At Fukushima's ground zero, a town slowly comes back to life
Shigeru Niitsuma moved back into Okuma's Ogawara district on June 1 — the first day residents were allowed to move into disaster-relief housing since the triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant forced them to leave town in 2011. "I feel at ...
Former All Blacks player recalls the day Kamaishi was washed away
March 11, 2011, is a date that will stick long in the memory of former All Black Pita Alatini, and not just because it was his birthday and he was in Japan. Alatini, who played for the Kamaishi Seawaves rugby club, was finishing up a ...
Tohoku residents try to keep memory of 3/11 quake and tsunami alive through VR and wreckage
Conveying the fear of when a massive earthquake and tsunami strike is no easy feat. But eight years on from the disaster that shook the nation to its core, schools, municipalities and museums in the Tohoku region devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in ...
Stray fishing boat turns up eight years after Japan's devastating tsunami
A fishing boat swept away from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, by the March 2011 tsunami was discovered recently off Kochi Prefecture, about 900 kilometers from its home port, officials said. A patrol vessel operated by the Kochi Prefectural Police found the capsized boat adrift 2.3 kilometers ...
Japan to tighten checks on South Korean fishery products in apparent Fukushima ban tit-for-tat
The health ministry said Thursday that it will strengthen inspections on flatfish and some other fishery products from South Korea starting Saturday. The ministry characterized the measure as an effort to safeguard the health of Japanese people ahead of summer, when food poisoning cases tend ...
Damaged or inaccessible Fukushima shrines consider consolidation as way forward
A plan has been forged to establish a new shrine in Fukushima Prefecture as a substitute for the many others that were damaged or made inaccessible by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis, local authorities have said. The local branch of the Association of ...
Fukushima aims to boost school-trip visitors with new plan focused on teaching about 3/11 disaster
In an effort to increase the number of students visiting for school trips, Fukushima Prefecture has created a series of travel routes it will propose this fiscal year to schools outside the prefecture to provide them with an opportunity to learn about the March ...
The route for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay has been revealed and it will pass numerous cultural and World Heritage Sites, as well as landmarks from recent natural disasters, after it kicks off in March next year. With the Tokyo Games employing a theme ...
Tepco won't hire foreign nationals with new visas for Fukushima nuclear work until safety guaranteed
The operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will not hire foreign nationals who enter Japan under a new visa program for decommissioning work at the complex until it can confirm that their safety will be ensured. The decision, made Wednesday, comes ...
Japan denounces WTO ruling in favor of South Korean ban on some Japanese seafood
Tokyo on Friday denounced a recent World Trade Organization ruling that supported a South Korean ban on imports of some Japanese fishery products introduced in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. "Japan is deeply concerned that the appellate body report dismissed the panel's ...
Tepco transfers first nuclear fuel out of No. 3 reactor building at crippled Fukushima plant
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said Tuesday it has transferred some nuclear fuel from one of the reactor buildings damaged by hydrogen explosions in the 2011 disaster to another location for safer storage and management. It was the first ...
Fukushima agricultural exports bounce back from nuclear disaster to hit record high
Exports of agricultural products produced in Fukushima Prefecture rose about 2 percent in fiscal 2018 to a record 217.8 tons, according to the prefectural government. Fukushima's agricultural exports suffered a long slump due to the 2011 nuclear crisis. But exports hit a record high for the ...
