Seal Robot PAROs Help Healing Victims of Tsunami and Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Japan

Public health response to the combined Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant accident: perspective from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.

WPSAR Vol 2, No 4, 2011 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2011.2.4.008 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a Offi ce of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Science Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan Submitted: 20 October 2011; Published: 23 December 2011 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2011.2.4.008 Public health response to the combined Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear p...

Increases in perinatal mortality in prefectures contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan

Descriptive observational studies showed upward jumps in secular European perinatal mortality trends after Chernobyl. The question arises whether the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident entailed similar phenomena in Japan. For 47 prefectures representing 15.2 million births from 2001 to 2014, the Japanese government provides monthly statistics on 69,171 cases of perinatal death of the fetus ...

Nuclear accident in Tokai, Japan.

Subclinical Hypothyroidism, Pregnancy and the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident.

In this Issue of Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, Furukawa et al. (2017) reported that elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels (3.0-10.0 μU/ mL) were not associated with overall adverse pregnancy outcomes in Japanese women without known medical complications. The authors suggest that effects of subclinical hypothyroidism on pregnancy are different among regions. Iodine is an e...

Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction of Displaced Persons Living in Tokyo, Japan - The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident

The nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima has a longterm impact on the health of the affected population than natural disasters. The aims of this study was to add to this evidence base by investigating the quality of life and life satisfaction of older refugees displaced by the nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima. We carried out with twelve older people who have been moved in Tokyo. R...