World news about “Fukushima” published by euronews.
Leak force Japan’s stricken atomic plant to expand storage Tepco, the operators of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, say they are scrambling to build more tanks to safely store radioactive water after leaks… 11/04/2013
Japan opens radioactive sewage treatment plant Japan’s Environment Minister and the mayor of the city of Fukushima have attended a ceremony for the official opening of a treatment plant for radioactive… 07/04/2013
Leak at Fukishima Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant may have leaked contaminated water from a storage tank into surrounding ground, according to the Tokyo Electric Power… 06/04/2013
Fukushima: A legacy of unforeseen health problems The death rate of elderly people evacuated from old people’s facilities around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant has tripled, according to research. The… 28/03/2013
Google offers virtual tour of ‘ghost-town’ FukushimaFor the last two years Fukushima has been a strictly no-go area, but not any more. Google Street View has published the first video images of the buildings… 28/03/2013
Rat suspected cause of Fukushima power-cut Authorities in Japan say an outage at Fukushima power station may have been caused by a rat. Investigators at the nuclear plant believe the rodent may have… 21/03/2013
Power failure at Fukushima threatens cooling system Japan’s tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant has suffered a power failure affecting some of the pools of water used to cool radioactive fuel rods. The… 19/03/2013
Japan marks 2nd anniversary of triple disaster – nocomment Japan marked the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and more than… 11/03/2013
Japan mourns 2011 disaster victims Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at a special memorial service at the National Theatre in Tokyo, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, once more, extended… 11/03/2013
Anti-nuclear rallies mark run-up to Fukushima anniversary Demonstrators turned out in force in several Japanese cities in the run-up to the second anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. March 11 is the… 10/03/2013
Japan land of rising solar power Japan is still adrift in a sea of nuclear worry, and considering alternatives for its future. All the country’s reactors are still shut down, except two… 09/11/2012
Toyota profits rebound Toyota has bounced back to its highest profit in four years as it recovers from last year’s earthquake and tsunami. Quarterly operating profit was the… 03/08/2012
Japan anti nuclear protest – nocomment Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters break through police barriers to march towards the Japanese Parliament building. 29/07/2012
Japan: Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by arrogance Last year’s nuclear disaster at Fukushima was caused by overconfidence, both by the Japanese government and Tepco the company that manages the plant. That was… 23/07/2012
Tepco nationalised, sticks with nuclear Shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power, the company at the centre of last year’s Fukushima disaster, have approved its nationalisation. The government will… 27/06/2012
Checking progress at Fukushima nuclear plant – nocomment Japan’s environment and nuclear minister, Goshi Hosono, visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to inspect a spent fuel pool which… 27/05/2012
Japanese utility company profits slump The Tokyo Electric Power Company has reported an annual loss of around 7.6bn euros. Most of the losses are due to compensation claims for the Fukushima… 14/05/2012
Anti-nuclear protesters march in Tokyo – nocomment As Japan’s last active nuclear reactor is shut down for maintenance, protesters march to call for a permanent end to nuclear power generation. 06/05/2012
One year after Fukushima nuclear disaster – nocomment With a minute of silence, cities across northeastern Japan remembered tsunami victims and marked the first anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that… 12/03/2012
Japan: Nuclear winterA day ahead of the one year anniversary, buddhist monks offer prayers for victims of the earthquake and tsunami at Kitaizumi beach in Minamisoma, some 25 km… 10/03/2012
Tepco executives sued over Fukushima Shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power are suing the company’s bosses over their role in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the biggest claim of its kind in… 06/03/2012
Picture of a Japan tsunami survivorYuko Sugimoto is pictured holding a picture of herself and standing in the same place she stood in March 13, 2011 after the area was hit by an earthquake and… 29/02/2012
Media visit to FukushimaMembers of the media wearing protective suits and masks are escorted by TEPCO employees at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They… 21/02/2012
Anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo – nocomment Thousands of Japanese protesters march through the Japanese capital demanding an end to nuclear power. 12/02/2012
Japan experiences first trade deficit since 1980 For the first time in more than 30 years Japan imported more than it exported. That annual trade deficit in 2011 came as the nuclear power shutdowns after… 25/01/2012
Japanese utility company asks for more bailout funds Compensation claims have forced the Tokyo Electric Power company to ask for more government bailout funds amid growing speculation Japan’s biggest utility… 27/12/2011
Fukushima Christmas spirit – nocomment With the holiday season quickly approaching, a Santa Claus from Finland brought the joy of Christmas to Japanese children still living in evacuation centres… 07/12/2011
Japan remembers six months after deadly tsunami – nocomment While the world is watching at the USA for 9/11 ceremonies, Japanese are honouring tsunami’s victims, six months after the tragedy happened. 12/09/2011
Watching TV in a japanese evacuation centreIn Kesennuma, a man watches a portable TV at an evacuation centre on the eve of Japan’s annual Buddhist ceremony Obon that welcomes back the spirits of the… 12/08/2011
IAEA chief visits Fukushima nuclear plant – nocomment IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said he is optimistic that workers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant could bring the radiation leaking reactors under… 26/07/2011
Angry shareholders fail to close TEPCO nuclear reactors Tokyo Electric Power Company has held its first annual shareholders’ meeting since the nuclear disaster caused by the tsunami in March and it was a stormy… 28/06/2011
Anti-nuclear rally in Paris – nocomment Three months after the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, several hundred demonstrators and activists gathered in central Paris to voice their opposition to… 12/06/2011
Tokyo anti-nuclear demo three months after tsunami – nocomment Protesters in Tokyo held mass demonstrations on Saturday against the use of nuclear power, as Japan marked the three-month anniversary of the earthquake and… 11/06/2011
Toyota warns profit will be hit by quake Toyota is forecasting a larger-than-expected fall in annual profit after it slashed output following the March earthquake. Net profit would be down by almost… 10/06/2011
TEPCO stock dives on restructuring talk Shares of Tokyo Electric Power fell to their lowest ever after the head of the Tokyo stock exchange said the operator of the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant… 06/06/2011
Japanese May car sales worst since 1968 Japanese auto sales fell by a third in May to their lowest total for that month since 1968. The slump came as car makers struggled to restart production… 01/06/2011
Fitch goes negative on Japan credit rating Fitch has joined the other two ratings agencies – Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s – in cutting its outlook on Japan’s sovereign debt to negative from… 27/05/2011
TEPCO boss quits after huge loss The disaster at its tsunami hit Fukushima nuclear plant means Tokyo Electric Power has reported a 10.5 billion euro net loss for the fiscal year just… 20/05/2011
TEPCO releases new photos of the Fukushima power plantCars are washed away by a tsunami at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)‘s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, in this handout photo… 19/05/2011
Anti-nuclear rally in front of the TEPCO headquartersA protester shouts slogans at an anti-nuclear rally in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the operator of the tsunami-crippled… 14/05/2011
Greenpeace slams WHO over Fukushima radiationGreenpeace has criticised the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) assessment of radioactive risks around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant. The environmental… 01/03/2013
Japan PM visits Fukushima as government pledges nuclear restartJapan’s new prime minister Shinzo Abe has visited the stricken nuclear site at Fukushima, just three days after he was sworn in. Despite strong reservations… 29/12/2012
Fukushima fallout weighs heavy on Japan’s electionJapan’s election campaign is underway ahead of the December 16 vote with the country’s energy needs a hot topic post-Fukushima. Such is the shadow cast by… 04/12/2012
Radioactive fish caught close to FukushimaFish contaminated by radioactive cesium 258 times above government safety levels have been caught within 20 kilometres of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear… 23/08/2012
Mutant butterflies near damaged nuclear plantScientists have found genetic mutations in three generations of butterflies from near Japan’s quake-damaged Fukishima nuclear plant. The discovery has… 14/08/2012
Hiroshima victims remembered amid growing anti-nuclear concernsSixty-seven years on, Japan has been remembering the victims of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. Around 50 thousand people attended an annual ceremony… 06/08/2012
Fukushima prosecutors open criminal caseCriminal charges could be brought against the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company executives over the Fukushima disaster. Around 1,300… 02/08/2012
Japan: Big anti-nuclear protest outside parliamentThousands of people have been protesting against nuclear power outside Japan’s parliament in Tokyo. All of the country’s atomic reactors were shut down… 29/07/2012
Second Japanese reactor reaches capacityThe second nuclear reactor to be restarted in Japan since the Fukushima disaster has now reached full capacity, authorities have confirmed. With two… 25/07/2012
Fukushima probe delivers damning verdictThe Fukushima probe panel has handed down a damning conclusion on the handling of the disaster in its final report released on Monday in Japan. The… 23/07/2012
Report concludes Japan’s atomic disaster was avoidableJapan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis, the world’s worst nuclear accident in a quarter of a century, was a preventable disaster, according to an official inquiry… 05/07/2012
Record high radiation levels at Fukushima power plantRadiation levels which would kill a person within 50 minutes have been detected inside the number one reactor at the Fukushima Power Plant. It is the highest… 28/06/2012
Hunger strikers protest over Japanese nuclear moveA group of hunger strikers are protesting against the Japanese government’s plans to restart two of the country’s nuclear reactors. The demonstrators have… 24/04/2012
Japan relaxes limits around some Fukushima no-go areasJapan lifted restrictions Sunday on several towns that were designated no-go areas following last year’s giant earthquake and tsunami on its north-east… 01/04/2012
Latest Fukushima probe appalls expertsThere is more bad news from the stricken Fukushima nuclear site in Japan, where a probe of the only one of the three destroyed reactors where access is… 28/03/2012
Only one nuclear reactor working in JapanJapan is a step closer to being nuclear free after shutting down its second last functioning reactor. The temporary closure of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant… 26/03/2012
Anti-nuclear demos across Europe on Fukushima anniversaryOn the one year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Europeans have also been remembering the events that affected thousands of people… 11/03/2012
Anti-nuclear rallies in Europe a year after FukushimaAnti-nuclear demonstrations in Europe have marked the one year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In France, nearly 700 people, half of them… 11/03/2012
Japan marks quake and tsunami anniversaryExactly a year on from the enormously destructive earthquake and tsunami, Japan is remembering. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko led a minute of silence… 11/03/2012
Fukushima farmer braves nuclear risks to feed stray animalsOne year after Japan’s tsunami and Fukushima disaster, the town of Tomioka is frozen in time. It was a thriving community for thousands but now Naoto… 09/03/2012
Anger in Japan over nuclear restart movesMoves towards restarting nuclear reactors in Japan have provoked an angry protest from people worried about a repeat of the Fukushima disaster. They… 19/01/2012
Japan: “the most frightening experience of my life”To witness courage and dignity at first hand is truly inspirational and the Japanese displayed both in abundance as the country wrestled with the March… 25/12/2011
Japan’s Fukushima plant may take 40 years to scrapJapan has admitted it will take up to 40 years to fully decommission the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant. The government has unveiled a long-term… 21/12/2011
Japanese nuclear plant reaches ‘cold shutdown’The Japanese government said on Friday that the country’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has reached ‘cold shutdown’, meaning that its reactors have stayed… 16/12/2011
Japanese baby milk recalled over radiation scareHundreds of thousands of tins of powdered baby milk are being recalled in Japan after traces of radioactive caesium from the Fukushima nuclear plant were… 07/12/2011
Radiation leak at Japan nuclear plantHighly radioactive water has leaked into the sea from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear reactor, according to TEPCO, the company that owns the plant. … 05/12/2011
Improved Fukushima lets the cameras inThe company behind Japan’s notorious Fukushima nuclear power plant has invited the cameras in. It is all part of a move to improve the plant’s image by… 11/11/2011
Japanese govt approves Tepco bailout planJapan’s beleaguered atomic energy firm Tepco is set to receive an eight-billion-euro bailout. The government funding follows approval of its business… 04/11/2011
‘Fission’ scare hits Japan’s crippled nuclear plantA radioactive gas has been found at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, raising fresh fears over its safety. Xenon gas, which could be the… 02/11/2011
Worker dies at FukushimaA worker at the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear plant has died. The death of the 56-year-old man is the third at the plant since three of the reactors melted… 07/10/2011
20-30 km exclusion zone lifted around FukushimaEvacuation warnings have been lifted for five areas near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. People living between 20 and 30 kilometres from… 30/09/2011
‘Restart nuclear plants’ says new Japan PMJapan’s new Prime Minister has called for nuclear power plants shut down following the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year to be restarted. In his… 13/09/2011
Japanese trade minister resigns over gaffeThe Japanese Prime Minister’s new government has suffered a blow after just eight days in office. As Yoshihiko Noda visited tsunami and quake-hit zones… 10/09/2011
Japan’s PM makes first visit to FukushimaClean-up workers at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have welcomed the first visit of the country’s new Prime Minister. Yoshihiko Noda has only been… 08/09/2011
Japan’s new PM makes first visit to FukushimaJapan’s new Prime Minister has paid his first visit to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. Yoshihiko Noda changed into protective clothing at the safety… 08/09/2011
‘Heroes of Fukushima’ win Spain’s Asturias prizeSpain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias Concord prize has been awarded to Japanese workers who have been battling to stabilise the Fukushima nuclear plant… 07/09/2011
Noda names new Japanese governmentJapan’s new prime minister has named his first cabinet, and the indications are Yoshihiko Noda will be very much the man in charge. Into the foreign… 02/09/2011
Japan accused of ignorance over radiation levelsAn investigation has revealed that although Japan’s hi-tech radiation forecasting system was working during the Fukushima accident, the detailed reports sent… 09/08/2011
Japan ponders future free of nuclear dependenceThe head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says the world will continue to generate more, not less, nuclear power – despite the disaster at Fukushima. Yukiya… 26/07/2011
Nuclear demand to rise despite Fukushima -IAEA chiefDemand for nuclear power will continue to grow in the world despite Japan’s Fukushima crisis, according to the head of the UN’s atomic watchdog. Yukiya… 26/07/2011
Japan prepares Fukushima beef shipment banThe Japanese government is on the point of banning all shipments of beef from farms around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. More than 500 cows that had… 19/07/2011
Japan beef scare spreadsA radioactivity scare affecting locally produced beef continued to spread across Japan on Sunday, after more than three quarters of the country’s regions… 17/07/2011
Fukushima reactors’ shutdown latestJapan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Saturday the shut down of the Fukushima nuclear reactors is on schedule. During a visit to the devastated region… 16/07/2011
Concerns grow in Japan over reactor safety testsJapan’s government has confirmed that the country’s out-of-action nuclear reactors could be turned on again, if they pass post-Fukushima safety tests. But… 11/07/2011
Japan in tsunami alert after new earthquakeA strong earthquake off the coast of northeastern Japan has triggered a tsunami warning and causing workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant to be… 10/07/2011
Post-Fukushima nuclear safety meeting heldThe world’s atomic energy experts have gathered to review nuclear safety at a conference in Vienna. The meeting – the biggest of its kind ever held – has been… 20/06/2011
Fukushima shortcomings criticisedDetails from a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency have criticised Japanese nuclear regulators. It says the country underestimated the threat… 19/06/2011
Clean up at Fukushima haltedIn Japan work to clean up the radioactive water at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has been suspended just hours after it started. A statement… 18/06/2011
Tokyo tested for radiation levelsRadiation testing has begun in Tokyo, with officials testing levels at 100 locations across the city. The capital is 240 kilometres south-west of the stricken… 15/06/2011
Japanese public rejects nuclear powerAlmost three-quarters of Japanese people who voted in a poll would like to see nuclear power phased out of Japan. The country is still struggling with the… 14/06/2011
Protests mark three-month Fukishima anniversaryIt is three months to the day since a cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami laid waste to a swathe of north-eastern Japan. At least 23,000 are known to have died… 11/06/2011
Japan’s north-east awaits reconstructionJapan’s prime minister visits the tsunami-sticken north-east of his country today to see how life is getting back to normal three months after the disaster… 11/06/2011
Italy’s referendum now ‘politically charged’This weekend’s referendum on, among other things, nuclear power in Italy is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the sector, according to analysts. Rome… 10/06/2011
Bundestag debates Germany’s nuclear futureGermany’s MPs have begun debating government proposals to ditch the country’s nuclear energy programme by the year 2022. The plan marks a U-turn by Chancellor… 09/06/2011
Japan plans changes to nuclear safety rulesJapan is planning to revise its nuclear safety rules to prevent a repeat of the Fukushima disaster. The government plans to replace current regulator, the… 08/06/2011
Stranded animals roam Fukushima’s nuclear rubbleThe stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is proving a draw for a selection of animals. At least two dogs and a cat have been caught on… 07/06/2011
UN says Japan underestimated tsunami nuclear riskJapan underestimated the risk of a killer wave hitting its now-crippled Fukushima power plant according to UN atomic safety inspectors. To avoid a repeat… 01/06/2011
Germany plans nuclear phase out by 2022The German government has agreed to phase out nuclear power by 2022, which marks a radical shift in policy prompted by recent events at the Fukushima nuclear… 30/05/2011
Excessive radiation risks for Fukushima workersTEPCO claim that two workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant may have exceeded the government’s radiation exposure limit, adding to the health… 30/05/2011
