fukushima

Pacific Ocean radiation back near normal after Fukushima: study
Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant spewed gases and liquids...
A nation pauses as Japan bows its head to remember 18,500 killed by tsunami
Japan paused on Friday to mark five years since an earthquake spawned a monster tsunami that left 18,500 people dead and sparked the worst nuclear disaster...
Ex-Fukushima nuclear plant worker confirmed to have cancer
A man in his 40s who worked at the Fukushima nuclear plant after the 2011 disaster is the first person confirmed to have developed cancer from radiation...
First Fukushima worker diagnosed with radiation-linked cancer
A former Fukushima nuclear plant worker has been diagnosed with radiation-linked cancer, the first such confirmation more than four years after the worst...
Four years later, Japan lifts evacuation order for town near doomed nuke plant
Japan’s government on Saturday lifted a 4 ½-year-old evacuation order for the northeastern town of Naraha that had sent all of the town’s...
Robot reveals interior of Fukushima’s wrecked nuclear plant
A specially-designed robot became stranded after capturing the first grainy images from inside one of the melted reactors at Japan’s doomed Fukushima...
Fresh nuclear leak detected at Fukushima plant
Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant’s operator announced Sunday,...
First of four Fukushima reactors cleared of nuclear fuel
One of four heavily damaged reactor buildings at Japan’s tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant has been cleared of radioactive fuel rods,...
Three years after Fukushima, Japan nuclear plant set for restart
A town in southwest Japan became the first to approve the restart of a nuclear power station on Tuesday, a step forward in Japan’s fraught process...
Minor tsunami hits northeastern Japan after strong quake
A minor tsunami hit Miyagi prefecture in Japan early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake jolted the country’s northeastern Pacific coast,...
No laughing matter: Japan’s manga comics boldly tackle Fukushima
Manga, Japan’s ubiquitous comics for adults and teens, have taken up Fukushima on an unprecedented scale even as Japanese film largely avoids the...

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