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Fish Caught off Fukushima Show Record Levels of Radioactive Cesium

Record cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant.

(KYODO Japan Times) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

That is equivalent to 7,400 times the state-set limit deemed safe for human consumption.

The Japanese Way to Peace in Burma

Facilitating peace between the Burmese government and ethnic armed groups may not be an easy task...

(RANGOON The Irrawaddy) - Yohei Sasakawa, the chairman of the Tokyo-based philanthropic organization the Nippon Foundation, is a man with a mission.

As the Japanese government’s recently appointed “special envoy for national reconciliation in Myanmar,” he has taken on the daunting task of helping Burma to achieve peace after decades of ethnic conflict.

PHOTOS: Derelict Japanese Boat Found and Removed from Oregon Beach

Vessel with Japanese writing was located at Muriel Ponsler Memorial Wayside, north of Florence.

(FLORENCE, OR) - A 24' nonmotorized boat was removed from the ocean shore near Muriel Ponsler Wayside north of Florence at 7 p.m., Mar. 14, 2013. Leisure Excavating from Florence transported it to a local landfill.

No pollution or other hazardous materials were detected, but there was marine life clinging to the debris.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Washington Post: In U.S., Nuclear Energy Loses Momentum...

The latest nuclear news from Physicians for Social Responsibility.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today in Reactor Reax, nuclear energy is losing momentum in the U.S., amid economic head winds; in Fukushima Fallout, CBS News reports that the meltdown in Japan forced 170,000 people from their homes, many of them permanently.

TGTE to Japanese Prime Minister: Raise War Crimes with Visiting Sri Lankan President

146,679 Tamils went missing when Sri Lankan forces attacked Tamil people.

(TOKYO) - As Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse begins his State visit to Japan, the Prime Minister of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, urged Japan's Prime Minister to raise war crimes and genocide committed by the visiting Sri Lankan President.

Rajapakse begins his State visit to Japan on March 12, 2013.

Fukushima NHK Documentary: Decontamination: Losing the Sheltering Trees

Program examines the tragedy in coastal Japan.

(TOKYO) - The government has started decontamination work in areas affected by the nuclear accident but the progress is slow amid mistrust and conflicts.

NHK reports from Fukushima communities in danger of collapse in the aftermath of the accident.

Pacific Albacore Carry Barely Detectable Fingerprints of Fukushima Disaster

The researchers first identified two Fukushima-linked isotopes – Cesium-137 (Cs-137) and Cesium-134 (Cs-134) – this July, in samples of fish caught and frozen in 2011.

(CORVALLIS, OR) - Samples of albacore tuna caught off the West Coast of the United States show minute traces of radiation that can be traced to the Fukushima reactor disaster.

OSU, City of Newport Plan for Exhibit Featuring Piece of Tsunami Dock

“The exhibit will be a reminder that the tragedy in Japan could just as easily happen here” - Newport Mayor Mark McConnell

(NEWPORT, OR) - A section from a huge dock that ripped loose from its moorings in the northern Japanese city of Misawa during the massive earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011 will become part of an exhibit in Newport, Ore.

A piece of the huge structure has been saved and will be on display at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center by early next year.

Transform Now Plowshares Continues a Long Tradition

Includes two statements from Transform Plowshares about Y-12 nuclear weapons facility.

(OAK RIDGE, TN) - Early this morning three plowshares activists performed a disarmament action in response to Government plans to invest $80 billion to sustain and modernize the nuclear weapons complex.

Atom Bomb and the Era of Disinformation

"In Hiroshima, 30 days after the first atomic bomb destroyed the city and shook the world-people are still dying, mysteriously and horribly..." - “The Atomic Plague”

(DELHI) - A basic human nature is to cover-up misdeeds that could be embarrassing. Politicians go to any length without remorse so do military leaders.