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BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Dec 11, 2020

Far north of Fukushima, a village that bet big on nuclear feels the fallout

Higashidori has been facing an economic crisis due to the uncertain future of nuclear power plants in its vicinity.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020

Tohoku land-reutilization project breathes new life into 3/11 danger zones

Towns and cities in the three Tohoku prefectures damaged most by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are moving forward with plans to reuse abandoned land plots under a group relocation program aimed at disaster prevention.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2020

Olympics minister denounces South Korean posters of Tokyo 2020 torch runner in a hazmat suit

Seiko Hashimoto, minister for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, on Friday denounced South Korean-made posters showing an Olympic torch relay runner wearing a hazmat suit and what appears to be radioactive material spewing from the torch.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 1, 2020

A month of ice and fire: Japan's best winter festivals

Winter this year may have been relatively warm, but February brings a host of festive events across the country for snow-lovers and heat-seekers alike.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Jan 15, 2020

Toronto midfielder Tsubasa Endoh awaits breakthrough moment for MLS in Japan

When newly minted FC Cincinnati striker Yuya Kubo makes his MLS debut in March, few will be more eager to welcome him than Tsubasa Endoh.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 31, 2019

Germany takes nuclear plant offline, with final six to close within two years

Germany will take another step toward completing its withdrawal from nuclear power when EnBW pulls the plug on the Philippsburg 2 power station on New Year's Eve, leaving half a dozen plants still to close over the next two years.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2019

Emperor and empress may visit areas hit by Typhoon Hagibis

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a trip late next month to areas of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures that were hit hard by Typhoon Hagibis and subsequent heavy rain, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2019

Japan should learn from other countries when planning nuclear plant decommissioning: government report

Japan should learn from overseas efforts in order to smoothly decommission nuclear reactors, a government report said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Jul 22, 2019

Will there be progress in the switch to a low-carbon society?

This is the fourth in a series of reports on Japan's energy policy.
EDITORIALS
Apr 28, 2019

Don't delay anti-terrorism steps at nuclear plants

Power companies must redouble the efforts to fulfill the commitments that they made to revamp the safety of their nuclear power plants when they sought to restart them.
Reader Mail
Dec 14, 2018

In praise of yuzu in Fukushima

The article "Yuzu is Britain's in-vogue citrus fruit" in the Dec. 9 edition, was very appealing to me because the yuzu tree we planted a few years ago has bore fruit for the first time. Just four yuzu, but they were great presents for us this year!
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 15, 2018

Vietnam-born rights advocate Bungo Okabe steps in to stifle abuse of technical trainees in Japan

When it came to light in March that a Vietnamese man in Japan's foreign trainee program was duped into performing radioactive decontamination work in areas devastated by the 2011 nuclear disaster, Bungo Okabe, 36, was the first to offer help in seeking justice.

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