Fukushima Update #19 “The Dilemma of Nuclear Evacuees”

This edition of Fukushima Update examines the dilemma faced by the residents of an evacuated municipality, as work conti...

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The Dilemma of Nuclear Evacuees

This report examines the dilemma faced by the residents of an evacuated municipality, as work continues to decontaminate...

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Radioactive waste difficulties

The Environment Ministry has requested three municipalities in Miyagi prefecture, just north of Fukushima, to participat...

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Radioactive water leak at Fukushima Daiichi

A leak of highly contaminated water has been detected inside a reactor building at Fukushima Daiichi.

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Dept stores admit Chan Luu counterfeits

Some of Japan’s top department stores have admitted to selling counterfeit jewelry of trendy US brand Chan Luu.Started b...

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Au debuts new cell phone line

Super thin phones and curved screens were on display as Japanese cell phone giant au debuted a new line of models today ...

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One thousand dolls on display

A massive show of 1,000 dolls is wowing visitors at a museum in central Japan.The traditional dolls, known as hina-ningy...

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Snackmaking in the cold

In the coldest part of the year in a town in central Japan, a small workshop is bustling with workers making “kakimochi,...

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Abe meets the majors

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met on Tuesday Red Sox players Koji Uehara and Junichi Tazawa. Both are pitchers for t...

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Supermarket sales down 17th straight year

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s so-called Abenomics has given Japan’s stock market a lift.But Abenomics hasn’t been...

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