10 YEARS SINCE DISASTER: Half of residents in municipalities with evacuation zones see recovery slow
Two separate opinion polls conducted by Fukushima-Minpo Co. show that about half of the respondents think reconstruction from the 2011 earthquake and nuclear accident has not made headway in 12 cities, towns and villages in Fukushima Prefecture where evacuation zones and other restrictions were imposed. They are eight municipalities in Futaba-gun (county) region, the cities of Minamisoma and Tamura, Kawamata …
Sukagawa's two "Tsuburaya" natives to be made honorary citizens
The Fukushima Prefecture city of Sukagawa announced on Feb. 15 a plan to propose making two of its native sons with the same family name honorary citizens -- movie director Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970), the creator of the Ultraman and Godzilla series which later led him to be called "the god of special effects," and Kokichi Tsuburaya (1940-1968), bronze medalist in …
10 YEARS SINCE DISASTER: Group of Fukushima natives in Britain to post thank-you video on YouTube
An association of Japanese nationals in Britain with ties to Fukushima Prefecture will post a streaming video in English on YouTube showing aspects of the region's past, present and possible future, as well as messages of gratitude for support, on March 11, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. The project, undertaken by the Fukushima …
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12 February 2021
Messages of thanks from Fukushima "reconstruction envoys" posted on YouTube channel
Video messages by "Fukushima ambassadors of reconstruction," publicly solicited by Fukushima-Minpo Co., were posted on a YouTube channel on Feb. 4 to express gratitude for support from home and abroad as the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan …
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5 February 2021
Fukushima photographer produces shot linking "3/11" Japan quake & "9/11" U.S. terror attacks
A 61-year-old photographer in Fukushima Prefecture has completed a large photographic work based on a rose garden in the Ogatsu district of Ishinomaki city in the neighboring prefecture of Miyagi in an attempt to produce a symbolic photo of the …
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29 January 2021
Japan's oldest arboreal fossil found in Hirono
A museum in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu announced on Jan. 19 the discovery of Japan's oldest metasequoia tree fossil found in an 88 million-year-old layer in the coastal town of Hirono. The discovery was made by Hiroaki Inose, a …
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22 January 2021
JETRO pitching Fukushima-brewed sake exports to U.S. West Coast buyers
Preparatory work got into full swing on Jan. 12 for the shipment of sample "sake" rice wine brewed in Fukushima Prefecture to the U.S. West Coast for online sales discussions under a project sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization …
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15 January 2021
Up to 50,000 books to be stocked at new library in Okuma, one of largest collections in Japan
A new library to be established at an integrated kindergarten, elementary and junior high school in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma will hold up to 50,000 books, one of the largest collections at a public school in Japan, the …
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8 January 2021
The long road ahead for Fukushima cleanup.
[Translated by the Japan Times]If the fuel debris is no longer underwater, which shields engineers from radiation, it is expected to be harder for them to retrieve it. Tepco is also concerned about the possible rise in radiation levels and dust laced with radioactive materials floating inside the containment vessel. JAEA research shows that, judging from the temperature and other conditions, the half-melted fuel debris fell off slowly, leaving the possibility that there still may be something that could trigger a chemical reaction. There have been cases in the past at nuclear power plants when metal caught fire, which was hard to …