FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture--The town where Yuji Onuma in his youth dreamed up a slogan promoting the "bright future" that nuclear power promised remains deserted and a shell of its former self.

FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture—Two-and-a-half years after evacuation orders were lifted in parts of Futaba, the municipal government is focused on attracting new residents to revitalize the community.

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan will do with soil removed around the ...

Cherry blossom trees in the Fukushima Prefecture towns of Futaba and Okuma, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Powe･･･ ...

Japanese engineers yesterday began a difficult operation to remove a second sample of radioactive debris from inside the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. About 880 tonnes of hazardous ...

A stump of a cherry blossom tree is seen after it was cut down in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, March 16, 2025. (Mainichi/Shuji Ozaki) MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- Cherry blossom trees in the ...

Tourists – mainly from China – are flocking to Futaba, the town which is home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, undeterred by lingering radiation threats from the 2011 ...

ON March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Tepco's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS), releasing ...

Farmers in Fukushima were especially hard hit by the ... an interim storage facility in the towns of Futaba and Okuma had processed enough soil to fill 11 baseball stadiums. Even after the topsoil ...