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24 June 2022
Evacuation order lifted for Katsurao reconstruction base, 1st in off-limits zone
The national government removed an evacuation order on June 12 for part of the Fukushima Prefecture village of Katsurao, which had been in place since the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. The …
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16 June 2022
'Hometown tax donations' to Fukushima hit record high in FY2021
The value of donations to Fukushima Prefecture's 59 cities, towns and villages under the "furusato nozei (hometown tax donation)" program reached an all-time high of about 5,252 million yen in fiscal 2021 to last March, a 1.2-fold increase from the …
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9 June 2022
PM Kishida tells Katsurao residents of decision to remove evacuation order
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the Fukushima Prefecture village of Katsurao on June 5 and notified local residents of the government's decision to remove its evacuation order on part of the municipality which was implemented in the wake of the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. The decision concerns what is designated as one of the Specified Reconstruction and Revitalization Base Areas. It is located inside the so-called "difficult-to-return" zone. As for non-designated areas in the zone, Kishida told the residents the government "will strive through the 2020s to make it possible for …
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2 June 2022
Fukushima new "sakes" dominate national competition, win most gold for record 9th straight time
Seventeen brands of "sake" rice wine from the same number of breweries in Fukushima Prefecture won gold prizes in a national contest for new brews, giving Fukushima more top awards than any other of Japan's 47 prefectures. The Annual Japan …
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26 May 2022
Rainstorm-hit Tadami Line section to reopen Oct. 1 after 11 years
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) and the Fukushima prefectural government announced on May 18 that they will resume train services on the whole of the Tadami Line on Oct. 1 this year after torrential rainfall severely damaged a large …
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19 May 2022
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 …
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12 May 2022
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 …
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6 May 2022
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. …
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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 …