Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center

The Fukushima Daiichi disaster and human rights—UN report highlights basic deficiencies in Japanese policy and practice

By Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) Last September 26 through October 7, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, made an official visit to Japan to investigate the situation regarding...

CNIC Statement: We strongly protest the government’s decision to begin the release of contaminated water into the ocean

23 August 2023 The government announced that if weather conditions permit, it will release  the radioactively contaminated water held at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the ocean on August 24. The government...