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Japan Remembers 2-year old Anniversary of Earthquake and Tsunami

2013-03-11 09:06:48| Energy - Topix.net

Water rushes into Tokyo Electric Power Co. 's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake, in Fukushima, in this handout photo taken March 11, 2011, The nation observed a moment of silence at 14:46 , the exact time the earthquake struck off along the northeastern coast.

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VIDEO: Japan tsunami rebuild has been slow

2013-03-11 03:40:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Two years after a tsunami hit the coast of Japan, the reconstruction of the devastated areas has been extremely slow.

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Japan: Thyroid Abnormalities Found in Children Downwind from Fukushima

2013-03-10 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: A doctor conducts a thyroid test during a rehearsal in October before the start of a Fukushima prefectural government program. Photo: Asahi Shimbun Thyroid abnormalities have now been confirmed among tens of thousands of children downwind from Fukushima. They are the first clear sign of an unfolding radioactive tragedy that demands this industry be buried forever. Two years after Fukushima exploded, three still-smoldering reactors remind us that the nuclear power industry repeatedly told the...

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Thousands in Japan anti-nuclear protest two years after Fukushima

2013-03-10 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Thousands of protesters marched in the Japanese capital on Sunday calling on the government to shun nuclear power, a day before the second anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that triggered the world's worst atomic disaster in 25 years. Japan is still coming to terms with the disaster that ravaged its northeastern region two years ago - the earthquake and tsunami killed more than 15,000 people. Several thousand people are still unaccounted for. "It's becoming more and more important for...

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Japan: Every Day Is a Fukushima Memorial

2013-03-10 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Japan prepares to mark the second anniversary of the Mar. 11 triple disaster -- an earthquake, tsunami and a critical nuclear reactor accident -- with much soul searching across the country. For Yukiko Takada from Otsuki-cho, a scenic fishing town in Iwate prefecture that was turned into rubble in a few hours on that fateful day, the upcoming memorial Monday will simply be another day. "For me, as it is like for the survivors who experienced the horrible tragedy, everyday remains a memorial,...

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