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'We are working to ensure safety against the novel coronavirus ahead of the March 25 start of the Olympic torch relay,' said Gov. Masao Uchibori in a recent interview.
Mar 12, 2021 “Fukushima is famous for agriculture, and its coastal region was once one of the richest rice-growing areas (in Japan),” Ryoichi Sato says, highlighting one of the prefecture’s prized assets. “Here, you can enjoy fresh green paddies in spring and beautiful golden rice fields in autumn.” Sato was forced to abandon his hometown of Odaka, part of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, for six years following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated the region in March 2011, returning in 2017 to found a company called Kohbai Yume Farm. Named after...
Despite government help, business realities limit 3/11 recovery 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/ A marine research ship is repaired at shipbuilder Yamanishi Corp.'s dock in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in February. | KAHOKU SHIMPO Kahoku Shimpo Mar 12, 2021 When the earthquake-triggered tsunami swept through the Tohoku region in March 2011, it not only took the lives of people there, it also killed the economy and businesses that local residents made ...
Residents in the severely affected prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., exactly a decade after the huge quake struck.
Mar 11, 2021 When a huge earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, devastating towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture, a stunned world watched the chaotic struggle to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. An onslaught of waves sparked by the 9.0 magnitude quake crashed into the country's northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and crippling the Fukushima No. 1 plant. More than 160,000 residents fled as radiation spewed into the air. At the time, some — including then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan — feared Tokyo would ...