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Reiji Yoshida
Reiji Yoshida is a staff writer and deputy manager of the Domestic News Division. Since joining The Japan Times in 1993, he has intensively covered domestic politics, diplomacy and defense issues as well as the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2012
Crisis never came close to scenario meriting Tokyo evacuation: panel chief
The Fukushima No. 1 plant worst-case fallout scenario drawn up by Japan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Shunsuke Kondo last March 25 assumed winds would carry the radioactive materials to Tokyo, forcing the government to help people "migrate" from the capital.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2012
Tokyo exodus nuke report's worst scenario
Areas as far as 170 km away from the Fukushima nuclear plant faced the potential risk of being declared permanent evacuation zones, according to a worst-case scenario drawn up at the height of the crisis by the chief of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission.
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JAPAN
Dec 28, 2011
Conflict over handling nuclear crisis revealed
Masao Yoshida, general manager of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, believed the worst-case scenario — the "China syndrome" — might be near and he braced for death during the late-night hours of March 14, three days after the crisis started.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2011
Officials dump sender's radioactive soil in Saitama lot
An anonymous sender earlier this month mailed a package to the Environment Ministry apparently containing dirt contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant that was later dumped in an empty lot near a ministry official's home in Saitama Prefecture, Environment Minister Goshi...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2011
First glimpses inside the Fukushima No. 1 compound since 3/11
On Saturday a group of journalists, including this reporter, were allowed for the first time to enter the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on a guided tour.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2011
Fukushima No. 1 tour an eye-opener
"Now 1,000 microsieverts (per hour)!"
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2011
Fukushima No. 1 stable: plant chief
Making his first public appearance since the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in March, the facility's general manager, Masao Yoshida, apologized for failing to prevent the triple meltdowns but emphasized that conditions at the plant have "definitely been stabilized."
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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2011
Calm at J. Village belies the danger
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday for the first time let reporters into the base camp for thousands of workers striving every day to fix the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, showing off new dining facilities, a dormitory for single workers and the latest radioactivity monitors to check vehicles...
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JAPAN
Sep 17, 2011
Hong Kongers share postdisaster insights
Most Hong Kongers are enthusiastic about Japan — its fashion and pop culture have been popular for years, hundreds of thousands vacation in the country each year, and more of its food is imported there than anywhere else, with fresh sashimi flown in daily from Narita airport.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Aug 9, 2011
Top blogger illustrates Chinese wife's struggles
W ith his winning of the prestigious Alpha Blogger Awards 2010, Tokyo-based cartoonist Junichi Inoue is now recognized as one of the most influential Japanese bloggers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2011
GE plan followed with inflexibility
Second of two parts
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JAPAN
Jul 13, 2011
Fukushima plant site originally was a hill safe from tsunami
First of two parts
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JAPAN
Jun 20, 2011
Tepco report reveals lack of preparedness
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released a 41-page timeline detailing its initial actions in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear plant crisis, and experts said it reveals a lack of preparedness and severe difficulty in coping with the world's worst atomic accident since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown....
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2011
Probe poised to take Tepco to task
Shortly after 7 a.m. on March 12, Prime Minister Naoto Kan confronted Masao Yoshida, director of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, at the compound in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN
May 30, 2011
Pump failure nearly brings No. 5 to a boil
The seawater pump in the cooling system for the Fukushima power plant's No. 5 reactor broke down Saturday evening, prompting repair crews to install a backup pump 15 hours later on Sunday afternoon, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
JAPAN
May 28, 2011
Fukushima school limit: 1 millisievert
The education ministry said Friday it has set a new nonbinding target to reduce radiation exposure of Fukushima Prefecture students while they are at school to 1 millisievert or less a year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Nov 19, 2010
Kiun-kaku, a touch of elegance in Atami
About 40 minutes from Tokyo by bullet train, the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, has long been a popular hot spa spot, attracting some 3 million visitors a year.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2010
For historians, disputed isles' ownership is academic
Japan incorporated the Senkaku Islands in 1895, declaring the uninhabited islets in the East China Sea to be "terra nullius," or land belonging to no one, by international law and with no traces of Chinese control found.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2010
Senkaku history provides 'proof' for both sides
Last weekend, angry young protesters in China and Japan took to the streets to demonstrate to the international community their countries' claims over what Tokyo calls the Senkaku Islands and Beijing refers to as the Diaoyu.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LIVING IN LUXURY
Oct 8, 2010
Sankeien silk trader's legacy to the public
Sankeien, a traditional Japanese garden, is spread over a large area near Tokyo Bay in Yokohama's Honmoku district.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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