Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement

Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement

By paying lip service to the Fukushima disaster and the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, these games are downplaying the growing danger of nuclear catastrophe.

Jul 29, 2021 / Alyn Ware

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions ‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

Fukushima, Covid, rampant suicide—we’re asked to overcome, to forget, but healing requires confrontation.

Mar 24, 2021 / Lisa Torio

People walk across a pedestrian crossing near the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building adorned with signs promoting the 2020 Olympics.

The Coronavirus Exposes Why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Should Be Canceled The Coronavirus Exposes Why the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Should Be Canceled

The Tokyo Olympics were already unsafe. Now, they’re even more so.

Mar 4, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

In Tokyo, International Activists Demand ‘No Olympics Anywhere!’

In Tokyo, International Activists Demand ‘No Olympics Anywhere!’ In Tokyo, International Activists Demand ‘No Olympics Anywhere!’

They are raising their voices against the debt, displacement, and militarization that define the Olympic Games.

Jul 26, 2019 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

New National Stadium Tokyo

Is Fukushima Safe for the Olympics? Is Fukushima Safe for the Olympics?

A recent visit suggests that the repercussions of the 2011 nuclear disaster aren't over. 

Jul 25, 2019 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court

7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court 7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court

Special investigation: US military personnel are sick and dying, and want the nuclear plant’s designers and owners to take responsibility.

Mar 9, 2018 / Gregg Levine

Spectra AIM pipeline protest

A High-Pressure Pipeline Next to a Nuclear Power Plant… What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A High-Pressure Pipeline Next to a Nuclear Power Plant… What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The construction of a gas pipeline within 1500 feet of Indian Point’s nuclear reactors could spell disaster for New York.

Mar 31, 2016 / Alison Rose Levy and Ellen Cantarow

Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific

Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific

Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased US troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mar 14, 2014 / Annie Isabel Fukushima, Ayano Ginoza, Michiko Hase, Gwyn Kirk, Deborah Lee, Taeva Shefler, and Foreign Policy In Focus

Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution?

Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution? Are We on the Brink of a Green Revolution?

Take a look and you will see that the assorted environmental protests that have long bedeviled politicians are gaining in strength and support.

Nov 18, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Fukushima’s Invisible Crisis

Fukushima’s Invisible Crisis Fukushima’s Invisible Crisis

Don’t expect coverage of Japan's nuclear power disaster on the evening news: unlike other environmental catastrophes, Fukushima’s ongoing crisis offers little to film.

Aug 19, 2013 / Eric Ozawa

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