a prefecture in Japan on the island of Honshu. Area, 13,800 sq km. Population, about 2 million (1975). The capital of Fukushima Prefecture is the city of Fukushima. Most of the territory of Fukushima Prefecture is occupied by rugged mountains, which rise to 2,024 m at the volcano Azuma...
Azuma over the lake and island which became Fukushima Azuma. After many years the lake evaporated and villages sprang up. The inhabitants resented the reference to blowing chilly winds in the area’s name and changed the character to the modern Fukushima, the “Island of Well-being.” At ...
marking the beginning of the controversial ocean discharge, while concerns and opposition persisted among local fishermen as well as in neighboring countries and Pacific island countries.The
The move has aroused strong opposition and doubts from domestic fishing groups, neighboring countries and South Pacific island countries, as well as the international community.
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From the unimaginable horrors of the nuclear bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, to the fever-pitch reporting about the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, all of these have resulted in many descriptions and visualizations which are merely imaginative flights of fancy, with no ...
In response to the Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island core melts, nuclear proponents allege they were “black-swan events”—extremely unlikely, at the tail of probability distributions. They are wrong. This paper argues that the black-swan claim is false because proffered core-melt-pro...
have a significant adverse trans-boundary environmental effect and should consult with those states at an early stage and in good faith. The Republic of Korea, China, several Pacific Island nations and even the Japanese fishing communities have objected to the planned release of the contaminated ...
In the northern part of Honshu island, there is Bandai-Asahi National Park covering more than 186,000 ha of land. Acknowledged natural monuments of this park are volcanic massif landscapes, forestlands, gorges, hollows and lakes. Mount Bandai rising at 1,819 m is surrounded by a so-called ...
Ouchijuku is a former post town along the Aizu-Nishi Kaido trade route, which was active during the Edo Period. Restrictions set by the shogun required travelers to make their long journeys on foot and as a result, post towns developed along the routes to provide travelers with food and acc...