A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/02/japan/prophesied-disaster-likely-wont-strike-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #fukushima #311 #fukushimano1 #tsunami #earthquakes #manga

China will allow the import of some seafood products from Japan to resume, a partial lifting of the blanket ban imposed following Tokyo’s release of wastewater from a wrecked nuclear power plant in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/30/china-seafood-imports-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #seafood #china #fukushimano1 #fish #fishing #trade #chinajapanrelations

As young farmers seek to revitalize Fukushima, authorities ponder what to do with mountains of soil contaminated after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/01/japan/politics/recycling-contaminated-soil-fukushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #fukushima #fukushimano1 #radiation #agriculture

China has agreed to lift a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, which it imposed in response to the release of treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/30/economy/china-seafood-ban-lifted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #tepco #china #chinajapanrelations #fishing #311 #trade

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office will symbolically accept soil from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to show it is safe, officials said, with reports saying it will be used in flower beds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/27/japan/ishiba-office-fukushima-soil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shigeruishiba #fukushimano1 #fukushima #radiation

Japan's government has said it will use soil removed during radiation decontamination work following the 2011 nuclear accident within the grounds of central government agencies and the prime minister's office in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/27/japan/japan-fukushima-soil-reuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #fukushima #radiation #tepco

The government may reuse soil removed from the ground during radiation decontamination work after the 2011 nuclear reactor meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture in the grounds of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/23/japan/fukushima-soil-reuse-prime-minister-office/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #fukushimano1 #radiation #tokyo

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings says it has completed the first round of the fiscal 2025 ocean discharge of treated water from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/fukushima-water-release-2025-first-round/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #tepco

A tricky operation to remove a second sample of radioactive debris from inside the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has been completed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/japan/fukushima-nuclear-plant-debris-removal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #tepco #311 #radiation

Tokyo Electric Power Company said it has completed the ocean discharge of treated water containing radioactive tritium from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant for fiscal 2024, which ended Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/tepco-water-discharge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater

Yoko Suetsugu, a sculptor from Fukushima who runs a gallery in New York, is working to showcase the current state and appeal of her home prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/japan/society/fukushima-sculptor-new-york-gallery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #fukushima #fukushimano1 #yokosuetsugu #newyork #pottery

The acquittal of two former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings over the 2011 nuclear disaster at its Fukushima No. 1 power plant has been finalized after no appeal was filed against the latest rulings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/crime-legal/tepco-execs-acquittal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tepco #fukushimano1

Sapporo-based startup Ookuma Diamond Device is looking to decommissioning work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to realize what is believed to be the world's first practical application of diamond chips. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/science-health/fukushima-plant-decommissioning-diamond-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #fukushimano1 #radiation #chipmakers #ookumadiamonddevice #tech #311

The government has compiled a policy to make full use of nuclear power — a major shift from its stance of reducing the country's dependence on such energy after the triple meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture 14 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/ishiba-nuclear-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #fukushimano1 #311 #electricity

Soil from radiation decontamination work after the 2011 nuclear reactor meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture should be disposed of outside the prefecture by the deadline, the governor said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/japan/fukushima-gov-soil-disposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #311 #earthquakes #fukushimano1 #masaouchibori

Over a decade after 3/11, Japan has the chance to foster participatory energy democracy by engaging its environmental organizations in nuclear policymaking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/10/japan/japan-nuclear-policy-public-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nuclearenergy #energy #311 #fukushimano1 #fukushima #restarts #environment #climatechange

One former Fukushima plant worker has taken it upon himself to look after the numerous pets left behind in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/japan/fukushima-left-behind-pet-protection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #pets #petadoption #animalwelfare #fukushimano1 #311 #fukushima

A Fukushima wood-processing company is supplying materials for the Osaka Expo's centerpiece, which the firm's director dubs a symbol of the prefecture's reconstruction in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/japan/society/fukushima-firm-osaka-expo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #fukushima #fukushimano1 #2025osakaexpo #forests

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi agreed on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation on the decommissioning and dismantling of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/19/japan/foreign-minister-iaea-head-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #fukushimano1 #tepco #kashiwazakikariwa #radioactivewater

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief began a three-day visit to Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/18/japan/iaea-chief-visit-to-fukushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #iaea #rafaelgrossi #radioactivewater