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FUKUSHIMA NO 1

Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jan 29, 2021
Fukushima businesses struggling to stay afloat despite government help
Financial issues will not end soon, given that only a portion of the residents who evacuated from disaster-stricken areas have returned or are expected to.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jan 22, 2021
Fukushima residents demand stricter decontamination to enable safe return
Remaining restrictions blocking people from living in the town of Tomioka are due to be lifted in 2023.
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2021
Japan's carbon neutrality dilemma: More nuclear power or more renewables?
Suga's declaration the nation would achieve net zero by 2050 has touched off a debate over the best way to provide a safe, stable, secure and green energy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 9, 2020
‘Bolt’: A noirish depiction of the dark days after 3/11
Director Kaizo Hayashi's three-part film based on the meltdown disaster of 2011 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is a mishmash of noir, sci-fi and fantasy.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Dec 4, 2020
Mission possible? The long road ahead for Fukushima cleanup.
Tepco aims to undertake the crucial removal of fuel debris from Fukushima No. 1 in 2021 ahead of decommissioning the plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Oct 30, 2020
Fishers and farmers fear impact of Fukushima water release
Nearly 10 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, prices for food products from the prefecture haven't fully recovered.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami