National Feb 21, 2021
Fukushima rice farmers innovate to survive, 10 years after disaster
With a new local rice brand, and farmers returning to the area, the prefecture hopes to quash rumors regarding local produce.
Business Feb 16, 2021
Moves to bring new industry to Fukushima progressing, 10 years on
The Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework, led by the national and prefectural governments, has attracted companies from robotics and other advanced industries from across Japan.
National / Crime & Legal Mar 18, 2020
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 ...
National Mar 10, 2020
In Fukushima, a 'village' aims to lure young people back to disaster-hit town
by Masumi Koizumi
In a deserted part of Fukushima Prefecture dotted with vacant lots, a sleek modern building stands out. In a workshop inside, a woman with a ponytail wearing purple protective eyeglasses carefully melts a tiny glass tube into the shape of a plum blossom. Behind the ...
National Mar 9, 2020
Tohoku land-reutilization project breathes new life into 3/11 danger zones
Towns and cities in the three Tohoku prefectures damaged most by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are moving forward with plans to reuse abandoned land plots under a group relocation program aimed at disaster prevention. With the central government designating such plots as disaster ...
National / Crime & Legal Dec 5, 2018
Former mayor expresses anger at Tepco in trial over Fukushima crisis
A former mayor of a city hit by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis told a court on Wednesday that he wants to express his "anger" on behalf of citizens who had to flee their homes due to the disaster and whose lives are still ...
National | Regional Voices: Fukushima Apr 15, 2018
Doubts cloud Minamisoma robotics project as Fukushima attempts to revive tsunami-hit city
A coastal area in Fukushima Prefecture's Minamisoma, which seven years ago was overtaken by tsunami debris, is set to be resurrected as a major robotics research site. The Fukushima Robot Test Field, a 50-hectare site being built by the Fukushima Prefectural Government, is meant to ...
National Jan 12, 2017
In world first, drone delivers soup to surfers off Fukushima Prefecture
In a world first, a drone successfully delivered a flask of hot soup to surfers on Thursday during a test of an unmanned flying vehicle traveling a preset route of more than 10 km. The industry ministry and the Fukushima Prefectural Government were among those ...
National | IN PICTURES Jul 29, 2016
43,000 flock to Minamisoma for festival's horseback samurai climax
Horsemen in medieval samurai armor raced through tracks and paraded in front of cheering crowds as the annual Soma Nomaoi festival reached its climax recently in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Spectators photograph samurai horseman in the Kacchu Keiba race during the Soma Nomaoi festival in Minamisoma, ...
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Mar 9, 2016
Minamisoma mayor sees future for Fukushima 'nonnuclear' city in energy independence
by Sarai Flores
Turning to the use of solar and wind power in tandem with energy-saving measures, Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai is aiming for his city to be energy self-reliant by 2030.
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Mar 1, 2015
Four years on, Tohoku towns still waiting for schools, homes, answers
by Kris Kosaka
While cooped-up kids need places to play, exhausted residents could do with support from more teachers and caregivers.
National | FUKUSHIMA FILE Feb 15, 2015
New Fukushima bus service broadens options for residents near no-go zones
Local residents in Fukushima Prefecture saw the return of public transportation on Jan. 31 after East Japan Railway Co. began a bus service that passes through the exclusion zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The service, which connects the JR Joban Line's Haranomachi ...