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FUKUSHIMA

JAPAN
Apr 8, 2015
1984 Foreign Ministry report warned of Fukushima-type nuclear scenario
The Foreign Ministry secretly conducted a simulation in 1984 to assess damage from a hypothetical attack on a nuclear power plant in a war and concluded that up to 18,000 people would be killed with acute symptoms from radiation exposure, it emerged Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 7, 2015
Fukushima radiation newly detected off British Columbia
Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster that started in 2011 has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too low to pose a significant threat to human or marine life, scientists said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 6, 2015
Decommissioning aging reactors inevitable, costly
Last month, four utilities announced they would decommission five commercial nuclear reactors that were at least 40 years old, rather than apply for a restart that could extend their operating life another two decades.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Apr 1, 2015
Firebonds' Jones energized by support of Fukushima fans
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Verdell Jones III of the Fukushima Firebonds is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015
Fukushima crisis was a hard lesson but one vital to share, groups say
When professional boxer and model Tomomi Takano heard that children in Fukushima Prefecture were becoming unfit and overweight because the 2011 nuclear crisis limited the time they could play outside, she decided to use her skills to help.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2015
Ex-U.S. nuclear chief says tritium water at Fukushima No. 1 can be dumped safely
A former chief U.S. nuclear regulator asserted Tuesday that the massive volumes of tritium-tainted water stored at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant can be "safely" dumped into the sea after it is diluted to reduce the levels of radioactive tritium below the legal limit.
BASKETBALL
Mar 29, 2015
B-Corsairs sink Firebonds
The Yokohama B-Corsairs dropped a 15-point contest — and yielded 106 points — to the Fukushima Firebonds in Saturday's bj-league series opener.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 28, 2015
Backcourt stars Karimata, Jones carry Fukushima past Yokohama
The Fukushima Firebonds put on a shooting clinic from 3-point range at Yokohama International Swimming Pool on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2015
From nuclear safety to nuclear security
Japan's nuclear disaster has spurred reforms in the field of nuclear safety. But when it comes to nuclear security, complacency remains a major problem.

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