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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. Okabe, a ...
Fukushima marathons drawing runners supporting area's reconstruction
Marathon races in Fukushima Prefecture are drawing a growing number of runners looking to support the area's reconstruction from the March 2011 nuclear crisis. In the town of Tomioka, where the government's evacuation order was partially lifted in the spring of last year, the number ...
Japan and China have agreed to start having minister-class officials conduct regular talks mainly regarding food safety. The agreement was reached Friday at a meeting in Beijing between visiting Japanese agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa and Ni Yuefeng, minister of China's General Administration of Customs, which ...
Disaster relief tech: Hand-shaped robot and cybersuit for rescue dogs tested in Fukushima
A recent disaster-response demonstration in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, featured tests of a hand-shaped, fire-resistant robot that can remove rubble as well as a cybersuit for rescue dogs. The Friday event was hosted by the Cabinet Office and others. The hand-shaped robot, developed by Tohoku University, has ...
A floating wind turbine erected in the ocean off Fukushima Prefecture to symbolize recovery efforts after the 2011 nuclear disaster will be removed.
Japan Post to begin test deliveries using drones in Fukushima next month
Japan Post Co. has said that it will begin to test drone deliveries between two post offices in Fukushima Prefecture next month. The transport ministry on Friday approved an application by the company for flying a drone without an operator watching the airborne device or ...
The Japanese government must halt the return of women and children displaced by the March 2011 nuclear disaster back to areas of Fukushima where radiation levels remain high, a U.N. human rights expert said Thursday. The special rapporteur on hazardous substances, Baskut Tuncak, also criticized ...
Abe and Xi expected to discuss food import ban, but chances of progress uncertain
China's import ban on Japanese food introduced following the March 2011 nuclear disaster is likely to be discussed between Japanese and Chinese leaders in upcoming summit talks in Beijing this week, though whether any progress can be made on the discussion is uncertain. China has ...
Upcoming referendum on food imports strains Taiwan's ties with Japan
Taiwan's Central Election Commission formally announced this week that a record nine referendums will be held in conjunction with next month's nationwide local elections, one of which is on whether to maintain a ban imposed on food products from five Japanese prefectures after the ...
New Reconstruction Minister Hiromichi Watanabe wants the world to know that, seven years after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Fukushima Prefecture and other disaster-struck areas of the Tohoku region are now safe. "I know that outside Japan (radiation) stigma still lingers and I ...
A popular rice ball shop stands near Tokyo Station's Yaesu Central Gate, drawing long lines of customers waiting to buy products made with rice from Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, known for remaining soft with a touch of sweetness even when it gets cold. As it takes ...
