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Mei Nanaumi says she has no regrets about leaving her former husband who was addicted to gambling and was violent toward her.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Nov 9, 2026
Gyan-tsuma: How one woman discovered her husband’s gambling addiction
Mei Nanaumi’s experience led her to find an online community of gyan-tsuma — wives grappling with their spouses’ gambling.
The No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2026
Public burden for Fukushima nuclear disaster tops ?12 trillion
On average, each resident in Japan bore about ?100,000, based on the country’s population of about 122.86 million as of April 1.
Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori, 62, won a fourth term on Sunday with support from the Liberal Democratic Party and three opposition parties, defeating six challengers.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2026
Fukushima Gov. Uchibori wins fourth term in landslide election
Uchibori, 62, received support from local chapters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and three opposition parties.
The goal of Fukushima University's overhaul is to meet the demands of a rapidly changing society by strengthening the university's science and engineering programs.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Oct 19, 2026
Fukushima University to undergo overhaul with greater science focus
The university is responding to calls from industries for workers capable of supporting growth sectors such as artificial intelligence.
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.
Garigari-kun soda-flavored ice pops
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 21, 2026
The 109-year-old Fukushima firm supplying ice for Garigari-kun popsicles
Established in 1917, a refrigerated warehousing firm in Fukushima Prefecture was supplying enough ice by 2024 to make some 300 million of the popsicles annually.
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.
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
The season’s 15th storm is expected to make landfall in Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures as it heads toward the Sea of Japan.
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process — it's an ingredient.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 9, 2026
今日吃瓜 brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
It might sound like pseudoscience, but there could be more to the idea of brewing with music than meets the ear.
Officials from the municipal government of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, take part in a job fair in the city on June 24 to explain their recruitment policies.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Aug 4, 2026
Municipalities in Fukushima struggle to recruit workers
Getting hired by local governments used to be a highly competitive affair, but now municipalities are taking various measures to appeal to potential candidates.
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.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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