MIYAGI PREFECTURE GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO RESUME OPERATIONS AT THE TSUNAMI-HIT REACTOR

Highlights –

• Miyagi prefecture gives green light to resume operations at the tsunami-hit reactor.
• Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s No.2 unit – Onagawa plant was given approval with local consent to restart.
• Miyagi Prefecture Go...

Ishinomaki hangs on to olive cultivation to make up for Tsunami

In November, the people of Ishinomaki, in the northeastern prefecture of Miyagi, are getting accustomed to seeing olive trees carrying black and green olives. In winters, it is usual for the region to experience sub-zero temperatures.

The 70-year-old, Shoetsu Chiba spoke about the farmi...

Ishinomaki, a tsunami-hit, cold area, hopes hanging on the production of olives

In November, the landscape of olive trees bearing green and black fruit is becoming familiar to Ishinomaki residents in Miyagi's northeastern Japanese prefecture, which usually sees winter temperatures below freezing.

"When I heard the project for olive growing, I wondered if w...