Tag: Japan
New report says Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster narrowly avoided being much worse
A new independent report from Japan details just how close that country came to a "devil's chain reaction" of nuclear plant after nuclear plant melting down and sending a plume of radiation over the city of Tokyo and its 30 million inhabitants....
Thieves try to steal thousands of dollars in glacial ice
Climate change has glaciers retreating at the fastest pace science has seen but some enterprising criminals are trying to give it a shove. A group of thieves in Chile tried to steal 11 tons of glacial ice from a national monument. They were caught, but they're just the latest practitioners of an older-than-you-might-think industry....
VIDEO: Tens of thousands remain evacuated nearly a year after Fukushima nuclear disaster
In the days after the Fukushima Daiichi plant was ravaged by an earthquake and tsunami, causing its reactors and spent fuel rods to overheat, catch fire, cause explosions and leak radiation, thousands of Japanese were evacuated from their homes. Now, more than a year later, they're still wondering when they'll get to go home....
VIDEO: Pacific Northwest preparing for millions of tons of Japanese tsunami debris
In coastal communities from California to Alaska, communities are bracing for a monumental clean-up task. A debris field perhaps the size of California is bringing materials from Japan's earthquake and tsunami ravaged areas across the Pacific Ocean, with some items already making landfall....
Japanese Americans remember 'darkest hour,' on Pearl Harbor Day (with video)
As the United States geared up to fight World War II, it forced many Japanese Americans into internment camps. But some of those Japanese Americans decided they'd rather fight to defend the United States, despite being treated like supporters of the enemy....
As 70th anniversary nears, historian looks at why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Almost 70 years ago, on Wednesday, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. It launched a war that Jeffrey Record says the Japanese never had any hope of winning....
Touring ghost towns left behind by Japan's nuclear disaster
More than 100,000 people living within 12 miles of the Fukushima plant were ordered out -- a journalist touring an abandoned town in the area describes what he found....
Sunflowers used to clean up radiation
Scientists have discovered that sunflowers can pull radioactive contaminants out of the soil, and researchers cleaning up the Fukushima site in Japan are putting the flowers to the test. ...
Sushi industry hurting from radiation scare
The sushi industry in Japan in disarray after speculation that the Fukushima nuclear disaster may have contaminated fish from the region....
Toyota profits tumble, but for how long?
Toyota has fallen to the third biggest automaker in the world, as profits tumbled after the earthquake. ...
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