Fukushima

[ foo-koo-shee-muh; Japanese foo-koo-shee-mah ]

noun

1. a city on N Honshu, in N Japan.

Fukushima

/ ˌfuːkuːˈʃiːmə /

noun

1. a city in Japan, in N Honshu: noted for production of silk; sight of a serious nuclear power station accident following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Pop: 290 064 (2011 est)

Example Sentences

In 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan badly damaged the world's view of nuclear power, and the price for the heavy metal - a critical component for nuclear fuel - cratered.

From BBC

Two years earlier, the Tōhoku region of Japan, where Oshu sits, had been hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake, which killed more than 19,000 people and triggered the tsunami that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

From Los Angeles Times

But the acts of aggression have aggravated growing mistrust between Japan and China, which have clashed on everything from regional defense to a controversial plan to release treated wastewater from Japan’s decommissioned nuclear plant in Fukushima last year.

From Los Angeles Times

British luxury retailer Harrods has begun selling peaches from Japan's Fukushima region as part of efforts to restore trust in produce grown there following 2011's nuclear disaster.

From BBC

The meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's reactors after a devastating tsunami caused a radiation leak that is still being dealt with to this day.

From BBC