Costal communities lacking funds to clear tsunami debris

Pieces of debris from the tsunami in Japan have been washing ashore along the Northwest. Local governments are short on funds and lack a clear plan to clean it all up, reports Bill Whitaker.

• Jun 26, 2012

USGS: 6.4-magnitude quake 72 miles off Japan

Quake's epicenter was 72 miles northeast of Sendai

• Jun 17, 2012

Japanese tsunami dock; Trash or treasure?

Dock torn loose by last year's tsunami is "cluttering" Oregon beach, but it's also drawing tourists

• Jun 14, 2012

Scientists fret over creatures on tsunami dock

Millions of individual organisms, including crabs and starfish, made the 5,000-mile journey from Japan to Oregon's shores

• Jun 7, 2012

Seventy-foot dock from Japan washes up in Oregon

The cleanup from Japan's tsunami on America's shores could take years, and is only now getting worse, a year after disaster

• Jun 6, 2012

Toxic Japanese debris piles up on Alaska's shore

First the wind and now the currents bring tons of toxic, but not irradiated, debris to the West Coast from Japan, a year after the tsunami

• May 29, 2012

Tsunami debris clean-up on U.S. shores could take years

By 2013, it's estimated as much as 1.5 million tons of wreckage from Japan's tsunami could reach the U.S. west coast from Alaska all the way to California. John Blackstone spoke with the president of a local conservation group who predicts the clean-up process could take up to six years.

• May 29, 2012

Tsunami debris to impact West Coast of the U.S., Canada

Tsunami debris has already started washing up on shore in Alaska and soon it will be washing up on the shores of Washington state, California, and Canada. John Blackstone reports.

• May 29, 2012

Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed Pacific to U.S.

Bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to U.S.shores

• May 28, 2012

Tsunami debris hitting Alaska

Debris from the devastating tsunami in Japan is starting to wash ashore in Alaska. John Blackstone reports.

• May 25, 2012

Japan's tsunami debris found on Alaskan shores

Evidence of wreckage from the Japanese tsunami is making it all the way across the ocean and is now washing up on beaches in Alaska. John Blackstone reports.

• May 24, 2012

Dangers of tsunami debris heading U.S. way

Now that 1.5 million tons of debris from the Japanese tsunami are headed toward U.S. shores, concern is rising about its potential danger. M. Sanjayan, a scientist at the Nature Conservancy and now a CBS News science and environmental contributor, spoke with Charlie Rose and Erica Hill about it.

• May 18, 2012

U.S. not ready for Japan tsunami debris

About 1.5 tons of debris was dumped in the Pacific by Japan's tsunami last year -- and much of it is heading to the U.S. Now, Congress has been told officials don't have the money to clean it up. Nancy Cordes reports.

• May 18, 2012

Japan nuclear power down raises questions in Calif.

Japan powered down its last operating nuclear reactor, leaving the country nuclear power free. And as Lee Cowan reports, Japan's situation is raising questions about the future of an idle nuclear plant near San Diego.

• May 5, 2012

Japan to switch off last nuclear reactor

Nation will be free of atomic power for the first time since '66; Fukushima crisis is eroding years of efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions

• May 4, 2012

Tsunami-swept Harley washes ashore in Canada

Motorcycle lost in the Japanese disaster reaches Canadian island 4,000 miles away in container; "Miraculous," owner says

• May 2, 2012

Japan's "angry mayor" making himself heard

Mayor Futoshi Toba lost his wife and 2,000 residents to the earthquake and tsunami; for him, the rebuilding effort is weak

• Apr 29, 2012

Some Japanese towns face decade of radioactivity

The towns nearest the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan to be dangerously radioactive until at least 2022, a report states

• Apr 23, 2012

Boy glad football lost in tsunami found in U.S.

Misaki Murakami, 16, lost everything in tsunami disaster, until an Alaska beachcomber found his football more than 3,000 miles away

• Apr 23, 2012

Japanese tsunami debris reaches Alaska shores

Soccer ball and volleyball are found along U.S. coast, with writing traced to school within 2011 tsunami's impact zone

• Apr 22, 2012

Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship

Ship set adrift by last year's tsunami sank about four hours after a Coast Guard cutter unleashed cannon fire at it

• Apr 6, 2012

Coast Guard sinks "ghost ship"

The U.S. Coast Guard took the unusual step of sinking a so-called "ghost ship" - torn loose in the Japanese tsunami - in the Gulf of Alaska. Scott Pelley reports.

• Apr 6, 2012

Radiation affecting Japan's famous delicacies

While people can visit Fukushima's no-go zone again, locally famous foods like shiitake mushrooms are inedible

• Apr 1, 2012

Radiation threatening Japanese delicacies

The Japanese government is warning its citizens to avoid hundreds of locally-produced foods that exceed safe radiation limits, including some of the best known delicacies in the country. Lucy Craft reports.

• Apr 1, 2012

Parts of 3 towns to reopen in Japan "no-go" zone

16,000 nuclear evacuees from Kawauchi, Tamura and Minamisoma to return home after Fukushima Dai-ichi plant meltdown forced evacuation

• Mar 30, 2012

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