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3 former execs of utility charged in Fukushima disaster

March 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Three former Japanese utility executives were formally charged Monday, Feb. 29 with negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first officials from the company to face a criminal trial. Five court-appointed lawyers indicted Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric power Co. at the time of the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2016, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Ichiro Takekuro, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, Kyodo News, Ruiko Muto, Sakae Muto, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric, Tsunehisa Katsumata, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, culture, japan

Life of Fukushima nuke worker recorded in comic-book style

March 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – First off, no one who works at Japan’s wrecked nuclear power plant calls it Fukushima Dai-ichi, comic-book artist Kazuto Tatsuta says in his book about his time on the job. It’s ichi efu, or 1F.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Kazuto Tatsuta, Kodansha Ltd, Koichiro Shiraki, Osamu Tezuka, Spirited Away, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, japan

S Korea bans Japanese fish due to radiation fears

September 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eun-Young Jeong The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced Sept. 6 that it was banning all fish imports from along Japan’s northeastern coast because of what officials called growing public worry over radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Energy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi Sept, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Hiroshi Kishi, Hisashi Hiroyama, Japan Fisheries Cooperatives, Japanese Fisheries Agency, Pacific Ocean, SEOUL, South Korea Vice Fisheries Minister Son Jae-hak, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20, Yoshihide Suga

Radioactive groundwater at Fukushima nears Pacific

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Deep beneath Fukushima’s crippled nuclear power station, a massive underground reservoir of contaminated water that began spilling from the plant’s reactors after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been creeping slowly toward the Pacific.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2015, Atsunao Marui, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Iwaki City, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ken Buesseler, Masakazu Yabuki, Masayuki Ono, Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Shinji Kinjo, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Toyoshi Fuketa, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, Yoshimi Hitosugi, Zengo Aizawa

Leak feared at Japan nuke plant

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant said Saturday, April 6 that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage, in a blow to the plant’s struggles with tight storage space.     

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, ALPS, Fukushima Dai-chi, Masayuki Ono, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, japan

Should I stay or should I go? — Despite fears surrounding Japan’s nuclear situation, many expats stay put

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

With the nuclear situation unclear in Japan, expats are urged to evacuate affected areas.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Although Blakeney, Emily Miller, Fukushima Daiichi, Harvard University, Jean Wong, John Blakeney, Leza Lowitz, Nancy Singleton Hachisu, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paul Blustein, Real Intech, State Department, TEPCO, Tokyo, Vol 30 No 17 | April 23 - April 29, Wataru Yamanaka, japan

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