Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy submarine began leaking water with trace amounts of radioactivity during a port call in late March in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, U.S. Navy officials said Friday. The leak was found on the USS Houston, a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine, after it went to Hawaii for routine maintenance last month, the officials said, confirming a CNN television report earlier....
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
News that a U.S. submarine may have sprung a radiation leak during recent port calls in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, shocked local residents and government officials on Saturday, triggering a fact-finding search. The leak, which was minor, was detected on the USS Houston, a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine, after it went to Hawaii for routine maintenance last month, government officials...
lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
JAPAN’S Sasebo Heavy Industries, a tanker and dry bulk specialist, said Friday it will build its first very large gas carrier for Japan’s fourth-largest operator Sanko Steamship.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
NAGASAKI (Kyodo) The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Reagan made a port call Monday at the U.S. Navy base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. The 102,000-ton Reagan is the 10th nuclear-powered carrier to arrive in Sasebo since the Enterprise stopped there in 1968, drawing huge protests by local people and others opposed to nuclear-powered warships visiting Japan. Read the full story...
Ensaios Imperfeitos (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The USS La Jolla, a 6,927-ton Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, pulled into the U.S. naval base at Sasebo (located in the city of Sasebo in Nagasaki prefecture) at around 10 a.m. Monday, or August 4, and the main purpose of the docking is reportedly for the rest and recreation of its crews. As the news was just released two days earlier that another vessel, the Los Angeles-class fast...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered submarine Houston has leaked radioactive water at another two ports in Japan beside at the previously reported Sasebo port in March.
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
A story on Mainichi the other day about a man secretly stealing electricity from his neighbor with an extension cord is strikingly similar to another story that made the national news last week. The incident in question took place in Sasebo City. Here’s a video embed showing Fuji TV’s coverage of the story, complete with [...]
News & Information (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING PROTESTERS’ CALLS) The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine La Jolla called Monday at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, after another U.S. nuclear- ……Read more
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Tokyo - Japanese citizens protested Monday against the harbouring of nuclear-powered submarine La Jolla at the US naval base in southern Sasebo city, Nagasaki province. More than 40 people staged a sit-in at the peace memorial in Nagasaki's capital, ...
Solomonia (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Japanese coast guard ships escort the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) into Sasebo Harbor in Sasebo, Japan, July 28, 2008, for a regularly scheduled port visit. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment...
News & Information (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: COMBINING EARLIER STORY HEADLINED ‘SASEBO CITIZENS IRKED BY NEWS OF RADIOACTIVE LEAK FROM U.S. SUB’ AND ADDING OTHER DETAILS) Water with trace……Read more
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
An American nuclear submarine that spent a week earlier this year docked at Sasebo leaked some radiation, apparently at a non-dangerous level. It was a major news story that probably required a statement from the Japanese government to assure residents near naval bases that there was no danger, but Japan’s foreign minister wasn’t even [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
US tells Japan sub leaked radiation over 2 yearsPosted on Thu, Aug. 07, 2008By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated Press WriterKyodo News, File / AP PhotoIn this May 25, 2006 file photo, Japanese protesters shout slogans as U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln enters Sasebo port, western Japan. Japan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, the U.S. Navy had told it that a small...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
In this May 25, 2006 file photo, Japanese protesters shout slogans as U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln enters Sasebo port, western Japan. Japan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, the U.S. Navy had told it that a small amount of radiation might have leaked from the nuclear-powered USS Houston as it traveled around the Pacific. The Houston made calls in March...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Last updated August 7, 2008 7:55 a.m. PTUS tells Japan sub leaked radiation over 2 yearsIn this May 25, 2006 file photo, Japanese protesters shout slogans as U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln enters Sasebo port, western Japan. Japan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, the U.S. Navy had told it that a small amount of radiation might have leaked from the nuclear-powered...
