Fukushima
The Priest of Japan’s Forbidden Zone
At Shinto shrines inside the “hot zone” heavily contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 2011, 91-year-old Nobuhiko Ise keeps tradition alive.
Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Off Japan's Northeast Coast
Fukushima and Miyagi are under formal tsunami advisories.
Japan Says Fukushima Water Is Safe. China Dares a Japanese Official to Drink It.
Will Japan’s deputy prime minister put the water where his mouth is?
Here’s How Radioactive Fukushima Nuclear Plant’s Wastewater Is
The diluted concentration of the radioactive element tritium will harm no one, Japan says.
Japan Will Release Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Ocean
The Fukushima nuclear power plant is about to run out of capacity to store treated wastewater.
Then and Now: The Scars of Japan’s 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
A decade has passed since the triple disaster that devastated Japan’s northeastern region.
Fukushima 10 Years On: Radioactive Pigs, and a Father’s Heartbreaking Search
The world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl continues to haunt Fukushima.
The Resilient Farmers of Fukushima
The region was rocked by a nuclear disaster nearly 10 years ago, but farmers have adapted, and still grow world-famous produce.
Animals Thrive in Areas Evacuated by Humans After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
“Our results represent the first evidence that numerous species of wildlife are now abundant throughout the Fukushima Evacuation Zone.”
Japan Just Let the Executives Who Oversaw the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster off the Hook
Years after the disaster, there are ghost towns in the areas surrounding the plant.
Russia Is About to Tow its “Floating Chernobyl” Through the Arctic Circle
The plant’s two reactors sit atop a nearly 500-foot platform, which will be pulled by tugboats through the Northern Sea Route
Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Nuclear Fallout Trapped Within the Ice
An international research project found that high concentrations of radioactive material in glaciers around the world could be exposed due to climate change.