National / Crime & Legal Sep 11, 2020
Susumu Tomizawa's granddaughter had been living with him for two months, sources said.
National Sep 4, 2020
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 shook central Japan on Friday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said, leaving at least 11 people hurt. The quake struck at around 9:10 a.m. in Fukui Prefecture and originated at a depth of about ...
National Sep 4, 2020
A magnitude 5 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 10 kilometers in Fukui Prefecture on Friday at 9:10 a.m. No tsunami warning was issued. More information: Detailed information about this earthquake from the Japan Meteorological ...
National Aug 28, 2020
The number of novel coronavirus cases newly confirmed in Tokyo came to 226 on Friday, the metropolitan government said. The daily count in the capital topped 200 for the third consecutive day. Nagano Prefecture reported 19 cases and Fukui Prefecture confirmed 16, both making record daily ...
National Aug 27, 2020
Drill held in Fukui to prepare for nuclear disaster during epidemic
Participants acted on the scenario that water injections into reactors at nuclear plants had stopped due to a loss of external power following an earthquake.
Business / Corporate Jun 26, 2020
Kepco slammed by shareholders over culture that led to gift scandal
The scandal could have been prevented if the firm had disclosed management information fairly, said a lawyer representing Osaka Municipal Government.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 12, 2020
Kansai Electric to sue former execs for damages over bribery scandal
Outside lawyers have concluded that five former executives inflicted some ¥1.3 billion in damages to the company.
National Apr 24, 2020
Fukui kicks off ticket-based mask sales as 'Abenomask' plan flops
Fukui Prefecture began selling masks via numbered tickets Friday to ensure all 320,000 households get an equal opportunity to buy them amid the national shortage caused by the coronavirus, it said. Under Fukui's program, the first of its kind in Japan, people will eventually be ...
National / Science & Health Apr 20, 2020
Fukui Prefecture to provide face mask coupons to all residents
The Fukui Prefectural Government said Sunday it would distribute coupons granting the right to purchase face masks to all households in the prefecture, in response to shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With the coupons, residents will be entitled to buy two 50-mask packs at drugstores ...
Business | FYI: Kepco Mar 29, 2020
A closer look at Kansai Electric and its gift-giving scandal
by Eric Johnston
Earlier this month, Kansai Electric Power Co. concluded that scores of its employees had received cash and gifts worth hundreds of millions of yen from an influential politician in a Fukui Prefecture town where the utility operates a nuclear power plant. The revelations by ...
National | Regional voices: Chubu Mar 27, 2020
Japan’s first commercial light-water nuclear reactor started operations in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on March 14, 1970. Fifty years later, those involved look back on the project with mixed feelings. In that era, nuclear power was touted as a key future energy resource. But now, following the ...