Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

We're not going anywhere.

Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on!
Donate now
PBS News

Get news alerts from PBS News

Turn on desktop notifications?

Fukushima

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live

Aug 06

Miles O’Brien returns to the site of Japan’s nuclear disaster three years later

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake shook Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami and nuclear disaster. Since then, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien has provided some of the most in-depth reporting on the subject to-date. He has traveled…

Continue reading

Aug 06

Watch
Return to Fukushima with Miles O’Brien

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Continue watching

May 22

Manga aims to give voice to Fukushima reactor workers

By Justin Scuiletti

The best way to get inside information on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may be through pages of a comic book.

Continue reading

Mar 13

Watch
Japan considers energy future after Fukushima

By PBS News Hour

A disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, has greatly affected how Japanese citizens feel about that energy source. Polls suggest that 80 percent of voters now oppose nuclear power in Japan. But walking away…

Continue watching

Mar 05

Watch
Fishing for data in the radioactive waters off Fukushima

By PBS News Hour

With help from fisherman and citizen scientists, researchers in Japan and the U.S. are tracking the nucleotides in the ocean creatures who swim in the plume of water tainted with radiation from Fukushima. Their research is part of a long-term…

Continue watching

Nov 18

Watch
No image
News Wrap: New health calculator may overestimate cholesterol risk

News Wrap: New health calculator may overestimate cholesterol risk…

Continue watching

Nov 15

Watch
No image
News Wrap: Japan reduces goal for fighting climate change

In our news wrap Friday, Japan's ruling Cabinet voted to reduce their climate change goals in the wake of the Fukushima disaster as the nation won't be able to rely on nuclear power to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Also, armed…

Continue watching

Sep 03

Watch
No image
What if the Fukushima Ice Wall Defrosts? Looking at Risks of Japan’s Experiment

What if the Fukushima Ice Wall Defrosts? Looking at Risks of Japan's Experiment…

Continue watching

Sep 03

Watch
No image
Japan to Build Frozen Wall to Stop Radioactive Water Leaks at Fukushima

Japan announced plans to build a frozen wall around the damaged Fukushima power plant in an attempt to stop radioactive leaks, amid news that water used to cool nuclear reactors has been leaking into groundwater. Tom Clarke of Independent Television…

Continue watching

Sep 02

Watch
No image
News Wrap: 64-Year-Old Nyad Finished Cuba-Florida Swim

In other news Monday, after 53 hours in the water Diana Nyad, 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. It was the fifth time Nyad attempted the feat across the 110-mile Florida Strait. Also, nuclear officials…

Continue watching

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2 3 4 5 6
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

web ad

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the News Hour
PBS News

© 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • X
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • RSS

Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Support for News Hour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You