masao yoshida was 58. reporting for nhk world, tokyo. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast tracts of land are still waiting to be restored. >>> and more than half of fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster, but step by step, they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." >>> south korea's president says she has no plans to meet japanese prime minister shinzo abe dashing hopes of a thaw in ties. park guen-hye says it is up to japan to make the first move. park has broken political tradition by meeting chinese and u.s. leaders first. she spoke to south korean journalists on wednesday. they asked about the possibility of a summit with japan. park said she has never ruled it out, but she said a summit would only be meaningful when it could help improve relationships. the president said at the moment japan is hurting the feelings of south ko

this week we learned that the manager of japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant a cell yoshida died from cancer his illness reportedly had nothing to do with the radiation levels at the fukushima plant that he worked in around the clock alongside a group of men referred to as the fukushima fifty trying to contain the nuclear crisis in the days in the months following the earthquake and tsunami but although mr your sheet is cancer can't be traced back to fukushima how many others in japan may contract cancer in the future that can be traced back to fukushima on tuesday radioactive contamination of groundwater at the plant surface a levels ninety times greater than they were just three days ago so what effect is the ongoing fukushima nuclear crisis having in japan and what lessons should we be learning in the united states kevin campuses here he's the radioactive waste watchdog at beyond nuclear kevin thanks so much for coming on thanks for having sam so let's start in japan what's the latest when it comes to fukushima when it comes to japan in the short term as far as getting the sit