Mar 22 Watch Japanese Ambassador to U.S. on Quake Recovery, Nuclear Crisis Judy Woodruff talks to Japan's ambassador to the U.S., Ichiro Fujisaki, about repair efforts at the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors and what lies ahead for Japan as it struggles to clean-up and rebuild after the devastating earthquake and tsunami. Continue watching
Mar 22 Access to Basics Improves, But Future Uncertain for Japan Evacuees By Talea Miller Japanese Red Cross volunteers hand out emergency kits at evacuation centers. Photo by Japanese Red Cross Society. Patrick Fuller, Asia Pacific communications manager for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies spoke with the NewsHour Tuesday… Continue reading
Mar 22 Radiation in Japan’s Food Supply: Dangerous or Benign? By Jenny Marder The Japanese government reported on Sunday that it had halted some food shipments to prevent tainted samples of milk and spinach from reaching consumers. Iodine 131 was found in milk samples in Kawamata, a town in Fukushima prefecture, where the… Continue reading
Mar 22 Power Lines Installed at Nuclear Plant All six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been connected to power lines, although Tokyo Electric Power Company has said there are steps that need to be taken before it can safely turn the power… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch Japan Works to Restore Reactors’ Power Supplies; Fear of Contaminated Food Rises Judy Woodruff talks to a former IAEA official about efforts to contain the crisis. Continue watching
Mar 21 Visualizing Japan’s Power Outages After Earthquake, Tsunami By Talea Miller Power losses on March 12 indicated in red. Image courtesy NOAA National Geophysical Data Center. The massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 decimated villages along the northeastern coast and knocked out power to a… Continue reading
Mar 21 Smoke Rises From Nuclear Reactors; Concerns Over Radiation in Food By Tom LeGro Smoke rose from two reactor units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant Monday, stopping work to reconnect power lines and fix cooling systems to Japan's nuclear complex damaged by the March 11 earthquake. What caused the smoke from Unit 3… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch In China, Sympathy for Japan, But Worries Over Radiation In China, Worry Over Radiation Contrasts with Sympathy for Japanese Victims… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Japan Marks Moment of Silence for Victims as Battle to Cool Reactors Continues Japan Markes Moment of Silence for Victims as Battle to Cool Reactor Continues… Continue watching
Mar 18 Japan’s Crises: A Critical First Week By Lauren Knapp It's been one week since the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan unleashed a devastating tsunami. The twin disasters caused major damage to a nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, adding a brewing nuclear crisis to the country's woes. Continue reading