The origins of Taimatsu Akashi can be traced to a battle in 1589, when the castle in Sukagawa, now a city in Fukushima Prefecture, fell to a powerful warlord. Groups of local residents form teams ...

One young man is bringing back color to Fukushima's Tomioka Town, which was famous for its spring flowers until the 2011 Fukushima Daichii nuclear accident changed the landscape.