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Category Archives: refugees

Alone in the Zone

Posted on March 13, 2013 by CorbettMarch 13, 2013

via 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…

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Posted in evacuation zone, Featured, Fukushima, refugees, video

Atomic divorce: Fukushima disaster survivors suffering marital discord

Posted on February 25, 2013 by CorbettFebruary 25, 2013

by Ida Torres / via The Japan Daily Press / February 25, 2013 / Almost two years have passed since the gigantic earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that killed nearly 20,000 people and caused the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. A…

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Fukushima: Fallout of fear

Posted on January 20, 2013 by CorbettJanuary 20, 2013

by Geoff Brumfiel / via Nature.com / January 16, 2013 / In the immediate aftermath of the nuclear accident, public-health experts worried about the possible risk from radiation. Subsequent analyses have shown that the prompt, if frantic, evacuation of …

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Posted in Editorials, Fukushima, health effects, refugees

Fukushima’s Returning Residents

Posted on October 25, 2012 by CorbettOctober 25, 2012

via GreenPeaceVideo As the Japanese government is allowing residents to return, environmental organisation Greenpeace continues to monitor radiation levels in the nuclear disaster stricken area of Fukushima.

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Posted in Featured, Fukushima, radiation testing, refugees, video

Red Cross labels Fukushima evacuations humanitarian crisis

Posted on October 21, 2012 by CorbettOctober 21, 2012

by Hiroyuki Maegawa / via The Asahi Shimbun / October 17, 2012 / GENEVA–Last year’s nuclear disaster is an ongoing “humanitarian crisis,” according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), …

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Japan, IAEA working on Fukushima decontamination and disposal base

Posted on October 21, 2012 by CorbettOctober 21, 2012

via Japan Times / October 21, 2012 / The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Japanese government plan to set up a long-term research base in Fukushima to study ways to decontaminate radiation-tainted areas and dispose of radioactive waste, gover…

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Posted in decontamination, Fukushima, News, radioactive waste, refugees

The Kyoto YWCA Home Stay Program for Fukushima Children

Posted on October 3, 2012 by CorbettOctober 3, 2012

by 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…

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Posted in children, Fukushima, News, refugees

Fukushima town in push to exempt evacuees from medical fees

Posted on August 5, 2012 by CorbettAugust 5, 2012

by 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…

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Posted in evacuation zone, Fukushima, health effects, jgov, News, refugees

TEPCO may start lump-sum compensation in August

Posted on July 25, 2012 by CorbettJuly 25, 2012

The Yomiuri Shimbun / July 26, 2012 / Tokyo Electric Power Co. has introduced new compensation criteria for victims who own houses or housing lots in areas evacuated due to the crisis at the utility’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and anno…

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Posted in compensation, Fukushima, News, refugees, TEPCO

The Children of Fukushima: One Year Later

Posted on July 25, 2012 by CorbettJuly 25, 2012

by 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.

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The Plight of the Fukushima Evacuees

Posted on July 25, 2012 by CorbettJuly 25, 2012

by Jason Bartashius / Deep Kyoto / July 23, 2012 / On March 18, 2011 Yuko Nishiyama and her three-year old daughter, Mariko, left Fukushima City, 60 km from the Daiichi plant, to live in Tokyo. In June 2011, Yuko her parents and Mariko relocated to Kyo…

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J-gov plans “temporary towns” for Fukushima’s refugees

Posted on July 3, 2012 by CorbettJuly 3, 2012

via 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 …

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Fukushima Update – Day 345

Posted on February 19, 2012 by CorbettFebruary 19, 2012

Japan’s nuclear evacuees denied Canadian refuge / Toronto Sun / February 18, 2012 / A Japanese woman who claimed exposure to radiation from damaged nuclear reactors has been denied refugee status in Canada almost one year after that nation was ro…

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Posted in canada, debris, Fukushima, fukushima update, News, reactor 2, refugees
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