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The article remember the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a March 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan which has completed 10 years. It discusses that politicians painted efforts to rehabilitate Fukushima as an emblem of a broader revival after a period of economic stagnation and demographic decline; and mentions that the pressing problem which is the contaminated water that has seeped into the plant.

The article presents forecasts for various industries in 2020. Topics covered include an expected surge in demand for commercial jets, an increase in popularity of mobile and data subscriptions, and the potential impact of the U.S. 2020 presidential election on the financial services industry. Also discussed are the ten business trends in 2020.

The article reports on the energy policy being advanced in the European Union (EU) promoting natural gas and nuclear fission as sustainable and Germany's opposition of nuclear power due to safety and nuclear waste concerns. Other topics include the campaign in Germany to shutter nuclear power plants, and the decision by former German chancellor Angela Merkel to end nuclear power by 2022 following Japan's Fukushima nuclear meltdown.

The article focuses on the future of nuclear power in the wake of the 2011 nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan. It states that past nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 and in Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986 did not significantly impact the building of nuclear power plants. It comments on the commercial infeasibility of nuclear power due to high capital costs for new reactors and mentions the nuclear proliferation concerns about nations interested in nuclear power.

The article focuses on nuclear safety in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. It comments on safety measures being taken at Japan's Hamaoka nuclear power plant, including a new wall to stop tsunamis and extra back-up diesel generators. It mentions the Fukushima accident was partly the result of human error and poor regulation and talks about inspections by the U.S. Institute of Nuclear Power Operations to improve safety standards at American nuclear power plants.

The article focuses on an increase in demand for renewable energy sources in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster that took place in 2011. It mentions that Japan has shut down several nuclear plants; and replaced them with power stations. It mentions that Japan wants coal's share of generation to grow, and has approved plans to build several coal-fired plants over the next five years. It presents views of Llewelyn Hughes of the Australian National University, on radical incrementalism.

The article offers information on the lessons learned from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a March 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It discusses that having paused after Fukushima, China's nuclear plans accelerated as part of an effort to reduce reliance on coal; and produced four times as much nuclear energy in 2019 as it did in 2011; it has 16 reactors under construction and another 39 planned.

The article acknowledges a collaborative effort under the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics to improve the routine use of robotics in nuclear power stations in an aim to ensure hazard-free operations as of June 2019. Topics discussed include robotics failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011, use of artificial intelligence to assist human operators in nuclear stations, and other robotics role including assistance to the clean-up and recycling of nuclear wastes.

The article focuses on the one year anniversary of the March 22, 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami that caused the destruction of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Topics include the devastation within the city of Ukedo, the displacement of Japanese people and families, and the cost of the cleanup and rebuilding process.

The article discusses the outlook for Japan's recovery after the earthquake and tsunami in the Sendai region on March 11, 2011 and the related nuclear accident in Fukushima. Examples of community spirit and selflessness among the people are noted. The public's dissatisfaction with the national government's arbitrary way of setting limits on leaked radiation levels is mentioned. The economic aspects of rebuilding the region are discussed.

The article discusses the policy of Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) towards the country's nuclear industry following the 2011 Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, including the NRA's shutting down the nuclear plant owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Japan. Statistics on use of nuclear power to supply electricity in Japan are discussed.

The article looks at trends in the use of nuclear power globally, noting that emerging markets countries including China are planning to build more nuclear power plants while its use is declining in many developed countries. Topics include nuclear power as a positive option with respect to the problem of climate change because it does not cause carbon emissions, the impact of the drop in electric power prices in the U.S., and the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan.

The article discusses how the industrial clean-up effort at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan is the world's most complex and costly industrial nuclear plant remediation project, focusing on the plan to remove the nuclear fuel following three nuclear reactor meltdowns in 2011.

The article focuses on how the energy policy of North America will impact the Pacific in 2014. Topics include energy security in the Pacific, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident that occurred in Japan in 2011, and the development of the shale gas industry. Information is provided on the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry in the U.S.

The article discusses the potential impact of three retractions made by the Japanese newspaper "Asahi Shimbun" in August and September 2014. Topics include the stories retracted on the subject of comfort women, the Fukushima power plant disaster, and a misrepresented interview; the social position and cultural importance of newspapers and the official press in Japanese society; and how rival newspapers and politicians reacted to the retractions.

The article reports on the move by the government of Iitate in Japan to encourage villagers to return to their homes after they evacuated due to the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant caused by the 2011 earthquake. According to Mayor Norio Kanno, the village will remove the compensation of its former villagers if they will not return to their homes. The government claimed that it is safe to return to Iitate.

The article focuses on a protest in Jiangmen city, China which prompted the Chinese government to end plans to construct a uranium-processing plant, and speculates if anti-nuclear activism is increasing. It states the July 12, 2015 protest was the first known major public rally against a nuclear power project since the mid-1980s. It mentions the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan in March 2011 changed public sentiments against nuclear power and talks about the role of social media in anti-nuclear sentiments.

The article discusses the Rokkasho nuclear power plant in Aomori, Japan. It examines the plant's place in the Japanese government's policy on nuclear energy and goal to reduce atomic energy, noting that plans are underway to start reprocessing nuclear waste at Rokkasho to fuel the country's nuclear power plants through 2050. Other topics covered include the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, finance for the plant, and Japan's international relations.

The article focuses on the Fukushima 50, the employees of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan who remained in the plant to attempt to end the effects of its 2011 accident. A public interview by three of these men in 2012 is examined, and it is noted that although regarded as heroes by the government, their statements reflect a sense of failure that they did not contain the accident completely and that some Japanese see them as responsible for the accident.

The article focuses on how the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident has impacted Japanese energy policy in 2012. Topics include the public opinion against nuclear energy, the government's policy of nuclear energy reform, and Japan's attempts to import shale gas from the U.S. Information is provided on Australia's export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan.

The article focuses on the Japanese people that were displaced by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan. Topics include the number of people that were forced to leave the area due to the presence of radiation surrounding the disaster site and the amount of compensation some refugees were given by the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).

The article focuses on political aspects of the shutdown of nuclear power in Japan in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. It states prior to the disaster nuclear plants generated 30 percent of Japan's electricity which has been replaced by fossil fuels. It mentions efforts by prime minister Yoshihiko Noda to get two plants restarted before May 5 failed due to a lack of public confidence. It speculates that Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto may use anti-nuclear sentiments in elections.

The article offers information about the electricity industry in Japan in 2012. Topics include the efforts of the Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) company to cool reactors in the Fukushima power plant after a Tsunami in 2011, the debate in the government over nationalization of TEPCO, and the government policy about nuclear reactors in the country.

The article focuses on the efforts of Tepco, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., to clean up the Fukushima power plant after a nuclear accident during the Japanese earthquake in 2011. Topics include the security surrounding the plant to keep journalists out, the safety measures taken by employees at the plant, possible radiation contamination, and the financial troubles of the company.

The article considers energy industries and public utilities in Japan. Efforts to conserve energy in response to the closure of most of the country's nuclear power plants following the Sendai earthquake and ensuing Fukushima nuclear plant accident are discussed. The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is used as an example of the large utilities which have effective monopolies on the production and transmission of electric power.

The article discusses the political and economic difficulties surrounding TEPCO, a Japanese power company which owns the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant at which a nuclear accident occurred in 2011. Compensation claims resulting from the accident could exceed the company's assets, and it also owes trillions of yen to bondholders and banks. Topics discussed include the possible nationalisation of the company, competing firms, and possible energy shortages in Japan.

The article focuses on disunity in Japanese politics in the wake of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in 2011. It states that former prime minister Yukio Hatoyama and parliamentarians from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) are seeking the early resignation of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, leader of the DPJ, as are members of the opposition parties. It talks about the lack of reconstruction or recovery proposals from Japanese politicians opposing Mr. Kan.

The article discusses the lifting of evacuation orders in cities, towns, and villages near the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Although many areas have been reopened following a long period of evacuation after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown at the plant, a lack of trust in authorities is impeding resettlement. Details on the city of Nahara, Japan and the village of Kawauchi, Japan are presented.

The article discusses the nuclear energy industry in Japan, focusing on the legacy of the 2011 nuclear power accident in Fukushima, Japan. Topics include the continued closure of all Japan's nuclear power plants due to safety concerns; public opposition to nuclear power, and the precedent set by a court ruling blocking the reopening of a plant in Fukui prefecture; and new nuclear power regulations in Japan, including the creation of the agency Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA).

The article examines the state of nuclear energy in Japan as of November 2013. The dangers of decommissioning the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are discussed. Concerns that the utility company Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) is incapable of the decommissioning and cleanup of the accident are discussed. The desire of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to restart the country's nuclear power plants is contrasted with public opposition to doing so.

The article looks at energy industries in Japan as of September 2013. Topics include the economic impact of the closing of Japan's nuclear facilities in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, pressure on the government's nuclear agency, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), to reopen the nuclear plants, and efforts to encourage alternative and renewable energy sources.

The article looks at Japan's nuclear power industry in relation to political and economic conditions in the country, as of April 2013. It notes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is pushing to reverse the policy of ending the country's use of nuclear power, adopted in the aftermath of the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. It discusses economic factors related to the decision over nuclear power, including the cost of fossil fuels.

The article looks at the nuclear power industry in Japan as of December 2012, reporting that following the election victory of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), some observers believe nuclear reactors closed since the 2011 nuclear plant disaster may re-open.

The article focuses on the protests movement against nuclear power by Japanese citizens in 2012. Topics include the number of people that participated in the 'Sayonara Nukes' rally on July 16, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan, their call for a decrease in nuclear power plants in Japan, and the fear that a disaster similar to the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011 will occur again.

The article discusses nuclear energy in Germany as of June 2012, focusing on the country's decision to phase out its use of nuclear power by 2022 following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011, and it also provides a chart which depicts the stock share prices of several German utility companies in 2011-2012. The potential use of offshore wind farms as an energy source is also examined.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Dream That Failed" in the March 10, 2012 issue, which critiques the magazine's coverage of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Dream That Failed" in the March 10, 2012 issue, which discusses the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and renewable energy.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Dream That Failed" in the March 10, 2012 issue, which discusses the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and nuclear waste storage.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Dream That Failed" in the March 10, 2012 issue, which discusses the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Dream That Failed" in the March 10, 2012 issue, which discusses the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

The article focuses on the safety problems and costs of nuclear power plant operation. Topics include nuclear power plant disasters including the accident at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, the cost effectiveness of nuclear power over other forms of energy, and the world's inability to create a nuclear power plant without safety flaws.

The article offers information about the art group ChimPom that creates political art after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear-power plant disaster in Japan in 2011. Topics include a photograph of a nuclear reactor by ChimPom artist Toshinori Mizuno, the work of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, and themes of nuclear radiation in Japanese manga and cartoons.

The article looks at the results of a study, conducted by Timothy Mousseau and Anders Moller, published in "Environmental Pollution," that investigated the levels of radiation caused by the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident in Japan and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in Ukraine and compared the numbers of bird deaths that resulted from the radiation.

The article looks at investigations into the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant in Japan. An interim report published in December 2011 detailing the incompetence of the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the plant's operator, is noted. Topics discussed include TEPCO's lack of an accident-management plan, workers' inadequate training on reactor emergency-cooling systems, and concerns the report will not be heeded to prevent other disasters.

The article looks at how Japan's tradition of loyalty is causing economic problems. A fraud investigation into optics manufacturing company Olympus following the discovery by former chief executive officer Michael Woodford of 1.3 billion dollars in suspicious transactions is noted. Also noted is how being more open to outsiders' ideas could have prevented or mitigated the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster. How loyalty and insularity are too highly valued is addressed.

The author discusses why Japan should temporarily nationalize the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident that occurred on March 11, 2011. Information is provided on the benefits to nationalization including how it would prevent bankruptcy of TEPCO and how the Japanese government could make the energy industry safer while restructuring management within the company.

The article looks at the consequences of the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan. Topics discussed include the radiation levels in the village of Iitate due to a wind from the plant, the government's underestimation of what will clean the affected areas, and the effects of the radiation on children's health. The article notes that the radioactive caesium particles are resting on trees and grass, as well as blowing in the wind. The potential relaxing of safety standards is discussed.

The article discusses a protest on September 19th, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan against nuclear energy. Topics include the dangers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear-power plant after the 2011 earthquake, the request for gradual shutdown asked by Yasunari Fujimoto of the anti-nuclear power group Gensuikin, and the peaceful qualities of the demonstration.

The article focuses on Safecast.org, a non-profit organization that monitors radiation levels in Japan in response to the Japanese government's lack of thorough radiation testing after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011.