South Korea summons Japanese diplomat over plans for Fukushima water
South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the economy minister from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to discuss a reported plan to discharge waste water, contaminated due to the meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, into the Pacific Ocean. Ministry official Kwon Se-jung, ...
60% of spent nuclear fuel in Japan to be stored in metal casks in the future, research shows
Over 60 percent of the some 15,200 tons of spent nuclear fuel in Japan could be stored in metal casks in the future, as the cooling pools that currently hold them are filling up, Kyodo News research showed Wednesday. The survey of utility companies' plans ...
Tepco toughens stance toward nuclear disaster damages settlement
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is more reluctant to accept recommendations for a settlement of damages claims by people affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Fukushima nuclear plant to run out of tanks to store tritium-laced water in three years, Tepco says
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Friday projected that the storage tanks for the treated contaminated water at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant would reach full capacity in three years despite plans to expand storage space, complicating the government's efforts to tackle ...
Nuclear fuel debris removal at Fukushima plant could start with No. 2 reactor
A government-backed organization in charge of supporting the decommissioning of nuclear plants is considering proposing the removal of melted nuclear fuel debris beginning with the No. 2 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, officials said Thursday. Nuclear Damage ...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake registering a lower 5 on the Japanese intensity scale struck off Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures on Sunday evening, the Meteorological Agency has said. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at around 7:23 p.m. at a depth of about 45 kilometers ...
Fukushima governor accepts Tepco plan to scrap No. 2 nuclear plant and store spent fuel on site
In a meeting with the president of the utility, the governor also accepted its plan to build an on-site storage facility to store spent nuclear fuel.
Japan's opposition parties score upset in Akita but lose in Fukushima
Shizuka Terata, an independent jointly backed by four opposition parties, scored a major upset in the Upper House race in Akita Prefecture on Sunday by defeating incumbent Matsuji Nakaizumi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Kyodo News said. The seat was considered one of the ...
Mane attraction: Coastal parts of Fukushima Prefecture have a long-standing love of horses
Hundreds of armor-clad participants on horseback parade through the streets of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, during the Soma Nomaoi festival on a typically blistering hot day at the end of July every year. As impressive as this spectacle may sound, the parade is actually the precursor ...
Beach in Fukushima Prefecture reopens for first time since 2011 disasters
Kitaizumi Beach in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, reopened Saturday after it was closed following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear accident. After it opened, the beach was filled with the noise of cheering children. "I was relieved to see the beach ...
Tepco to decommission reactors at Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will formally decide to decommission the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant after informing the prefectural governor.
Reflecting a nationwide trend of an increasing number of foreign residents in Japan, Fukushima Prefecture is also seeing its foreign community expand. According to a census report released earlier this month, there were 14,047 foreign nationals living in Fukushima Prefecture as of the beginning of ...
