Fukushima town opens museum showcasing triple disasters
The "Historical Archive Museum of Tomioka" opened to the public in its namesake Fukushima Prefecture town on July 11 to showcase the experience of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant for future generations, as well as exhibiting aspects of the municipality's history and culture. An …
Games at Fukushima's Azuma stadium to have no spectators at Olympics, earlier plans reversed
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee announced on July 10 that the baseball and softball games to be staged at Fukushima Prefecture-run Azuma stadium in Fukushima city will be held without spectators in a reversal of earlier plans to permit a limited audience. The move followed a request for no-spectator games made to the committee on the morning of …
Fukushima's Arakawa River gets top water quality rating in Japan for 11th straight year
The Arakawa River in Fukushima city has been awarded the highest rating in water quality among all rivers in Japan for the 11th year in a row, according to a central government survey for 2020 released on July 1. The survey was taken by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism covering 159 class-A rivers. The survey is based on …
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1 July 2021
Wakatakakage promoted to komusubi, becoming 1st Fukushima native in 20 years to join "sanyaku"
Wakatakakage, a 26-year-old native of Fukushima city, was promoted to sumo's fourth-highest rank of komusubi in the east slot of the rankings for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament released on June 21 by the Japan Sumo Association. It is the first time in 20 years that a professional wrestler from Fukushima Prefecture has joined the top three "sanyaku" ranks below the grand champion, or yokozuna. The last time was in 2001 when former sekiwake Tamanoshima, who is now stablemaster Hanaregoma, from the village of Izumizaki reached komusubi in that year's autumn tournament. Wakatakakage, whose real name is Atsushi Onami, is …
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24 June 2021
Joban Expressway section in Fukushima expanded to 4 lanes+
East Nippon Expressway Co. (NEXCO East) opened to traffic on June 13 all four lanes of a 27-kilometer section of the Joban Expressway (two lanes in each direction) between the Iwaki Chuo and Hirono interchanges in Fukushima Prefecture, having expanded …
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17 June 2021
UFO research body to open in Iino on June 24
A research body dedicated to the study of unknown flying objects, to be known as "the UFO Research Institute," will open on June 24 in the Iino district of Fukushima city to take an in-depth look into questions related to …
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11 June 2021
Toyota, Fukushima to test trucks fueled by locally produced hydrogen
Toyota Motor Corp. and the Fukushima prefectural government announced on June 4 that public demonstration tests will be launched in the two prefectural cities of Koriyama and Iwaki next year to verify the use of hydrogen-based fuel cell trucks in …
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3 June 2021
Asia-Pacific astronomers to hold meeting in Koriyama in 2023
Members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) will hold a regional Asia-Pacific meeting in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Koriyama in the summer of 2023, a local nonprofit organization instrumental in the event's bidding process announced on May 26. The meeting, the first of its kind in the prefecture, will be held at the Big Palette Fukushima hall and chaired by Junichi Watanabe, deputy head of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), who hails from Aizuwakamatsu, another city in the prefecture. ■ NAOJ deputy chief Watanabe, native of Aizuwakamatsu, named chair The Koriyama Convention Bureau played a major role in the bid in …
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27 May 2021
Fukushima wins top prize for 17 new "sake" brews in national contest, tying Nagano
In an annual national contest of newly brewed "sake" rice wine, 17 brands from as many breweries in Fukushima Prefecture were awarded the top prize this year, equaling the number of gold winners from Nagano among Japan's 47 prefectures. The …