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2015.05.19

16 more young people in Fukushima are diagnosed as thyroid cancer

Sixteen young people who lived in Fukushima prefecture at the time of Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant acci
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2015.03.25

Fukushima gov’t still denies the effect of radiation as a cause of thyroid cancer

Prefectural authorities here have dismissed any effect of radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Pla
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2015.02.12

One child has been diagnosed with throid cancer after the second health check-up

A child has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer after the latest survey on the health impact of the 2011 Fukush
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2014.12.24

Four more children are suspected of suffering from thyroid cancer

Four more children are suspected of suffering from thyroid cancer in the latest survey on the possible health
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2014.12.01

[Asahi Newspaper] British scientist criticized UN report as “not qualified to be called scientific”

A British scientist who studied the health effects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster panned a United Nations repo
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2014.09.25

Still more than 10,000 students studying outside of their community

Thousands of students who evacuated following the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 earthquake and tsunam
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2014.08.25

103 young people diagnosed as thyroid cancer in Fukushima

An ongoing health survey of Fukushima Prefecture residents has uncovered seven new cases of thyroid cancer amo
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2014.08.01

Thyroid check-up questioned by medical experts

  More than three years after the triple core meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture devastated the lives of th
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2014.05.20

50 children in Fukushima have developed thyroid cancer, an increase of 17 from last December

The Fukushima Prefectural Government has confirmed in a new report that 50 children in the prefecture have dev
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2014.04.07

[Mainichi Newspaper] A story of child PTSD by Fukushima nuclear disaster

A story written in Mainichi Newspaper on the issue of Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Teams (DPATs) was one 44
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2014.04.02

UN report says Fukushima disaster unlikely to rise cancer rate

U.N. scientist said on April 2nd that the Fukushima nuclear disaster is unlikely to lead to a rise in people d
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2014.02.24

[Study] Lifetime cancer risk rise among 1-year-old girls in Fukushima

The lifetime risk of developing cancer has risen slightly among 1-year-old girls in an area affected by the nu
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2014.02.08

Eight more confirmed having thyroid cancer

Eight more Fukushima children have been confirmed as having thyroid gland cancer, according to a local panel o
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2013.12.23

Experts differ over nuclear accident’s effect on cancer rate in children

  Experts were divided over whether radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident affected the thyroid ca
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2013.12.13

Fukushima kids continue to show high obesity rates due to restriction of outdoor activities

Children from Fukushima Prefecture continue to show high obesity rates due to the impact of the nuclear plant
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2013.11.29

High school in Minamisouma closing down due to nuclear disaster

A private high school in Fukushima Prefecture is closing down at the end of March, due to the problems attract
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2013.11.13

More children diagnosed as thyroid cancer in Fukushima

Fifteen more young people in Fukushima Prefecture have received definitive or suspected diagnoses of thyroid c
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2013.08.30

Finally the government agency proposed the basic policy of the Victims Protection Act

On Aug 30th, the central government has finalized its basic policy of the Victims Protection Act which was ena
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2013.08.21

6 more children found with thyroid cancer; those who have been diagnosed as or suspected became 44 since nuclear disaster

In the examination committee of the health care survery for the residents in Fukushima prefecture held on Aug.
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2013.06.07

Nine more diagnosed with thyroid cancer, total became 12 young people.

On June 5th, Fukushima Prefectural Panel said that nine more young people have been diagnosed with thyroid can
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2013.04.27

Fukushima residents question about thyroid cancer screenings

Although Fukushima prefectural government is conducting thyroid cancer screening to its children, the parents
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2013.04.26

The demand to evacuate children was rejected

The lawsuit to request evacuation for children living in Fukushima prefecture was rejected by the Sendai High
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2013.04.25

Mud in the school pools in Fukushima detected more than 100,000 becquerels

By the joint research of The Asahi Shimbun and the Citizen’s Radioactivity Measuring Station (CRMS), the
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2013.04.25

The result of thyroid tests revealed by the effort of NPO

The NPO Access-Info Clearinghouse Japan demanded the release of the data of ultrasound tests conducted in 2011
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2013.04.17

The lawsuit from 14 Fukushima children is expected to rule soon

A Japanese appeals court is expected to rule soon on this unusual lawsuit, filed on behalf of the children by
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2013.03.13

Ministry of Enviornment had conducted thyroid tests at three other cities far from Fukushima

The Ministry of Environment had conducted thyroid tests to 4,365 children aged between 3 and 18 in three other
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2013.02.28

Internal exposure, less than 50 millisieverts for infants

Thyroid gland doses of internal radiation in year-old infants living within 30 kilometers of the Fukushima No.
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2013.02.14

Two more are diagnosed with thyroid cancer

A meeting of Fukushima prefectural government panel was held in Fukushima city on Feb.13th 2013, which is cond
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