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Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a 'no nukes' crusader
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Tsunamis, Nuclear Power, Natural Disasters
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No more Fukushimas
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Waste, Japan, Nuclear Power, Natural Disasters
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Report: Japan, utility at fault for response to nuclear disaster
World NowJapan's response to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was flawed by poor communication and delays in releasing data on dangerous radiation leaks, a government-appointed investigative panel has found.... -
Independent panel to probe Japan nuclear disaster
World NowNuclear meltdown: A scientific panel appointed by the Japanese government will conduct an independent investigation of last March's nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.... -
Japanese officials kept nuclear report on evacuations secret
World NowJapan, nuclear, tsunami, earthquake, Fukushima: Japanese officials hushed up a government report last year warning that tens of millions of people might need to evacuate if the Fukushima nuclear crisis took a turn for the worse, the Associated Press... -
Japan marks 6 months since earthquake, tsunami
Associated PressTOKYO (AP) — Up and down Japan's devastated northeast coast, survivors prayed and communities came together Sunday to mark six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, a date that changed everything for them and their...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Health and Safety at Work, Tsunamis
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Commentary: Don't panic the people
Special to CNNIn the decorous chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Wednesday a U.S. bureaucrat launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11. In testimony to Congress,...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Health, Nuclear Power, Anxiety
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FDA Bans Milk, Produce From Japan Amid Radiation Fears
KTLA NewsTokyo -- Japan's Health Ministry reported Tuesday finding radioactive materials at levels "drastically exceeding legal limits" in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima Prefecture, including broccoli and cabbage, according to Kyodo News Agency. None of...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work, Japan, Nuclear Power, Health
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Japan's Nuclear Disaster Escalates
ReutersFUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Japan's prime minister said on Tuesday that radioactive levels had become high around an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant after an explosion there, and there was a risk of radiation leaking into the atmosphere. Naoto Kan...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, World War II (1939-1945), Nuclear Power, Travel, Tokyo (Japan)
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Monday, March 14, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 5:39 a.m. Greg Jarrett will go to a live radio broadcast of NHK World/Japan and hear the latest. 6:09 a.m. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday that the earthquake and tsunami that have devastated the country make up...Tags: Human Interest, ABC (tv network), Illinois
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Quake plunges Japan into fear, hardship
Los Angeles TimesJapan's most punishing earthquake on record and the devastating tsunami it triggered plunged the heart of the densely populated island nation into an apocalyptic scene of blazing buildings, cratered highways, waterborne rubble and frenzied efforts to...Tags: Railway Transportation, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work, Japan, Tourism and Leisure
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Japan earthquake, tsunami death toll rises to 1,000, reports say
Los Angeles TimesJapanese media reported at least 1,000 people are presumed dead from Friday's massive 8.9 earthquake, most drowned by the wall of water that swept across the northeast coast of the island nation. Thousands of others were stranded on rooftops,...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes
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