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EVACUEES

JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 21, 2018
News outlets in Japan question belated flood response
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe probably regrets attending a drinking party thrown by some Liberal Democratic Party colleagues on July 5. Even if he didn’t suffer a hangover, as some reports implied, he was forced to dodge media brickbats over his colleagues’ seeming inability to “read the air,” as...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2018
Non-Japanese speakers turned to employers for help in aftermath of west Japan flooding disaster
With basic necessities interrupted, homes evacuated and infrastructure badly in need of repair, surviving a disaster is challenging enough, but for non-Japanese speakers there is the added worry of getting important information in a language they can understand.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 21, 2018
Volunteers rescue veritable Noah's Ark of Kilauea evacuees' pets and livestock
When hundreds of residents of Hawaii's Big Island fled their homes as the Kilauea volcano erupted, some left behind not only most of their belongings, but also their beloved pets.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2017
Fukushima disaster reconstruction minister apologizes over outburst at journalist
Masahiro Imamura, minister in charge of reconstructing the disaster-hit Tohoku region, apologized Tuesday for raising his voice to a freelance journalist at a news conference over demanding questions on the government's support for Fukushima evacuees.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2017
In first, government and Tepco found liable for Fukushima disaster
A Japanese court has ruled that the government and the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were responsible for failing to take preventive measures against the March 2011 tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2017
Thousands of Fukushima evacuees face hardship as slash of housing subsidies nears
Nearly six years after Noriko Matsumoto and her children fled Fukushima Prefecture, fearing for their health from the nuclear disaster, they are confronted by a new potential hardship — the slashing of vital housing subsidies.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2016
Inexcusable response in bullying case
Yokohama school officials and the municipal board of education deserve censure for their failure to stop the bullying of a schoolboy evacuee from Fukushima.

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