The Emperor and Empress observe decontamination work on Saturday on homes in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, where some residents have begun to return after evacuation.

"The more you fail, the more opportunities will come your way. So while you're still young, make many mistakes and suffer setbacks," Nobel Prize laureate Shinya Yamanaka, 50, said at a forum organized by The Yomiuri Shimbun at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Meguro Ward, Tokyo. (Oct.14) [More...]

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