via ex-SKF / April 19, 2013 / Meanwhile in one of the most contaminated towns and villages in Fukushima after the nuclear accident more than two years ago, officials have just launched a new program to encourage children to receive annual health checkups. If a child undergoes one annual health checkup, he/she will receive 10,000 yen (these days it’s close to US$100) worth of book coupons (gift certificates for books). … Continue reading →
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by Yuri Kageyama / Japan Times / April 18, 2013 / Despite high stakes, lawsuit getting scant media attention Their demand: The right to live free of radiation. The plaintiffs who started the legal battle: 14 children. The Sendai High Court is expected to rule soon on this unusual lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the children by their parents and antinuclear activists in June 2011 in the district … Continue reading →
Continue readingby John Upton / Grist.org / April 1, 2013 / Fallout from that Fukushima meltdown thing a couple years back? It’s not just the Japanese who are suffering, though their plight is obviously the worst. Radioactive isotopes blasted from the failed reactor…
Continue readingPDF (Size:127KB) PP. 1-9 DOI: 10.4236/ojped.2013.31001 Author(s) Joseph J. Mangano, Janette D. Sherman ABSTRACT Various reports indicate that the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism is increasing in developed nations, and that improved detectio…
Continue readingby Ida Torres / Japan Daily Press / March 27, 2013 / It has been two years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan and caused the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant – the world’s worst nuclear disaster si…
Continue readingJames Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net are pleased to bring you the latest edition of their monthly video series, “The Asia-Pacific Perspective.” In this episode, we cover: STORY 1: The Great Cyber-Warfare Scam http:/…
Continue readingvia The Fukushima Collective Action Trial / February 21, 2013 The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team would like to inform you about our protest rally in support of the children of Fukushima, which will be held on February 23 at 1pm in ALTA-MAE …
Continue readingBy Adam Westlake / The Japan Daily Press / February 13, 2013 The Fukushima Prefectural government has revealed that two more people, both aged 18 or younger when the Fukushima nuclear crisis broke out in March 2011, have been diagnosed with having thyr…
Continue readingby Justin McCurry / via The Guardian / December 27, 2012 / Lingering fears of radiation have turned children from Fukushima into the most obese in Japan, according to a government study, as parents and schools continue to restrict the amount of time th…
Continue readingby Ida Torres / via The Japan Daily Press / November 7, 2012 / A briefing session was held November 4 for the residents of Koriyama in the Fukushima prefecture regarding thyroid cancer screenings for children. The tests were being conducted for childre…
Continue readingvia NHK World / October 6, 2012 / An elementary school in a village in Fukushima Prefecture has held an outdoor sporting event for the first time since last year’s nuclear disaster. The sporting event took place at Kawauchi elementary school in K…
Continue readingby Jason Bartashius / Deep Kyoto / October 2, 2012 / The Kyoto YWCA has offered a home stay program for Fukushima children on four occasions since March 11th each lasting for varying durations ranging from five days to nearly two weeks. To prevent radi…
Continue readingvia The Mainichi / August 27, 2012 / Public elementary and junior high schools here reopened Aug. 27, a year and a half after the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant and t…
Continue readingvia NHK / August 26, 2012 / Japan will conduct thyroid tests on children outside Fukushima Prefecture, to determine whether last year’s nuclear accident in the prefecture has anything to do with the discovery of lumps in the thyroid glands of one…
Continue readingvia AsiaOne / August 26, 2012 / About 1 in 20 primary and middle school students in the city of Fukushima refused to swim in outdoor pools during physical education classes this summer due to radiation fears, according to a municipal board of education…
Continue readingby Masaomi Ogawa / The Asahi Shimbun / August 7, 2012 / It took a visit to this historic city by a group of students to realize the atomic bombing 67 years ago was more than something from the distant past learned only in school textbooks. The group ca…
Continue readingvia Fukushima Voice / May 19, 2012 / Consideration of thyroid disorders, pulmonary function, bone marrow function based on the studies from the Chernobyl nuclear accident, etc. Michiyuki Matsuzaki, M.D. Internal Medicine Department Fukagawa Municipal…
Continue readingby Mark Lieber / YouTube / July 24, 2012 A short educational video about the situation of children living in Fukushima one year after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and radiation spill.
Continue readingvia NHK / July 24, 2012 / A town in Fukushima Prefecture is expecting only 18 percent of children to return to local schools when they reopen for the first time since last year’s nuclear accident. The town of Hirono is located 20 to 25 kilometers…
Continue readingvia UPI / July 2, 2012 / Low levels of radioactive cesium were found in 141 infants and children in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, a study found. The average amount of cesium in the 141 samples was 2.2 becquerels per kilogram, but three cases had …
Continue readingvia ExpertClick.com / October 25, 2011 / In the words of renowned nuclear expert Dr. Theodore Rockwell, “now kids can learn the basic facts about nuclear energy without first being scared witless.” Nutcracker Publishing Company announced to…
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