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Japan prosecutors charge former utility executives with neglect over Fukushima disaster
Court-appointed prosecutors in Japan on Monday charged three former utility executives with counts of negligence in relation to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) executives Tsunehisa Katsumata, Sakae Mut (More) |
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Japan court allows nuclear reactors to reopen
The Fukui District Court in Japan lifted an injunction on Thursday against allowing two nuclear reactors to reopen. Japan ordered closed all of its nuclear reactors after the Fukushima Disaster in 2011. A group of residents filed an injunction to ke (More) |
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Japan court blocks restart of two nuclear reactors
The Fukui District Court issued an injunction on Tuesday halting the restart of two nuclear reactors is Takahama, Japan. These reactors, operated by Kansai Electric Power , met the basic safety guidelines set by Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NR (More) |
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Japan court finds Fukushima power plant operator liable for woman's suicide
The district court in Fukushima, Japan, ruled Tuesday that a woman's family may be compensated for her death after determining that her depression and suicide were caused by the March 2011 nuclear meltdown of a nearby power plant. The family of chi (More) |
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Japan continues to suffer export restrictions, citizen protests two years after Fukushima
Almost two years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Japanese officials report that 44 countries still ban or limit food imports from Japan, as thousands of the nation's citizens gathered on Saturday in ongoing anti-nuclear demonstrations (More) |
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Philippines lawmakers approve refugee law
The Congress of the Philippines on Wednesday passed a bill to protect the rights of more than one million internally displaced persons (IDPs). The bill was praised by the UN Refugee Agency on Friday. If the bill is signed into law, the Philippin (More) |
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One Thousand Years of Danger: Spent Nuclear Fuel Production and Management in the US
JURIST Guest Columnist Catherine Jahn, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the eighth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Jahn suggests how the US ca (More) |
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Japan prosecutors initiate criminal investigation into Fukushima nuclear disaster
Japanese authorities on Wednesday began a criminal investigation into last year's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster . The Fukushima Prosecutor accepted a criminal complaint filed in June by more than 1,300 people against Tokyo Electric Power Compa (More) |
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Tokyo protestors demonstrate against Japan nuclear power industry
Tens of thousands of protestors rallied in Tokyo on Monday as Japan moves to restart the country's nuclear reactors that were shut down following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster last year. The peaceful antinuclear demonstration in Yoyogi par (More) |
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Expert panel claims Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis was preventable
A Japanese expert panel on Thursday issued a report claiming that the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was preventable. In the 641-page document the panel claims that the accident was not caused solely by the earthquake and subsequent (More) |
38 Santee Sioux hanged by US for rebellion
On December 26, 1862, 38 Santee Sioux braves were hanged in a mass execution for their roles in a rebellion against US authorities in Minnesota which left hundreds dead and made refugees of some 40,000 white settlers.
Government annuities promised under a treaty with the Sioux had failed to arrive on schedule and credit for purchases was not advanced in the meantime, threatening the tribe with starvation. Learn more about the 1862 Minnesota Sioux Rebellion from the Santee Sioux Tribe, whose members were deported first to South Dakota and ultimately to Nebraska, where they remain today.
