Sunday, October 16, 2011
- Financial Times – Japan’s utilities struggle with post-nuclear reality – Mure Dickie
- Green Prophet – Radioactive Church in Tokyo Dangerous as Chernobyl Dead Zone – Karin Kloosterman
- Daily Yomiuri – Lawyers to help file claims for N-crisis compensation
- Japan Times – Hospital raided over high doses of radioactive imaging agent in kids
- Japan Times – Shocks seen as threat to spent rods in No. 4 pool
- Japan Times – Nuclear debate clouded by quake – Mark Deyss
Saturday, October 15, 2011
- ABC – Radioactive plankton found near Fukushima plant – Mark Willacy
- AP Google – Paper shows Japan feared aftershocks at nuke plant – Mari Yamaguchi
- New York Times – Citizens’ Testing Finds 20 Hot Spots Around Tokyo – Hiroko Tabuchi
- SBS – Tokyo radiation hotspot ‘not linked to Fukushima’
- Daily Yomiuri – Doubts over how to teach radiation – Fumihiko Ito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
- Daily Yomiuri – Radiation booklet plan gets mixed reception
- Daily Yomiuri – NISA secretly calculated Fukushima meltdown risks / Agency considered worst-case scenario of ‘China syndrome’
- Daily Yomiuri – Verification of news reports vital to disaster coverage
- Japan Times – Hundreds turn out to ‘Occupy Tokyo’ – Takahiro Fukada
- Japan Times – Kyushu Electric chiefs to get pay cuts over reactor PR scandal
- Japan Times – Rice farmers plan tough new radiation limits – Aya Takada and Yasumasa Song
- Japan Times – Tokyo radiation scare turns out to be radium stored under house floor – Mizuho Aoki
- Japan Times – IAEA team: limit decontamination – Kazuaki Nagata
- Mainichi Daily News – Mongolia abandons nuclear waste storage plans, informs Japan of decision
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO completes cover around Fukushima plant’s No. 1 reactor; 3 and 4 next
- Mainichi Daily News – Radium-filled bottles removed from Tokyo home; local radiation levels drop
- Mainichi Daily News – IAEA team praises Japan after Fukushima visit
- Mainichi Daily News – Many schools in Fukushima still limit time spent outdoors by students
- Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric waters down finding on nuclear business scandal
Friday, October 14, 2011
- AP Google – IAEA team praises Japan after Fukushima visit
- BBC News – Radiation hotspot in Tokyo ‘not linked to Fukushima’
- Bloomberg – Radium, Not Fukushima, Source of Western Tokyo Radiation Spike – Chisaki Watanabe
- Bloomberg – Fukushima Clean-Up Attracts Bids for $14 Billion in Projects – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
- New York Times – Radioactive Hot Spots in Tokyo Point to Wider Problems – Hiroko Tabuchi
- Reuters – IAEA urges Japan to be less conservative in nuclear cleanup – Shinichi Saoshiro
- UPI – Radiation sparks fears in Tokyo
- Washington Post – Small hot spots, strontium-90, detected around Tokyo – Chico Harlan
- Daily Yomiuri – Students to receive radiation info booklets
- Daily Yomiuri – Bottles behind radiation scare / Substance in Tokyo likely radium 226, not tied to Fukushima crisis
- Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO must handle compensation with sincerity
- Japan Times – Tokyo radiation scare turns out to be radium stored under house floor – Mizuho Aoki
- Japan Times – Fukushima said not Tokyo hot spot source – Minoru Matsutani
- Japan Times – Budget-cutters may target ’12 funds for nuclear plants – Masami Ito
- Mainichi Daily News – Tsunami twice as high as anticipated could hit Hamaoka nuclear plant, says researcher
- Mainichi Daily News – Radiation-tainted sludge, ash to be buried in Tokyo Bay landfill
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO failed to report re-evaluation of quake resistance for equipment at Fukushima plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t white paper on energy not to call for promotion of nuclear energy
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO’s special operating plan to be crafted in 2-stage process
- Mainichi Daily News – Extra school texts on radiation fail to detail nuke accident
- Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Safety assurances for consumers and producers still a major task
- Mainichi Daily News – 3rd extra budget to focus on fishery restoration, decontamination
- Mainichi Daily News – Setagaya radiation unrelated to nuclear crisis: gov’t
- Tokyo Times – Mayor called on govt to scrap nuclear reactor near Tokyo
Thursday, October 13, 2011
- AP Google – Radiation hotspot linked to bottles in Tokyo house
- AFP Google – Radiation hotspot detected in Tokyo: reports
- BBC News – Tokyo radiation hotspot ‘not linked to Fukushima’
- Bellona – Tokyo and Yokohama expanding checks after radiation hotspots found – Charles Digges
- Bloomberg – Tokyo, Yokohama Expand Checks After Radiation ‘Hot Spots’ Found – Chisaki Watanabe and Makoto Miyazaki
- Reuters – Tepco to ask lenders to keep financing at $26 billion: report – Sumit Jha
- Reuters – Radiation hotspots, strontium found in Tokyo area – Yoko Kubota
- Xinhua News – Radiation levels spike at locations in Tokyo
- Xinhua News – Hotspot of radiation detected in Tokyo
- Daily Yomiuri – High radiation detected in residential area of Tokyo / Suspicious cardboard box discovered in nearby house
- Japan Times – Fukushima declares rice is safe
- Japan Times – Budget-cutting panel to eye funding for nuclear plants – Masami Ito
- Mainichi Daily News – Nuke crisis has Fukushima farmer worried over next year’s crop, erosion of community
- Mainichi Daily News – Final nuclear waste disposal issue needs serious deliberation
- Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s food radiation limits set too high: Belarusian scientist
- Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima Pref. declares all newly harvested rice safe for shipment
- Mainichi Daily News – High radiation dose readings marked in spots in Tokyo, Chiba
- Tokyo Times – Mayor called on govt to scrap nuclear reactor near Tokyo
- Tokyo Times – Farmers self-impose zero tolerance on radioactive rice
- Tokyo Times – Japan asked Obama to not apologize for Hiroshima
- Taiwan News – Taiwan, China to ink nuclear safety deal this month
- Taiwan Today – Nuclear pact to be inked in next cross-strait talks – Rachel Chan
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
- AP Google – Officials find small radiation hotspot in Tokyo
- CNN blog – Radioactive sediment found miles from Japan nuclear crisis zone
- The Guardian – Japan offers free return flights to revive tourism after Fukishima disaster – Justin McCurry
- Global Security Newswire – Japan Nuclear Plant Cleanup to Cover Thousands of Miles
- Reuters – Japan mayor wants reactor near Tokyo decommissioned – Risa Maeda
- Reuters – Fukushima rice safe for distribution after tests -Kyodo – Shinichi Saoshiro
- Xinhua News – TEPCO holds disaster drill at nuke plant, radioactive materials found in Yokohama
- Daily Yomiuri – Strontium detected in Yokohama
- Daily Yomiuri – 10% of compensation forms filed / TEPCO’s arduous application process blamed for claimants’ slow response
- Japan Focus – Hase Michiko, “We want genpatsu in Tokyo!” – The new sarcastic edge of Japan’s anti-nuclear demos
- Japan Times – Fukushima No. 1 disaster drill held
- Japan Times – Editorial: A friendlier environment for NPOs
- Japan Times – A chance to do more than rebuild Tohoku
- Japan Times – Editorial: Budgeting for reconstruction
- Japan Times – Yokohama finds high strontium-90 levels
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to simplify guidelines for those seeking compensation over nuclear disaster
- Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima starts thyroid check-ups for children, but many problems are still unsolved
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t unveils plan to expand decontamination project areas; local reactions mixed
- Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive substance levels in Fukushima reactor building drop below legal limits
- Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive strontium found in Yokohama, 250 km from Fukushima plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Prioritization key to effective nuclear decontamination plan
- Mainichi Daily News – Noda vows safer use of nuclear energy in wake of Fukushima crisis
- Mainichi Daily News – Tokaimura mayor calls for scrapping Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Japan doctors in North Korea to examine A-bomb victims
- PanOrient News – Radioactive Strontium Detected in Yokohama
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
- Global Security Newswire – Japan Plans 2014 Deadline for Nuclear Plant Cleanup
- Daily Yomiuri – No-go zone soil to be moved in 2-1/2 yrs
- Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima govt aims to ease parents’ anxiety / Prefecture underlines its intention to monitor affected children’s health throughout their lives – Sho Funakoshi and Makiko Tatebayashi
- Daily Yomiuri – Thyroid cancer in Chernobyl
- Daily Yomiuri – Provide more places for outdoor activities
- Daily Yomiuri – Secure intermediate facilities to store N-contaminated soil
- Japan Times – IAEA group praises cleanup effort
- Japan Times – Nuclear fears reawaken mass anger – Alex Martin
- Japan Times – Facility in Chiba lets public test for radiation – Jun Hongo
- Japan Times – Radioactive cleanup to be covered by state – Setsuko Kamiya
- Japan Times – IAEA team inspects Fukushima school after decontamination work
- Mainichi Daily News – Residents near Fukushima mountains face nuclear recontamination every rainfall
- Mainichi Daily News – Students return to Fukushima schools for first time since start of nuclear crisis
- Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima festival divided between fighting radiation rumors, residents’ safety
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t decontamination work to cover low-radiation areas
- Mainichi Daily News – IAEA team chief welcomes Japan’s handling of decontamination waste
- Mainichi Daily News – Team of Hiroshima doctors leave for N. Korea to examine A-bomb victims
- Tokyo Times – Large-scale thyroid testing for children begins
Monday, October 10, 2011
- Oceania: AP Google – Australia approves BHP uranium mine expansion
- Bloomberg – Remaking Japan Requires Breaking Rules With Plan for Ground Zero – Aki Ito and Yuki Hagiwara
- The Energy Net – Radiation Bulletin: Fukushima News: Oct. 3rd – Oct 9th 2011
- New York Times – Shunning Nuclear Plants at Home, Japan Pursues Building Them Overseas – Hiroko Tabuchi
- New Yorker blog – Japan: The Nuclear Village – Evan Osnos
- SimplyInfo – NRC FOIA Documents
- UPI – Thyroid tests begin for children in Japan
- Japan Times – Tepco guarding its ground
- Mainichi Daily News – City of Fukushima to decontaminate orchards on test basis
- Mainichi Daily News – School sports festivals on in Fukushima, while being mindful of radiation
- Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo under illusion that things are normal while Fukushima remains a war zone
- Mainichi Daily News – IAEA team in Japan; Fukushima starts thyroid tests
- Tokyo Times – Fukushima worker dies, cause unknown
- Asia: New York Times – China Marches on With Nuclear Energy, in Spite of Fukushima – Keith Bradsher