fukushima

Earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, disrupting power service to millions of homes in the…

2 years ago

Nuclear watchdog will get Fukushima water checked

Some 50 liters of treated water used to cool down the Fukushima melted nuclear reactors will be sent for analysis…

2 years ago

Cancer patients sue company behind Fukushima radiation

Six people were children living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant at the time of the 2011 disaster, when the…

2 years ago

‘Don’t learn from ostriches’: Beijing tells Tokyo not to bury its head in the sand over Fukushima wastewater row

Speaking on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin reiterated China’s position that the discharge of nuclear wastewater into the sea…

3 years ago

Beijing tells Japanese politicians to drink Fukushima’s wastewater to prove it’s safe before they dump it into the ocean

Speaking on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian reinforced Beijing’s opposition to Tokyo’s decision to dump more than one…

3 years ago

Beijing slams Japan’s plan for radioactive Fukushima water as ‘extremely irresponsible’

“Japan has not exhausted safe disposal methods, regardless of domestic and foreign questions and opposition,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said…

3 years ago

Japanese government says it WILL release irradiated water from Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the move in Tokyo, on Tuesday morning local time. He had previously called the release…

3 years ago

Dumping of Fukushima radioactive water into ocean ‘unavoidable’, Japanese PM says, as country’s fisheries reject plan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with the head of the National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, Hiroshi Kishi, on…

3 years ago

Tokyo & Fukushima shaken hard as powerful 7+ earthquake strikes off Japan’s east coast

Several seismological agencies have put the magnitude of the quake, which hit east of Japan’s largest island of Honshu, at…

3 years ago

Japan expected to dump over 1 MILLION TONS of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific, fishermen fear ‘catastrophic impact’

Japan has debated what to do with the rapidly increasing store of radioactive wastewater for years, and now the decision…

4 years ago