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TOMIOKA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2023
Evacuation order lifted for part of Fukushima town
The move expanded the habitable area of Tomioka to about 93% of its total area, up from about 88% following the lifting of some evacuation orders in 2017.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2023
Japan to lift evacuation orders in two Fukushima towns next week
Evacuation orders will be lifted in parts of Namie at 10 a.m. on March 31 and neighboring Tomioka at 9 a.m. on April 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jan 22, 2021
Fukushima residents demand stricter decontamination to enable safe return
Remaining restrictions blocking people from living in the town of Tomioka are due to be lifted in 2023.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2020
Tepco estimates 44 years to decommission Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has estimated that it will take 44 years to decommission its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / 2010s: Decade in Review
Nov 23, 2019
Social media became part of the mainstream conversation in Japan during the 2010s
Internet culture has changed significantly over the past decade. In the 2000s, sites such as 2chan and Nico Nico Douga sat comfortably on the edges of the world wide web, offering a form of alternate reality from traditional media. The 2010s, however, saw social media platforms such as Twitter and YouTube attract a wider audience and, consequently, become a significant part of mainstream conversation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2019
Fukushima governor accepts Tepco plan to scrap No. 2 nuclear plant and store spent fuel on site
In a meeting with the president of the utility, the governor also accepted its plan to build an on-site storage facility to store spent nuclear fuel.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 11, 2018
Fukushima marathons drawing runners supporting area's reconstruction
Marathon races in Fukushima Prefecture are drawing a growing number of runners looking to support the area's reconstruction from the March 2011 nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2017
Tomioka Hachimangu murder-suicide suspect sent letters seeking chief priest sister's expulsion to shrines across Japan
The suspect in the murder-suicide at Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine sent about 2,800 letters demanding his sister be expelled as chief priest to shrines across Japan, investigators say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2017
Female chief priest and her two attackers dead in Tokyo Shinto shrine stabbings
A violent attack with Japanese swords and survival knives at Tokyo's famed Tomioka Hachimangu shrine has left three dead — including the chief priestess and her brother — in an apparent family feud that turned deadly.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2017
7-km part of Joban Line reopens in Fukushima
Part of the Joban Line reopens in Fukushima Prefecture as the region continues to recover from the 3/11 mega-quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2017
Fukushima town set to light up after evacuation order lifted April 1
Cherry blossom trees lining a street in the town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture will be illuminated for two weeks next month after an evacuation order for a large part of the town is lifted on April 1.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 15, 2017
The unintentional causes of 'abandonment'
Six years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the Tohoku region, leaving more than 18,000 people dead or missing, and triggering meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant that has left a deeply embedded mistrust of nuclear power in the Japanese consciousness.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Oct 29, 2016
'A Long Rainy Season': Haiku and tanka by 15 of Japan's leading female poets
In 1901, poet Akiko Yosano's "Midaregami" ("Tangled Hair") was published. This collection of 399 sensual, explicit tanka and haiku poems broke with the formal traditions set down centuries before. Her book allowed Japanese verse to transition from feminine to feminist.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016
Tomioka Silk Mill tours using smart glasses to look back in time
The Tomioka Silk Mill, a UNESCO World Heritage site, rolled out a new tour this month featuring smart glasses technology.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 8, 2016
'Tomioka Tessai Retrospective'
March 12-May 8
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 26, 2014
Campaigners fight to save derelict Mie silk mill but owner cites lack of cash
One of Japan's last surviving silk mills is rapidly falling into disrepair and could collapse despite a local campaign to save it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2014
Cars allowed to use highway section closed by Fukushima nuclear crisis
The government had lifted a vehicle ban on National Route 6 through the area where residency is restricted due to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, the first time that stretch of highway has been open to automobiles since the nuclear crisis began in March 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2014
Last private owner, locals were vital to Tomioka mill's UNESCO listing
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee recently decided to add the Tomioka Silk Mill to the World Cultural Heritage list as a result of strenuous efforts to preserve the historic building by its previous owner and the local community.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2014
Old silk mill gains new importance
Gunma Prefecture's Tomioka Silk Mill, which UNESCO has decided to add to the World Cultural Heritage List, symbolizes 19th-century Japan's efforts to become a member of the industrialized world.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2014
Culture minister pays visit to mill
Culture minister Hakubun Shimomura on Monday visited the Tomioka Silk Mill after the historic factory building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list over the weekend.
Japanese acts seize Coachella's spotlight — and this ain't your typical J-pop
Four-piece Atarashii Gakko! and Okinawan rapper Awich (center) shared the Mojave Stage at 88Risings’s “Futures” showcase at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend.
Japan hotel prices near 30-year high as weak yen lures record tourists
The average daily room rate of hotels in Japan for March marked the highest level since August 1997, as the country saw a record number of foreign visitors in March.
The unexpected ways in which Japanese words 'make it' into English
The Oxford English Dictionary contains 552 Japanese loanwords in English, a small number compared to the near 25,000 borrowings from French.
5 years after fatal Ikebukuro crash, bereaved man works to prevent repeat
Takuya Matsunaga reads a reply from Kozo Iizuka, imprisoned for killing Matsunaga's wife and daughter in 2019 in a high-profile accident in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, at his home in Tokyo earlier this month.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Baseball Hall of Fame to highlight history of Japan-U.S. ties in new exhibit
Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, holds a baseball thrown by former Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo during a no-hitter in 1996 while seated next to a Dodgers uniform used by Shohei Ohtani this season during a news conference at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Tokyo
Latest Biden chip deal highlights U.S. semiconductor successes
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a preliminary agreement with Intel for a major CHIPS and Science Act award, during a visit to the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.

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