Nissan testing energy control system using green power, EV batteries in Namie town
Nissan Motor Co. has kicked off an experiment in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie to verify an energy management system based on electric vehicle (EV) batteries for efficient use of power generated by renewable energy. It is the world's first such test in a real community, according to the major automaker. Nissan's plan, unveiled on Jan. 12, calls for …
Fukushima Sky Park set to take off as more attractive "sky station"
The Fukushima city office and the nonprofit Fukushima Flight Association are engaged in a project to turn Fukushima Sky Park, a farm road airstrip, into an even more attractive tourist facility that would host a wide array of sky-themed events and attractions all season long, beginning in the new fiscal year that starts in April. The facility located in the city's …
Elementary school 6th grader wins health-themed "Fukushima Junior Challenge" grand prix
Kaho Kikuchi, a sixth grader of Matsunaga elementary school in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, won the top award in an annual contest on children's ideas for community-based health promotion programs sponsored by Fukushima-Minpo Co., the publisher of the namesake vernacular daily. Kikuchi proposed that idle classrooms at grade schools be used for elderly people to take a "class" …
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20 December 2021
Crocodiles lived in water since Jurassic age: Fukushima Museum-led team finds from fossil analysis
A team of researchers led by Junki Yoshida, a 30-year-old curator at the Fukushima Museum in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, has found that ancestors of the crocodile may have adapted to living in water about 155 million years …
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9 December 2021
Fukushima Medical Univ. team pins down factor in cancer cell growth, provides clue for new drugs
In a world first, a team of researchers at the Department of Anatomy and Histology of Fukushima Medical University's School of Medicine has discovered a mechanism to restrict cancer cell growth by halting the activity of activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcription …
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2 December 2021
Western-style Aizu Hongouyaki ware from Fukushima to debut in N.Y.
Western-style versions of Aizu Hongouyaki ware crafted in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Aizumisato will be displayed at an exhibition to be held in New York from December 9 to 23. Local potteries have developed tableware sets for dinner to …
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26 November 2021
Fukushima rice bound for U.S. next winter, 1st local product freed of import ban
The Fukushima prefectural government is considering resuming shipments of locally produced rice to the United States as early as the winter of fiscal 2022. It is giving rice top priority among the 35 products that have been removed recently from an import ban list imposed by Washington after the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi Plant. The prefecture is set to partner with the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) group and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in negotiating business deals with U.S. retailers and food-related companies, expecting to greatly expand marketing channels for local rice through …
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18 November 2021
Fukushima completes rebuilding all tsunami-ravaged fishing ports
Work to repair Ukedo fishing port in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie, badly damaged by the 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, has been completed, meaning all 10 local ports impacted in the disaster are again working as normal, the …
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12 November 2021
Japan's national softball team makes glorious return to Fukushima
Japan's national softball team returned triumphant on Nov. 3 to Azuma Stadium in Fukushima city, which hosted some epic games during the Tokyo Olympics. The Japan Softball Association held a "ceremony for the gold medalists" in the ballpark run by …