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Tag: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)

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Breaking Taboo, Germany Extends Life of 2 Nuclear Reactors

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022Erika Solomon and Melissa EddyComments Off on Breaking Taboo, Germany Extends Life of 2 Nuclear Reactors

The step is intended to cushion a growing energy crisis in Europe but could upend the country’s plans to become the first industrial power to shutter its program.

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Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again?

May 4, 2022May 6, 2022Motoko Rich and Hikari HidaComments Off on Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again?

The Ukraine war has shown the fragility of Japan’s energy supplies. But the decision to restart plants after the Fukushima disaster is fraught with emotions and political calculation.

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Your Thursday Briefing: Zelensky Speaks to Congress

March 16, 2022March 18, 2022Amelia NierenbergComments Off on Your Thursday Briefing: Zelensky Speaks to Congress

Plus an offshore earthquake in Japan and mass graves in Syria.

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Europe Looks to Nuclear Power to Meet Climate Goals

November 29, 2021Liz Alderman and Stanley ReedComments Off on Europe Looks to Nuclear Power to Meet Climate Goals

While wind and solar ramp up, several countries, including France and Britain, are looking to expand their nuclear energy programs. Germany and others aren’t so enthusiastic.

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Japan’s Plan for Fukushima Wastewater Meets a Wall of Mistrust in Asia

April 13, 2021Ben Dooley and Makiko InoueComments Off on Japan’s Plan for Fukushima Wastewater Meets a Wall of Mistrust in Asia

The government in Tokyo says criticism of its intention to release treated water into the ocean is unscientific. South Korea has called the proposal “utterly intolerable.”

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Japan to Start Releasing Radioactive Water From Fukushima in 2 Years

April 12, 2021April 13, 2021Jennifer Jett and Ben DooleyComments Off on Japan to Start Releasing Radioactive Water From Fukushima in 2 Years

The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.

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For 10 Years, Photographer Follows Up on Destroyed Village

April 8, 2021Matthew SedaccaComments Off on For 10 Years, Photographer Follows Up on Destroyed Village

After an earthquake and a tsunami hit Japan in 2011, Hiroko Masuike, a Times photographer, spent a decade documenting the attempts by 15 people to rebuild their community.

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A Village Erased

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021Hiroko Masuike and Russell GoldmanComments Off on A Village Erased

The earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, wiped away the ancient Japanese village of Kesen. In the past decade, a small group of survivors has valiantly tried to rebuild the community, but a grim reality has set in: This emptiness will last forever.

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Fukushima Photos: 10 Years Later

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021James Whitlow Delano, Hikari Hida and Mike IvesComments Off on Fukushima Photos: 10 Years Later

Ten years after a devastating earthquake and tsunami led to a nuclear meltdown in northern Japan, residents are readjusting to places that feel familiar and hostile at once.

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10 Years After Fukushima Disaster, This Nurse May Be the Region’s Best Hope

March 9, 2021March 10, 2021Motoko Rich, Makiko Inoue and Noriko HayashiComments Off on 10 Years After Fukushima Disaster, This Nurse May Be the Region’s Best Hope

Many of Rina Tsugawa’s peers have left for jobs in cities, an outflow common to rural Japan but accelerated by the tsunami and nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima. Ms. Tsugawa has different plans.

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