Beyond Nuclear speaks out against Fukushima Daiichi radioactive wastewater dumping in the Pacific Ocean

At the invitation of Beyond Nuclear board of directors member Kurumi Sugita, Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, has recorded a video message opposing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's planned radioactive wastewater dumping scheme into the Pacific Ocean.

The Yosomono net Youtube channel recording is in English, but with Japanese subtitles, as well as English subtitled for the hearing impaired.

Here are the links:

With Japanese subtitles --

https://youtu.be/OX1gVUK8Xuw

With English subtitles for the hearing impaired --

https://youtu.be/mcq32rKlA6Y

French subtitles will also be added in the near future.

Please contact the Japanese Embassy in your country, and/or the Japanese consulate near you, and urge that the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company's current plan, to begin dumping radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi into the Pacific Ocean less than two years from now, be reversed.

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Listing of 76-years-on commemorations of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), Japan

Please see our Nuclear Weapons website section, for a listing of commemorations. If you can't find one near you to plug into, consider organizing a local one yourself with friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and kindred spirits.

Note that due to the ongoing and even worsening pandemic, there are a number of virtual commemorations available to attend remotely.

We will continue to update this listing of events as we learn of more.

Japan should lead nuclear ban: editorial

An editorial in the Asahi Shimbun on the day of the Hiroshima atomic bombing commemoration, calls on Japan to lead global efforts to ban nuclear weapons. Japan has neither signed nor ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. But the powerful opinion from one of Japan's leading daily newspapers opens:

"The world is at a crossroads for choosing between two scenarios: fear of nuclear war ending in a catastrophe or a safer future of coexistence.

"Confrontations among states are heating up in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the most striking example being the U.S.-China rivalry over hegemony. The situation is prompting a rise in anxiety about a possible nuclear war.

"At the same time, a trend is gaining momentum for seeking a world without nuclear weapons, above and beyond the framework of nations, in finding value in cooperation precisely at a time like this.

"Which path we should be choosing appears evident when we give thought to the ravages of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima 76 years ago today.

"Humankind should not be allowed to commit the same fault again. And Japan should be leading the pledge and action for fleshing out that vow." Read the full editorial.

RECOGNITION AT LAST: Hiroshima victims win court case

A group of hitherto unrecognized citizens of Hiroshima, who were contaminated by the radioactive and toxic “black rain” that fell after the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing of that city, won an important day in court last month. The 84 plaintiffs, who were living outside the official contamination zone when the bomb was dropped, will now receive the same health care and compensation as others, known as “Hibakusha”, according to the decision made by the Hiroshima high court. Importantly, the court acknowledged that people’s health was harmed not only by external exposures but by internal exposure to radiation through the ingestion of contaminated water and food. The ruling comes just in time as many Hibakusha have already passed away.

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OLYMPIC MOMENT OF SILENCE? 76 years since Hiroshima atomic bombing

Twisted wreckage left in the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombingBeyond Nuclear has joined with more than 120 organizations, and thousands of individuals, calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe a respectful moment of silence on August 6 at 8:15am Japan time, to mark 76 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Combined with Nagasaki three days later, the two atomic bombings killed more than 226,000 people, and inflicted lifelong suffering, including from radiation damage, on countless thousands of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors). The IOC has rejected the call, but its initiator, former Hiroshima Mayor, Tadatoshi Akiba, has not given up hope, despite the late hour. Please see our Nuclear Weapons website section for listings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations in the U.S. and worldwide.

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