Economy
Fed to start tapering bond purchases this year: Bernanke
The Federal Reserve maintains its $85 billion-a-month asset purchase program, but says it could begin scaling back later this year.
National Jun 17, 2013
Futaba brings offices back to Fukushima
Officials from the evacuated town of Futaba move its headquarters back to Fukushima Prefecture, ending a temporary exile in Saitama caused by the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Lifestyle May 28, 2013
281_Anti Nuke's anger at authority is at a critical mass
by Jon Mitchell
More than two years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hundreds of thousands of residents of the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu remain displaced, the power station teeters on the brink of further disaster and large swaths ...
Review Apr 12, 2013
'Sakura Namiki no Mankai no Shita ni (Cold Bloom)'
by Mark Schilling
Grief doesn’t have a sell-by date, not really. Decades after a loss, the absence is still felt, the memories remain.
National Jan 24, 2013
Besieged Futaba mayor to resign
Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, one of the two host towns of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, is stepping down. Idogawa said Wednesday at a meeting of senior town officials he intends to quit and then submitted his letter of ...
Travel Jan 19, 2013
Fukushima's powder paradise
by Christopher Johnson
I seem to have the whole mountain to myself. The vast majesty of Fukushima Prefecture spreads out below me, all around. Up here, skiing on powdery snow, zigzagging through challenging moguls, it’s easy to forget about the nuclear reactors 120 km away. Say what ...