Fukushima Prefecture
December 26, 2012
Children in Fukushima Prefecture have the highest obesity rates in Japan in seven age groups, education ministry statistics showed, a possible result of the restrictions on...
December 17, 2012
The International Atomic Energy Agency will establish a base in Fukushima Prefecture to provide training and stock radiation counters and protective equipment for possible...
December 16, 2012
HONOLULU--Mazie Hirono, the first Japanese-born individual to be elected to a U.S. Senate seat, still remembers when she first arrived in the country—all but destitute.
December 07, 2012
VIENNA--The International Atomic Energy Agency said it will set up a joint program on decontamination next year with the Fukushima prefectural government as efforts continue at ...
December 07, 2012
Internet surfers can now take a virtual tour of the interiors of schools, city halls and other buildings in the Tohoku region that were damaged by the Great East Japan...
December 01, 2012
The percentage of children with thyroid gland cysts is about the same in Tokyo and Fukushima, indicating that radiation from the nuclear accident has not affected the rate in...
November 20, 2012
The Environment Ministry has begun thyroid gland tests on children in faraway Nagasaki Prefecture as part of efforts to gauge the effects of radiation fallout from last year's...
November 07, 2012
Fukushima nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Nov. 7 it would have to seek more government funds to tackle the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, as...
November 06, 2012
No radioactive cesium was detected in tests on the breast milk of mothers in Fukushima Prefecture, authorities said Nov. 5, adding that fewer women than expected offered...
November 02, 2012
SINGAPORE--Rice from Fukushima Prefecture is among food products featured at a trade fair here, as producers try to convince foreign consumers that Japanese delicacies remain...
October 30, 2012
Fukushima Prefecture, site of last year's nuclear disaster, will establish a research base there with the International Atomic Energy Agency to study decontamination and...
October 30, 2012
NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--A popular hot spring facility in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, that was forced to close after last year's nuclear disaster has reopened for...
October 27, 2012
AIZUWAKAMATSU, Fukushima Prefecture—Production of knapsacks for young schoolkids is at its peak in a factory here, in preparation for the new intake at elementary schools in...
October 26, 2012
Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven't declined in the year following Japan's nuclear disaster, a signal that the seafloor or ...
October 23, 2012
With harvest season in full swing, radiation checks for rice grown in Fukushima Prefecture this season so far are giving the Japanese staple a clean bill of health, good news...
October 14, 2012
KAWAUCHI, Fukushima Prefecture--Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko observed decontamination work on Oct. 13 in their first visit to Fukushima Prefecture since May 2011, two...
October 04, 2012
Researchers trying to assess the impact of radiation on ecosystems due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster have come up with some surprising results: But they're not entirely...
September 28, 2012
Critical data is missing for two-thirds of children tested for thyroid problems in Fukushima Prefecture, because their families have failed to declare the children's...
September 10, 2012
As heavy construction continues in rebuilding regions of northeastern Japan that were damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, a serious shortage of accommodations for...
September 07, 2012
The artwork at this year's Fukushima Biennale exhibition, the first to be held since the northeastern prefecture was devastated by nuclear disaster, reflects both the...