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...

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Fukushima Update #51Teen Evacuees 'Living Strong'

The nuclear accident of March 2011 left countless children traumatized as entire families fled their homes. As they grow...

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Fukushima 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...

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Asahi 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...

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Fukushima 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...

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Fukushima Update #48Fukushima suicide ruling

In a landmark ruling, a Fukushima court holds TEPCO responsible for the suicide of an evacuee. Other news: Research help...

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Fukushima Update #47The Plight of Mushroom Producers

Fukushima was once known for the quality of its agricultural produce, including shiitake mushrooms. In this edition,...

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Fukushima 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...

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Fukushima Update #45Iodine Distributed to Residents

Local authorities in southwestern Japan are scrambling to prepare the population against nuclear emergencies. We mee...

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Fukushima 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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