By arevamirpal::laprimavera 27 February 2012 The documentary includes footage from early days of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster that started on 11 March 2011 that I’ve never seen before – weather camera video when the tsunami hit the plant, a video shot by a plant worker as he tried to escape uphill. The fact I wasn’t […]
By arevamirpal::laprimavera 25 February 2012 That’s when they started testing, and 500 used cars from Nagoya Port alone. Japanese used cars are popular in Russia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Despite the nuclear accident, the number of exported used cars in 2011 increased slightly over 2010 to 857,779 cars according to the Used Car Export Industry […]
25 February 2012 (AFP) – Japan on Friday said some areas surrounding the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was wrecked last year by a massive tsunami will likely remain permanently off-limits. Measurements taken between November and January confirm earlier results which show a level of radioactivity of 470 millisierverts per year when the average, under […]
By Jake Adelstein21 February 201 On 11 March 2011, at 2:46pm, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan. The earthquake, followed by a colossal tsunami, devastated the nation, together killing over 10,000 people. The earthquake also triggered the start of a triple nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, run by Tokyo Electric Power Company […]
By Chris Meyers and Elaine Lies; Editing by Robert Birsel22 February 2012 RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) – Very little was left standing in the Japanese city of Rikuzentakata after a huge tsunami tore through nearly a year ago. Even the centuries-old pine forest by the sea that had long been a symbol of the city was […]
By Tom Godfrey, Toronto Sun18 February 2012 TORONTO – A Japanese woman who claimed exposure to radiation from damaged nuclear reactors has been denied refugee status in Canada almost one year after that nation was rocked by an earthquake and tsunami that left more than 100,000 people homeless. The woman’s identity has not been released […]
By David McNeill21 February 2012 The journey to Fukushima Daiichi begins at the border of the 12-mile exclusion zone that surrounds the ruined nuclear complex, beyond which life has frozen in time. Weeds reclaim the gardens of empty homes along a route that emptied on a bitterly cold night almost a year ago. Shop signs […]
By Ruairidh Villar and Yuriko Nakao; Writing by Elaine Lies; Editing by Michael Perry10 February 2012 FUKUSHIMA (Reuters) – On the snowy fringes of Japan’s Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for the souls of thousands left dead or missing after the earthquake and tsunami […]
By Hiroki and Ngaire Takano15 February 2012 The earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan last year compounded pre-existing issues like falling birth rates, fragmented families and shrinking communities. What does the future hold? The triple disaster of the earthquake, tsuanami and Fukushima nuclear station meltdown in March 2011, saw intense media focus on the safety […]
By arevamirpal::laprimavera 11 February 2012 Mayor Idogawa says he knew it was the end. Journalist Hiromichi Ugaya compiled a togetter of the press conference by the mayor of Futaba-machi on 11 February 2012. Futaba-machi is where part of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant is located (Reactors 5, 6). The town’s function has been moved to […]
