via JapanTimes.co.jp / via May 29, 2013 / The government lifted the last no-go zone designation in Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday, more than 26 months after three reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant suffered core meltdowns, but certain areas remain uninhabitable. In the town of Futaba, the last no-go zone has been reorganized into areas where the return of residents is deemed “difficult” and those where preparations can … Continue reading →
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via Japan Times / April 1, 2013 / The no-go zone designation was lifted Monday for the town of Namie near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. In line with the move, the Fukushima Prefecture town was realigned into three evacuation zones a…
Continue readingvia YouTube / March 10, 2013 / Surviving solo in the Fukushima evacuation zone. For English subtitles, click “CC” button at the bottom of the video player. Two years since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant went into full meltdown, a…
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 readingvia NHK / August 10, 2012 / The Japanese government has lifted its entry ban on part of a town in Fukushima Prefecture that had high levels of radiation caused by the nuclear accident last year. But some residents are protesting the move. Residents in …
Continue readingvia YouTube / August 8, 2012 / This is the truth about the radiation count in Fukushima in the exclusion zone. It is sad that there is a cover up on information that should be made public that is not being made public.That Japanese government along wit…
Continue readingby Takaaki Tamura / The Asahi Shimbun / August 03, 2012 The town of Namie, in the no-entry zone surrounding the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, is set to issue its own radiation dose book for evacuees this month in the hope it will lead to a natio…
Continue readingvia The Asahi Shimbun / July 28, 2012 / Decontamination work started at a cemetery and a shrine in Tamura city, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 27 despite a political stalemate that has put much of the program on hold in districts evacuated following the…
Continue readingvia The Daily Yomiuri / July 18, 2012 / The government on Tuesday put into force a new zoning system in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, that will allow some residents to visit the village contaminated by radioactive emissions from the Fukushima No. 1 nuc…
Continue readingvia Japan Times / July 3, 2012 / he government said it will support a “temporary town plan” drawn up by four Fukushima municipalities that were evacuated because of massive radioactive contamination caused by the prefecture’s nuclear …
Continue readingby Andy Johnson / CTV News / March 11, 2012 / In Fukushima, Japan, one year after a nuclear meltdown sent a radioactive cloud into the sky and forced residents to flee their homes and businesses, workers are painstakingly carrying out a government mand…
Continue readingDecontamination info center opens in Fukushima / NHK / February 25, 2012 The Environment Ministry and Fukushima Prefecture have begun to provide people concerned about radiation with information on how to clean up contaminated property. Officials at an…
Continue readingDaughter of deceased priest leads reconstruction prayers at makeshift shrine in Fukushima / Mainichi Daily / February 20, 2012 / NAMIE, Fukushima — The daughter of a priest here who was killed in the huge tsunami triggered by the March 11 Great E…
Continue readingDaughter of deceased priest leads reconstruction prayers at makeshift shrine in Fukushima / Mainichi Daily / February 20, 2012 / NAMIE, Fukushima — The daughter of a priest here who was killed in the huge tsunami triggered by the March 11 Great E…
Continue readingby Brennan David / Columbia Daily Tribune / February 18, 2012 / A Columbia-based coalition has joined 36 groups across the county in a petition that would expand emergency evacuation zones around nuclear reactors. The formal request to the Nuclear Regu…
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