Fukushima

Japan

China to resume seafood imports from Japan after Fukushima disaster

China blocked imports of Japanese seafood because it said the release of the treated and diluted but still slightly radioactive wastewater would endanger the fishing industry and coastal communities in eastern China.

30 May 2025

World News

Radioactive water leak found at Fukushima power plant

Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant discovered a problem with the outdoor vent of a filtering device.

8 February 2024

Tech News

Drones set to film inside Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

It is hoped that the drones will be able to gather more data from parts of the reactor that were previously inaccessible following multiple meltdowns.

24 January 2024

Economy

Nuclear energy in Europe: Who is for and against it and why?

Several European countries consider nuclear energy essential for their economic survival and see it as one of the best options in tackling the climate change challenge, Osama Rizvi writes.

23 December 2023

Focus

After the tsunami: Japan’s fishing communities look to the future

In partnership with The Government of Japan

The earthquake and tsunami of 2011 hit Japan hard. More than a decade on, Euronews travels to the country’s northeastern Tohoku region to find out how fishing communities are bouncing back.

11 December 2023

Business

"Freedom scallops": The seafood war you probably didn’t know about

As Japan is locked in a scallops standoff with China and Russia, with wider political ramifications, Tokyo reassures consumers worldwide about its seafood safety and looks for new markets. Euronews Business breaks down what it is all about.

1 December 2023

Lifestyle

Meet 100-year-old Tomoko Horino: The world's oldest beauty advisor

Tomoko Horino, a centenarian, holds the title of the world's oldest beauty adviser, defying societal norms in 1960s Japan when married women were expected to stay home.

23 November 2023

Art

Aya Takano's Fukushima-inspired art sends message of hope in Lyon

Shaken by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, versatile Japanese artist Aya Takano heals her trauma with a new series of works in the form of an ode to nature, some 150 pieces exhibited at Lyon's Musée d'Art Contemporain.

28 September 2023

Japan

Are dead fish washing up in Japan after Fukushima wastewater release?

That’s what one video shared in Chinese and Korean claims. However, it's an old video filmed more than six months before Japan even started releasing the discharge into the Pacific Ocean.

6 September 2023

Japan

Would you eat Fukushima fish? Japan's PM has and says its 'safe'

Japan's Prime Minister ate fish caught off Fukushima's coast on Wednesday to alleviate fears after the controversial release of water from the disabled Ōkuma nuclear power station

30 August 2023

World News

Fukushima nuclear plant releases wastewater for second day

Japan released wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant for a second day despite criticism from China and protests by angry citizens at home.

25 August 2023

Japan

Fukushima nuclear plant starts releasing treated wastewater into sea

The water release starts more than 12 years after the March 2011 nuclear meltdowns, caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

24 August 2023

Earth News

Fukushima: Japan greenlights water release from the nuclear plant

The government says that releasing this water is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency, UN's watchdog, has also approved the project.

22 August 2023

Japan

Japan to start releasing radioactive wastewater from nuclear plant

A massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminate their cooling water.

22 August 2023

World News

Nuclear watchdog chief gives reassurance over Fukushima waste water

Head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, insists plans to release treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant are safe despite international concerns

5 July 2023

Japan

IAEA backs Japan's plan to discharge treated water from Fukushima

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday backed the Japanese government's plan to discharge treated water from the Fukushima plant into the sea

4 July 2023