Tomioka, Fukushima - 5 Years After The Nuclear Disaster
Last Nov I made a trip to Japan and just had to see how the clean up was going in Fukushima Prefecture...
View ArticleGreenpeace activists block truck convoy from French nuclear plant
Greenpeace activists blocked a truck convoy from reaching a French nuclear plant early on Friday (February 12) to protest nuclear power in France. The convoy was carrying the lid to the nuclear vat at...
View ArticleCool surprise at a job
Personally i love ants... but this surprised me. This is a large apartment building that wants to pay the least and just make it look pretty. Common stuff. Anyway... i was called in to repair the...
View ArticleGoogle has developed a robot that is able to open doors, lift heavy things...
Google has developed a robot that is able to open doors, lift heavy things and to stand up again after falling down. It has long been discussed when the robots will have a greater impact in both homes...
View ArticleAhead of Fukushima anniversary residents worry about future of affected areas
Five years after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster, bags full of radioactive dirt and debris are still visible nearby. Ahead of the anniversary on March the 11th...
View ArticleFukushima Daiichi five years on
A tour of the facilities five years after the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. The damaged reactors have been stabilized through makeshift water cooling and release of radioactive water have...
View ArticleFukushima town to keep blackboards' messages
kushima town to keep blackboards' A town in Fukushima Prefecture is planning to preserve blackboards with messages of encouragement written by rescue workers in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and...
View ArticleTohoku rises from the tsunami with an agricultural revolution
In this first episode of "Focus" Special Japan we discover how the Tsunami-struck region of Tohoku has begun to recover, five years after the disaster. Twenty thousand hectares of prime arable land...
View ArticleFukushima --- Amnesia Of Main Stream Media
New Fairewinds Podcast! Arnie Gundersen visits Fukushima Prefecture. Arnie sounds a little Shell Shocked. In their second installation of the Japan Speaking Tour Series, Fairewinds Chief Engineer Arnie...
View ArticleFive years on: Japan remembers tsunami and earthquake victims
Japan is paying tribute to more than 18,000 people who lost their lives five years ago in a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and huge tsunami, which also triggered the worst nuclear power disaster since...
View ArticleCancer rate among children skyrocketing in Japan due to Fukushima nuclear...
Out of 300,000 children up to 18 years of age in Fukushima Prefecture, 116 were diagnosed with thyroid cancer months after the nuclear plant disaster in 2011. Another 50 showed radiation-related...
View ArticleJapan: Fukushima wounds still deep, five years on
Japan's Emperor Akihito led the tributes, five years on from the Fukushima disaster on Friday, but for those who lived through it, the wounds have far from healed. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also paid...
View ArticleLast man in Fukushima: Matsumura Naoto
Japan has been marking five years since a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed towns and triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in the 1980s. Matsumura Naoto has returned to...
View ArticleMerkel Defends Migrant Stance In Last Push Before 'Super Sunday'
12 March 2016 - With a passionate defence of her migrant policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel threw herself into one last campaign push on the eve of "Super Sunday" elections in three German states that...
View ArticleTough times linger for fishermen around Japan's Fukushima
Tough times linger for fishermen around Japan's Fukushima The tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 devastated the country's Pacific coast, badly affecting the fishing industry. Japan Bureau Chief...
View ArticleThousands still living in shelters five years after Japan quake
Thousands still living in shelters five years after Japan quake Thousands of survivors are still living in evacuation shelters in Japan, five years after a massive earthquake unleashed a giant tsunami...
View ArticleFive years on, economy continues to be slow in Fukushima, Japan
Five years on, economy continues to be slow in Fukushima, Japan A record 19.7 million people visited Japan last year. But many rural areas not feeling the economic effects - particularly in Fukushima,...
View ArticleFukushima, One man's return to save the region's animals
Fukushima: One man's return to save the region's animals Following the Fukushima meltdown in 2011, Mr Matsumura Naota left his hometown Tomioka. However, he soon returned back to save the animals left...
View ArticleBBC Wrong on Fukushima, Again
Response to: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35... Expanded upon here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35... Dose-rate conversion: http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/E... " 2.8 microsievert/hour...
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