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From disaster to destination: Fukushima woos tourists with snow

By Harumi Ozawa Bandai, Japan—Tourist Benjamin Tuffy’s family spent their winter holidays in Japan’s picture-perfect snow. But they weren’t at the country’s famed ski resorts...

Fukushima pins hopes on pufferfish

The pufferfish filling nets in Fukushima are a delicacy that can kill if wrongly prepared. But to a community devastated by a 2011 nuclear...

Japan’s Fukushima region forges renewable future after nuclear disaster

By Etienne Balmer and Harumi Ozawa NAMIE, Japan—Solar farms along tsunami-ravaged coastlines, green energy “micro-grids” and the experimental production of non-polluting hydrogen: 11 years after...

Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind

For more than two decades, promoters and purveyors of nuclear energy felt shunned at UN climate change conferences. At the COP26 summit underway in Glasgow,...

Fukushima hopes Olympic torch will shine light on healing

Fukushima—When the Tokyo Olympics torch relay kicks off in Fukushima on Thursday, runners are hoping it will show the world the area is no...

Fukushima hopes Olympic torch will shine light on recovery

When the Tokyo Olympics torch relay kicks off in Fukushima on Thursday, runners are hoping it will show the world the area is no...

Decade after Fukushima, Japan towns struggle to rebuild community

Masakazu Daibo has reopened his family's eel restaurant in part of Japan declared a no-go zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster, but so far...

Japan to extend virus emergency

Japan will extend a coronavirus state of emergency in the Tokyo area by a fortnight, officials said Friday, less than five months ahead of...

Fukushima radiation hotspots risky for Olympics

Tokyo—Warnings of radiation hotspots in parts of Fukushima that will host the Olympic torch relay and several sporting events have made headlines, but what...

World Cup winners to start Olympic torch relay

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Fukushima eyes ‘golden chance’ with Olympics hosting

The J-Village sports complex in Japan’s Fukushima was once a staging ground for battling the 2011 nuclear disaster, but next year it will host...

Made in Fukushima: Japan farmers struggle to win trust

By Anne Beade The pumpkin is diced, the chicken carved and the eggs beaten into an omelette, but the people preparing the food are not...
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