fukushima

The real fallout from Fukushima

‘You can go ahead and eat the fish.’ Colby Cosh on the actual impact of the spread of radioactive seawater from Japan

Lights out for nuclear power?

Japan’s Fukushima disaster and the rise of shale gas have the developed world running from nuclear power

Life in no man’s land

Japan, one year after the tsunami

From 2012: There’s life after the disaster, amid ghost towns, radioactive worms and disaster tourists

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Fukushima meltdwon could have been much worse

“Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown,” a PBS Frontline documentary that aired on Feb. 28, shows powerful images of confusion and panic inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant right after the strong quake and tsunami that hit Japan a year ago.

How do you clean a Japanese mountain?

One year after the disaster at the Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, nearby villages remain empty

Japan, one year later

A lot has changed but the country is still scarred by the earthquake and tsunami

Come visit— for free!

Visit Japan—for free!

The Japan Tourism Agency will offer 10,000 free round-trip airfares to foreigners to visit the country next year

Diapers from the mafia

Diapers from Japan’s mafia

The yakuza stepped in quickly to provide tsunami relief, and are reaping the benefits

Good news

Good news, bad news: Sept. 15-22

B.C. salmon are radiation-free, RCMP officers get off scot-free for tasering a child

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Radiation leaked into sea from Fukushima plant higher than estimated

Researchers find radiation levels more than three times higher

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Cows that ate contaminated feed already shipped

Inspections show they were shipped to other parts of Japan