Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto has effectively given the green light for the continued operations of three aging nuclear reactors in the prefecture from next fiscal year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/japan-fukui-governor-ok-aging-reactors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukui #nuclearenergy #mihama #takahama
Events were held in the Hokuriku region Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the opening of the extension of the JR Hokuriku Shinkansen Line that connects Kanazawa and Tsuruga stations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/16/japan/hokuriku-shinkansen-extension-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokurikushinkansen #bullettrains #shinkansen #rail #fukui #kanazawa
Fukui Prefecture enjoyed a 20% increase in visitors over the 11 months since an extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line opened in the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/15/japan/fukui-tourism-boost-shinkansen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jrwest #fukui #hokurikushinkansen #tourism
Nagoya District Court has dismissed lawsuits seeking to revoke decisions by the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority to extend the operating lifespans of three aging nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/crime-legal/nagoya-uphold-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nagoya #fukui #japanesecourts #nuclearenergy #kepco
The retrial of a 59-year-old man who served a seven-year prison sentence for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student in the city of Fukui began Thursday, with a ruling set for July 18. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/07/japan/crime-legal/fukui-1986-murder-retrial-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fukui
Miho-san kindly brought back some usual sweets called 'saikatō' (菜花糖 'sugared rapeseed flowers') from her hometown of Sabae (鯖江市) in Fukui.
A speciality of Daikoku-ya (大黒屋), the small sweets are made from roasted rice dough coated in yuzu peel and sugar.
Kansai Electric Power on Thursday presented to Fukui Prefecture a proposal to double the amount of spent nuclear fuel it will ship from its nuclear plants in the prefecture to France. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/japan/kansai-electric-double-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #nuclearwaste #restarts #fukui #aomori #france #kepco
The Nuclear Regulation Authority has officially ruled the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture noncompliant with the country's new safety standards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/japan/tsuruga-reactor-noncompliant/ #japan #japanatomicpower #fukui #nuclearenergy #nra #restarts #energy #tsuruga
A 59-year-old man who served a prison sentence for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student in central Japan is set to get a retrial, during which he is expected to be found not guilty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-murder-case-retrial/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #fukui
A retrial has been ordered for Shoji Maegawa, who was convicted of murdering a 15-year-old school girl in the city of Fukui in 1986, with the Nagoya High court ruling that law enforcement agencies likely influenced witness statements through coercion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/23/japan/crime-legal/fukui-murder-retrial/ #japan #crimelegal #fukui #japanesecourts #schools
The body of a 14-year-old girl who went missing amid the unprecedented downpour on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, late last month has probably been found, the Japan Coast Guard has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/01/japan/japan-ishikawa-heavy-rain-death/ #japan #floods #wajima #ishikawa #fukui
Title: Shrine of the Paper Makers, Fukui (1951)
Artist: Toshi Yoshida
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Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on Wednesday adopted a draft screening report declaring the No. 2 reactor of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture noncompliant with the country's new safety standards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/28/japan/society/tsuruga-nuclear-reactor/ #japan #society #tsuruga #fukui #nuclearenergy #nra #japanatomicpower
Coast guard officials in Fukui Prefecture are calling for increased vigilance over wild dolphins in the waters off the prefecture, as more cases of human injury have been reported this summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/06/japan/society/fukui-wild-dolphins-warning/ #japan #society #animals #dolphins #japancoastguard #fukui
Japanese nuclear regulators plan to hear opinions from the operator of the Tsuruga nuclear plant before deciding whether to allow its No. 2 reactor to go back online. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/01/japan/nra-tsuruga-plant/ #japan #tsuruga #fukui #nuclearenergy #nra #japanatomicpower
Nuclear regulators said Friday that they have concluded that the No. 2 unit at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture does not meet stricter regulations imposed on the sector following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/26/japan/nuclear-plant-not-approved/ #japan #nuclearenergy #tsuruga #fukui #nuclearregulationauthority
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday approved extensions of the operational periods for the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power's Oi nuclear plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/26/japan/nuclear-plant-operation-extension/ #japan #nuclearenergy #fukui #kepco #nra
Technical and financial problems have been identified in the year since Japan's first transportation service using so-called Level 4 autonomous driving began in the town of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/japan/fukui-selfdriving-problems/ #japan #fukui #cars #selfdriving #rurallife
Local government leaders from Japan and China are interacting with each other actively even as state-level exchanges remain almost halted, amid continuing tensions including over Taiwan and China's ban on seafood imports from Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/japan/japan-china-regional-exchanges/ #japan #chinajapanrelations #toyama #okinawa #fukui
