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The Japanese government is planning to build an ice wall around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant to try to stop radioactive water leaks. Jeffrey Brown examines the risks and potential political fallout with Arjun Makhijani of the Institute for Energy and Environment Research and Kenji Kushida of Stanford University.
... would have ideally wanted. TOM CLARKE: The rest will be spent on the thousands of tons of contaminated water in leaky tanks. It's being suggested today's action is to improve Japan's image abroad on the eve of the decision to choose the 2020 Olympic host nation.
How are the Japanese people reacting to the news of the continuing contamination leak and what does it mean for Japan's energy policy? Jeffrey Brown talks with Arjun Makhijani of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and Kenji Kushida of Stanford University about what the government may do ...
... Fukushima, Japan. Photo by the Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images. New revelations that the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan is leaking more radioactive groundwater than previously thought have prompted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to say Wednesday that the government will step in ...
JEFFREY BROWN: The measures could include an effort to build a new barrier by freezing the ground so the water can't get out. CHIEF CABINET SECRETRY YOSHIHIDE SUGA, Japan (through interpreter): Building such a large-scale water barrier by freezing the ground is unprecedented anywhere in the world. We ...
In 2011 Japan was hit with one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, prompting a devastating tsunami and a nuclear disaster. How are residents coping with the aftermath two years later? Ray Suarez interviews Yuki Tatsumi, senior analyst on U.S.-Japanese relations at the Stimson Center.
Special correspondent Emily Taguchi has the story of Fukushima, Japan, a town aching for a comeback after an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. Once the home of the Fukushima Reactor, the town is looking towards renewable energy and other renewable sources to build a better future.
Poet and writer Gretel Ehrlich shares her reflections on the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. She traveled to Japan after the natural disasters to document the physical and emotional aftermath. Ehrlich is best know for her nature and travel writing and has authored 13 books, including ...
... in Wyoming and published in 1988, is about Japanese Americans forced into internment camps during WWII. In the 1960s, Ehrlich, a practicing Buddhist, began visiting Japan to study and write about its culture, religions and literature. Soon after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, she returned ...
When Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with President Obama, China's economy and geopolitical concerns were the main topics of discussion. To examine the flare-up between Japan and China, Margaret Warner talks to Mike Mochizuki, author of "The New Strategic Triangle: The U.S.-Japan Alliance and ...
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