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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 31, 2023

Just how safe is Fukushima’s ‘contaminated’ water?

To build the clean energy sector the world needs, nuclear power advocates must sway public opinion their way. Just crashing through won’t cut it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 12, 2023

IAEA says public trust key to projects using radioactive soil from Fukushima

A delegation toured the Nagadoro district in the village of Iitate, Fukushima, where a pilot project is ongoing to demonstrate the safety of soil covered by non-contaminated topsoil.
JAPAN
May 1, 2023

Nuclear disaster evacuation order lifted in part of Fukushima's Iitate

With the latest development, all districts designated as reconstruction bases in six Fukushima municipalities have now exited the nuclear disaster evacuation order.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2023

IAEA chief's visit to South Korea draws protests against Fukushima water release

The protests came despite Seoul's announcement that it respected the IAEA's report and that its own analysis had found the release will not have 'any meaningful impact' on its waters.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2023

IAEA head meets with residents ahead of visit to wrecked Fukushima plant

Grossi will visit the wrecked plant, where he will inaugurate an IAEA office on site that will monitor the release of treated water, which is expected to take 30 to 40 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2023

Komeito chief suggests not releasing Fukushima water in swimming season

The Japanese government plans to start releasing once-contaminated water from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' plant in Fukushima Prefecture this summer.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2023

Kishida to meet head of IAEA over release of treated water from Fukushima plant

Japan's government plans to start releasing the treated water, which contains radioactive tritium, into the ocean around this summer.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2022

Fukushima beach in former evacuation zone reopens after 11 years

The beach became the first swimming beach to reopen in areas once covered by evacuation orders issued after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2022

Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time since Fukushima

For the first time in more than a decade, a narrow majority in Japan now supports restarting idled nuclear reactors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2022

As Fukushima memory fades, Japan's nuclear power proponents hope for reset

The growing calls from business leaders and lawmakers come amid persistent public opposition to nuclear power, muddying the outlook for energy policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2021

China will assess food safety threats posed by Fukushima water release

China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that China shares a common stance with South Korea opposing Japan's action.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jan 29, 2021

Fukushima businesses struggling to stay afloat despite government help

Financial issues will not end soon, given that only a portion of the residents who evacuated from disaster-stricken areas have returned or are expected to.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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