Would you pay $100 for 3 peaches from a nuclear disaster zone?

London luxury hotspot Harrods says it proudly sells "the most exquisite products from around the world" - including some pricey peaches from Fukushima.

• Sep 10, 2024

Mission launched to sample radioactive debris from Fukushima reactor

Japanese officials launch a complex mission to retrieve a sample of melted fuel debris from a damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

• Sep 10, 2024

First images show damage deep inside Japan's worst-hit nuclear reactor

Images from a drone sent deep into the wreckage of Japan's earthquake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant show the aftermath of a meltdown.

• Mar 19, 2024

Fukushima nuclear plant starts highly controversial wastewater release

In response, China banned seafood from Japan. But Japan insists the release is needed to make room for the plant's decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks.

• Mar 19, 2024

Thieves may have sold radioactive scrap metal from Fukushima plant

Japan's environment ministry says workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

• Sep 21, 2023

Japan moves toward releasing Fukushima nuke plant wastewater into sea

The plan to filter and dilute millions of tons of water from the plant crippled by the 2011 quake and tsunami and pipe it out to sea has drawn both foreign and domestic opposition.

• Jul 25, 2022

Robot probes nuclear reactor

Bread loaf-sized bot captures images of harsh impact of meltdown "caused by the melted fuel or its heat".

• Jul 20, 2017
• 0:50

Radiation reaches U.S.

For the first time, radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has been found in the United States. CBSN's Cindy Hsu has the story on how researchers detected radiation on the coast of Oregon.

• Dec 9, 2016
• 0:40

Japan to dump radioactive water from Fukushima plant into ocean

The plan to release hundreds of thousands of tons of wastewater from the crippled nuclear plant into the Pacific has angered some of Japan's residents, and neighbors.

• Apr 13, 2021

Three and a half years later after an earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear disaster in Japan, inspectors have cleared two reactors to go back online

Three and a half years later after an earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear disaster in Japan, inspectors have cleared two reactors to go back online. Operators of Japan’s Sendai nuclear plant boosted protections against earthquakes and tripled the height of its tsunami seawall. Seth Doane reports.

• Sep 21, 2014
• 2:11

The cost of cleaning up the mess caused by Japan’s nuclear disaster is adding up

The cost of cleaning up the mess caused by Japan’s nuclear disaster is adding up. And, as Seth Doane reports, Japan doesn’t have enough room to store the millions of tons of radioactive soil that has been scraped up.

• Aug 29, 2014
• 2:44

Survivor recalls Japan earthquake hitting his school 10 years later

CBS News' Lucy Craft lost contact with her son Kohei for days when the 2011 earthquake and tsunami ravaged the region where he was going to school.

• Mar 11, 2021

Japanese city wiped out by the tsunami is rebuilt, but not healed

"There's collective grief, and that is one of those things you don't snap out of," a resident of Rikuzen-Takata says. "When everyone is sad together, it's intense."

• Mar 11, 2021

How a "miracle piano" has helped to heal Japan's tsunami scars

Hiroshi Endo's determination to resurrect a high school's treasured instrument was more about fixing broken hearts than mud-mangled keys.

• Mar 9, 2021

Japan said to opt to release treated Fukushima water into sea

The decision is highly controversial and staunchly opposed by environmentalists and local fishermen and farmers, among others.

• Oct 16, 2020

Power company execs cleared of negligence in Fukushima disaster

Former chairman and 2 others found not guilty of criminal negligence, as judge rules they couldn't have anticipated 2011 tsunami damage

• Sep 19, 2019

Workers start removing fuel from Japan's quake-damaged nuke reactor

Beginning of work to extract fuel from 3 Fukushima reactors that melted down is a milestone, but the hardest work is yet to come

• Apr 15, 2019

Is the U.S. ready for a mega-earthquake?

Rebecca Jarvis interviews the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Dr. Marcia McNutt, and seismologist, James Gaherty, PhD., about the the likelihood of the U.S. getting hit with an earthquake like the one that hit Japan and if so, are we prepared?

• Mar 12, 2011
• 4:39

After Japan quake, divorce more popular: survey

A recent survey reveals that more Japanese men and women in Japan are considering divorce in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country.

• Nov 6, 2011
• 2:18

New setbacks for Japan's damaged nuclear power plant

A mysterious and serious setback prompted workers to evacuate Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear plant and once again stopped efforts to stabilize the plant. Bill Whitaker reports.

• Mar 21, 2011
• 2:22

Robot probes crippled nuke reactor for melted fuel

Bread loaf-sized bot captures images of harsh impact of Fukushima meltdown "caused by the melted fuel or its heat"

• Jul 20, 2017

Sister cities after the tsunami

The March tsunami destroyed the Japanese town of Otsuchi, but not its bond to the town of Fort Bragg, CA, which is determined to help save its sister. Bob Simon reports.

• Oct 2, 2011
• 11:57

Radiation from Japan's nuclear disaster detected on Oregon shores

Seawater samples indicate radiation from the Fukushima, but at extremely low levels deemed not harmful to humans or the environment

• Dec 9, 2016

Fukushima meltdown apology: "It was a cover-up"

TEPCO Power Co. boss admits his predecessor ordered staff to hide the looming disaster, but was it a crime?

• Jun 21, 2016

Japanese woman breaks silence on Fukushima-related cancer

Near-silence about disease highlights fears of thyroid-cancer patients from disaster area about being "nail that sticks out"

• Jun 7, 2016

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