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Soccer
Foreign soccer players to be isolated at J-Village before playing in Japan
Foreign pro soccer players who enter Japan to play for the J.League teams will be quarantined for about two weeks at the J-Village soccer facility in ...
March 23, 2021
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General News
Quake off Miyagi Prefecture was same kind as 2011 disaster
The March 20 earthquake that originated off Miyagi Prefecture occurred at the border of two tectonic plates, the same mechanism as the Great East Japa...
March 22, 2021
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General News
3/11 Family Chronicle 3 / Family feels alienated after 10 years of living as evacuees
Stores and houses are scattered around vacant lots of land with withered grass. On Feb. 25, I visited the center of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, with...
March 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Restart of nuclear plant operations is at the mercy of disparate courts
The restart of nuclear power plants is an issue that affects the country’s energy policy. A situation in which power companies are at the mercy of dif...
March 19, 2021
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Companies
Delays frustrate plans for Fukushima plant cleanup
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s plans to remove fuel debris from melted reactor cores at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a task...
March 19, 2021
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General News
March 11 10 years on / Former Japan crisis management official: Prepare for any contingency
March 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Yomiuri Shimbun spoke with Tetsuro Ito, former deputy chief cabin...
March 19, 2021
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General News
March 11 10 years on / Ex-SDF chief urges public to plan ahead for disasters
March 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Yomiuri Shimbun spoke with Ryoichi Oriki, former chief of staff o...
March 18, 2021
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Politics & Government
LDP lawmaker fights stigma over Fukushima food safety
March 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Yomiuri Shimbun spoke with Nobuteru Ishihara, who served as secre...
March 16, 2021
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General News
Vacancies high in public housing for disaster-hit people in northeast Japan
In a predicament for municipalities that operate public housing units built for people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the vacancy rate f...
March 15, 2021
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General News
All 3 students graduate from evacuated Fukushima junior high school
All three students of Okuma Junior High School, which had been in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, before the entire town evacuated in the wake of the 201...
March 12, 2021
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Business Series
Railways losing steam amid declining ridership in Japan
The nation’s railways, a crucial lifeline for millions, are stuck in an uphill battle. Numerous companies are running deficits because of a sharp dec...
March 12, 2021
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General News
Reconstruction efforts blighted by shortage of technical personnel in Japan
The dispatch of local government employees to support areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake continues, with about 100,000 personnel deploy...
March 12, 2021
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General News
Weekly fireside chats
Nicholas Staffaron shares his experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collabo...
March 11, 2021
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Economy
People, expertise vital for economic self-reliance of quake-hit areas
Significant progress has been made in rebuilding social infrastructure such as roads, railways, farmland and fishing ports in the areas devastated by ...
March 11, 2021
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General News
Intensive searches for missing continue in Fukushima coastal areas
TOMIOKA, Fukushima — About 530 people conducted an intensive search in coastal areas in Fukushima Prefecture on Thursday, as 196 people in the prefect...
March 11, 2021