3/11 Aftermath
3/11 Earthquake, Tsunami & Nuclear Accident Aftermath
General & Personal Interest
Earthquakes & Tsunami
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Summer Energy Crisis
Nuclear Power & Energy Policy
Recovery & Reconstruction
TEPCO
Charity
Effects on Business & Economy
General & Personal Interest
May
Japan tsunami: Pupils forced to live in their school
Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide
Villagers return to Japan evacuation zone
Japan’s Quandary: Where Can Quake Victims Live?
Royal couple visits evacuees
Storyteller works to cheer Japan tsunami victims
Japan, Two Months After The Disaster
Experts: Early warnings mitigated Japan disaster
Lending a hand to Japan quake survivors
The Japanese mayor who was laughed at for building a huge sea wall – until his village was left almost untouched by tsunami
Thousands of pets left in Japan nuke zone
Tsunami/Sakura
Japan: Dealing with debris after quake and tsunami
Don’t forget Japan earthquake victims pleads survivor
Can Japan’s music fans party again?
Leaders of 3 countries set to visit Fukushima
Japan doctors used Twitter to save lives after quake
Prayers around the world for Japan quake victims
Survivors Seek Japan’s Past, in Photos
A ‘Noah’s Ark’ for the Next Big Tsunami
Japanese tsunami survivors find strength and solace in 200-year-old street market
A newspaper unplugged in Japan’s quake zone
The Saga suicide squad: Dozens of pensioners prepare to risk their lives in Fukushima clean up
The British woman braving Fukushima radiation zone to save abandoned quake dogs
Japan fails in promise to rehouse 30,000 victims
June
Tsunami Zone Residents Scorn Tokyo Jockeying
Plight of Japan’s ‘tsunami orphans’
Shelter life takes mental toll on Japan evacuees
Despite Radiation, Some Japanese Villagers Stay Put
Cold reality for Japanese village whose residents thought they had escaped nuclear disaster
Japan marks three months since tsunami
Untouched magical temple soothes Japanese tsunami survivors
Tohoku Town Gets New Relief: Fireworks
Japan’s mega-quake struck in small zone of fault: study
Japan death-toll numbers don’t add up, tsunami survivors say
Stress takes toll on Japan’s tsunami survivors
Toxic truth about Japan’s ‘miracle’: Post-tsunami harmony is a myth and the reality is startlingly different
Missing pets – a lingering legacy of Japan’s disasters
Free beer for Japan tsunami survivors
Wanted: A generation to rebuild a ruined Japanese town
Twitter releases data from Japan Earthquake
July
Videos: Japan tweets spread post-Earthquake
Light Up Nippon Plans Tohoku Firework Bonanza
Months after quake, 40,000 Japanese are still homeless
Japan relearns how to cope with crisis
Life on the edge of Japan’s nuclear contamination zone
Tsunami drill saved Japanese town from worse fate
Japan: What’s happened 4 months on?
Volunteers assisting with Japan’s quake aftermath struggling with heat
Japan brings order to its mountains of urban rubbish
In Japan, Style Arises From Disaster
In Fukushima, Japan, a Baseball Story of Coming Together and Carrying On
Finding his lost family is Japanese man’s mission
Japan still living in ‘fear and confusion’
Robots comfort tsunami refugees in Japan
Japan’s quake region holds samurai festival
In Japan, disaster is an opportunity to reassess
August
Sushi and Samurai: Western Stereotypes and the (Mis)Understanding of Post-Tsunami Japan
Video: Robot seal helps Japan victims
Thousands still homeless months after tsunami
School life carries on for tsunami children in Japan
Wedding ring sales soar in Japan’s disaster zone
In Japan, Restoring Photos For Tsunami Victims
Biden Meets With Tsunami Survivors in Japan
Biden praises Japan for bouncing back after the quake and tsunami, saying ‘disaster met its match’ in the resolve of Japanese people
Earthquakes & Tsunami
May
‘Two-faced rupture’ made Japan tsunami so big: Unusual shift of quake fault led to the devastating 9.0-magnitude disaster
June
Video of tsunami survivors shows killer waves at Japan’s Rikuzentakata
Eerie underwater images reveal the remnants of lives swept away by Japanese tsunami
Tokyo Faulted for Crisis Readiness
Rubber Shocks Protect Japan’s Buildings From Quakes
Japan considers ‘gigantic’ tsunami
Magnitude-6.7 Quake Hits Japan
July
Japan experts design superelastic alloy, may resist quakes
March 11th tsunami a record 40-meters high
Earthquake off Japan triggers tsunami alert
Japan quake produces tiny tsunamis
Japan prepares for the next Big One
Japanese tsunami stood at 132.5ft
International Assessment of Seismic Risk
Divers still finding bodies after Japan’s tsunami
Strong Earthquake Jolts Northeastern Japan
August
Japan Earthquake Vibrations Nearly Reached Space
Japan Tsunami Broke Off Icebergs in Antarctica
Tsunami in Japan destroyed 120,000 buildings
Japan tsunami also shook up Earth’s atmosphere
Cracks in seabed tied to Japan earthquake
Strong quake hits off Japan; no reported damage
Aftershocks continue to hit Japan
Apple’s iPhone gets Japanese earthquake alert
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
May
Underwater robot captures Fukushima wreckage
Setbacks at Japan nuclear plant
Japan sets up compensation plan for plant operator
Japan evacuates residents beyond Fukushima no-go zone
Giant barge to store radioactive water from Japan nuclear plant
Worker dies at Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant
Japan admits getting nuke updates via media
Japan disaster not similar to Chernobyl: officials
Genesis of a disaster: Moment tsunami swamps Japan’s doomed Fukushima nuclear plant
Fukushima Could Have Avoided Nuclear Meltdown, Lost Chance By Inaction
Leak from Japan reactor 100 times more than permitted
Sealed off and screened for radiation: Tsunami survivors make emotional visit to ghost-town homes engulfed by Japan’s nuclear meltdown
Outrage as Japan lifts radiation limit for kids
Japan facility to reach capacity of radiation-tainted water
Geiger counters sell out in Japan
Greenpeace finds radioactive sea life off Japan
Japan moves to protect children as new nuclear leak revealed
AP Exclusive: Fukushima Tsunami Plan a Single Page
Poll: Japanese question nuke crisis info
Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan ‘unready for typhoon’
High radiation levels found in seabed off Japan
Fukushima Risks Chernobyl ‘Dead Zone’
Fukushima stabilization deadline in doubt
Oil spill, blast hit crippled Japan nuclear plant
UN opens probe into Japan’s crippled nuke plant
Fukushima levels compared to Chernobyl
Opera Stars, Fearing Radiation, Skip Japan Tour
June
We ‘came close’ to losing northern Japan
Japan nuclear: UN says tsunami risk was underestimated
2 workers confirmed exceeded Japan radiation limit
Fukushima fallout spurs bans on green tea
Radioactive water may overflow from Japan reactors
Japan nuclear plant moves radioactive water
Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo fear radiation at Japanese GP
Japan doubles radiation leak estimate
3 nuclear reactors melted down after quake, Japan confirms
Radiation’s Unknowns Weigh on Japan
Would You Swim in Potentially Radioactive Japanese Waters?
Fukushima ‘lessons’ may take 10 years to learn
Japan raises spectre of Fukushima ‘melt-through’
Japan Considers Evacuating More Towns
Decontamination Trial Planned at Japanese Nuclear Plant
Fukushima School Rule: Dosimeters for Kids
Mutant Japanese Bunny Video Goes Viral
1,670 children living near nuclear plant
Thieves target Japan’s abandoned nuclear zone
Three Months Later, Japan Still in Meltdown
Fukushima plant: Six more workers exposed to radiation
Japan’s Radiation Sleuths Toil With Borrowed Geiger Counters
Japan: 34,000 children issued with radiation monitors
Japan Plant Had Earlier Alert
Radiation “hotspots” hinder Japan response to nuclear crisis
NRC: Spent Fuel Pool Never Went Dry In Japan Quake
Deja Vu All Over Again at Fukushima Daiichi?
Traces Of Radiation Found In 2 Whales Off Japan
Fukushima entombed: Nuclear firm reveal how it plans to put a covering shield over reactor to stop leaks
Japan plans to move pregnant women from far-flung radiation hotspots
The Geiger Club: Mothers Bust Silent Radiation Consensus
Failure Guru Probes Nuclear Disaster for Lessons Not Culprits
Japan finds hot spots in areas that seemed safe
New cleanup measure halted at crippled Japanese nuclear plant
Two million Fukushima residents to undergo radiation health checks
Nuclear reviews leave open questions
Cars imported from Japan to be tested for radiation
‘Worst case scenario’: How Britain prepared for Fukushima fall-out with iodine pills and radiation tests
Rainy season adds to troubles at Fukushima plant
Japan told to grow sunflowers in radioactive soil
Special report: Japan’s “throwaway” nuclear workers
Robot, drone fail on Japan nuke-plant missions
Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation impact
Tepco treats radioactive water at Fukushima plant
Fukushima residents’ urine now radioactive
Elders Offer Help at Japan’s Crippled Reactor
Inside the Fukushima evacuation zone
Radiation in Our Food
July
The Fukushima Warning
113 households identified as radioactive hot spots
Design Flaw Fueled Nuclear Disaster
Radiation Expert Predicts More Threats
How first 24 hours shaped Japan’s nuclear crisis
Meltdown: What Really Happened at Fukushima?
Radioactive Cesium Is Found in Tokyo Water
The Science Of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
Report from Tokyo: Outrage Is Growing
Report: Thyroid radiation found in 45% of children in Japanese province
What’s going on at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant?
Japan says plant clean-up will take decades
Fukushima: Nuclear power’s VHS relic?
Fukushima government eyes drastic measure on cattle after cesium scare
Harm from Fukushima Radiation: A Matter Of Perspective
Fateful Move Exposed Japan Plant
Japan’s citizen scientists map radiation, DIY-style
Tainted Beef Hits Japanese Market
Japan Calls Radioactive Beef Controversy An Isolated Incident
Beef Contamination Spreads in Japan as Cattle Eat Radiation-Tainted Straw
Geiger Counters Sell Out in Post-Fukushima Japan
Okinawa Beckons to Nuclear Refugees
Japan adds beef to the contaminated menu
Japan scrambles to protect damaged reactor from typhoon
Japan plans to ban Fukushima beef
Crippled Nuclear Plant Largely Meets Three-Month Goals
Japan’s nuclear crisis: Fukushima plant stability in sight?
Over 1,000 cows fed nuclear-contaminated feed shipped in Japan
Japan Won’t Rule Out Possibility Radioactive Fukushima Beef Was Exported
Typhoon Tests Japan’s Nuclear Resolve
IAEA sees “significant progress” on Japan atom crisis
IAEA chief visits crippled Japan nuclear plant, welcomes progress toward containing damage
Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant
Japan told of more radiation exposure
August
What’s going on at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant?
Doubting Assurances, Japanese Find Radioactivity on Their Own
Japanese rice to be tested for radioactive cesium
Japan Utility Seals Area With High Radiation Level
Major chain sold radioactive beef
Grandmother has Tokyo’s measure on radiation
Crippled Nuclear Plant Largely Meets Three-Month Goals
A Home Radiation Counter Goes on Sale
Fukushima disaster not “unforeseen”-NRC commissioner
Japan to sack top officials over nuclear disaster
Japan premier promises UN chief to share lessons from nuclear crisis, disasters with the world
Japan nuclear crisis: Fukushima alert eased
Japan ignored own radiation forecasts
Japan’s Rice Crop Tested for Contamination From Fukushima Plant
Japan’s nuclear agency hides radiation results
Radiation From Japan Reached US West Coast, Scientists Reveal
Fukushima contaminating China’s seas?
Japan criticized for radiation policy
Scientist Lambastes Lawmakers, Becomes YouTube Star
Japan cites lessons from nuke accident
Japan Finds Radiation in Rice
Australian teachers in Japan may be placed too close to leaky nuclear reactors
Military installs two high-powered radiation detectors in Japan
Tokyo Says Evacuations Near Plant to Be Extended
Large Zone Near Japanese Reactors to Be Off Limits
Summer Energy Crisis
May
Japan’s workers have been asked to wear light clothing, to cut down on power used by air conditioners post-Fukushima
Honda workers forced to take 14 summer days off
Japan METI: Big Customers To Be Required To Cut Power Use By 15% This Summer
Uniqlo sees boost from light clothing in power starved -Japan
June
Japan Wants Businessmen to Shed Suits, Save Energy
To save power, Tokyo employees start work early
Note to Japan: Unplug Your Toilets
Power Cuts Spread to West Japan as Nuclear Restarts Put on Hold
As Japan Turns Down A/C, Heatstroke Arrives
Japan Sweats Its Power Use
Saving Energy, Changing Japan
Electricity-strapped Japan alters work hours, wardrobes
Temperatures top 35 degrees
Hot summer in store for Japan as power usage eyed
As Japan’s Towns Scrutinize Reactors, Tokyo Sweats
Saving Energy, Frustrating Parents
Profiting from Japan’s Long, Hot Summer
July
As Japan Boils, Heatstroke Cases Rise Fivefold
Shortages force Japan to impose new energy restrictions
Japan June power demand falls 5.3 pct yr/yr
Cold-hearted door policy
Japanese Workers Find Ways To Beat The Heat
Japan’s Strained Electricity Supply
Kan Says Japan to Announce Overview of Energy Plan Shortly
Tokyo Details Stress-Test Plan for Reactors
Japan Edano: Must Prevent Flight Of Businesses Overseas Due To Power Shortage
Record numbers dying from heatstroke in Japan
‘Air-conditioned clothes’ help Japan beat heat
Japan Extends Power-Saving Push to Country’s West
Japanese saving energy despite extreme heat
Dog Days of Summer in Japan Call for Quirky Ways to Stay Cool
Japan sees potential power shortage next summer
Early Winter Setsuden? Uniqlo Launches Heattech
August
Japan Blackout Risk Eases on Cooler Weather
Japan heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital
‘Super Cool Biz’ Springs Sales Boost
Nuclear Power & Energy Policy
May
Japanese plant in harm’s way will suspend nuclear power production
Japan Reaffirms Nuclear Energy Use
Japan to Scrap Plan to Boost Nuke Energy to 50 Pct
Japan unplugged: Naoto Kan seeks to tap into the nation’s energy-saving mood
Atomic watchdog to probe Japan nuke crisis
Japan PM Kan Affirms Importance Of Nuclear Power In Energy Policy
PM: Japan’s nuke regulators need more independence
Japan to Consider Using Energy-Saving, Smart Grid Technologies, Edano Says
In Japan, a Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency
June
Nuclear power, post-Japan: parsing truth from myth
Japan Plans ‘Fundamental’ Change in Nuke Rules
Japan may have no nuclear reactors running by next April
Murakami Slams Japan’s Nuclear Choice
Protests Challenge Japan’s Use of Nuclear Power
Adviser to Japan’s Kan Urges Nuclear Waste Rethink, WSJ Reports
Former Inspector Complains of Regulators’ Practices
Japan’s Richest Man Challenges Nuclear Future
Nuclear future still glowing, despite Japan meltdown
Japan Has 17,580 Megawatts of Nuclear Capacity Online
Japan’s Energy Dependence
Restart Japan’s reactors, minister says
Japan Strains to Fix a Reactor Damaged Before Quake
Japan Needs Nuclear as Main Energy, Kansai Electric’s Mori Says
Quake expert urges Japan to overhaul nuclear policy, says it’s too volatile for atomic power
Nuclear shutdown threat to Japan economy
Most Japanese oppose nuclear reactor restarts -poll
Video: Japan Town Scrutinizes Local Reactors
Japan moves closer to local approval for reactor restart
July
Japan Has 17,580 Megawatts of Nuclear Capacity Online
Fukushima May Worsen Nuclear Skill Shortage
Crisis brings angst, no answers to Japan’s Atomic Arcade
Japan eyes first nuclear restart since quake
Japan can’t reject nuclear power out of hand: lawmaker
Japan set to ‘stress test’ all its nuclear plants
Japan’s Mitsui plans large solar farms in quake-hit area: report
Japan May Be Nuclear Free by May
EDITORIAL: Nuclear power plant ‘stress tests’ must be transparent
Mitsubishi says nuclear power has to regain ‘trust’
Hot spring solution for Japan’s energy problem
Japan’s nuclear industry credibility crumbles amid email scandal
Japan clarifies nuclear ‘stress testing’
Car makers jump on energy bandwagon as Japan saves power
Nuclear Power Supply Declines in Japan
Widening scandal at Japan’s Kyushu nuclear firm
Japan PM Naoto Kan urges nuclear-free future
Geothermal Power Gets Hot as Japan’s Nuclear Plants are No Longer Cool
Japan Govt Edano: PM Didn’t Say Japan Will Phase Out Nuclear Energy
Differences between U.S. and Japanese nuclear regulations
Japanese doubt Kan’s nuclear phaseout
Japan to Review Power Supply After Kansai Shutdown, Sankei Says
Osaka Gov: Kansai Has Enough Power, Kepco’s Warnings “Scare Tactics”
Toyota utilizing hybrids to help with power crunch
Fukushima crisis: Nuclear only part of Japan’s problems
Russian gas exports help keep Japan’s lights on
In the Wake of Fukushima
Japanese support PM’s call to do away with nuclear power: poll
Sharp President Pushes Solar Power in Japan’s Nuclear Wake
Analysis: Sticking with nuclear could be costlier Japan option
DPJ panel seeks early restart of suspended reactors
Japan PM calls for careful cutback on nuke energy
Powering Down Japan
August
Japan Agency in New Storm
Japan to announce new nuclear watchdog
Analysis: Energy policy chaos threatens Japan’s economy
In a switch, Japan’s A-bomb survivors turn against nuclear energy
Lanterns for 140,000 ‘spirits’: Hiroshima marks anniversary of A-bomb as Japanese PM admits he ‘regrets’ nuclear power
Hiroshima atomic bomb remembered amid nuclear debate
Tributes and Protests Mark Japan’s Atomic Bomb Anniversaries
From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s atomic tragedies
Japan Official: Smaller Reactors May Be Answer
Japan Takes Nuclear Safety Agency Away From Trade Ministry
Japan Set to Pass Law on Renewable Energy
Scandal Taints Japan Nuclear Sector
Japan Cabinet OKs new nuclear safety agency
For Once, A Small Victory for Nukes
Japan’s Hokkaido Electric gets approval for restarted reactor
Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toyota Cars to Provide Home Back-Up Power
Japan tones down nuclear power policy in new 5-yr science strategy
Can Japan do without nuclear?
Japan makes shift from nuclear power
Japan Looks at Raising Fuel Economy
Renewable Energy Bill Passes Japan’s Lower House of Parliament
Recovery & Reconstruction
May
Japan reconstruction ‘not enough’, says Richard Jerram
In Japan, a seaside mayor rebuilds his life by rebuilding his town
The Costs of Recovery for Japan
June
Building Anew Out of Tsunami’s Rubble
Back from the dead: Astonishing pictures show how Japan is recovering just three months after tsunami
Japan Needs $125 Billion Rebuild Plan: Maehara
Japan Press: Reconstruction Panel To Call for Tax Hike
Japan ruling party mulls Y2 trln extra budget for quake
Japan ruling party wants tax hikes for quake rebuilding
Rebuilding Japan
July
Foreign Policy: Future Of Post-Tsunami Japan
Japan Rebuilding Is Facing Delays
Returning after the devastation in Japan
Rebuilding Japan’s ‘ghost towns’
Japan’s $210bn recovery costs to be shared by taxpayers
Japan’s tsunami recovery stalls
Japan – On a Slow Path to Recovery
Rikuzentakata Rebirth: Flies, Odors and Building Bridges
Japan ‘forced open’ by disaster
Japan plans additional $165 billion for reconstruction
Japan eyes $291 billion for reconstruction
Japan approves S$31-billion budget for disaster rebuilding package
Japan Aims to Complete Reconstruction Efforts Within 10 Years
Tokyo Metro IPO eyed as option to help fund Japan rebuilding
How is Japan’s reconstruction plan shaping up?
August
Rebuilding lives in Japan ‘may take decades’
Lessons learned on Japan’s road to recovery
Japan revisited: Five months after cities and towns were reduced to rubble, the clean-up is captured in a series of haunting images
Shovelful by shovelful: Irradiated town struggles to clean up after Fukushima
Revisiting Japan’s Ground Zero
TEPCO
May
Tepco wants government help for compensation payments
Japan crisis: Tepco agrees conditions for state aid
TEPCO admits nuclear meltdown occurred at Fukushima reactor 16 hours after quake
Tepco Misleading Public Over Nuclear Crisis
Tepco president quits as firm reports $15bn loss
Tepco President: New Face, Old Blood
Special Report: Inside Tepco’s bailout: Japan Inc saves its own
Japan’s TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns
Did Management Problems at TEPCO Cause Japan’s $15B Radiation Leak?
Japan Kaieda Calls For Government Probe Of Tepco’s New Version Of Key Event
June
Tepco shares plunge to record-low on future concerns
Japan’s cabinet approves Tepco compensation scheme
Japan opposition LDP cannot accept Tepco scheme: MP Kono
When Tepco Shares Are the Family Jewels
Japan’s nuclear bail-out struggle
Tepco Power Demand Crunch: 92% and Rising?
Nuclear crisis in Japan will probably sap 38 years of profit, study says
TEPCO: Will Someone Turn Off the Lights?
Tepco faces shareholder wrath following nuclear crisis
Tepco stands firm on nuclear amid concerns
July
The troubles of TEPCO
Japan considering Tepco breakup: report
Tepco shares jump as government says no break-up plan
Japan Examines Future of Tepco
TEPCO takes on LNG from Australia
Japan to Examine Separation of Tepco Power Plants, Distribution
August
Japan’s parliament approves Tepco compensation plan
Japan’s TEPCO reports loss of $7.4 billion
Charity
May
Twitter brings world closer for Japan quake charity e-book
Movie stars and supermodels led by Naomi Campbell share charity fashion show catwalk for Japan
Justin Bieber donates Japan concert proceeds
June
‘Balloon Boy’ Family Auctioning Aircraft for $1M to Aid Japan Relief Efforts
Geisha girl Gwen Stefani is picture perfect as she’s joined by No Doubt bandmates at charity auction for Japan tsunami disaster
Stradivarius fetches record $16 million in charity sale
July
Hello Kitty goes crystal for Japan disaster relief
7-Eleven Chain Raises $40 Million in Global Campaign for Japan Disaster Relief
Linkin Park Announce L.A. Concert For Japan Relief Fundraisers
Japan’s New Vending Machine: Drink and Donate
Effects on Business & Economy
May
Quake to Spur Japan Homebuilding Boom, Sekisui House Says
In the wake of disaster – recovering tourism in Japan
Tsunami pushes Japan from major aid donor to leading recipient
Japan Land Values Fall at More Sites Following Earthquake
Japan Should Stop Building Skyscrapers After Quake, Mori Says
Japan Fears Investment Outflows in Quake’s Aftermath
Looking for Lost Livelihoods
Disasters a boon for some firms in Japan
June
Japan Nuclear Disaster Tab High As $246B: Report
Chefs in a stir over seaweed ban
Japan on road to recovery from tsunami as factory output leaps
July
Radiation fears cast shadow over Japan’s revered culinary traditions
Problems in Japan costing beef jobs in Queensland
Japan gasoline demand to fall as leisure travel slumps
Japan corp mood turns positive after quake
Could Japan’s recovery fail?
Japan Halts Sale of Fukushima Beef
Japan’s ‘Major Problem’ With Radioactive Cattle Gets Even Bigger
Japan quake shakes high-rise dwellers’ confidence
Japan’s Irradiated Beef Scandal
August
From Icebergs to Autos, Effects of the Japan Earthquake are Long-Lasting
Nuke Closures Could Cost Japan 5.6 Percent of GDP
