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FUKUSHIMA NO 1

Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jul 19, 2019
Growing foreign resident population in Fukushima Prefecture now numbers more than 14,000, says new report
Reflecting a nationwide trend of an increasing number of foreign residents in Japan, Fukushima Prefecture is also seeing its foreign community expand.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jun 16, 2019
At Fukushima's ground zero, a town slowly comes back to life
Shigeru Niitsuma moved back into Okuma's Ogawara district on June 1 — the first day residents were allowed to move into disaster-relief housing since the triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant forced them to leave town in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2019
Japan's peaceful Heisei Era leaves legacy of change, growth and tragedy
Emperor Akihito's abdication Tuesday will end the three-decade Heisei Era that began on Jan. 8, 1989, a day after he inherited the throne upon the death of his father, Emperor Showa.
EDITORIALS
Apr 28, 2019
Don't delay anti-terrorism steps at nuclear plants
Power companies must redouble the efforts to fulfill the commitments that they made to revamp the safety of their nuclear power plants when they sought to restart them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Apr 28, 2019
Fukushima Prefecture enjoys sharp jump in foreign lodgers
Foreign hotel stays in Fukushima Prefecture more than doubled to 17,700 in January, marking the highest year-on-year growth among all prefectures, according to Japan Tourism Agency statistics released in March.

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