ILEA001195768: Tokyo department store promotes Tohoku products

Tokyo Electric Power president at Fukushima Daiichi plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant employees at the crippled plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 23, 2021, about two weeks after the 10th anniversary of the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11, 2011, earthquake-tsunami.

Tohoku University and TEPCO to conduct joint research on decommissioning

The term is five years. The division will conductresearch in a wide range of fields to solve various technical problems at the decommissioning site, including evaluation technology to detect the aging deterioration of structures. With the aim of fostering human resources, a CFReND branch office will be established at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site this summer. On-site exchanges of opinions between engineers at the decommissioning site and Tohoku University faculty and graduate students will be promoted. Nobuyoshi Hara, vice president of Tohoku University (photo at right), says, "We will continue our efforts to promote decommissioning. (Photo taken on March 24, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Olympic torch in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan, March 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2020, shows the flame for the Tokyo Olympics being carried by Sanriku Railway's Rias Line. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26.

Marble running autonomously (left) and Effibot following it.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) conducted a demonstration test of a transportation robot on the Marunouchi Building grounds in Marunouchi, Tokyo. The effectiveness of the robots was verified as a solution to the social issues facing the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, such as labor shortages and the burden of transportation work. The event was designed for the last mile in logistics. The robots, "Marble" and "Effibot" provided by Up Quality (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), were used to transport the cargo from the unloading point to a sales store about 100 meters away. Marble went to the destination autonomously, and Effibot, loaded with farm products, followed Marble. In an environment where an unspecified number of people come and go, we verified issues for practical use, such as safety and stability. This demonstration experiment is the third phase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's "Tokyo Robot Collection" project. Marunouchi Building, November 2, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Smoking in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 31 Kyodo - File photo taken in April 2010 shows a member of staff putting up a "No Smoking" sticker at a restaurant in a department store in Yokohama.

Japan Post to hike parcel delivery rates by 12%

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Kunio Yokoyama, president of Japan Post Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2017. The company said it will raise basic shipping fees for its door-to-door parcel delivery service by an average 12 percent from March 2018 as labor costs continue to climb due to a courier shortage.

Kin pray for 1985 JAL crash victims on eve of 32nd anniversary

UENO, Japan, Aug. 11 Kyodo - Relatives of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash victims pay tribute to their loved ones on Aug. 11, 2017, on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the disaster, by floating paper lanterns on a river in the mountainous village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. On Aug. 12, 1985, Flight 123, en route from Tokyo to Osaka with 524 passengers and crew aboard, crashed into Osutaka Ridge in the village, killing all but four in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.

Printemps Ginza closes after 32 years of operation

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 31 Kyodo - An employee of department store Printemps Ginza in central Tokyo cries during a ceremony on Dec. 31, 2016 to mark its closing after 32 years of operation.

Convenience store at Fukushima nuclear complex

A Lawson convenience store opens within the premises of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on March 1, 2016, following the 2011 triple meltdowns in the wake of a huge earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

FUKUOKA, Japan - Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., delivers a New Year address to company officials at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. He stressed that Kyushu Electric must be successful in reactivating its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, possibly in March, to become the first of the idled nuclear plants to restart operations in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Tokyo department store promotes Tohoku products

TOKYO, Japan - Producers promote seaweed at an event introducing farm products from the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku at the Matsuzakaya Ueno department store in Tokyo on March 5, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami.

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