Japan remembers Fukushima

It was one of the darkest days in Japanese history CNBC - ‎1 hour ago‎ 3/11. Or san ichi-nichi for short. Like saying 9/11 in the United States, it's a number that reminds Japanese of one of the darkest days in their history. March 11, 2011, was a Friday. People were looking forward to the weekend. Children were about to ... Fukushima's 'dark tourism' Bangkok Post - ‎2 hours ago‎ Shinichi Niitsuma enthusiastically shows visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie: its tsunami-hit coastline, abandoned houses and hills overlooking the radiation-infested reactors of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant. Five years after ... Fukushima disaster zone now hot spot for 'dark tourism' The Straits Times - ‎3 hours ago‎ A visitor touring Namie, Fukushima, last month. The disaster-hit areas draw over 2,000 annual visitors, keen to see the aftermath of the nuclear accident five years ago.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE. Published. 3 hours ago. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp ... Fukushima 'dark tourism' serves to aid process of healing Khaleej Times - ‎4 hours ago‎ The volunteers take visitors through the shells of buildings left untouched as extremely high levels of radiation hamper demolition work. Shinichi Niitsuma enthusiastically shows visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie: its tsunami-hit ... Fukushima five years on: Haunting pictures from the day the humans left Metro - ‎5 hours ago‎ On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake hit Japan's northeastern coast, sparking a massive tsunami which left 19,000 people dead or missing. In the small town of Namie, all residents were evacuated after the tsunami caused the Fukushima ... Only through transparency can the Japanese public's faith in nuclear power be restored South China Morning Post (subscription) - ‎7 hours ago‎ The backlash against nuclear power in Japan has largely been down to a lack of transparency by electricity firms. There is a chance that the shortcomings can be fixed now that three top former officials of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator ... The dark tourism helping Fukushima gulfnews.com - ‎8 hours ago‎ A tourist looks at an abandoned house in Namie, Fukushima prefecture. As the fifth anniversary of the 2011 disaster approaches, a growing number of visitors are joining Fukushima-related tours. Published: 12:58 March 6, 2016 Gulf News. AFP. Add to My ... Fukushima disaster photos show inside the dead zone five years on Daily Mail - ‎12 hours ago‎ Shinichi Niitsuma enthusiastically shows visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie but the tour is not your average sightseeing tip with its tsunami-hit coastline, abandoned houses and hills overlooking the radiation-infested reactors of the ... 'Japan's existence was at stake': Fukushima disaster nearly prompted Tokyo evacuation The Nation - ‎17 hours ago‎ The fate of Japan hung on a “paper-thin margin” due to the government's inadequate performance and the unprofessionalism of TEPCO's executives after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011, which almost caused the evacuation of 50 million people. Japan taxpayers foot $100bn bill for Fukushima disaster Financial Times - ‎17 hours ago‎ The Fukushima nuclear disaster has cost Japanese taxpayers almost $100bn despite government claims Tokyo Electric is footing the bill, according to calculations by the Financial Times. Almost five years after a huge tsunami caused the meltdown of three ... Japan's tsunami recovery still under a cloud five years on The Australian Financial Review - ‎20 hours ago‎ It has been five years since the triple catastrophe in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, when Japan was rocked by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Nearly 20,000 died in minutes. For some survivors, these years have passed with the ... After Fukushima: what fallout looks like five years on ABC Online - ‎Mar 5, 2016‎ A giant wave, triggered by a magnitude-nine earthquake inundated the nuclear power plant at Fukushima and set in chain core meltdowns in three reactors. More than 470,000 people fled their homes. From Japan, here's reporter Rachel Mealey: RACHEL ... Fukushima: Five years on from nuclear meltdown locals still in the dark about future ABC Online - ‎Mar 5, 2016‎ There is an eerie feeling there. Shoes sit in the doorway of houses, as they do in houses across Japan — neatly placed together, waiting for feet to walk them out the door. Bicycles rest against fences — waiting for the next journey. Media player ... Fukushima: Inside the dead zone where the legacy of nuclear disaster still rules Telegraph.co.uk - ‎Mar 5, 2016‎ On the main shopping street of Japan's nuclear ghost town, only the grass growing through the tarmac, and the rust on the parked cars, tells you the tsunami and earthquake happened five years ago, not yesterday. Along the rest of the country's blasted ... Fukushima: Five years on, the legacy of nuclear disaster still rules Stuff.co.nz - ‎Mar 5, 2016‎ In 2011, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The fallout turned thriving nearby villages into ghost towns, and even where it is now safe, few would ever dare to return. On the main shopping street of ... Japan very nearly lost Tokyo New Zealand Herald - ‎Mar 5, 2016‎ Five years after Fukushima, the then prime minister reveals the 'paper-thin' margin that stood between his country and an unimaginable future. Japanese police recover a body on a search and recovery mission near Fukushima in the aftermatch of the ... Five years after Fukushima — How safe is the environment? Digital Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎ Fukushima - It has been almost five years since that fateful day on March 11, 2011 when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, creating a 40-meter tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown. Tepco itching to restart nuclear plant to defend its turf Nikkei Asian Review - ‎2 hours ago‎ TOKYO -- The imminent liberalization of Japan's retail energy market has Tokyo Electric Power Co. scurrying to improve its competitiveness. But a key part of the utility's strategy -- restarting a nuclear plant north of the capital -- is proving ... 32000 Fukushima No. 1 workers got high radiation dose, Tepco data show The Japan Times - ‎2 hours ago‎ A total of 32,760 workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant had an annual radiation dose of over 5 millisieverts as of the end of January, a Jiji Press analysis of data from the company showed. A reading of 5 ... Two-thirds of local government leaders want reliance on nuclear power reduced or ended: survey The Japan Times - ‎3 hours ago‎ About two-thirds of heads of prefectural, city, ward, town and village governments across Japan called on the country to reduce its reliance on nuclear power generation or scrap it altogether, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday. In the survey about ... Fukushima 'Dark Tourism' Aids Remembrance, Healing Khmer Times - ‎7 hours ago‎ NAMIE, Japan (AFP) – Shinichi Niitsuma enthusiastically shows visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie: its tsunami-hit coastline, abandoned houses and hills overlooking the radiation-infested reactors of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant. Fukushima Lawsuits Against Tokyo, TEPCO Total Over $1Bln Sputnik International - ‎14 hours ago‎ Over 50 branches of Japan's district courts are currently considering lawsuits from 12,539 people against the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, according to local media. 'Dark tourism' grows at 3/11 sites The Japan Times - ‎14 hours ago‎ Shinichi Niitsuma is enthusiastic about showing visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie: its tsunami-hit coastline, abandoned houses and hills overlooking the radiation-soaked reactors of the disabled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Five ... Japan: 'We nearly lost Tokyo' WeatherWatch.co.nz - ‎17 hours ago‎ Japan's prime minister at the time of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has revealed the country came within a "paper-thin margin" of a nuclear disaster requiring the evacuation of 50 million people. In an interview to mark the fifth anniversary of the ...