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FUKUSHIMA NO 1

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
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
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 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 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.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2016
NRA chairman urges caution in plant decommissioning amid residents' radiation fears
As five years have now passed since the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant meltdowns began, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Friday stressed that regulators must firmly monitor the decommissioning of the crippled plant to ease concerns of residents affected by the event.

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