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FUKUSHIMA NO 1

JAPAN
Dec 19, 2016
Fukushima high school apologizes for physical abuse of student in sumo club
A high school in Fukushima Prefecture apologized Monday after a teacher repeatedly beat a student in the sumo club.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Dec 18, 2016
Namie's high recovery hopes haunted by dwindling coffers, fears of losing vital state dole
A robot testing facility, a robotics research center, a base for renewable energy and a memorial park — these are some of the plans the irradiated town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, has in mind for rebuilding after the triple reactor meltdown at the nearby Fukushima No. 1 power plant in March...
JAPAN / Society
Dec 16, 2016
Fukushima evacuee poll finds kids in eight Yokohama-area households had experienced bullying
Eight households that evacuated from Fukushima following the 2011 nuclear disaster said their children have experienced bullying at their new schools, according to a survey of 61 families suing the government and the nuclear plant operator.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2016
Panel says Fukushima power plant's cleanup fees are now almost double the 2013 estimate
Estimates of the combined cost of dealing with the ongoing situation at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have reached u00a521.5 trillion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2016
Yokohama gets baseball, softball as IOC decides Tokyo 2020 venues
The International Olympic Committee made the choice, along with venues for four other new sports, at an executive meeting on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2016
Experts suspect extension of active faults off Fukushima caused November quake
The powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Japan and caused tsunami in late November may have been caused by a slip in a zone that may be an extension of two known active faults under the seabed off the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant site, according to a new analysis.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2016
Tokyo says Tepco may stay nationalized to deal with massive cost of nuclear disaster
The government said a plan to gradually reduce state involvement may be revised in light of the huge compensation and decommissioning expenses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2016
Niigata culls 540,000 chickens to combat bird flu at two infected farms
The Niigata Prefectural Government completed the culling of 540,000 chickens at two poultry farms Sunday to contain an outbreak of the highly virulent H5 strain of bird flu.
EDITORIALS
Dec 3, 2016
Fukushima's voluntary evacuees
Fukushima Prefecture should rethink its decision to end housing assistance for people who fled the nuclear crisis by choice.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 2, 2016
Niigata elementary school teacher calls Fukushima evacuee a 'germ'
A student who fled the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011 has been absent from school for more than a week since a teacher added "germ" to his name when addressing him in late November, a local education board in Niigata Prefecture said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2016
Full-scale model used to test decommissioning for Fukushima reactor
A research institute has used a full-size mock-up of part of a nuclear reactor to conduct trial decommissioning experiments for use on the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2016
Cost of Fukushima disaster expected to soar to ¥20 trillion
The cost of the Fukushima disaster will likely surpass u00a520 trillion, and the government wants to raise electricity rates to pay for it, sources say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2016
Thyroid cancer fund to defray costs for young patients in Fukushima, 14 other prefectures
A fund supporting children with thyroid cancer said Monday it will pay part of the medical costs for young patients in Fukushima Prefecture and elsewhere in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2016
Nobel-winning Belarusian writer Alexievich speaks on nuclear disasters and the future of human hubris
Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in literature, called the nuclear catastrophes at Chernobyl and Fukushima events that people cannot yet fully fathom and warned against the hubris that humans have the power to conquer nature.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2016
Inexcusable response in bullying case
Yokohama school officials and the municipal board of education deserve censure for their failure to stop the bullying of a schoolboy evacuee from Fukushima.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016
Fukushima evacuee bullied by Yokohama classmates issues appeal against suicide
A 13-year-old boy in Yokohama who was bullied by classmates after evacuating from nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima has made public plea urging young people suffering a similar ordeal not to consider death as the answer to their problems.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2016
M6.1 offshore quake jolts Tohoku region but no tsunami threat
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan on Thursday morning, the region hit by a more powerful quake two days ago, the Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2016
Northeast Japan dodges bullet from M7.4 quake
A powerful earthquake strikes the Tohoku region, briefly disrupting nuclear fuel cooling functions at the Fukushima No. 2 power plant and generating tsunami of over 1 meter.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2016
M.7.4 quake was triggered by vertical split in undersea rock: experts
The major earthquake that triggered tsunami in the Tohoku region was caused by a type of jolt that is likely to cause tidal waves.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2016
Quake prompts temporary halt to cooling of spent fuel rods in Fukushima No. 2 pool
The powerful earthquake that rocked the Tohoku region Tuesday morning temporarily stopped the critical cooling system for a spent fuel pool at the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant for about 100 minutes, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said.

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