National Jun 26, 2020
Popular Gunma hiking trail to reopen with reduced rescue services
Half of the 20 mountain huts servicing hikers along the popular marshland will be open from Wednesday.
National | Regional Voices: Fukushima Jun 12, 2020
Pandemic forces Fukushima's Hope Tourism program to go digital
Region looks to livestreaming and Zoom to offset lack of visitors.
National May 30, 2020
NRA's probe into Fukushima meltdowns delayed but might resume in fall
If the nuclear watchdog's crews ended up infecting the 4,000 workers decommissioning the plant, the probe could have come to a halt.
National / Science & Health May 24, 2020
New York and Fukushima hospitals share coronavirus treatment guidelines
Guidelines for treating novel coronavirus patients drawn up by doctors at a medical school and hospital in New York have been used to treat patients at a university hospital in Fukushima Prefecture. The guidelines were sent by Dr. Takahiro Yanagisawa, professor of Icahn School of ...
National | Regional Voices: Fukushima May 15, 2020
Fukushima Prefecture struggles to contain coronavirus clusters
An outbreak at a post office delayed the delivery of 170,000 items of mail after the facility was forced to close in April.
National May 6, 2020
Virus-related closure at Fukushima school brings forth blooms
Teachers and other staff at a Fukushima Prefecture junior high school temporarily closed by the coronavirus pandemic got a surprise when they noticed a sports field that is normally bustling with students has become carpeted with pink flowers. "I have never seen the schoolyard covered ...
More Sports Apr 30, 2020
Badminton pair uses 3/11 experience as guide during coronavirus pandemic
Olympic medal hopefuls who survived 3/11 disaster taking Tokyo 2020 postponement in stride.
National / Social Issues Apr 10, 2020
Fukushima mothers record radiation for future generations
by Yuka Nakao
A group of more than 10 mothers set up a citizen-led laboratory to monitor radiation levels in Fukushima communities only months after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in the prefecture nine years ago. Since the foundation of the ...
National Apr 10, 2020
Shanghai man who witnessed 3/11 disaster promotes Fukushima overseas
Xu Quanyi was on his first trip to Fukushima Prefecture when a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the region. Nine years later, the Shanghai native is working hard to promote the charm of the prefecture overseas in order to dispel misunderstandings and prejudice stemming from ...
National Apr 10, 2020
A fish market in the Pacific coastal town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, has reopened for the first time since it was devastated by the massive tsunami and nuclear disaster in March 2011. The Ukedo regional wholesale market, which reopened Wednesday, was the first market to ...
Business | Regional Voices: Fukushima Apr 10, 2020
Tepco 10-year plan for scrapping Fukushima No. 1 aims to get local firms involved
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is expected to disclose detailed 10-year plans for the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, including how much construction material they will have to order and the technology needed for the work, in hopes ...
Olympics Apr 7, 2020
Virus fears halt public display of Olympic flame in Fukushima
The public exhibition of the Olympic flame in Fukushima Prefecture will be suspended after Wednesday due to escalating concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus in Japan, the Tokyo Games organizing committee said Tuesday. The flame was put on display last Thursday following the ...