National | FOCUS Mar 13, 2022
Japan to finish radioactive soil transfer to interim storage site
The ministry plans to use some Fukushima soil with relatively low levels of radioactive concentrations for public works, farmland and other purposes.
National Dec 28, 2021
Fukushima cattle farmer among Okuma residents allowed first overnight stay in 10 years
Mitsuhide Ikeda has commuted 20 kilometers to the family farm almost every day since the government allowed daytime entry to the restricted zone.
National | Regional Voices: Tohoku Aug 2, 2021
Learning from disaster: Across Tohoku, a race is on to preserve vital records
Volumes of archived materials outline the ordeal communities have been through over the past decade. Soon they could be lost.
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 / Politics Nov 11, 2019
Independent is elected new mayor of Okuma, joint-host of Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant
Former Deputy Mayor Jun Yoshida was elected mayor on Sunday for the town of Okuma, in Fukushima Prefecture, one of the host municipalities of the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The 63-year-old independent beat Koichi Suzuki, another independent and a 64-year-old former president ...
National Apr 14, 2019
During visit to crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, Abe gets updated about ongoing reconstruction work
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will do its utmost to rebuild the area around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant.
National Apr 10, 2019
Evacuees from parts of town hosting crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant finally free to return
Japan lifted its mandatory evacuation order over parts of the town of Okuma, which hosts the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, on Wednesday as planned, citing the lower radiation levels achieved through decontamination work and progress in infrastructure development. The order had been ...
National Apr 5, 2019
Evacuees can return next week to parts of Okuma, host of Fukushima nuclear plant, but few likely to
The government formalized on Friday its decision to partially lift from next Wednesday a mandatory evacuation order for residents of a town that jointly hosts the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The town of Okuma — which saw all of its roughly 10,000 ...
National Mar 30, 2018
Scrapping crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to cost ¥220 billion annually: source
Work to scrap the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and deal with radioactive water buildup at the site is expected to cost around ¥220 billion ($2 billion) annually over the three-year period from fiscal 2018, a source said Thursday. It is the first time ...
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Feb 17, 2018
Media reports de-romanticize the cleanup work on the Fukushima nuclear power plant
by Philip Brasor
Most of the reliable reporting about the clean-up of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant since it suffered three meltdowns in March 2011 has been from on-site workers. Even when articles appear in major media outlets about the situation at the crippled reactor, ...
National / Politics Oct 19, 2015
Abe pledges government action in decommissioning Fukushima No. 1
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises that the central government will take the initiative in dismantling the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
National May 27, 2015
Tepco says all radioactive water in Fukushima No. 1 tanks filtered
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant said Wednesday it had finished filtering 620,000 tons of extremely toxic water stored in tanks on the premises of the complex to lower its radiation level. Tokyo Electric Power Co. says the risk of radiation ...