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Petition Drive to Help Fukushima Residents forced by Japan to Enter Nuclear Contamination Area

Following the recent SOS from Fukushima families...

(FUKUSHIMA / SALEM) - There now is a petition in Japan to evacuate the people from Fukushima Prefecture. We reported over the weekend the tragic plight of residents being turned out of shelters and instructed to return to their homes in the affected area.

The petition can be found here: http://311fukushima.net/?page_id=93. And by the way, I have been staying true to these stories about petition drives and signing them before publishing, to ensure the integrity of the process. The form is written partly in English and partly in Japanese, but easy to follow.

S.O.S. From Fukushima: Silence is Deadly in Japan

Newly released video is an International plea for help from Fukushima residents.

(FUKUSHIMA / SALEM) - The people of Fukushima prefecture in Japan, are in trouble.

Abandoned by their own government; forced to return to their homes in this city of nuclear contamination, they are fearful for their children's futures and asking the world community for support.

Japanese Food Researcher Creates World`s First Sh*t Sandwich... seriously

Poop burger uses artificial meat From human feces.

(TOKYO Inhabitat) - Some hardcore carnivores have a hard time finding meat alternatives such as soy protein or tofu burgers to be palatable.

But non-meat eaters may lose their appetite along with their carnivorous friends over this one – a meat alternative made from HUMAN EXCREMENT.

Fukushima: It`s much worse than you think

Scientific experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster to be far worse than governments are revealing to the public.

(FUKUSHIMA Al Jazeera) - Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind," Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, told Al Jazeera.

Japan's 9.0 earthquake on March 11 caused a massive tsunami that crippled the cooling systems at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan.

Reactor Reax: Weekly Roundup of Nuclear Stories

Catch the latest media reports from around the world about nuclear energy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - What is the world to do with an ever accumulating supply of spent, dirty radioactive waste?

The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Conversational Japanese

Includes a new chapter on important signs readers would encounter in Japan.

(FOREST GROVE, Ore.) - The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Conversational Japanese, 2nd Edition, along with an audio CD, allows users, even a beginner, to learn conversational Japanese.

Greenpeace Statement on TEPCO Admission of Full Meltdown and Reactor Core Breach at Fukushima-Daiichi Reactor 1

“TEPCO must immediately make public any other information about the state of the other reactors at Fukushima.”

(TOKYO Greenpeace) - Greenpeace today criticised TEPCO and Japan for continuing to underplay the seriousness of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

This came after TEPCO admitting that a partial meltdown of the reactor 1 core at Fukushima occurred a mere five hours after the tragic earthquake and tsunami. A full meltdown came 16 hours later.

How We Got Here

One can not help but wonder...

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - It's amusing; the never ending battle of opinions, often devoid of fact, in the political arena of the US and Canada.

It is particularly entertaining when observing the scene in the United States where fantasies and off the wall ideas seem to be a staple in political discourse between the major parties and groups like the Tea Party.

2011 Minidoka Pilgrimage in June Marks 69 Years

Pilgrimage honors Japanese-Americans incarcerated during WWII.

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - During World War II, almost 13k people of Japanese-American citizens, were forcibly sent to a desolate “incarceration camp” near Twin Falls, Idaho.

The pilgrimage will be made from Seattle and Portland to the former Minidoka Internment Camp.

Japan`s Biggest Problem...

Melted fuel in Units 1 through 3? That's all but confirmed.

(CARLSBAD, Calif.) - It's hard to say what Japan's biggest problem is right now.