Japan Govt. Erases Fukushima’s Victims
Optics are everything when you are trying to pretend a large scale disaster isn’t a large scale disaster. Asahi Shimbun
Read moreOptics are everything when you are trying to pretend a large scale disaster isn’t a large scale disaster. Asahi Shimbun
Read moreA number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have
Read moreA group of evacuees had sued both TEPCO and the Japanese government in Maebashi District Court. The ruling is the first
Read moreThe reporting out of Japan doesn’t define who is still homeless due to the nuclear disaster and who is still
Read moreThe town of Katsurao currently has radiation levels of 20-50 mSv/year, with some areas above the 50 mSv/year level. 20
Read moreMainichi has an in depth look at the evolving problems for evacuees. While the government has claimed it would treat
Read moreThe government announced a delay in reopening the town of Naraha near Fukushima Daiichi. The reopening would be delayed a few
Read moreAs June wanes we find more delays, more problems and new admissions about the extent of the disaster. TEPCO introduced
Read moreA series of announcements over the last two weeks have shown the Abe administration’s true plan for Fukushima & Japan.
Read moreIt has been four years since the massive triple disaster struck Japan. In some ways much has changed, in others,
Read moreThe carefully crafted veneer of recovery from the Fukushima nuclear disaster by the government is peeling in many ways. Protesters
Read moreThis tactic has already been used on some TEPCO employees that are also evacuees. Now TEPCO is harassing the general
Read moreThe central government has declared the towns of Futaba and Okuma to be interim storage sites for the growing piles
Read moreTEPCO again books a profit, this time about 438 billion yen. The company recently received another injection of government money.
Read moreThe Japanese government continues to push for reactor restarts and to establish nuclear power as part of the national energy
Read more18 people have used a government jobs program intended to get people to return to Fukushima after the 2011 disasters.
Read moreMany of the workers at Fukushima Daiichi lived in the area. They lost their homes to the tsunami and nuclear
Read moreRemember only weeks ago when Japan’s PM Abe announced the government was taking over the contaminated water problems at Fukushima
Read moreTEPCO payed out their portion of a $2 million payment to the village that sits near their planned new nuclear
Read moreThe NY Times published an article today looking at the limbo Fukushima evacuees live in. Most in Namie and other
Read more171 people who fled to Osaka and Kyoto after the Fukushima Nuclear disaster are suing TEPCO to try to regain
Read moreIn an exchange that was shocking even for all we have seen in the 2+ years since the disaster, the
Read moreTEPCO has announce a total rejection of a plan by the government arbitration board to compensate victims from Iitate Village.
Read moreAn official from the Reconstruction Office charged with rebuilding the damaged regions of Fukushima prefecture lashed out at citizen groups
Read moreSo far about 3000 people have reached settlements with TEPCO, the news report does not say if any of these
Read moreDr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute (and fukuleaks.org/web member) on RT TV discussing the situation in Fukushima two
Read moreThis is part three of our three part series on the second year of the 3-11 disaster. In part three
Read moreTEPCO is now requiring evacuees to pay back any temporary compensation payments given to them. If TEPCO makes a final
Read moreJapan’s government is continuing to pursue the idea of a bid for the Olympics. Ex-SKF found a couple of Olympic
Read moreThe mayor of Futaba has told residents they may need to stay away for “a generation” citing the half life
Read moreNHK reports 300,000 are still in temporary housing after the March 2011 disaster. Japan Today cites a number of 305,000
Read morePeople impacted by the Fukushima nuclear disaster have drafted a human rights declaration with the help of lawyer Yoshitaro Nomura. Nomura
Read moreThe UN special investigator Anand Grover has issued some initial comments on his visit to Japan. The statement is more
Read moreThe new nuclear agency in Japan, the NRA has announced changes to nuclear disaster response. They plan to move emergency
Read moreA year and a half since the 3-11 disasters many still live in temporary housing without compensation wondering where they
Read moreMaya Koabayashi lived in Fukushima City. After the nuclear disaster in Japan her life changed as did the lives of
Read moreDr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute (and SimplyInfo member) explains the social impact on the people in Fukushima
Read more300 people are still living in an evacuation center. Most are elderly and from Futaba. A few simply can not
Read moreDr. Robert Jacobs from the Hiroshima Peace Institute, and fukuleaks.org/web member has written a new article over at DiaNuke.org discussing
Read moreIf you ask anyone in Japan their thoughts on 2011 they will tell you something akin to it having been
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