TOPIC

Fukushima nuclear disaster and water release

Related Topics:
Fukushima nuclear disaster and water release
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, following a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, which claimed nearly 19,000 lives. Japan is now looking to dump the treated radioactive waste water into the sea, stirring debates and boycotts at home and abroad.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
The crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, pictured in August. Photo: Kyodo
China-Japan relations

China, Japan’s public sentiment towards each other at 20-year low: survey

Chinese respondents most upset by release of Fukushima water last year, while for Japanese it is East China Sea disputes, survey also shows.

videocam
12
Japan

Chinese man says he defaced Japan shrine to protest Fukushima discharge

videocam
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Working with Japan on Fukushima and RCEP can benefit Hong Kong

videocam
Climate change

Opinion | As China-Japan climate action grows, Tokyo must rethink LNG push in Asia

Japan’s progress in shrinking its domestic carbon footprint is being offset by its aggressive LNG development drive in South and Southeast Asia.

videocam
An LNG tanker at the Negishi LNG Terminal, which is jointly operated by Tokyo Gas and JERA, in Yokohama, in 2019. Japan is persuading nations in the region to consider developing more LNG infrastructure when much of the world is sounding the alarm about such projects. Photo: Reuters
China-Japan relations

Wang Yi’s talks with Japanese official suggest a Xi-Ishiba meeting lies ahead

Foreign ministry says both sides agree to leaders’ dialogue as Japanese media report plans for Japan’s new prime minister to meet Xi Jinping.

videocam
Japan

Robot retrieves 1st melted fuel from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor

Around 800 tonnes of fatally radioactive molten fuel remains in the plants, and the mission is a step in a long-term clean-up operation.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong takes aim at outgoing Japanese envoy in thinly veiled Fukushima attack

Kenichi Okada earlier said he could not discuss discharge of Fukushima radioactive waste water with Hong Kong government ‘in a scientific manner’.

Japan is releasing treated radioactive waste water from the stricken Fukushima plant. Photo: Kyodo
Hong Kong

Editorial | Deal on monitoring Japan’s Fukushima water best way forward

Hong Kong to follow up agreement between Beijing and Tokyo over nuclear plant discharges that brought seafood ban.

Hong Kong politics

Japan urges Hong Kong to make ‘correct decision’ by lifting seafood ban

Call from Kenichi Okada, country’s consul general in Hong Kong, in response to progress in talks between Tokyo, Beijing about lifting curbs.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong to seek more information before any easing of Japan seafood import ban

Beijing earlier said it had agreed to ‘gradually resume’ imports of Japanese seafood following rounds of talks between the two countries.

videocam
6
A ban on seafood from 10 Japanese prefectures has been in force for more than a year. Photo: Edmond So
China-Japan relations

China to ‘gradually’ lift ban on Japanese seafood imports

02:32
Japan

Finding a future in Fukushima

In this video series, the Post travels to Japan’s Fukushima coast to see first-hand efforts to rebuild a region decimated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. We meet with mothers, fishermen, surfers, grandfathers and former mayors all committed to building a life in the shadow of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.

Japan

Japanese fishing towns wary of nuclear water release

Japan

Japan’s nuclear ghost towns are planning a comeback

06:06
Japan

‘Extremely concerned’: Japan’s plan to reuse Fukushima soil sparks unease

The IAEA claims the soil meets safety standards, but critics argue spreading the contamination is dangerous and could lead to increased cancer risks.

videocam
9
Japan’s plan to reuse Fukushima’s contaminated soil in infrastructure projects has been approved by the IAEA, despite concerns from environmental groups. Photo: Getty
Japan

In a Japanese city swept away by a tsunami, the future waits

Japan

‘Enjoy the taste’: peaches from Fukushima, once feared, now sold at Harrods

The fruit is now available at the luxury London department store, in a Japanese push to address safety concerns amid a global campaign to restore trust.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Japan

At Fukushima, a high-stakes recovery of deadly radioactive debris resumes

The mission is part of a decades-long effort to decommission Fukushima, where an estimated 880 tonnes of fatally radioactive fuel remain.

videocam
Tepco workers rearrange pipes for the recovery mission at Fukjushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings via AP
Japan

Waves of uncertainty: radioactive ripple effect clouds Fukushima’s comeback

As Fukushima towns painstakingly rebuild, the toxic legacy of 2011’s nuclear disaster casts doubt on their hard-won revival.

videocam
5
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong vows tougher curbs on Japanese food imports if contamination worsens

Environment authorities say they will track nuclear effluent discharge development and data released by Japan, International Atomic Energy Agency.

8
Japan

Japan suspends clearing nuclear debris from Fukushima plant

01:19
Japan

Japan to use special robots to remove nuclear debris from Fukushima reactor

The debris has radiation levels so high that specialised robots had to be developed to function inside a battered nuclear reactor.

videocam
Reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. Photo: AP
Japan

Video | Finding a future in Fukushima after Japan’s worst nuclear accident

Along the Fukushima coast, towns are in the middle of a building boom 13 years after the area was hit by a devastating nuclear disaster.

videocam
Japan

Finding a future in Fukushima

Thirteen years after the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima was rocked by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, towns that were once deemed too radioactive for long-term habitation are in the midst of a building boom. But as Japan struggles with a falling population, will people move to an area that remains blighted by the threat of radiation and ongoing release of treated water from the Daiichi nuclear power plant? In this edition of SCMP Films, we visited towns along the Fukushima coast, where residents continue rebuilding their lives under the shadow of one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents. 

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong rejects call from Japan to drop seafood import ban

Japanese fisheries minister Tetsushi Sakamoto says city’s ban imposed over discharge of waste water from nuclear plant has no scientific basis.

47
Seafood for sale at Sogo in Causeway Bay. In 2022, mainland China and Hong Kong were the largest and second-largest markets for Japanese seafood. Photo: Jelly Tse
Japan

‘True horror’: Japan’s atomic bomb survivor campaigns for a nuclear-free world

Bun Hashizume, 93, who has written poems about her descent into “hell” after the bombing, has travelled the world to spread her message.

videocam
10
Atomic bomb survivor Bun Hashizume near the Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Photo: Kikkawa Hikaru
Japan

Japan police hunt man who spray painted ‘toilet’ on Yasukuni Shrine

In a video on Chinese social media, a man identifying himself as Iron Head said he would give the Japanese government ‘some colour to see’, before urinating on a stone pillar and spray-painting ‘toilet’ in English.

videocam
Japan

Can Japan, China resolve Fukushima water tensions? Experts say it’s unlikely

Accepting Japan’s position of compliance with IAEA standards would make China seem it is capitulating to Tokyo given its earlier tough stance, analysts say.

videocam
6
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement