Football school reopens in Fukushima town of Hirono after 10-year hiatus
The Japan Football Association (JFA) reopened its youth-training school on April 6 in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Hirono, 10 years after its base of practice was relocated to Shizuoka Prefecture following the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. The boarding school, JFA Academy Fukushima, held an enrollment ceremony for 19 boys to …
Prefectural gov't forms TOKIO section to spread charms of Fukushima
The Fukushima prefectural government has created a "TOKIO section" serving as a liaison with a company set up by the popular eponymous male pop group. The new section will work with the company to send out information about how the reconstruction in Fukushima Prefecture is progressing 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing nuclear accident at Tokyo …
10 YEARS SINCE DISASTER: Memorial ceremony held for lost loved ones
March 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. Residents in various parts of Fukushima Prefecture offered prayers from early morning to console the souls of victims of the disaster. The region was enveloped all day by a wave of requiescat and wishes …
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11 March 2021
Tsunami-wrecked "miracle piano" turned into eponymous song by pop duo Kiroro member
A member of female pop duo Kiroro unveiled a song about a grand piano resurrected after being damaged by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster when she visited the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki on March 1. Ayano Kinjo, a 43-year-old keyboard …
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4 March 2021
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 …
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25 February 2021
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 …
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18 February 2021
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 …
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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 …