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Eishi Kubota receives Ph.D. in engineering at age 81

TOKYO, Japan - Eishi Kubota (photo) has been awarded a doctorate in engineering from Nagasaki University this year at age 81. Kubota, a former boiler designer with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., enrolled in the Open University of Japan at age 71 and went on to the Ph.D. program at Nagasaki University after he got a master's degree from the Open University. Kubota, whose Ph.D. dissertation focused on how to reduce dioxin at incinerators, says he decided to conduct research on dioxin as part of his post-retirement job as a consultant for incinerator manufacturers.

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TV Asahi settles suit filed by farmers over 1999 dioxin report

TOKYO, Japan - Farmers, who sued TV Asahi Corp. over a news report on dioxin contamination, hold up an out-of-court settlement document during a press conference in Tokyo on June 16. Under the settlement, TV Asahi offered an apology to the 29 farmers in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and promised to pay them 10 million yen. The farmers had sought 26 million yen in damages.

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Top court says TV report on dioxin not backed by proof

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuharu Nakai, a TV Asahi official, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 16 after the Supreme Court overturned lower court decisions acknowledging the veracity of a TV Asahi report on dioxin contamination in vegetables grown in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and rejecting damages suits against the Tokyo broadcasting company by farmers claiming to have suffered losses due to a plunge in vegetable sales following the report.

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Plasma device to dispose of medical waste

NAGOYA, Japan - A man looks at a plasma-based device to dispose of dangerous medical waste which Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled March 29. The utility will install the device at a Nagoya hospital and test it for one year from April. Data gathered will allow the firm to decide whether to manufacture the device commercially. The device measuring 3.1 by 6.3 by 6.8 meters, dispose of 100 kilograms of medical waste such as needle-tipped syringes and plastic intravenous drip bags in eight hours, producing one-50th the amount of dioxin allowed by new government regulations to take effect from December 2002

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Incinerator pumps out dioxins 44 times over legal standard

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken June 30 shows an industrial-waste incinerator in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, whose dioxin emissions were found to exceed the legal standard by 44 times. The city has ordered the incinerator's operations to be suspended until its owner improves the facility's operations. City officials say the emissions have not caused any reported damage to people's health.

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4 Greenpeace members arrested for scaling Tokyo building

TOKYO, Japan - Four members of the environmentalist group Greenpeace drop a large banner proclaiming Tokyo the world's ''dioxin capital'' from this elevator tower near an incinerator plant in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on May 9, which they scaled to protest Japan's waste-incineration policies. The banner reads: ''Incineration First. Safety Second.'' After they descended, they were arrested on suspicion of trespassing.

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Farmers sue TV station over dioxin report

URAWA, Japan - Farmers from Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, accompanied by their attorneys, walk into the Urawa District Court on Sept. 1 to file a lawsuit against TV Asahi and a private research institute, seeking some 197 million yen in damages over a report on purported dioxin contamination in their produce.

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Probe into dioxin pollution begins

Environment experts from government agencies pick spinach on a farm in Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, on Tuesday Feb. 16 for a new study on dioxin levels of vegetables in the area. Dioxin pollution has been in the spotlight following a recent TV news report that high concentrations of the cancer-causing substance were detected in vegetables grown there.

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Experiments on African American inmates reveal U.S. double standards on human rights

STORY: Experiments on African American inmates reveal U.S. double standards on human rights DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. the formal apology of the city of Philadelphia 2. cover of the book telling the story at Holmesburg Prison 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IRFAN SHAHZAD TAKALVI, Founding President of Eurasian Century Institute, Pakistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Researcher, Manila-based think tank STORYLINE: The U.S. city of Philadelphia has issued a formal apology for experiments conducted on African American inmates at a prison decades ago. From the 1950s to the 1970s, inmates of Holmesburg Prison were intentionally exposed to pharmaceuticals, viruses, fungus, asbestos, and even dioxin, a component of Agent Orange. The experiments were conducted by University of Pennsylvania researcher Dr. Albert Kligman. The vast majority of those subjected to these experiments were African American men, many of them illiterate, awa

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Cohen watches incinerator near Atsugi base

ATSUGI, Japan - U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (2nd from L) watches an incinerator near the U.S. naval air station at Atsugi, southwest of Tokyo, on March 16. He said the incinerator releasing cancer-causing dioxin should be closed down if the problem can't be fixed.

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PCB Contamination

Since the production of PCBs in 1954, 57,000 tons of PCBs have been produced, and Dr. Isono of Tokyo Metropolitan University has warned that it will affect the next generation. The cause was PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) used in the deodorization process of rice bran oil. Later, it was discovered that the real cause was dioxin, which was mixed in with PCBs to a very small extent. Until now, PCBs were said to be the cause of Kanemi's oil disease, but in fact, dibenzofuran, which is formed when PCBs are heated, is the real cause. 　 An interview with a patient on PCB testing An interview with Dr. Isono of Tokyo Metropolitan University on an experiment with chicks at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Hygiene Testing Department Footage of environmental destruction, *Filming date unknown, release date: June 16, 1972. .

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M'bishi Electric develops low-cost tech to decompose wastewater

An official of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. briefs reporters at its research center in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2015, on the company's experimental device that decomposes hazardous materials such as dioxin and pesticides contained in industrial wastewater at low cost. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eishi Kubota receives Ph.D. in engineering at age 81

TOKYO, Japan - Eishi Kubota (photo) has been awarded a doctorate in engineering from Nagasaki University this year at age 81. Kubota, a former boiler designer with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., enrolled in the Open University of Japan at age 71 and went on to the Ph.D. program at Nagasaki University after he got a master's degree from the Open University. Kubota, whose Ph.D. dissertation focused on how to reduce dioxin at incinerators, says he decided to conduct research on dioxin as part of his post-retirement job as a consultant for incinerator manufacturers. (Kyodo)

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A teahouse at Oji

Although only Nanushi Falls exists at present, Oji was blessed with water during the Meiji Period as shown by the fact that it gained fame for its seven waterfalls. Shibusawa Eiichi realized the value of the land and founded the Shoshi Company here (later the Oji Paper Mill). Ignorant of the dangers of dioxin and other toxins, people relaxing at the restaurants and the teahouses considered the smoke from the factory chimney to be a welcome example of modernization.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐10‐0]

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TV Asahi settles suit filed by farmers over 1999 dioxin report

TOKYO, Japan - Farmers, who sued TV Asahi Corp. over a news report on dioxin contamination, hold up an out-of-court settlement document during a press conference in Tokyo on June 16. Under the settlement, TV Asahi offered an apology to the 29 farmers in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and promised to pay them 10 million yen. The farmers had sought 26 million yen in damages. (Kyodo)

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Top court says TV report on dioxin not backed by proof

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuharu Nakai, a TV Asahi official, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 16 after the Supreme Court overturned lower court decisions acknowledging the veracity of a TV Asahi report on dioxin contamination in vegetables grown in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and rejecting damages suits against the Tokyo broadcasting company by farmers claiming to have suffered losses due to a plunge in vegetable sales following the report. (Kyodo)

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(2) Dioxin removal device

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Wakayama Gov. Yoshiki Kimura (C) on Nov. 8 turns on the plant which renders dioxin-contaminated soil harmless. (Kyodo)

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(1) Dioxin removal plant

HASHIMOTO, Japan - The city of Hashimoto in Wakayama on Nov. 8 launches the operation of a plant to render dioxin-contaminated soil harmless. (Kyodo)

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Plasma device to dispose of medical waste

NAGOYA, Japan - A man looks at a plasma-based device to dispose of dangerous medical waste which Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled March 29. The utility will install the device at a Nagoya hospital and test it for one year from April. Data gathered will allow the firm to decide whether to manufacture the device commercially. The device measuring 3.1 by 6.3 by 6.8 meters, dispose of 100 kilograms of medical waste such as needle-tipped syringes and plastic intravenous drip bags in eight hours, producing one-50th the amount of dioxin allowed by new government regulations to take effect from December 2002

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Incinerator pumps out dioxins 44 times over legal standard

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken June 30 shows an industrial-waste incinerator in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, whose dioxin emissions were found to exceed the legal standard by 44 times. The city has ordered the incinerator's operations to be suspended until its owner improves the facility's operations. City officials say the emissions have not caused any reported damage to people's health.

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4 Greenpeace members arrested for scaling Tokyo building

TOKYO, Japan - Four members of the environmentalist group Greenpeace drop a large banner proclaiming Tokyo the world's ''dioxin capital'' from this elevator tower near an incinerator plant in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on May 9, which they scaled to protest Japan's waste-incineration policies. The banner reads: ''Incineration First. Safety Second.'' After they descended, they were arrested on suspicion of trespassing.

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Kawara inspects U.S. base to study dioxin pollution

AYASE, Japan - Defense Agency chief Tsutomu Kawara makes an early morning inspection of the U.S. Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Kanagawa Prefecture March 15 to study dioxin pollution there, a tour hastily arranged to take place prior to his U.S. counterpart's arrival in Japan later in the day.

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Farmers sue TV station over dioxin report

URAWA, Japan - Farmers from Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, accompanied by their attorneys, walk into the Urawa District Court on Sept. 1 to file a lawsuit against TV Asahi and a private research institute, seeking some 197 million yen in damages over a report on purported dioxin contamination in their produce.

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Probe into dioxin pollution begins

Environment experts from government agencies pick spinach on a farm in Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, on Tuesday Feb. 16 for a new study on dioxin levels of vegetables in the area. Dioxin pollution has been in the spotlight following a recent TV news report that high concentrations of the cancer-causing substance were detected in vegetables grown there. ==Kyodo