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Japanese reaction to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Nuclear reactors of No. 5, center left, and 6 look over tanks storing water that was treated but still radioactive, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Plan to dump Fukushima’s radioactive water into ocean causes outcry

Energy

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is running out of space to store its radioactive water. Japanese authorities want to release it into the Pacific Ocean.

Former NHK anchor Jun Hori speaks at a TEDx event in Kyoto, Japan, about opening Japanese journalism to non-traditional sources.

Japan’s timid coverage of Fukushima led this news anchor to revolt — and he’s not alone

Media
A sign reading "Nuclear Power - The Energy for a Better Future" hangs over a street in the town of Futaba, inside the 12-mile radius exclusion zone around Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in a 2012 photo.

One lesson of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown is that Japan’s culture needs to change

Environment

As Japan struggles to contain Fukushima, U.S. facilities face tighter restrictions

Environment

Fukushima Nuclear Plant Crisis Worsens

Journalists allowed up-close look at efforts to dismantle Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

As Japan approaches the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that rattled the island nation and very nearly caused a complete and total meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, work continue on defueling, decommissioning and dismantling the damaged power station.

New report says Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster narrowly avoided being much worse

A new independent report from Japan details just how close that country came to a “devil’s chain reaction” of nuclear plant after nuclear plant melting down and sending a plume of radiation over the city of Tokyo and its 30 million inhabitants.

Japan’s nuclear crisis: far from over

Environment

Activists say accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant caused by too-cozy relationship between government and power companies, not earthquake.

The World

Life After the Fukushima Meltdown in Japan

Global Politics

People in and around the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are settling into the grim realities after the multiple meltdowns of 2011. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Emily Taguchi, who’s just returned from a reporting trip to the region.

The World

From Inside Fukushima Reactor, New Data Raises New Worries

Environment

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson about the latest news from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant.