Voices from Fukushima: 15 years has passed
By Konno Sumio, Vice Director, The Museum of Our Experiences (Oretachi no Denshōkan) On that day, I was in the office of the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant. I was planning to drive home...
Category: Fukushima Daiichi Evacuees
Voices from Fukushima: My thoughts today
By Abe Yurika “The experience must not be forgotten.” “Such a nuclear disaster must never happen again.” I experienced the nuclear disaster. My family was torn apart. I lost friends and my hometown....
Statistics concerning the Crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Results of the testing of fish samples collected in the nuclear power plant port Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is collecting fish samples in the port of its crippled Fukushima NPS and in...
High School Students Looking Squarely at and Communicating about the Nuclear Accident
By Watanobe Yoshihiro, Fukushima Prefectural Soma High School Teacher A radio documentary program was produced by the Fukushima Prefectural Soma High School Broadcasting Station (the so-called Broadcasting Club) in June 2011. The program, entitled...
My Hope 13 Years After March 11, 2011
By Uno Saeko (GAIA Japan Umitaiwa Team, National Association of Evacuees for the Right to Evacuation) Thirteen years into the Fukushima nuclear accident, while many have forgotten about it, believing it to be over,...
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...
Group Introduction: Citizen’s Conference to Condemn Further Pollution of the Ocean (Kore Umi)
By Oda Chiyo (Co-Director of Kore Umi) We are a group of citizens who experienced the March 2011 accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS). Comprised of members living in and outside...
News Watch
NRA Complicit in Abolishing NPP Operation Period Limits After hearing Director General Matsuyama Yasuhiro of the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Department (Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade...
Supreme Court Ruling Rejects National Government Responsibility for Fukushima Evacuees
By Fukutake Kimiko (Head attorney for the Chiba Prefecture nuclear power plant victims lawsuit) On June 17, 2022, the Supreme Court of Japan put an end to the four lawsuits filed by the evacuees...
Ban-san’s News Summary
CNIC’s Co-Director Ban Hideyuki posts a video on YouTube once a month where he discusses recent articles from Japanese newspapers. This is an English summary of the issues he discussed in the April post....