Exchange center opens in Okuma town, 1st coming-of-age ceremony in 10 years held
An opening ceremony was held in the Ogawara district of the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma on Oct. 16 to celebrate the completion of a center for exchange among citizens built by the municipal government as a new symbol of reconstruction from the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. It was followed by a coming-of-age ceremony at the "link-ru Okuma" interaction …
No new COVID-19 case in Fukushima on Oct. 8, first in 230 days
No one tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 8, the local government announced on Oct. 9. It was the first time in 230 days since the daily tally was published on Feb. 21 that no new COVID-19 cases were logged in Fukushima in a single day. Prefectural officials attributed the abatement of the epidemic to …
JA's 5 units in Fukushima mull merger, other options for overhaul
A group of five Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) outposts in Fukushima Prefecture will consider reviewing their current organizational setup, with assumed options including their possible merger in line with the principle of "one JA in each prefecture" and closer partnerships among them based on the current framework for more efficient business operations. The JA units have judged it necessary to …
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30 September 2021
U.S. lifts import ban on food products from Fukushima, elsewhere in Japan
The United States has eliminated all import restrictions on food products from 14 prefectures in Japan, including Fukushima, imposed after the killer earthquake-caused nuclear accident in 2011 at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on Sept. 22. The banned products from Fukushima in question were 35 items, the largest number among the prefectures. They included rice, raw milk, and log-grown "shiitake" mushrooms. The U.S. move is expected to help dissipate the bad reputation overseas of Fukushima products stemming from the disaster and further expand exports from the prefecture. But …
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24 September 2021
Fukushima Medical Univ. team finds means of early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
A team of researchers from the School of Medicine's Department of Biochemistry at Fukushima Medical University has discovered for the first time in the world that transferrin -- a type of protein contained in the brain's spinal fluid -- could …
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16 September 2021
JA group to slash advance pay to Fukushima rice growers for 2021 crops
The Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) group's distributor in Fukushima Prefecture has decided to sharply reduce estimated payments to rice growers for their 2021 crops in response to slumping demand for the staple food. The decision was taken on Sept. 10 …
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9 September 2021
Uchida elected Iwaki mayor, beating incumbent, other candidates
Hiroyuki Uchida, a 49-year-old former education ministry bureaucrat running as an independent, won the mayoral election in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 5 following the expiration of the incumbent's term of office. It was his first victory in the city's …
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2 September 2021
FY2020 exports of Fukushima products up 24% to 905 mil. yen
Exports of products made in Fukushima Prefecture totaled 905 million yen in fiscal 2020 through last March, equivalent to 124% of those in fiscal 2019 or an increase of 24%, and marked a record high in terms of value since …
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26 August 2021
Fukushima-Minpo special mailable issue features local specialties
Teaming with the Fukushima prefectural government and Japan Post Holdings Co., Fukushima-Minpo Co. published on Aug. 20 a specially designed edition of the namesake daily featuring specialties of the prefecture's north, central/south, Aizu, and Hamadori regions. Taken up by the "Okuru …