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Japan -Telecom symposium to learn from 3.11 disaster
An international forum has been held in the quake-hit northeastern Japanese city of Sendai to discuss telecommunication networks which can withstand natural disasters. Read more…
Japan – Population falling in disaster-hit areas
Municipalities along the coastlines in northeastern Japan devastated by the disaster last March need more assistance from the central government to stop the outflow of population. Read more…
Japan:80% of Japan’s reactors out of service
Japan:All Fukushima cattle may face radiation checks
Laaska News July 15,2011
Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa has said he is considering a plan to expand radiation tests on cattle to include animals raised outside the evacuation zones in Fukushima Prefecture. Read more…
Japan:Fukushima hay tests high for cesium
Laaska News July 15,2011
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Japan:Cesium found in hay at another farm in Fukushima
Radioactive cesium far exceeding safe limits has been detected in hay fed to cattle at a second farm near the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan:Fukushima plant suffers a leak in water filtering + Related News
Laaska News July 14,2011
A system for decontaminating and recycling radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been halted again after operating in fits and starts. Read more…
Expert: March tsunami traveled at 20km/h in Sendai
Laaska News May 25,2011
An expert says a tsunami triggered by the March 11th earthquake traveled at a speed of 20 kilometers an hour in the Sendai Plain, northeastern Japan, making it difficult for people to escape after they saw the wave. Read more…
Japan:Recovering drifting boats
Laaska News May 21,2011
A crane ship has been returned its home port of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after drifting at sea for 2 months since the quake and tsunami on March 11th. Read more…
More seawater damage on farmland found
Laaska News April 25,2011
More farmland in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan was found to have been damaged by seawater.
