At a seminar in Tokyo’s Otemachi district on Jan. 24, Eiko Yoshida, the mayor of Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, called out to attendees, “First come, first served.” The event, hosted by ...

Yoko Suetsugu, a sculptor from Fukushima Prefecture who runs a gallery in New York, is working to showcase the current state and appeal of her home prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 ...

A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a journey to build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train station. The new station structure, measuring about 108 square feet, will ...

The Aizu region is at the west of Fukushima Prefecture. Located in the southwest of this region is an area called Okuaizu. In some winters the snowfall has reached 4 meters in this remote area ...

The short film, titled “Aka no Kiwoku,” is a special project of the Fukushima Map, a publication that provides various information on the prefecture with colorful illustrations. “Look Back,” which ...

Night - Clear with a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds from NW to WNW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 30 °F (-1.1 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 54 °F (12.2 °C). Winds ...

By prefecture, Miyagi had the highest death toll, at 9,544, followed by Iwate with 4,675 and Fukushima with 1,614. The figure stands at 24 in Ibaraki Prefecture, followed by Chiba with 21 and ...

Satellites connect people around the world but they also interfere with astronomers’ views of the cosmos. There are ways to reduce these tensions.

Millbrook First Nation has informed Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) the Mi’kmaq are entitled to the entire elver fishery should they choose to pursue it, rather than the 50 per cent on offer from ...

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