where the Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is located, had to evacuate about 7,000 residents due to the accident. Since the evacuation order was lifted in 2020 ...

On 11 March, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

The Fukushima disaster was one of the world's ... The government has lifted evacuation orders for much of the region affected ...

FUKUSHIMA--Iitate village near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant plans to lift an evacuation order next spring for a small portion of the “difficult-to-return zone” so it can reclaim ...

A medical clinic in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture While progress has been made in the difficult-to-return zone, more than 90% of the locations within it have evacuation orders still in place.

Futaba County, home to the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant, has seen a drastic reduction in the number of children in the area.

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Armed with ...

Thirteen years after the disaster, evacuation orders remain in place ... has led many to feel that the suffering of Fukushima's victims is being forgotten. As Japan grapples with its energy ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and nearby areas early Thursday, the weather agency said. No tsunami warning has been issued. The 2:49 a.m. quake ...

The evacuation order was lifted for some parts of the town three years ago, but only 1,500 of almost 17,000 registered residents returned, most of them elderly.

Yet in many of the areas where evacuation orders have long been lifted, only a few former residents have returned to their homes. Fukushima will also be one of the venues for the Tokyo 2020 ...