Fukushima Univ. team finds world's 1st polypropylene-dissolving microbe
A team of researchers at Fukushima University has found a microorganism that efficiently dissolves polypropylene, a type of plastic used for bottle caps and other products, the first discovery of its kind in the world. Daisuke Sugimori, a professor at the university's Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science who heads the team, announced the discovery on May 11. It is difficult …
Pop group TOKIO sets out on new project in Fukushima village
TOKIO Co., a company set up by the eponymous male pop group, has unveiled a new project aiming to transform ideas collected from across the country into activities based in a Fukushima Prefecture village. An application will be published shortly as the company is moving ahead with plans to make people's thoughts take shape. The project is dubbed "TOKIO-BA" -- …
Fukushima farm exports grow 50% to record 431 tons in FY 2021
Exports of agricultural products from Fukushima Prefecture in fiscal 2021 rose about 50% over the previous year to 431.6 tons, the largest amount since fiscal 2005 when such data began to be tallied, the local government announced on April 28. Prefectural officials attributed the growth mainly to increased rice shipments to Singapore and Hong Kong. The export total for the …
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28 April 2022
Fukushima set to accept entries for brass band music composition contest
Fukushima city has been pushing forward with a project to publicize across Japan the achievements of the late great multi-genre music composer Yuji Koseki, a native of the Fukushima Prefecture capital, and grow future generations of talented musicians. The competition …
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22 April 2022
Evacuee from war-torn Ukraine eyes Nihonmatsu as 2nd hometown
A Ukrainian woman who has fled to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Nihonmatsu from her Russian-invaded East European country is striving to overcome cultural, linguistic and other barriers by, for instance, learning the Japanese language while staying at a farmer's …
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14 April 2022
Estimated Fukushima population dips below 1.8 million, hitting new postwar low
The population of Fukushima Prefecture is estimated to have fallen below 1.8 million for the first time since the end of World War II, according to a tally by Fukushima-Minpo Co. The estimate as of April 1 represents a loss …
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8 April 2022
Fukushima researchers find 4 ammonite fossil types, including 1st in Japan
A team of researchers led by Hiroaki Inose, 38-year-old chief curator at the Fukushima Museum, has discovered four types of precious fossilized ammonites that are about 89 million years old, the Fukushima Prefecture-run museum in Aizuwakamatsu city announced on March …
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17 March 2022
Fukushima marks 11th anniversary of earthquake-nuclear disaster
March 11 marked the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. People across Fukushima Prefecture and elsewhere mourned the deaths of their loved ones, some …
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10 March 2022
Wakatakakage promoted to sekiwake, ties Fukushima wrestlers' all-time career highs
Wakatakakage, a 27-year-old native of Fukushima city, was promoted to professional sumo's third-highest rank of sekiwake and sits on the east side of the rankings for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association on Feb. 28. It is the first time in 18 years that a Fukushima wrestler has reached that rank. The last time was in 2004 when Izumizaki village native Tamanoshima, who is now stablemaster Hanaregoma, earned promotion to sekiwake for that year's New Year tournament. Wakatakakage, whose real name is Atsushi Onami, is the fifth Fukushima native in the post-World War II era …