Tomioka

National Feb 22, 2021

Fukushima struggling to get people back, 10 years after disaster

One survey showed that greater access to shopping and medical and welfare services is needed for evacuees to return to their hometowns.

National | 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.

National Jan 23, 2020

Tepco estimates 44 years to decommission Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has estimated that it will take 44 years to decommission its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant. Tepco presented the outline of decommissioning plans to the municipal assembly of Tomioka, one of the two host towns of the nuclear plant, ...

National Jul 31, 2019

Fukushima governor accepts Tepco plan to scrap No. 2 nuclear plant and store spent fuel on site

In a meeting with the president of the utility, the governor also accepted its plan to build an on-site storage facility to store spent nuclear fuel.

More Sports / Track & Field Nov 11, 2018

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 ...

National Mar 29, 2017

Fukushima town set to light up after evacuation order lifted April 1

Cherry blossom trees lining a street in the town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture will be illuminated for two weeks next month after an evacuation order for a large part of the town is lifted on April 1. The town, which was designated a no-go ...

Film Mar 15, 2017

The unintentional causes of 'abandonment'

by Kaori Shoji

Six years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the Tohoku region, leaving more than 18,000 people dead or missing, and triggering meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant that has left a deeply embedded mistrust of nuclear ...

National | CHUBU CONNECTION Sep 26, 2014

Campaigners fight to save derelict Mie silk mill but owner cites lack of cash

One of Japan's last surviving silk mills is rapidly falling into disrepair and could collapse despite a local campaign to save it. The Kameyama Silk Mill Muroyama Factory in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, closed in 1995 and today the last surviving building at the site is ...

National Sep 15, 2014

Cars allowed to use highway section closed by Fukushima nuclear crisis

The government had lifted a vehicle ban on National Route 6 through the area where residency is restricted due to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, the first time that stretch of highway has been open to automobiles since the nuclear crisis began in ...

National Jun 23, 2014

Heritage listing puts Tomioka on tourist map

The Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory in Gunma Prefecture and a cradle of Japan's industrialization in the 19th century, has been inundated with tourists following its listing Saturday as a World Heritage site. Braving the rain, more than 100 people stood under their umbrellas ...