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Students engage in group work during a class at Ogawara Elementary School in Ogawara, Miyagi Prefecture, in September.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Nov 20, 2023
Small Miyagi town excels in national test amid education reforms
This year the average percentage of correct answers by Ogawara's sixth graders in the National Achievement Test was one of the highest.
The Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. headquarters in Taiwan
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2023
Taiwan's Powerchip chooses Miyagi Prefecture for $5.4 billion fab
The fab will manufacture chips in the 28-nanometer, 40-nm and 55-nm categories with a planned monthly output of 40,000 wafers, the two companies said.
Firefighters arrive at Sendai Station following the report of a possible chemical leak inside a train on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2023
Chemical leak injures four passengers on Tohoku Shinkansen
JR East staff confirmed something like smoke was rising from one of the cars and passengers were asked to evacuate.
Yoshitake Kanda (second from right) and his family members are pictured with two officials from the Canadian Embassy in Japan at a memorial dedicated to Lt. Robert Hampton Gray in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, in August.
JAPAN / History
Oct 5, 2023
Memorial forges bonds between WWII pilot's family and Tohoku town
Today, there is hope that a friendship forged between Japan and Canada, once enemies, will continue into future generations.
Children learn about nature on one of Odyssey's fishing trips in 2022.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET
Sep 6, 2023
After 3/11, an environment education rethink takes shape in Japan
The thinking behind Odyssey is that interacting with nature will foster an ability to think critically about current socioenvironmental issues.
M-Sys President Masao Takikawa stands in front of a Yakiton Daikoku izakaya pub that opened in Sendai's Kokubuncho entertainment district.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 15, 2023
Sendai pub chain boosts performance with better work conditions
Sendai-based M-Sys has implemented a policy of offering monthly pay of ¥300,000 to new hires.
Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu poses with his gold medal from the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, during a fan event in Tokyo in February 2018.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 5, 2023
Fans celebrate figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu's marriage
The two-time Olympic champion has a passionate global fan base, including in China, where the news quickly became the top trending topic on social media.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2023
Man told police before school truck attack there was 'something wrong with him'
The suspect visited a police station on the day of the attack and made similar claims by phone earlier, but officers determined there was no need to take him into custody.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2023
Truck hits students at elementary school in northern Japan, injuring four
Police arrested Akihito Onodera, the 34-year-old suspected driver who lives nearby the scene, on suspicion of attempted murder.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2023
Tomoya Mori hits walk-off homer for Orix after Miyagi-Sasaki pitching duel
The power-hitting catcher's 12th homer came minutes after the Marines' Koki Yamaguchi tied the game.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2023
3/11 survivor eager to tell his story in English
Noriyuki Suzuki, together with other bereaved families, formed a volunteer group to tell stories about the March 2011 tsunami.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jun 19, 2023
Sendai protein producer leaps ahead by engaging people with disabilities
Behind its success is the company's vast product lineup, which comes in small lots, and its outsourcing of manufacturing to welfare facilities for people with disabilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2023
Japanese high court rejects appeal for damages over forced sterilization
The two plaintiffs in Miyagi Prefecture had sought a total of ¥71.5 million, arguing that the law deprived them of self-determination with regard to giving birth and raising children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 24, 2023
Court rejects case opposing restart of Miyagi Prefecture nuclear plant
The Sendai court ruling came as Tohoku Electric aims to resume operations at a unit of the Onagawa plant in February, becoming the first in the area hit by the 2011 disaster to restart.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 17, 2023
Two Nepalese students and bus driver die in Kurihara highway crash
All passengers of a bus — 39 students from Nepal and one from Bangladesh — were outside of the vehicle when it was rear-ended by the truck.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Tohoku
May 8, 2023
Sendai firm banks on unique cosmetics specialty store
Shoen Sukiya's Perfumerie Sukiya S-Pal store boasts a floor space of 560 square meters and monthly sales of over ¥100 million.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Apr 17, 2023
Miyagi firms tap abundance of product innovation found through collaborations
Many companies are creating new products and services by incorporating innovative technologies and ideas that are not available within their own organizations.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 16, 2023
Hiroya Miyagi pitches Buffaloes past Marines
Reliever Yuki Udagawa got Miyagi out of an eighth-inning pinch before 39-year-old former Diamondbacks and Mariners reliever Yoshihisa Hirano worked a scoreless ninth for his third save.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Mar 13, 2023
Miyagi to start use of smartphone app to aid nuclear accident evacuation
The app is aimed at speeding up evacuation by enabling residents to skip the process of having to go to evacuee reception stations to be allocated to shelters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2023
Most city halls in quake-hit areas at risk of flooding will not relocate
More than 60% of municipalities in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures do not plan to relocate their city or town halls despite being in designated high risk areas for tsunami flooding.

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