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News
Japanese Taxpayers Are Picking Up the $100B Tab for the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Five years ago today a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan unleashed a powerful tsunami, triggering one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.
Rob Verger
3.11.16
Food
Japan Is Serving Foreigners Food from Post-Meltdown Fukushima
Despite reassurances by the government, it looks as though Fukushima may have a ways to go before everything returns to normal—if it ever will.
Alex Swerdloff
10.16.15
Food
A Lost Soy Sauce Fungus Is Helping Post-Tsunami Japan to Bounce Back
In January, Japanese officials declared that foods produced around Fukushima are all but radiation-free and safe to consume. But the rest of Japan—and its food producers—have continued to struggle to pick up the pieces left by a natural disaster that...
Munchies Staff
3.10.15

Food
Fukushima Foods Are Now Safe to Eat
Nearly four years after Fukushima's catastrophic nuclear disaster, Japanese officials are reporting that foods produced in the country’s north-central prefecture are all but radiation-free.
Lauren Rothman
1.9.15