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1. Fruit Bus Stops - Wait for the Bus at Japan's Cutest Bus Stops In Nagasaki's Konagai Town and the surrounding area are sixteen lovely bus stops shaped like fruit, imitating strawberries, melons, mandarin oranges, tomatoes, and watermelons. They were originally built by Konagai locals in 1990 for the Nagasaki Travel Expo and remained as a local landmark after the event, contributing to the fairy-tale scenery and vintage look of this seaside town. The fruit bus stops offer unique photo opportunities, especially when they are teamed up with the charming shores and flower fields in th...

This 2007 file photo shows black rockfish. February 24, 2021 FUKUSHIMA -- Radioactive cesium five times above permitted levels in Japan has been detected in black rockfish caught in northeastern Fukushima Prefecture, according to a Feb. 22 announcement by a local fishing association. Some 500 becquerels per kilogram of cesium was found in black rockfish…

February 22, 2021, 7:09 pm The Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (FISHMA) has suspended shipments of a fish called “Kurosoy” that was landed on February 22 in an experimental fishery off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture. This is the first time in about two years that radioactive materials exceeding the standard have been detected in the fishery off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, and in February of last year, the shipping restrictions were lifted for all fish species. According to the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, on the 2...

Hesitancy to ask for help slows earthquake recovery in part of Fukushima 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 house in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, remains in disarray Monday after an earthquake struck earlier this month. | KYODO Kyodo Feb 24, 2021 Fukushima – Many volunteer centers have been established since an earthquake struck Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures earlier this month, which damaged more than 3,000 housings and buildings. But a local welfar...

CAT-i Bulletin: Mw 7.1 Fukushima Earthquake, Japan February 13 February 19, 2021 The Fukushima Mw 7.1 earthquake occurred at 23:07 local time (14:07 UTC), on Saturday February 13. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the epicenter to be 96.6 km southeast of Sendai, Japan at a depth 49.9 km. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported this event to be Mj 7.3, at a depth of 55 km. Multiple aftershocks occurred within less than an hour, and the largest one of Mw 5.3 occurred on February 15. The strongest reported intensity was Shindo 6+, using the JMA scale of zero to seven, in...