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In a 'murasoi'-fish (or rock-fish Sebastes pachycephalus) caught in January 2013 at the coast of Fukushima an enormous amount of radioactive caesium was found: 254,000 becquerel/kilogram, or 2540 times the legal limitm in Japan for seafood.
Daigo Fukuryū Maru (第五福龍丸, F/V Lucky Dragon 5) was a Japanese tuna fishing boat with a crew of 23 men which was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the United States Castle Bravo thermonuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954. The crew suffered acute radiation syndrome (ARS) for
In February 2018, Japan renewed the export of fish caught off Fukushima's nearshore zone. According to prefecture officials, no seafood had been found with radiation levels exceeding Japan safety standards since April 2015. In 2018, Thailand was the first country to receive a shipment of fresh fish from Japan's Fukushima prefecture. [164]
The largest fisheries market in the South Korean capital is stepping up testing to show its offerings are safe, aiming to allay consumer concerns about Japan's planned release of treated ...
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and three cabinet ministers had Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting on Wednesday 30 August, in an apparent effort to dispel safety concerns following ...
In response to these events, a number of Japanese civic groups banded together to form a "National Council for a Petition Drive to Ban Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs" (Gensuibaku Kinshi Shomei Undō Zenkoku Kyōgikai), which managed to accumulate a total of 30 million signatures by August 1955, [1] an impressive figure given that Japan's total ...
The Japanese government is yet to finalise a disposal plan for the 13 million cubic metres of soil, enough to fill multiple stadiums, which was stripped from the region to reduce radiation levels.
United States high yield nuclear test Castle Bravo contaminated crew of Japanese tuna fishing boat Daigo Fukuryū Maru giving them acute radiation syndrome. One crew member died of complications. 5 December 1965 Broken arrow: coast of Japan Loss of a nuclear bomb