Study shows Fukushima fallout reached western Japan and Hokkaido

As reported by the Asahi Shimbun, study conducted by Maryland-based Universities Space Research Association, published in the Proceedings of the U.S. National Academies of Science, has documented the likelihood of Fukushima Daiichi radioactive fallout contamination as far flung as in Hokkaido -- Japan's northernmost island -- and the western reaches of Honshu, Japan's main island.