National Jun 17, 2020
Officials struggle to give answers as Twitter asks, 'Is it a UFO?'
National May 21, 2020
Loss, stigma, guilt: Life after recovering from COVID-19 in Japan
by Ryusei Takahashi
The experiences of those infected in Japan subverts the hopeful assumption that normal life will resume simply because one has recovered.
National / Social Issues May 18, 2020
COVID-19 crisis takes toll on children's cafeterias for disadvantaged
by May Masangkay
With the outbreak, social distancing practices have forced many such cafeterias to shutter temporarily or look for ways to provide low-cost meals.
Business May 5, 2020
Japan's chambers of commerce get creative in helping local businesses weather pandemic
Regional chambers of commerce and industry around Japan are coming up with creative ways to help local businesses struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic. The Sapporo Chamber of Commerce and Industry launched a website in early March to showcase local delicacies such as cheese, sweets ...
National / Crime & Legal Mar 13, 2020
Sendai High Court orders Tepco to pay more to Fukushima evacuees
A high court on Thursday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to pay ¥730 million in damages to evacuees from the 2011 tsunami-triggered meltdown, up ¥120 million from a lower court ruling. In their appeal at the Sendai High Court, ...
Business / Corporate Feb 19, 2020
Shift to cleaner power sparks landmark green bond sale in Japan
by Ayai Tomisawa and Rie Morita
In the gusty northeast, a power company is looking to fund offshore wind projects with a landmark sale of green bonds that seeks to muscle in on the growing pool of money available for environmentally friendly investments. Tohoku Electric Power Co. plans to price what ...
National Jan 30, 2020
Applications for disaster loan relief program sluggish after Typhoon Hagibis
With applications for a loan relief program from victims of last year's Typhoon Hagibis remaining sluggish, the Sendai Bar Association is calling on people affected by the disaster to seek early consultations with experts, such as lawyers or administrative bodies. Victims may suffer disadvantages if ...
National | Regional Voices: Tohoku Nov 29, 2019
Sendai launches new waterway project to prevent city flooding
Deadly Typhoon Hagibis caused riverbanks to burst across Japan in October, and also led to sewer flooding around Sendai Station, known as the gateway to the Tohoku region, leaving roads and underground passages in the heart of the city underwater. But for local business operators, ...
National Oct 25, 2019
Typhoon Hagibis highlights need for multilingual emergency alerts in Japan
Alerts in Japanese warning about the typhoon left many foreign visitors and residents confused about whether they should evacuate.
National Sep 21, 2019
Private women's university in Miyagi to accept transgender students
A private women's university in Miyagi Prefecture said Saturday it will start accepting from April 2021 students who were assigned male at birth but identify as female, becoming the first private institution in Japan to admit such transgender students. Miyagi Gakuin Women's University in Sendai ...
National Sep 14, 2019
Japanese cities from Kobe to Sendai compete to host panda from China
As ties improve between Japan and China, several cities in this country vie for a chance to host a giant panda, to be loaned from China, at their zoos.
National | Regional Voices: Tohoku Sep 6, 2019
Rent hikes for surviving 3/11 residents cause mass exodus of young families in Sendai
Eight years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, some survivors of the disaster still live in uncertainty as they fall between the cracks of governmental policy that is meant to support them. Now, 176 families who live in public apartment complexes within Sendai will have ...