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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A historic factory building in Gunma Prefecture symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century gains UNESCO World Heritage status.
Whenever Kazuhiro Onuki goes home — to his real home, that is — the 66-year-old former librarian dons protective gear from head to toe and hangs a dosimeter around his neck. Grass grows wild in the backyard. The ceiling leaks. Thieves have ransacked the shelves, ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to move its Fukushima reconstruction headquarters to the town of Tomioka, which is closer to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, officials said. The town, which is within 20 km of the plant, is part of the nuclear evacuation ...
