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FUKUSHIMA'S PREMIUM SAKE WINS WORLDWIDE ACCLAIM, AS BREWERS EYE GLOBAL MARKETS IN PREFECTURE'S PUSH FOR RECOVERY
Drinkers worldwide have noticed the rising quality, and sake exports from Fukushima have more than doubled since 2012... READ MORE›
'THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT'
Occupying 4.2 sq km of land along the Japan Sea coast, it is the biggest nuclear power plant in the world... READ MORE›
JAPAN PICKS 'NORTH' AS 2017 SYMBOL AMID N KOREA THREAT
Kanji are the adopted Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system, along with other types of alphabets... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Fukushima
RADIOACTIVE BOARS THWART RESIDENTS PLANS TO RETURN HOME
Boars have caused about 854,000 in damage to agriculture in Fukushima prefecture, reported the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri... READ MORE›
DYING ROBOTS AND FAILING HOPE: FUKUSHIMA CLEAN-UP FALTERS SIX YEARS AFTER TSUNAMI
Naohiro Masuda, the president of Fukushima Daiichi's decommissioning arm, says he wants another probe sent in before deciding on how to remove the melted fuel... READ MORE›
JAPANS LOWER HOUSE PASSES BILLS TO GIVE MILITARY FREER HAND TO FIGHT
It complements guidelines in a bilateral agreement governing how Japanese and United States forces work together, which was signed by the two nations this year... READ MORE›
STRUGGLING WITH JAPANS NUCLEAR WASTE, SIX YEARS AFTER DISASTER
The Tokyo Electric Power Company is pumping water nonstop through the three reactors to cool melted fuel that remains too hot and radioactive to remove... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: POWERFUL NEW TREMOR IN KUMAMOTO
Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA DISASTER EVACUEES TOLD TO RETURN TO ABANDONED HOMES
People who fled after March 2011 nuclear meltdown face losing housing subsidies if they do not go back, despite radiation fears... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S FUKUSHIMA REGION ROCKED BY 7.4-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
The earthquakes were felt in Tokyo, 160 miles south of the epicenter... READ MORE›
HURRICANE IRMA POSES TOUGHEST TEST FOR U.S. NUCLEAR INDUSTRY SINCE FUKUSHIMA
The operator, Florida Power Light FPL, has said it will shut Turkey Point well before hurricane-strength winds reach the plant... READ MORE›
'FUKUSHIMA CATASTROPHE ONGOING: LEAKAGE ON A DAILY BASIS'
One of the ones is the high radioactive waste storage pools that aren't even inside radiological containment... READ MORE›
JAPAN AVALANCHE KILLS SEVEN STUDENTS AND TEACHER
More than 40 injured after avalanche struck while students were climbing near Nasu Onsen ski resort north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
THE CHILDREN OF FUKUSHIMA RETURN SIX YEARS AFTER THE NUCLEAR DISASTER
But this month, six years after the disaster, 105 students turned up at Naraha Elementary and Junior High School for the beginning of the Japanese school year... READ MORE›
HOW A JAZZ PIANIST TOOK A TOP POST AT WALL STREET HEDGE FUND
Larry Richards, a trained jazz pianist and former phone-company executive, is an unlikely entrepreneur in the esoteric world of stock options... READ MORE›
MEET THE WOMAN WHO MAKES FAKE FINGERS FOR JAPAN'S REFORMED GANGSTERS
Yukako Fukushima crafts lifelike pinkies to help yakuza criminals who severed fingers as a mark of contrition begin a new life... READ MORE›
250 000 JAPANESE STILL DISPLACED 4 YEARS AFTER QUAKE
2 COMMENTEMAILMORE IITATE, Japan When a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Yumi Kanno did not hesitate... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA KEEPS FIGHTING RADIOACTIVE TIDE 5 YEARS AFTER DISASTER
Mr. Ikeda's last job at Fukushima involved the destruction of used protective coveralls... READ MORE›
A WIND POWER PLANT THAT COULD SIT ON TOP OF YOUR OFFICE
The WindTree is meant to help urban businesses and governments supplement their conventional energy supplies... READ MORE›
FIRST THYROID CANCER CASE IN JAPAN RECOGNIZED AS FUKUSHIMA-RELATED & COMPENSATED BY GOVT
He was present at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during the March 11, 2011 meltdown... READ MORE›
CHINAS NUCLEAR VISION COLLIDES WITH VILLAGERS FEARS
By 2030, officials want nuclear power to generate up to 10 percent of China's electricity... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA EVACUEE TO TELL UN THAT JAPAN VIOLATED HUMAN RIGHTS
Mitsuko Sonoda will say evacuees face financial hardship and are being forced to return to homes they believe are unsafe... READ MORE›
JAPAN PAYS WORKER WHO GOT CANCER AFTER FUKUSHIMA
The ministry said the worker was exposed to 15.7 millisieverts of radiation during his 14 months at Fukushima Daiichi... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA RESIDENTS TORN OVER NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE PLAN
Japan has since allocated more than 15 billion to an unprecedented project to lower radiation in towns around the plant, such as Okuma... READ MORE›
HOW AN AMERICAN TECH ICON BET ON NUCLEAR POWER -
Westinghouse Electric Co., once synonymous with America's industrial might, wagered its future on nuclear power... READ MORE›
FIVE YEARS ON, CLEANUP OF FUKUSHIMA'S REACTORS REMAINS A DISTANT GOAL
Workers at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, five years on - in pictures... READ MORE›
SAKARI MOMOI, THE WORLD'S OLDEST MAN, DIES IN JAPAN AGED 112
Sakari Momoi, the world's oldest man, dies in Japan aged 112... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 40 ARE CONFIRMED DEAD IN JAPAN EARTHQUAKES
Aftershocks shook the area throughout Saturday, more than 100 of them strong enough to damage buildings, the Meteorological Agency reported... READ MORE›
THE WORLD'S OLDEST MAN HAS JUST DIED
Oldest living person celebrated her 116th birthday yesterday in Brooklyn New York The world's oldest man has died at the age of 112... READ MORE›
JAPAN INDICTS 3 EXECUTIVES OVER FUKUSHIMA DISASTER
The sudden and often chaotic evacuations caused the deaths of 44 people, prosecutors said in a statement... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI ADVISORIES LIFTED AFTER JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
The Japan Meteorological Agency had issued a tsunami warning for Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, parts of which are still recovering from the 2011 quake and tsunami... READ MORE›
POPULAR TOKYO GOVERNOR DECIDES AGAINST RUNNING IN JAPANESE ELECTION, A BOON FOR ABE
The hastily formed Party of Hope, which incorporates some lawmakers from the flailing opposition Democratic Party, now appears leaderless, without an obvious candidate for prime minister... READ MORE›
CHINA COAL HEATERS KICK IN, SENDING PM2.5 LEVELS TO HIGHEST HAZARD READING YET
Emissions from industrial plants and the increasing use of cars also are major causes of air pollution in China... READ MORE›