists in Kyoto on Saturday. Japan saw a record 3.08 million foreign visitors in March.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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