Fukushima 10 Years Later

A protester is shown wearing a white radiation protection suit and holding a sign with cuts of fish and the radioactive symbol.

Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years

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Japan's government announced Tuesday it would start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years.

Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years
Security guards look at outbound vehicles moving toward them at a security checkpoint where part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in the background in Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Feb. 25, 2021. An official

The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change complicates it.

Fukushima 10 Years Later
The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change complicates it.
Several large boats are shown on their side and washed ashore following a tsunami as shown from across a body of water.

It’s been 10 years since Fukushima. What’s it like to rebuild in a city that ‘doesn’t exist’?

Fukushima 10 Years Later
It’s been 10 years since Fukushima. What’s it like to rebuild in a city that ‘doesn’t exist’?
A woman is shown standing and wearing a full blue medical protective outfit with several people walking past her in blurred motion.

The pandemic, one year later

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The pandemic, one year later
This photo shows the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant situated in Naraha and Tomioka towns, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Feb. 26, 2021.

‘The Journey Itself Home’: Reflections on moving forward after devastation in Japan

Fukushima 10 Years Later
‘The Journey Itself Home’: Reflections on moving forward after devastation in Japan
In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan.

Author Yoichi Funabashi on Fukushima crisis 10 years later: Nuclear energy was and still is 'unforgiving'

Fukushima 10 Years Later

Yoichi Funabashi, one of Japan’s most imminent journalists and author of a new book titled "Meltdown: Inside the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis," told The World that there was a lack of emergency training for that critical scenario faced on March 11, 2011. 

Author Yoichi Funabashi on Fukushima crisis 10 years later: Nuclear energy was and still is 'unforgiving'