OKUMA, Japan (AP) — The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday — a controversial ...

the events were held in areas where the evacuees lived rather than Okuma itself. On Oct. 16, however, 46 residents gathered from around Japan for the ceremony. They were fourth-graders when the ...

Okuma doubled as senior assistant minister of ... A total of about 800 meters of the remnants have been unearthed. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), which is redeveloping an area containing ...

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