Tohoku Youth Orchestra gathers for long-awaited practice
The Tohoku Youth Orchestra, comprising students from three prefectures hit hard by the devastating earthquake that struck northeastern Japan in 2011, gathered for its first practice in eight months in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 24, kicking off preparations for public performances set for next March. Joining the practice at the Fukushima-Minpo Co. building were members of the orchestra's …
Memorial held in Iwaki to mourn typhoon victims on 1st anniversary
The city office of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, hosted a memorial ceremony at a municipal facility called Alios on Oct. 12 to mourn victims of a fatal typhoon that made landfall in the region a year before. The ceremony at Alios, also known as the Iwaki Performing Arts Center, was attended by about 50 people, including bereaved families and the heads of …
Gov't set to decide treatment of polluted water from nuke plant soon
The government has embarked on the final stage of coordination to determine how to dispose of swelling amounts of water treated but still containing tritium, a radioactive substance, at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled by the 2011 accident. As part of the move, the government held a seventh hearing on the issue in …
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30 September 2020
Fukushima fishery industry eyes next April for full fishing resumption
The Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations has set next April as a target for the resumption of full commercial fishing operations. At a meeting in Iwaki city on Sept. 29, the heads of member associations unanimously approved the federation's proposal to push ahead with discussions on the details of resuming operations. It was the first time for the local fishery industry to have a specific target set for restarting operations in full swing since the 2011 earthquake and ensuing nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. The disaster has left offshore commercial fisheries …
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27 September 2020
Prime Minister Suga pays 1st visit to Fukushima, vows to revive non-living areas
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 26 for the first time since taking office and pledged to resuscitate areas left deserted after the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. …
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21 September 2020
Disaster memorial hall opens in Futaba
The Fukushima prefectural government opened the “Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum” in the town of Futaba on Sept. 21. The facility, located in the town’s Nakano district, marks the full-fledged start of a project to pass …
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18 September 2020
Fukushima high school campaigning to stop coronavirus-induced discrimination
Let us widen the circle of kindness to those infected by the new coronavirus disease…so goes a campaign being undertaken by a girls’ senior high school attached to Koriyama Women’s University in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. The “Citrus Ribbon Project,” originating …
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6 September 2020
Disaster memorial hall opened to press in Futaba ahead of official launch
The Fukushima prefectural government opened to the press the "Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum" in the town of Futaba on Sept. 5 ahead of its official launch on Sept. 20. The facility, located in the town’s …
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26 August 2020
Ex-lower house vice speaker Kozo Watanabe dies at 88
Kozo Watanabe, former vice speaker of the House of Representatives and a major figure in Japanese political life who served in key Cabinet posts such as trade minister, died of old age at 2:08 a.m. on Aug. 23 at a …