Membership of fisheries groups shrank 24% in areas hit by 2011 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/
Fishing boats are docked at a port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture. Membership in fisheries cooperatives in the Tohoku region have tumbled in the 10 years since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. | KYODO
Kyodo Mar 4, 2021
Sendai – Memberships of fisheries cooperatives in the three prefectures of northeastern Japan hit hardest by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami tumbled 24.4% in the years after the disasters, in a decline sharper than that seen in the national average, a Kyodo News tally based on data from their unions showed Thursday.
Fukushima nuclear plant decommissioning draws attention of local businesses 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/
An exhaust stack (center) for the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is dismantled in August 2019. | KYODO
Jiji Mar 3, 2021
Fukushima – Work to decommission the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the Tohoku region is drawing keen attention from local businesses aiming to revive the regional economy, which has been hit hard by the nuclear meltdowns seen 10 years ago.
Initially, major heavy machinery-makers and general contractors mainly engaged in the decommissioning work at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant, which experienced a triple meltdown after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Radiation criteria sow confusion for evacuees 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/
Workers decontaminate a road in a special reconstruction district in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, in October. | FUKUSHIMA MINPO
Fukushima Minpo Feb 26, 2021
Traffic was lighter on the Joban Expressway in the Futaba district in Fukushima Prefecture during the New Year holiday, with people avoiding traveling back to see their relatives due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Roadside signs show the radiation levels of areas near the no-go zones put in place after meltdowns in 2011 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, reflecting the fact that, even after 10 years, Fukushima residents are unable to return to their homes.
10 years on, 3/11-linked suicides still occurring 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/
Temporary housing is seen in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in March. Suicides linked to the March 2011 disaster continue to be reported in the prefecture. | KYODO
Jiji Feb 24, 2021
Japan continues to see suicides related to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami although nearly 10 years have passed since the disaster, which hit the Tohoku region hard.
Last year, there were five such suicides, raising the total since 2011 to 240, according to the government’s 2020 white paper on suicides and other data.