Fukushima Prefecture (Japan)

Fukushima seafood on sale for first time since nuclear disaster

2012-06-25 12:01:00

For the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster last year, seafood caught off the Fukushima coastline is being sold in local markets to test customer demand. On Monday, two types of octopus and one variety of marine snail deemed clear of radioactive...

Berlin Film Festival: 3 documentaries on Japan nuclear disaster

2012-02-10 16:37:33

Japan earthquake, tsunami death toll rises to 1,000, reports say

2011-03-11 09:51:00

Japanese media reported at least 1,000 people are presumed dead from Friday's massive 8.9 earthquake, most drowned by the wall of water that swept across the northeast coast of the island nation. Thousands of others were stranded on rooftops,...

Japan nuclear plant conditions worsening, local media reports

2011-03-11 16:44:00

Conditions appear to be worsening at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, according to local media. The Kyodo news agency reported that the cooling system has failed at three reactors of Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power...

Sun rises on a devastated Japan the day after earthquake, tsunami

2011-03-11 14:56:00

Saturday sunrise in Japan illuminated harrowing scenes of destruction across the island nation rattled by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history, with huge coastal swaths under water from tsunami waves and plumes of black smoke filling the skies...

Japanese cattle farmers worried about consumers� impression of beef brand

2011-08-29 07:54:00

�TOKYO — Livestock farmers in Fukushima, Iwate and Tochigi prefectures in Japan breathed a sigh of relief after the government lifted its ban on cattle shipments for their areas, but they are still worried the beef will be branded by consumers as...

Chinese farmers frustrated on removing tainted straw

2011-10-10 10:15:00

�MORIOKA, Japan — Livestock farmers in three disaster-hit prefectures in the Tohoku region of Japan are having difficulty disposing of rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. �Cattle farmers...

Tokyo, 10 local governments in Japan start checking beef farms

2011-07-18 08:16:00

�TOKYO — Prefectural governments in the Tohoku and Kanto regions of Japan have started questioning cattle farm owners about their straw feed as they try to stop more beef tainted with radioactive cesium from reaching consumers, government sources...

Japan Widens Investigation Into Nuclear-Contaminated Beef

2011-07-26 07:26:00

TOKYO -- Japan announced Tuesday that all beef detected with radiation higher than government safety standards will be destroyed as the probe into beef contaminated from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant expands. This week governments in three...

Relief In Japan As New Tsunami Wave Turns Out To Be Minor

2011-03-27 17:58:00

A tsunami triggered by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake Monday morning in Japan was a minor event. Authorities issued a tsunami advisory Monday morning for coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan after a quake struck the region at 7:24 a.m....

FDA Bans Milk, Produce From Japan Amid Radiation Fears

2011-03-23 04:29:00

Tokyo -- Japan's Health Ministry reported Tuesday finding radioactive materials at levels "drastically exceeding legal limits" in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima Prefecture, including broccoli and cabbage, according to Kyodo News Agency. None of...

6.1 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan Near First Location

2011-03-27 17:17:00

Authorities issued a tsunami advisory Monday morning for coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan after a quake struck the region at 7:24 a.m. local time. Less than 90 minutes later, CNN's Kyung Lah reported that the "tsunami has already...

Engineers check facilities at the central control room of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

2011-04-24 00:00:00

Police officers wearing radiation protection suits collect photo albums as they search for victims in Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 km radius near the Tokyo Electric Power Co. 's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture in this photo

2011-04-07 00:00:00

A pet dog is tested for possible nuclear radiation at an evacuation center in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture , northern Japan located about 70 km (44 miles) from the earthquake and tsunami-crippled nuclear reactor. Both the dog and its owner, who were evacuated their town, located about 10 km from

2011-04-02 00:00:00