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EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2018

Two years left to the start of the Tokyo Olympics

Preparations are right on schedule for the 2020 Olympics
Japan Times
JAPAN / Reconstruction of Tohoku
Jul 24, 2018

Fukushima reduces radiation concerns with stricter regulations

One of the government's missions is to minimize fears of radioactive contamination stemming from Fukushima's nuclear disaster caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 25, 2017

Radiation brings fear, and kids let it all out

Children too young, one might think, to even know the word 'radiation' have picked it up and flung it with gleeful malice at disoriented new classmates who have enough to cope with already.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 11, 2017

Namie: one step forward, a few steps back

Evacuees from the Fukushima town of Namie are struggling to find a good reason to return to their homes.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2016

Inexcusable response in bullying case

Yokohama school officials and the municipal board of education deserve censure for their failure to stop the bullying of a schoolboy evacuee from Fukushima.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 26, 2016

Tepco executives get a taste of citizens' wrath

Three Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives are now facing criminal prosecution for negligence in failing to anticipate a monster tsunami that cut off electricity and inundated back-up emergency generators, causing a cessation of cooling in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reactors that precipitated three...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jan 20, 2016

Hatoyama dreams of a Japan anchored within a united Asia

Former leader apologizes for his failures as PM and shares his views on Fukushima, Tokyo 2020 and his hopes for Okinawa, Japan and the wider region.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 4, 2015

Nash guides Firebonds to win over B-Corsairs

There are only two games in the books, but Fukushima Firebonds rookie forward Le'Bryan Nash is off to a terrific start. Over the weekend, he delivered two big, bold performances, showing what he's capable of doing during the 52-game season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 9, 2015

Tepco's index-topping gains fueled by electricity shake-up

Japan's reform of its energy market is proving a boon to investors in the company at the center of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2015

Judicial review panel votes to indict ex-Tepco execs

Three former top executives at Tokyo Electric Power Co. are set to be hauled into court over their alleged responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
EDITORIALS
Mar 11, 2015

Slow recovery from nuclear disaster

Four years on, there's still a long road ahead before life in the areas of Fukushima Prefecture affected by the nuclear disaster can return to normalcy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 1, 2015

Four years on, Tohoku towns still waiting for schools, homes, answers

While cooped-up kids need places to play, exhausted residents could do with support from more teachers and caregivers.
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JAPAN / Society / ANALYSIS
Oct 29, 2014

Town divided after Sendai nuclear plant restart clears another hurdle

The city hosting the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture has decided to approve a resumption of operations at the facility, highlighting a conflict between people who benefit from the largesse of the industry and those who do not.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2014

Prosecutors set to decide whether to indict Tepco execs over nuclear disaster

The judicial review is unlikely to result in prison terms, legal experts say, but it could drag the company into criminal court, rehashing details of the meltdowns.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2014

Storing Tepco's radioactive waste

The government needs to understand and address the complex sentiments of local landowners as it proceeds with negotiations for land acquisitions to store radioactive waste in Fukushima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2014

Sendai nuclear plant gets first restart OK

Japan is a step closer to resuming suspended nuclear power operations, after the Sendai plant in Kyushu becomes the first to meet strict new safety standards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2014

New Tepco chief ready to face challenges

Fumio Sudo outlines his goals for embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co.
COMMUNITY / Voices
Mar 10, 2014

Three years after 3/11, how is the Tohoku recovery effort going?

In the waiting room at Tokyo Station, Liane Wakabayashi asked passengers en route to Tohoku for their opinions on recovery efforts since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which devastated the region three years ago.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2014

Storing Fukushima's radioactive waste

The plan to build interim facilities to store contaminated soil and other radioactive waste from the cleanup work in Fukushima Prefecture finally appears to be moving forward now that authorities have singled out two local areas for storage sites.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2013

Media get first tour of fish radiation check process

With the continued flow of radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, consumers at home and abroad are concerned about the safety of seafood around Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2013

Nuke 'black box' needed: investigator

The global nuclear power industry needs to share cross-border information to prevent accidents, replicating the transparency of international air traffic control, according to the head of an investigation into the disaster at Fukushima No. 1.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 28, 2013

Exposing IAEA to a dose of reality

Contrasting the International Atomic Energy Agency's findings with the reality in Fukushima, one is left wondering whether the IAEA mission got lost in a Potemkin village during their trip.

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic