3/11 survivors face loneliness after moving into public housing for disaster victims
In a recent poll of people in the March 2011 disaster-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima who moved to public housing for survivors, nearly half said they feel that interactions with neighbors have decreased since they moved to the housing complexes from temporary ...
Iwate 3/11 survivors face isolation as wait to leave makeshift houses drags on
About 40 households who survived the March 2011 earthquakes and tsunami in the coastal areas of Iwate Prefecture are still stuck in makeshift housing, waiting to move into new homes. As more temporary housing units become vacant in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, some of the elderly ...
Nine years after 3/11 earthquake, Tohoku sake brewers revived with help of young workers
Despite being battered by the March 11, 2011, massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, a total of 110 sake brewing companies continue to operate in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in the Tohoku region. Young workers are bringing new life to the regional ...
Tsunami-hit Miyagi city waits patiently for Olympics to showcase revival
Every Sunday morning, a decades-old market in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with local residents and tourists making their way down narrow aisles and checking out a variety of fresh seafood. The bustling market in the Yuriage district of Natori has become part of the small ...
People in disaster-hit Tohoku pin hopes on rescheduled Tokyo Olympics
People in the Tohoku region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami expressed hopes Wednesday that a rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will showcase to the world next year their progress toward reconstruction. The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that the 2020 Tokyo Games would be ...
Tepco may take 30 years to release Fukushima No. 1 radioactive water
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it may spend up to 20 to 30 years releasing contaminated water into the surrounding environment from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The possible time span was mentioned in draft plans Tepco drew up ...
Dramatizing the reality of a nuclear meltdown
As with many feature films based on real-life incidents, "Fukushima 50," which opened nationwide March 6 and depicts the actions of the men who struggled to contain the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the Great East Japan Earthquake of ...
Tokyo High Court slashes damages to Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday ordered ¥1 million in additional damages be paid each to some 300 evacuees from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, down by two-thirds from the amount awarded by a lower court ruling. The total amount of additional compensation Tokyo Electric ...
Nine years after Fukushima, Japan can't quit its coal habit
A return to coal has left Japan with long-term climate goals that are unambitious — and increasingly, the subject of international censure.
Sendai High Court orders Tepco to pay more to Fukushima evacuees
A high court on Thursday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to pay ¥730 million in damages to evacuees from the 2011 tsunami-triggered meltdown, up ¥120 million from a lower court ruling. In their appeal at the Sendai High Court, ...
Fukushima dreams: A young baseball star, a father and their shattered town
Kazuo Ouchi drives down a single-lane road through sheets of rain until he reaches a gravel driveway leading to a weathered farmhouse. Yellowing lace curtains are drawn tight over the windows, shutting out the weak winter light. "Sorry about the dark," Ouchi says, stepping over ...
Coronavirus response shows Japan still 'paralyzed' in crises, top Fukushima investigator says
“Unless it’s written in law, their brains are paralyzed when something happens,” said Kiyoshi Kurokawa, an emeritus professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
