Arsonist sets fire to national park in disaster-hit Aomori
The newly-designated Sanriku Fukko National Park in Mt Hashikami in Aomori Prefecture is slowly being destroyed by a suspected arsonist. Police are saying that around 20 forest and field fires have...
View ArticleJapanese government admits $1 billion from disaster funds spent on unrelated...
Following a survey by the Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s second-largest newspaper, the country’s government revealed on Monday that as much as 1 billion US dollars of the public’s money that was flagged for...
View ArticleFukushima governor urges government to scrap all nuclear reactors in prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture Governor Yuhei Sato called on the central Japanese government this week to shut down all of the area’s nuclear reactors. As one of two nuclear power plants in the prefecture,...
View ArticleGovernment uses quake recovery funds to help out nuclear facility
One of the answers to why the recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters is progressing so slowly may just be found in this new discovery. Sources say that part of the national budget for...
View ArticleEmperor Akihito, Empress Michiko check up on disaster victims in Iwate...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko paid a visit to Iwate Prefecture for the first time in two years to visit the residents who are still displaced from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Iwate was one...
View ArticleReport says government holding back over 60% of Fukushima recovery budget
A report from the Asahi Shimbun newspaper says that Japan’s central government is holding back more than 60% of the 255 billion yen (approx. $2.56 billion) budget reserved for the radiation cleanup...
View ArticleJapanese government to present emergency measures for Fukushima situation
Now that they’ve established that they will do whatever it takes to solve the crisis at Fukushima, it is now time for the Japanese government to take concrete actions. At a ministerial meeting on...
View ArticleJapanese bureaucrat suspended over blog post about the waste of rebuilding...
A 51-year-old bureaucrat was suspended for two months by the Japanese government after it was found out he anonymously posted to a blog saying that the rehabilitation of tsunami-wrecked towns were...
View ArticleDemand for concrete to increase in disaster-affected prefectures due to...
The demand for fresh concrete is increasing in the three prefectures most affected by the 2011 disasters as the port and road reconstruction will be in full swing starting next fiscal year. The coastal...
View ArticleBoard of Audit says 23% of disaster recovery budget allocated for other projects
A report by the Board of Audit of Japan shows that around 23% of the public funds set aside for projects to help prefectures recover from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 were not used for those...
View ArticleEmperor Akihito receives delivery of Fukushima rice upon his request
To probably show the world that there is no danger from products that come out of the Fukushima Prefecture, Emperor Akihito requested that a portion of the rice harvested from Fukushima be delivered to...
View ArticleJapan to open door to more foreign workers as part of economic growth strategy
One of the main elements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe‘s new strategies for Japan’s economic growth is opening up the country’s doors for more foreign workers, sources are saying. According to a...
View ArticleMayors from Tohoku region say recovery from 2011 earthquake disaster has...
In a poll conducted by Kyodo News, more than fifty percent of the 42 mayors of towns, villages and cities from the Tohoku region of northeastern part of Japan struck by the March 2011 earthquake and...
View ArticlePM Abe vows to speed up reconstruction efforts 3 years after Japan’s disasters
A day before the third anniversary of the March 2011 disasters, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his vow to hasten reconstruction efforts in areas still affected. While he sees recovery as...
View ArticlePM Abe says government keen on restarting ‘safe’ nuclear reactors
A day before the nation commemorates one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters in recent times, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that his government is keen on restarting the nuclear plants that...
View ArticleJapan remembers victims of earthquake-tsunami disaster on 3rd anniversary
It’s been three years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami devastated the Tohoku region in Japan, and today the fight to recover from the disasters continue. The whole country and the...
View ArticleFukushima residents make photo collections to preserve memory of previous homes
The residents from Fukushima Prefecture, most of whom are still unable to go home due to radiation issues from the nearby crippled nuclear plant, are putting up a photo collection of their old homes to...
View ArticleGiant sea wall to break tsunamis sparks debate in Japan
As the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters reach their third year anniversary, the Japanese government has launched projects that would protect the country from being wrecked by another tsunami....
View ArticleJapan to allow more foreign workers in the construction industry
Japan’s ageing society has brought about a growing demand for construction workers doing reconstruction work in the disaster-hit areas as well as preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The...
View ArticleSubcontractors working in disaster-hit Miyagi Prefecture claim exploitation
Reconstruction workers in the disaster-hit Miyagi Prefecture who have been subcontracted by construction companies are claiming that they are underpaid and overworked, among other abuses committed...
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