OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive ...

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

OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Eleven years after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plant now looks like a sprawling ...

but in parts of Fukushima—including the towns of Futaba and Okuma—the radiation levels are relatively high and full-scale decontamination work has not yet begun. And more than 30,000 people ...

A view of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, where radioactive water was ...

(Mainichi/Naoki Watanabe) The recovery of Fukushima Prefecture cannot be considered ... storage facilities built in the towns of Futaba and Okuma, where the power plant is located.

While some, like Reiko Hachisuka, head of Okuma’s commerce and industry association ... has led many to feel that the suffering of Fukushima's victims is being forgotten. As Japan grapples ...

This time, we meet Togawa Aya, a naturalized Japanese born in China who runs a cafeteria in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, as well as May Zin Chit from Myanmar, who manages a convenience store in Tokyo.

An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following a strong earthquake, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on March 17, 2022.