Firm rapped for neglecting to get Fukushima decontamination workers health checks
A Yokohama-based firm has been reprimanded for not having its workers undergo required health checks after sending them to Fukushima Prefecture for decontamination work.
Government silent on report Fukushima No. 1 workers fled during crisis
The government is refusing to comment on a media report that Masao Yoshida, the now-deceased chief of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant at the time of the meltdowns, was quoted as saying most of the plant’s workers evacuated the site despite of his ...
Nagasaki firms warned for sending workers to stricken nuke plant
The Nagasaki Labor Bureau has recently warned three local staff agencies for illegally dispatching more than 500 plumbing workers to the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant last year, it was learned Saturday. Labor laws ban "multiple dispatches," in which hired people end up working ...
