Fukushima

In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan.

Author Yoichi Funabashi on Fukushima crisis 10 years later: Nuclear energy was and still is 'unforgiving'

Yoichi Funabashi, one of Japan’s most imminent journalists and author of a new book titled "Meltdown: Inside the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis," told The World that there was a lack of emergency training for that critical scenario faced on March 11, 2011. 

Author Yoichi Funabashi on Fukushima crisis 10 years later: Nuclear energy was and still is 'unforgiving'
When Yuji Onuma was a kid, he lived in Futaba, a part of Fukushima. Today, he has kids of his own — but they can’t go near Futaba. Here, he wears protective clothing during a visit to his old house.

Photos: See Japan's nuclear legacy — from Fukushima to Hiroshima

Photos: See Japan's nuclear legacy — from Fukushima to Hiroshima
A house and vehicles damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as seen in Ishinomaki, northern Japan.

A decade after Katrina, one researcher looks for global lessons in its aftermath

A decade after Katrina, one researcher looks for global lessons in its aftermath
Caroline Kennedy visits offshore wind turbine

Japan has just built the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine

Japan has just built the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine
Soy Sauce

Tsunami-proof: Japanese soy sauce rises from ruins of 2011 disaster

Tsunami-proof: Japanese soy sauce rises from ruins of 2011 disaster
PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment

Three years after the tsunami-induced meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, PBS NewsHour correspondent Miles O'Brien talks about the continuing contamination crisis, and the accident that caused him to lose his arm.

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment
A Tokyo Electric Power Corp (TEPCO) official and journalists wearing protective equipment stand near storage tanks for radioactive water at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in November, 2013. A team of Japanese scientists say

Algae to the rescue at Fukushima? Scientists say it could help

Japanese researchers say they've found a species of algae that could help decontaminate radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. But they say the plant's owners don't seem very interested in the idea.

Algae to the rescue at Fukushima? Scientists say it could help

In Stressful Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan Now Dealing With 'Atomic Divorce'

Two years after the Fukushima tsunami and nuclear disaster, life is still far from normal for survivors. Anxiety over radiation and discrimination is now causing mental health problems and a slew of social problems from divorce to suicide.

In Stressful Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan Now Dealing With 'Atomic Divorce'
The World

Jazz Guitarist Yuto Kanazawa Writes 'The Ocean' in Aftermath of Fukushima Disaster

Japanese jazz guitarist Yuto Kanazawa was far from his home in Fukushima, Japan when the earthquake and tsunami struck in March 2011. He was inspired to write a song about the disaster. In an exclusive for The World, Kanazawa performs "The Ocean".

Jazz Guitarist Yuto Kanazawa Writes 'The Ocean' in Aftermath of Fukushima Disaster
The World

Life After the Fukushima Meltdown in Japan

People in and around the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are settling into the grim realities after the multiple meltdowns of 2011. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Emily Taguchi, who's just returned from a reporting trip to the region.

Life After the Fukushima Meltdown in Japan
The World

French Sour on Nuclear Power

France gets a larger share of its electricity from nuclear power than any other country. But as Liam Moriarty reports, a year after Fukushima, public support is eroding, and for the first time nuclear power has become an issue in a presidential election.

French Sour on Nuclear Power

Japanese Quake: Before and After Photos

Lisa Mullins talks with Alan Taylor, senior editor for the Atlantic's photo blog, "In Focus," about their "before and after" photo feature on the 201 Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

Japanese Quake: Before and After Photos

Inside Japan's Nuclear Exclusion Zone

A rare visit to the Fukushima exclusion zone, six months after the beginning of Japan's nuclear crisis.

Inside Japan's Nuclear Exclusion Zone
The World

Safecast Crowdsourced Radation Data and the Unknown

Safecast volunteers collect radiation data using their own Geiger counters.

Safecast Crowdsourced Radation Data and the Unknown

Germany to ditch nuclear power by 2022

In a radical overhaul of its energy policy, the German government has decided to phase out its nuclear power within ten years.

Germany to ditch nuclear power by 2022