Fukushima Update #52'Locals' excluded from restart debate
After more than one year without nuclear power, final preparations are underway to restart the Sendai nuclear plant in K...
read moreFukushima Update #51Teen Evacuees 'Living Strong'
The nuclear accident of March 2011 left countless children traumatized as entire families fled their homes. As they grow...
read moreFukushima Update #50: Hope in bloom
We look at how one flower farmer and his son are commuting into the evacuation zone as they work to rebuild what was onc...
read moreAsahi pulls report on Fukushima abandonment
Japan’s Asahi newspaper retracts a report that workers at Fukushima Daiichi fled the plant at the height of the nuclear...
read moreFukushima Update #49 Evacuation planning: Islanders risk being left behind
Residents on a small island within the evacuation perimeter of the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture speak ab...
read moreFukushima Update #48Fukushima suicide ruling
In a landmark ruling, a Fukushima court holds TEPCO responsible for the suicide of an evacuee. Other news: Research help...
read moreFukushima Update #47The Plight of Mushroom Producers
Fukushima was once known for the quality of its agricultural produce, including shiitake mushrooms. In this edition,...
read moreFukushima Update #46Tainted waste: ‘Not in my backyard’
Residents in a region known for the quality of its spring water oppose the government's plan to build a disposal fac...
read moreFukushima Update #45Iodine Distributed to Residents
Local authorities in southwestern Japan are scrambling to prepare the population against nuclear emergencies. We mee...
read moreFukushima Update #44Behind the Smiles of Children
The summer is in full swing in Fukushima, but for thousands of evacuated families it marks yet another season away from ...
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