Actor Ken Watanabe vows to continue supporting areas hit by 3/11 Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Actor Ken Watanabe (left) poses with actor Koichi Sato during a briefing on the movie Fukushima 50 in Tokyo last July. | KYODO
Jiji Feb 11, 2021
Actor Ken Watanabe has expressed determination to continue standing with people of areas devastated by the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck eastern Japan almost 10 years ago.
Seven years ago, Watanabe opened a cafe that serves as a meeting place for people in Kesennuma, a Pacific coastal city in Miyagi Prefecture that was badly affected by the tsunami.
Tepco ordered to pay ¥600 million over 2011 nuclear disaster Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Lawyers representing residents who were forced to evacuate following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday criticize the ruling by the Iwaki branch of Fukushima District Court as unjust, saying that the recognized damage is too small. | KYODO
Jiji Feb 10, 2021
Fukushima – A court has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay a total of some ¥600 million to 271 plaintiffs over an evacuation caused by the 2011 nuclear disaster.
Ex-Tokyo fire chief recalls tense days of Fukushima disaster response
The former chief of the Tokyo Fire Department clearly remembers the day nearly 10 years ago when he ordered a team to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled by a massive earthquake and tsunami in the belief it had to be done, even if it caused casualties among its members.
The capital s former fire chief Yuji Arai, 69, and a dozen former commanding officers who were involved in the unprecedented mission in 2011, met five times between July and December last year to document their experiences in dealing with the country s worst nuclear disaster.