Organisms differ in their susceptibility to ionizing radiation 27 although the ecological basis for such differences remain poorly 28 understood. We hypothesized that ecological characteristics such as body 29 size, diet, migration and pigments of plumage would predict the impact of 30 radiation on abundance through effects on relative food consumption rates, 31 free radicals and antioxidants. ...

A massive release of artificial radionuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant caused radioactive contamination of farms as well as of aquatic products. Carp in small ponds in the highly radiocontaminated area of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, have been confined to the ponds since the accident, and it is thought that the carp may have suffered health issues as a result. Th...

The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurred on 11 March 2011, which caused the leakage of radioactive materials into the environment. In this study, we report public concerns about radiation in Fukushima and Tokyo almost one year after the nuclear disaster. We examined the public concerns by analyzing the data from 1022 participants, 555 in F...

BACKGROUND On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, followed by a tsunami and nuclear-reactor meltdowns, produced one of the most severe disasters in the history of Japan. The adverse impact of this 'triple disaster' on the health of local populations and the health system was substantial. In this study we examine population-level health indicator changes that accompanied the disaster...

This chapter examines the concept of loss and damage and how they are used in a political and moral context. It takes as a starting point the nuclear accident of Fukushima Daiichi and the short, medium and long-term consequences for the human and non-human environment. It also identifies some potential elements for the transformation of the disaster into a catastrophe, and how we can develop di...

This paper uses cross-country data compiled immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident to investigate how the experience of such disasters affects the perception of the risk of nuclear accidents. Estimation results show that the perceived risk of a nuclear accident is positively associated with experiencing technological disasters but not with that of natural disasters.

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...

Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, 2 Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Hokuriku Dementia Professional Physician Training Plan, Kanazawa, Japan, Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, Department of Physiology, Keio University...

Using a data set on housing sales transactions we explore the potential effect of the Fukushima disaster on housing prices in Sweden. In contrast to most earlier findings in other countries we do not find any disproportionate effect from the Fukushima disaster on housing prices in vicinity of nuclear power plants in Sweden.