Fukushima nuclear plant workers sent to hospital after being splashed with tainted water
The operator Tepco says the workers came in contact with the wastewater when a hose came off accidentally and have been taken to hospital as a precaution
September 2023
Japan to release second batch of wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant next week
UN-approved release to go ahead despite China’s ban on all Japanese sea imports following first batch
China drastically cuts seafood imports from Japan in wake of Fukushima water release
Imports fell by 67% in August from the same month a year earlier, to about ¥3bn ($20.2m)
State-backed disinformation fuelling anger in China over Fukushima water
Reports of abusive behaviour towards Japanese citizens in China in response to wastewater release at nuclear site
August 2023
Businesses in Japan receive abusive calls from China after Fukushima water release
Fukushima: China accused of hypocrisy over its own release of wastewater from nuclear plants
Seascape: the state of our oceans
‘They won’t buy it’: fish traders anxious after Fukushima wastewater release
China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release
First Edition newsletter
Wednesday briefing: Fukushima nuclear plant is set to flush tonnes of water into the sea – but is it safe?
Fukushima: wastewater from ruined nuclear plant to be released from Thursday, Japan says
Japan to start Fukushima water release within weeks – report
July 2023
Fukushima fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water release fears
EU lifts Japan food import rules, weeks before nuclear wastewater to be pumped into ocean
South Koreans confront IAEA chief over Fukushima water release
UN report on Japan’s Fukushima water plans fails to placate opponents
Fukushima plan to release water into ocean approved by UN watchdog
Pacific project
‘We depend on our beautiful reefs’: Fukushima water release plan sparks concern across Pacific
June 2023
TV review
The Days review – this nuclear disaster drama is no Chernobyl
Netflix’s recreation of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is disappointingly insight free. It’s obsessed with facts to the point where it neglects both character and story
February 2023
Fukushima: Japan insists release of 1.3m tonnes of ‘treated’ water is safe
Neighbouring countries and local fishers express concern as 12th anniversary of nuclear disaster looms
January 2023
Fukushima: court upholds acquittals of three Tepco executives over disaster
High court in Japan agreed defendants could not have predicted the massive tsunami that crippled the power plant and triggered a nuclear meltdown