Life and Death
March 24, 2013
NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Children's satchels scattered on the floor on March 11, 2011, were just as Shoko Tsushima remembered.
March 14, 2013
NIHONMATSU, Fukushima Prefecture--Emotions ran high at a graduation ceremony for junior high school students from Namie town as children recalled what they and their families...
March 14, 2013
Professional orchestras are recording the songs of schools slated for closure in Japan's most disaster-stricken prefectures in hopes of preserving a piece of history and...
March 12, 2013
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--It is one of countless indelible images that came from the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake.
March 11, 2013
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--After losing his wife and young daughters in the earthquake and tsunami disaster two years ago, Mitsugu Nitta was inconsolable.
March 11, 2013
With the slow pace of rebuilding from the 2011 natural disasters causing some victims to worry about being forgotten, an American woman is working in Iwate Prefecture to ensure ...
March 11, 2013
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of northeastern Japan.
March 10, 2013
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Long overlooked in coverage of the earthquake and tsunami disaster, foreign wives and mothers finally have a voice.
March 08, 2013
NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Kenji Sakurai often visits the spot where the wall of water two years ago killed his wife and two daughters and swept away the family home.
March 08, 2013
SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--A local couple who lost their son in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster will meet an American man who lost his in the 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
March 07, 2013
A gold replica of the left foot of soccer superstar Lionel Messi went on sale in Tokyo on March 7, with part of the proceeds going to young victims of the 2011 Tohoku disaster.
March 07, 2013
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Even after two years, Takashi Suzuki tries to keep control of his emotions as he prays for his daughter at the family altar each morning.
March 06, 2013
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Masatoshi Saijo gingerly opened a package sent to his company on Feb. 7, wondering if it contained "hazardous material" because it was so heavy.
March 05, 2013
MORIOKA--The first time Yuya Kawamura saw his newborn son, the baby was already dead.
February 22, 2013
Relatives of seven patients who died in the course of evacuating a hospital near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster site are planning to sue the plant operator for...
February 19, 2013
An upcoming documentary film depicts the ongoing burden for evacuees from a village situated close to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
February 18, 2013
SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture—Vanessa Kanno started sobbing when she looked at the messages scrawled in chalk by the man who had provided her with a quiet but happy life.
February 10, 2013
HANOI--In a rehabilitation center at Bach Mai Hospital here, Do Thi Cuong did rehabilitation exercises for 20 minutes, using the new pedal-driven wheelchair sent from a company ...
January 28, 2013
FUKUSHIMA--Masahiko Nakamura quickly grasped that dosimeters with displays were of virtually no use to visually impaired residents of Fukushima Prefecture after the nuclear...
January 14, 2013
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--Coming-of-Age Day events, for young people who have turned or will turn 20 years old by the end of March, were scheduled throughout Japan on...