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FUKUSHIMA NO. 1

Areas around Futaba Station in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. An evacuation order for parts of the town will be lifted in December.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2026
Evacuation order to be partially lifted in Fukushima town
Futaba is one of two municipalities that host Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Customers enter a supermarket that opened in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2026
Fukushima town gets first new supermarket since nuclear accident
“It will serve as an important base for bringing prosperity and vitality to the community,” Okuma Mayor Jun Yoshida said at an opening ceremony.
Workers wearing protective suits and masks conduct a decommissioning operation at the No. 2 reactor building of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, in January.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2026
Tepco begins long-delayed probe of Fukushima reactor’s interior
Tepco has frequently postponed investigations in order to remove accumulated debris and replace cameras, among other reasons.
A one-day event is held at a morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13. The market was destroyed by a fire following a major earthquake that hit the region in January 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2026
Can Pikachu help heal a disaster zone?
Pokemon-themed attractions are bringing visitors and economic attention back to the earthquake-devastated Noto Peninsula.
India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in March 2024
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2026
Why Japan should care about India’s nuclear opening
Japan must decide whether to enter India’s newly opened nuclear market and, if it does, whether to insist on stronger safety standards shaped by its own nuclear history.
A total of 176 Fukushima evacuees reached a settlement with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and the government on Aug. 18 over a damages lawsuit stemming from the 2011 nuclear accident.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2026
Evacuees from Fukushima nuclear meltdown reach settlement with Tepco
The decision came on the heels of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling that the government was not liable for the nuclear accident.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 22
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2026
Soil from decontamination work in Fukushima to be reused in regional cities
The government decided to begin reusing the soil for flowerbeds at buildings in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, and in Saitama, where central government branch offices are located.
The fishers of Fukushima Prefecture say that while backlash from domestic consumers hasn’t been as severe as feared, the effect of treated water releases into their fishing grounds has led to bigger problems with overseas markets.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2026
Three years on, Fukushima’s fishers still deal with impact of treated water release
Three years after the first release of treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the region’s fisheries say long-term solutions have yet to materialize.
Workers wearing protective suits and masks conduct a decommissioning operation near the No. 2 and No. 3 reactor buildings while a radiation monitoring post reads a radiation level of 55.6 microsieverts per hour at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in January.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2026
53,000 Fukushima No. 1 workers received high radiation doses, Tepco reports reveal
The workers hit the level of 5 millisieverts per year, a threshold for determining whether those with leukemia are eligible for compensation benefits.
The No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 reactor buildings at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2026
Tepco begins removal of radioactive spent fuel from Fukushima No. 2 reactor
Removed fuel assemblies are transferred to a safer common storage pool at the nuclear plant, which was heavily damaged in the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami.
Then?Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, then-U.S. President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven leaders and officials visit Itsukushima Shrine during their summit in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May 2023.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2026
Nationalists abroad and patriots at home
Japan is viewed as sophisticated, exotic, economically advanced — a combination that makes it susceptible to reporting that oscillates between admiration and caricature.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Chairman Keisuke Yokoo (front row, left, on the right) and other company officials meet with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (far left) on Monday in Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2026
New Tepco chairman pledges firm’s ongoing support for Fukushima after meltdowns
Tepco Chairman Keisuke Yokoo met with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori for the first time since taking office at the energy firm in June.
The Reconstruction Agency, which is currently housed in a government building in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, is set to be dissolved in 2030.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jul 6, 2026
Concerns emerge in Fukushima over Reconstruction Agency’s expiration
Residents of the prefecture fear a watering down of the focus on reconstruction in the event its ambit is absorbed by a new Disaster Management Agency.
The tsunami-crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in January
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2026
International workshop on Fukushima nuclear accident held in Futaba
A total of about 140 nuclear regulatory officials and experts, including those from the United States and France, took part in the workshop.
The No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power's Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2026
Spent nuclear fuel storage rate reaches up to 90% of capacity at some Japan reactors
A total of 15 reactors at nine plants have been restarted since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Waste collected during decontamination work in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in February
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2026
Fukushima town contaminated following 2011 nuclear meltdown eases entry restrictions
Extensive decontamination work has been carried out in areas impacted by the 2011 nuclear disaster in order to enable registered residents to return to their original homes.
In the fiscal year that began in April, Tepco plans to release a total of about 62,400 tons of treated water in eight rounds.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2026
Tepco ends second round of fiscal 2026 treated water release
In the just ended round, about 7,900 tons of water containing small amounts of radioactive tritium was discharged.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi will visit the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture to conduct additional monitoring of treated water being discharged into the ocean.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2026
Nuclear watchdog chief to visit Japan to monitor Fukushima treated water
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi will monitor the discharge of water containing small amounts of radioactive tritium.
Tanks at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Air radiation levels have fallen to around the national average in about 70% of the prefecture, according to Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2026
Air radiation levels down to national average in about 70% of Fukushima
Decreases have been notable at building lots and agricultural sites, but moderate in forests, where decontamination is difficult.
Keisuke Yokoo, the incoming chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., said he is open to forming alliances with firms outside of Japan as the nation’s largest utility seeks to restructure its operations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2026
Incoming Tepco chair open to alliance partners outside of Japan
Yokoo’s remarks to reporters come as the utility pushes ahead with a business plan unveiled in January.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
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Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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