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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 …
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20 May 2021
Fukushima Pref. issues state of emergency over coronavirus, urges residents to stay home
The Fukushima prefectural government issued its own "state of emergency declaration" for the whole prefecture on May 14 in the aftermath of the rapid expansion of the new coronavirus epidemic. The measure, the first of its kind in Fukushima, is …
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13 May 2021
70% of Fukushima people see understanding not deepened over treated nuclear plant water
A recent opinion poll of residents in Fukushima Prefecture, conducted jointly by Fukushima-Minpo Co. and Fukushima Television Broadcasting Co., found 70.7% of respondents think national understanding "has not deepened at all" or "has not much deepened" about treated radioactive water …
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7 May 2021
2nd frost attack in April hits fruit growers hard in Fukushima
Another wave of frost damage in April has spread in Fukushima Prefecture, touted as a "fruit kingdom," leaving farmers in distress. Frost was confirmed again on April 27, dealing a serious blow to apple, pear and peach orchards in the …
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28 April 2021
Flower garden opens in Fukushima village as part of reconstruction project
A flower garden opened on April 20 in part of idled farmland in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Iitate. The "Tulip/Flower Farm" is located in the village's Sasu district, where an evacuation order was issued after the 2011 nuclear accident …
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22 April 2021
Gov’t decides to release Fukushima wastewater into sea, starting in 2 years
The central government decided on April 13 to release into the ocean tritium-containing wastewater from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s Fukushima Daiichi plant, starting in two years. The decision, taken at a meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers held at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, brought to an end the controversy over how to dispose of swelling wastewater that has been treated but is still polluted by tritium, a radioactive substance. It effectively overrode opposition by prefectural residents concerned over additional reputational damage to local products already hit by harmful rumors stemming from the 2011 nuclear disaster at the …
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19 April 2021
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 …
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8 April 2021
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 Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant, as well as on the region's attractions. TOKIO member Tomoya Nagase quit the Johnny & Associates music management agency at the end of March, reducing the group to a trio of Shigeru Joshima, …
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18 March 2021
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 …
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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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