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The town of Kaneyama in Fukushima Prefecture isn’t particularly populous, having less than 2,000 residents. Kaneyama’s Tarabu district, though, is an especially small community, with only 12 occupied ...

Paths of Ink is an international invitational exhibition featuring eight artists from Japan and Korea who pursue innovative new movements in calligraphy, amplifying age-old traditions into a ...

A new “Paths of Ink” exhibition celebrating the art of calligraphy will open in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery on Nov. 12, with works by eight Japanese and Korean ...

(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File) TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was ...

TEPCO ex-chair at time of Fukushima nuclear disaster dies at 84 while on trial Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being ...

(Miyuki Saito/Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since ...

TOKYO — A Japanese nuclear reactor with an upgraded anti-tsunami wall was set to restart Tuesday in a region near the crippled Fukushima plant, according to its operator. Japan shut down all of its 54 ...