The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed what Fukushima Watch has been reporting for quite some time now — namely, that exposure to low doses of radiation overtime increases the ri [...]
Opinions about the threat of cancer-causing radiation have communities divided in the Fukushima Prefecture. Conflicting reports have led to an onslaught of diverging viewpoints. The stakes [...]
It’s no secret that exposure to high levels of radiation increases the risk for cancer. Nevertheless, showing that radiation exposure causes cancer is notoriously difficult. For the f [...]
More than four years after the Fukushima disaster, radiation levels in the area still continue to spike. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the company in charge of the power plant, [...]
Almost 40 percent of Self-Defense Force troops, firefighters and police officers were exposed to radiation above the annual public limit of 1 millisievert during the Fukushima crisis in 201 [...]
Officials at the Fukushima Prefecture lack the technology necessary to locate and remove the missing melted nuclear fuel. But there may be hope. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency christened it [...]
More than 120,000 people abandoned the Fukushima Prefecture after a tsunami struck the coast of Japan and caused three nuclear reactors to melt to their core. Although thousands of people w [...]
The first radioactive material from the 2011 Fukushima disaster has been detected off the coast of Canada, according to a recent study conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. [...]
History repeats itself. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures at 3:04 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.(1) In 2011, a magnitu [...]
The 2011 tsunami that rocked the coast of Japan damaged the country’s agricultural industry as much as the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Since then, the Japanese government has been [...]
