People in Fukushima Prefecture and other parts of Japan are working to pass down the stories of "mock atomic bombs" the United States dropped in the country during World War II, which resulted in over 400 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/wwii-us-mock-atomic-bombings-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #fukushima #wwii

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Sunday that it has completed the second round of its fiscal 2025 release of treated water into the ocean from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/japan/tepco-2nd-round-treated-water-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #nuclearenergy #fukushima

The Tokyo District Court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings on Wednesday to pay about ¥100 million ($675,000) in damages over the 2011 accident at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/crime-legal/tepco-ordered-to-pay-damages-nuclear-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fukushimano1 #311 #earthquakes #tsunami #futaba #fukushima #japanesecourts

Aufgrund einer #Tsunami |-warnung hat der Betreiber der japanischen #AKW#Fukushima Daiichi und Daini Vorsichtsmaßnahmen an den #KKW getroffen.

Grund für die Warnung ist ein #Erdbeben der Magnitude 8.8, das vor der Küste der russischen Halbinsel #Kamtschatka registriert wurde. Siehe auch Meldung der USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qw60/executive

Aufgrund einer #Tsunami |-warnung hat der Betreiber der japanischen #AKW#Fukushima Daiichi und Daini Vorsichtsmaßnahmen an den #KKW getroffen.

Grund für die Warnung ist ein #Erdbeben der Magnitude 8.8, das vor der Küste der russischen Halbinsel #Kamtschatka registriert wurde. Siehe auch Meldung der USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qw60/executive

Full-scale removal of nuclear fuel debris from the No. 3 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will not start before fiscal 2037, officials said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/fukushima-nuclear-plant-debris-removal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #nuclearenergy #fukushima #311

Dozens of bags of mildly radioactive soil collected from near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were delivered Saturday to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office, in an effort to show it is safe for reuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/19/japan/ishiba-office-fukushima-soil-reuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #shigeruishiba

Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima Prefecture has been newly designated as an internationally important wetland under the Ramsar Convention, marking the 54th wetland in the country to be registered. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/lake-inawashiro-ramsar-convention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #environment #environmentministry #wetlands

Fukushima Prefecture is set to launch a public-private partnership initiative to mitigate the outflow of young people that has been a major factor behind population decline and the falling birth rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/fukushima-gender-gap-population-decline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #population #women039sissues #rurallife #hyogo

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings suggested Monday that it plans to transfer spent nuclear fuel from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to an interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/tepco-move-mutsu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tepco #aomori #mutsu #fukushima #nuclearenergy

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

In Fukushima Prefecture's rural regions, more and more medical facilities have stopped handling childbirths, leaving municipalities worried about an acceleration of population decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/society/fukushima-childbirth-facilities-decrease/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #pregnancy #hospitals #children #rurallife #depopulation #fukushima