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Books & Literature
Yu Miri: I found myself ‘unraveled’ in Minami-Soma
Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, writer Yu Miri spoke to Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Shinya Machida in Tokyo about h...
March 4, 2021
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General News
Tohoku Police Find Names, Closure for Unidentified Remains from Great East Japan Earthquake
SENDAI — Investigators are still working to identify the remains of dozens of victims who remain unaccounted for nearly a decade after the Great East ...
March 3, 2021
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General News
More Food Trucks Go Residential
Food trucks may be a common sight in business districts, but many are now coming to residential areas to bring their meals to the people. One afterno...
March 2, 2021
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Crime & Courts
Ex-Kajima Senior Employee Probed over Kickbacks in Fukushima Reconstruction Projects
A former senior employee of the Tohoku branch of leading construction company Kajima Corp. received huge kickbacks from subcontractors of a Kajima-led...
March 1, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Support Survivors of 2011 Tohoku Disaster; Help Prevent Isolation
It will soon be 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, which left about 22,000 people dead or missing. The central and local governments must...
February 28, 2021
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Olympics & Paralympics
Tokyo Games Committee Announces COVID-19 Measures for Olympic Torch Relay
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee announced on Thursday its measures against the novel coronavirus for the Olympic torch rel...
February 25, 2021
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Imperial Family
Being Emperor amid the Pandemic / Staying Close to the People through Remote Meetings
Late at night on Feb. 13, an earthquake measuring up to an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 rattled the Tohoku region. As an aide ...
February 22, 2021
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Social Series
Water restored to hospital week after Tohoku quake
Saturday marked one week since the latest large earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, recording a maximum of upper 6 on the Japanes...
February 21, 2021
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General News
10 Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Child of Hope Will Soon Turn 10
FUKUSHIMA — Ten years will soon have passed since the massive tsunami and the accident at a nuclear power plant that occurred in the wake of the Great...
February 20, 2021
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General News
Panel: Japan quake caused no large tsunami because of deep seismic center
There were no large tsunami as a result of the quake that struck off Fukushima Prefecture late Saturday night due to the quake’s relatively deep seism...
February 16, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Prepare for aftershocks, coronavirus after latest Tohoku earthquake
Strong tremors measuring up to upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 have hit the Tohoku region again, ahead of the 10th anniversary of...
February 16, 2021
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General News
In These Fukushima Schools, Time Stopped after 2011 Disaster
FUKUSHIMA — In a difficult-to-return area of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is located, there are school b...
February 13, 2021
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Economy
Japan to Focus on Decarbonization in Resource Procurement Strategy
The government plans to shift the focus of its international resource procurement strategy from fossil fuels such as petroleum and natural gas to hydr...
February 9, 2021
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General News
Decommissioning of Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant a Long Way Off
OKUMA, Fukushima — Wreckage still litters parts of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and reactor building girders remain exposed almost a decade...
February 5, 2021
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General News
Cenotaph in Fukushima Pref. Honors 3/11 Dam Collapse Victims
A cenotaph has been erected by bereaved families and affected local residents to remember those who died in the collapse of a dam in the Great East Ja...
February 5, 2021