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FUKUSHIMA NO 1

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016
'Sion Sono: The Whispering Star'
April 3-July 10
BASKETBALL
Apr 10, 2016
Aomori surges late to defeat rival Fukushima
The growing rivalry between the Aomori Wat's and Fukushima Firebonds reached another level over the weekend, when fourth-quarter offensive fireworks intensified in both games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 1, 2016
Ex-missionary hedge fund boss has faith sun will shine on Fukushima and its investors
The region hit by the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl has a new backer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2016
Tainted Fukushima towns stuck in time as decon crews plug away
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JAPAN
Apr 1, 2016
150 Fukushima No. 1 workers who got maximum radiation dose at start of crisis can now return to plant
Some 150 people who worked at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant whose cumulative radiation dose exceeded 100 millisieverts will be able to return to the facility starting April 1.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2016
Japan urges Taiwan to relax restrictions on food imports
Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan has urged the country to relax restrictions placed on food from certain prefectures after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2016
Tepco starts freezing soil around Fukushima plant reactors
The utility is aiming to reduce the flow of groundwater into the highly contaminated facilities.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2016
Nuclear regulator approves start of soil freezing at Fukushima nuclear plant
Nuclear regulators gave their approval Wednesday to start freezing soil around damaged reactor buildings at the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant to prevent groundwater from entering the highly contaminated facilities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 26, 2016
Tepco executives get a taste of citizens' wrath
Three Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives are now facing criminal prosecution for negligence in failing to anticipate a monster tsunami that cut off electricity and inundated back-up emergency generators, causing a cessation of cooling in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reactors that precipitated three...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2016
Safety upgrade costs spur Shikoku Electric to ditch plan to restart aging Ehime reactor
The utility will instead scrap reactor 1 of its Ikata nuclear complex in Ehime Prefecture, company sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2016
Five years after Fukushima disasters, region encourages rise of robotics
Japan is spending more than $1 billion to resurrect the area around the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as the country's "Innovation Coast."
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Mar 20, 2016
Razing of wrecked homes lagging badly as Fukushima residents ponder return
The central government is covering the demolition costs for disaster-hit homes in Fukushima Prefecture, but 70 percent of the razing requests have not been completed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 18, 2016
Fukushima's organic farmers still battle stigma
"All publicity is good publicity." Nowhere does this specious PR maxim ring more hollow than in Fukushima Prefecture. As if the horrors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant weren't traumatic enough, the region's economic and agricultural recovery...
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2016
Visa fee waiver extended for disaster-zone tourists
The Foreign Ministry on Friday extended its visa fee waiver for tourists who visit Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures for five more years to help the region damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami recover.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2016
Imperial Couple pray for lost fishermen in tsunami-hit port city
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday offered prayers to fishermen and others in the fishing industry who lost their lives during the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami during a visit to a monument in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2016
Nuclear-averse Tohoku good place to grow green energy but Japan must be on the same circuit
Japan has seen a heavy shift in electricity generation from atomic to renewable sources ever since the Great East Japan Earthquake tipped the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into a triple meltdown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2016
Fukushima evacuations were not worth the money, study says
The costs of evacuating residents from near the Fukushima No. 1 plant and the dislocation the people experienced were greater than their expected gain in longevity, a British study has found.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 12, 2016
Tohoku teams part of community fabric
Men's pro basketball has thrived in Tohoku during the slow, difficult recovery from the March 11 disasters.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2016
Volunteer firefighter numbers plummet in three hardest hit Tohoku prefectures
The three prefectures in the Tohoku region hit hardest by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami saw an 8.4 percent fall in the number of volunteer firefighters from pre-disaster levels, a greater drop than the nationwide 2.7 percent decline, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2016
Down but not out: Japan's anti-nuclear movement fights to regain momentum
Japan's once highly motivated anti-nuclear movement struggles to maintain momentum amid a government push toward plant restarts.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris, later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Dominant Natsumi Tsunoda delivers Japan's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda celebrates on the podium after she won the women's under 48-kg division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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