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Nuclear watchdog chief gives reassurance over Fukushima waste water

Head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, insists plans to release treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant are safe despite international concerns

05/07/2023

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Activists in Seoul mark World Oceans Day

South Korean environmental activists protest against Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the sea on World Oceans Day.

08/06/2022

Earth News

How is Japan releasing Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea?

Japan is seeking to reassure neighbours that there is no serious risk to fish and people, 12 years on from the nuclear disaster.

18/05/2022

Nature

Snakes are helping scientists monitor radiation from Fukushima

Scientists say snakes could help us track radiation.

22/07/2021

Spotlight

How is life getting back to normal in Fukushima 10 years after the disaster?

In partnership with The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

The Kato family are farmers in Fukushima, they are one of the groups that suffered the most after the disaster 10 years ago because consumer confidence had collapsed. But now they say they don't see much apprehension over their produce and they're happy to be back home.

12/03/2021

Spotlight

Experts say Fukushima "is a completely different story" to Chernobyl

In partnership with The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Authorities behind the scenes of the Fukushima nuclear plant clean-up show where they're at with decommissioning and decontaminating. Experts say it's nothing like Chernobyl.

12/03/2021

Spotlight

10 years of decontamination - How the Japanese are handling Fukushima

In partnership with The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

10 years ago, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, one of the largest in the world, was partially destroyed by a tsunami. Many inhabitants fled and a race against the clock to decommission and decontaminate began. But what's it like today?

09/03/2021

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The torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will kick off in Fukushima

Tens of thousands still haven't recovered in Fukushima, displaced by nuclear radiation and unable to return to deserted places like Futaba. Time stopped in the town of 7,100 when disaster stuck on March 11, 2011.

13/12/2019

Japan

Fukushima ice wall near completion

Final efforts are underway to complete an ice wall at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

22/08/2017

Japan

Fukushima towns cleared of wild boars

After residents were forced to flee their homes in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture in 2011, wild boars moved in.

09/03/2017

Japan

Tohoku 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

04/03/2016

Japan

Fukushima clean-up drags on

05/08/2015

Japan

Live webcams on the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

10/01/2014

Japan

Japan angry with Le Canard Enchaine over Fukushima Tokyo 2020 cartoon

12/09/2013