News About Japan

Tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake left millions tons of debris and rubble scattered across three prefectures of North Japan. Restoration can’t be taken until it is removed. Disaster-effected municipalities are responsible for disposing of debris, but they are also overwhelmed with other restoration and reconstruction tasks. Recently they are starting to get [...]

Japanese government decided to restructure its nuclear-related organizations. The government wants to clarify roles and responsibilities of every organization in case of a nuclear crisis. Also, it plans to submit  the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety  this month. NHK report says that  Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency will be independent from the Ministry of [...]

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano made the pledge that Japan will fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency in its investigation into the accident at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. Edano said that Japan is doing all to bring the plant under control and to disclose information with maximum transparency. According to [...]

Japanese government allows the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident. Team of  specialists from IAEA  will visit Japan from May 24 to June 2. They are going to visit the power plant and discuss problems of plant with representatives of Japan’s nuclear-related institutions. Japanese government will start [...]

Naoto Kan, Japanese Prime Minister, said that now Japanese government will focus on use of natural energy and energy saving than on nuclear power. During press conference on Tuesday, Kan thanked Chubu Electric Power Company for its quick decision to accept his request to suspend Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan. Kan said that even [...]

The Government of Japan has approved on Friday plans of special budget, by which -after approval by Parliament- it will be able to begin financing reconstruction of the country after the earthquake and tsunami. The plan extols at about 49 billion USD. It is expected that the Prime Minister Naoto Kan shall submit a special [...]

A high reading above the pool prompted the Tokyo Electric Power Company, to take a sample on Tuesday. But the radiation levels are far lower than they would be if there were damage to the fuel rods. The temperature of water in the No. 4 pool was more than twice a normal reading, and more [...]

As I have mentioned before, there will be many after shocks in coming months and another one took place today… In the north east Japan earth was shaking again on Monday with a force 7,1 in Richter scale. Warning against tsunami has been announced. Earthquake epicentre was close to power plant in Fukushima. TEPCO, plant [...]

Japanese government has no plans for further evacuation of areas around damaged  nuclear power station Fukushima-informed deputy director Japanese nuclear safety agency (NISA) Koichiro Nakamura. Nakamura added however that this zone may be expanded in the future. Already in the previous week the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggested Japanese authorities extending the evacuation zone, [...]

More than 58% of Japanese believe that the authority does not deal with crisis in Fukushima and damaged nuclear power station and near 58 % supports government’s efforts to aid to the earthquake victims -according to the latest survey. The survey, published on Sunday- was the first phone survey from tragic earthquake and tsunami which [...]