Life and Death

PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (15): The ...
Kenji Shishido poses for a photo with the dog Oni in the first shelter in Iinomachi district of Fukushima city. (Provided by a relative of Kenji Shishido)
Editor's note: This is the 15th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in the ...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (14):...
Veterinarian Seido Watanabe, left, works in the second animal shelter in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 9, 2013. (Misuzu Tsukue)
Editor's note: This is the 14th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in the ...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (13):...
Cattle were put down one after another in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 21, 2012. (Provided by Yasuaki Tashiro)
Editor's note: This is the 13th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in the ...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (12):...
A stray cow wanders through a garden in the no-entry zone. (Provided by Seido Watanabe)
Editor's note: This is the 12th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in the ...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (11):...
Cattle wander in the no-entry zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on Dec. 8, 2012. (Misuzu Tsukue)
Editor's note: This is the 11th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in the ...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (10):...
A veterinarian in Fukushima Prefecture put up a poster on the broken front door of his animal hospital saying, “Don’t hurt our feelings any more.”
Editor's note: This is the 10th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in the ...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (9):...
A pet rescue worker tries to take a dog into custody within the no-go zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Provided by Seido Watanabe)
Editor's note: This is the ninth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (8):...
Mieko Yoshida, a cram school teacher, stands in front of the city office carrying a placard calling for the rescue of pets left in the Fukushima no-go zone.
Editor's note: This is the eighth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
Last remaining pupil at Fukushima school hides his...
Takashi Sato studies arithmetic with teacher Kei Omuro at the Onami Elementary School in Fukushima. (Yusaku Kanagawa)
FUKUSHIMA--Takashi Sato arrives at Onami Elementary School around 7:30 a.m., changes his navy uniform for a sky blue sweat suit, and starts his daily routine surrounded by...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (7): Dogs ...
A dog is groomed by workers at the animal shelter operated by the Fukushima prefectural government. (Provided by Kazumi Mochizuki)
Editor's note: This is the seventh part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (6): Dogs ...
The condition of a shelter for dogs and cats, set up by the Fukushima prefectural government, was a grave one on May 17, 2011. (Provided by Shoko Imakawa)
Editor's note: This is the sixth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (5): Dogs ...
A stray dog wanders around in a no-entry zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on July 3, 2011. (Provided by Kosuke Ota)
Editor's note: This is the fifth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (4): An...
"Pet Village" was constructed for dogs and cats of evacuees. (Provided by Kazumi Mochizuki)
Editor's note: This is the fourth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
Survivors of 3/11 disaster issue newspaper to pull...
Inochi newspaper editors Yuya Kawamura, left, Tomoe Ito, second from right, and Ruiko Sasahara, right, talk about the content of their newspaper in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture. (Shu Nomura)
KITAKAMI, Iwate Prefecture—Disaster survivors who lost family members and friends in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami are publishing a newspaper to help others overcome their...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (3): Pets ...
A notice pasted at an evacuation center reads, “It is prohibited to bring pets (such as dogs and birds) into this building." (Provided by Seido Watanabe)
Editor's note: This is the third part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (2):...
Dogs that were left in Seido Watanabe’s animal hospital (Provided by Seido Watanabe)
Editor's note: This is the second part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (1):...
The puppy saved by Seido Watanabe. He named it Ohagi. (Provided by Seido Watanabe)
Editor's note: This is the first part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
Recovered buoy revives restaurant
Sakiko Miura holds the "kei" buoy that was returned to her after it floated to Alaska. In the background is the restaurant she plans to open this spring on the site where her home once stood. (Kengo Hiyoshi)
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--After her buoy survived a 5,000-kilometer journey across the Pacific, Sakiko Miura, 64, plans to keep it safely indoors when her restaurant...
PHOTO: Cherry blossom road partially open to...
A man views cherry blossoms in the Yonomori district of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7. A barricade is seen in the background. (Naoko Kawamura)
TOMIOKA, Fukushima Prefecture--Evacuees are trickling back to see the famed “cherry blossoms of Yonomori” that had attracted more than 100,000 annual sightseers before the...
Parents of firefighters lost in 3/11, 9/11 share...
Yoko Abe, center, her husband Shintaro, right, and Lee Ielpi attend a news conference in New York on April 5. (Daisuke Nakai)
NEW YORK--Shintaro and Yoko Abe lost their son, Kenichi, when the 39-year-old volunteer firefighter died trying to help people escape the 2011 tsunami in Soma, Fukushima...