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Caroline Kennedy visits offshore wind turbine

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

Four years ago, the Fukushima state weathered the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Today, they're home to a record-breaking wind turbine. But it's only a fraction of what the region's disabled nuclear complex used to produce.

Japan has just built the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine
Former NHK anchor Jun Hori speaks at a TEDx event in Kyoto, Japan, about opening Japanese journalism to non-traditional sources.

Japan's timid coverage of Fukushima led this news anchor to revolt — and he's not alone

Japan's timid coverage of Fukushima led this news anchor to revolt — and he's not alone
These residents have been given temporary jobs maintaining public places.

Not everyone wants the clean-up in Fukushima to be over

Not everyone wants the clean-up in Fukushima to be over
PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien

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

Science reporter Miles O'Brien on the Fukushima cleanup, irradiated fish and losing his arm on assignment
A sign reading "Nuclear Power - The Energy for a Better Future" hangs over a street in the town of Futaba, inside the 12-mile radius exclusion zone around Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in a 2012 photo.

One lesson of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown is that Japan's culture needs to change

One lesson of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown is that Japan's culture needs to change
An aerial view of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, taken August 31, 2013. Japan pledged nearly $500 million to contain leaks and decontaminate radioactive water fro

Fukushima Leaks Up the Ante for Japanese Government

Host Marco Werman speaks with Jeff Kingston of Temple University Japan about the status of the cleanup, what's at stake for the government, and the government's delicate relationship with TEPCO, the company that owns the plant.

Fukushima Leaks Up the Ante for Japanese Government