Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a ...

‘Life is a Miracle,’ but learning from disasters isn’t: Lessons from Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...

The Fast Incoming 'Silver Tsunami'

The U.S. faces a demographic 'Silver Tsunami,' with aging Baby Boomers set to release significant real estate and equity holdings. Read more here.
HighRiverOnline

From small-town Alberta to rural Japan: Nanton writer comes home transformed

Tanner Halbert recently moved home to Nanton after living abroad in Japan for four years. He lived in the small seaside town ...

In One Ear: Tidal tidbits

It’s time for a tsunami debris roundup, since the flotsam is landing (or still floating) all over the North Coast, and beyond, after Japan’s March 2011 tsunami. Jim Furnish found the ...
The Japan Times

15 years after quake, Namie finds new niche as thriving onshore aquaculture hub

Although a vast area of the Fukushima town remains a so-called difficult-to-return zone, businesses are reviving its ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Japan’s Energy Picture Fifteen Years Post-Fukushima

Fifteen years on from its worst-ever nuclear accident, Japan is welcoming nuclear power back into its energy mix. Senior Fellows Daniel B. Poneman and Clara Gillispie discuss Fukushima’s legacy and ...
Dark Records on MSN

A 9.1 earthquake struck Japan - then a tsunami hit the nuclear plant

On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history. But the earthquake was only the beginning. When a massive tsunami flooded the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

Japan still haunted: 80% fear another disaster 15 years after the deadly 2011 earthquake

More than a decade after one of the worst natural disasters of our time, people in Japan are still living under the threat of another disaster of this.

This powder paradise in Japan is a magnet for tourists. Locals say the party is getting out of hand

Sitting in the Japanese Alps outside the city of Nagano, Hakuba Valley has become a global ski destination known for consistent snow and a fun atmosphere. The influx of foreign visitors, however, has ...
The Malaysian Reserve

Japan’s Fukushima clean-up offers blueprint for nuclear recovery

Fifteen years ago last week, Japan faced the biggest nuclear meltdown since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different ...
NationofChange

Searching for solace in a nuclearized world

The world is unpredictable, and even the safest nuclear power plant can’t guarantee that it will hold up against whatever tragedy is coming next. The morning light was peaking over the sandstone bluff ...