TOMIOKA, Fukushima Prefecture--For the first time in more than a decade, the public can enjoy “hanami” viewing along the entire stretch of a street in the Yonomori district famed for its rows ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

TOMIOKA, Fukushima Prefecture--The entire “sakura ... A recent analysis of cherry trees along the “tunnel” street and in a nearby park found many had been severely damaged by bugs and ...

This year marks Chernobyl’s 25th anniversary and how ironic it is that the world has a new nuclear emergency on its hands: Japan’s Fukushima power plant, operated by TEPCO. This year marks ...

Soon after a tsunami damaged three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, the Japanese government issued an emergency declaration and ordered people living nearby ...