Quake and Tsunami
August 16, 2011
The future was looking bright for the president of coffee shop chain Benugo Japan. After taking over the post last October, he managed to pay off the struggling company's debts ...
August 15, 2011
This summer, tours of the areas stricken by the Great East Japan Earthquake are bringing students from other prefectures to observe first-hand the damage done by the quake and...
August 11, 2011
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced starting Aug. 11 that it will implement improvements to boost the accuracy of its emergency earthquake alert system, which notifies...
August 09, 2011
To better convey a sense of alarm and urgency to evacuate, the Japan Meteorological Agency will issue "an enormous tsunami will likely follow" warning after earthquakes that...
August 09, 2011
RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--A ceremonial fire was lit Aug. 8, as part of the Obon festival in this northern Japanese city, one of the hardest hit by the Great East Japan...
August 05, 2011
AIZUWAKAMATSU--The opening ceremony for the 35th Fukushima Festival of Arts and Sciences was held on Aug. 4 with high hopes for the future despite the crisis at Fukushima No. 1 ...
August 05, 2011
Canada and Fiji have set up programs to give young victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake the chance to study abroad.
August 04, 2011
Nippon Paper Group Inc. will cut 1,300 jobs from its paper division, a 15-percent reduction in the division's workforce, while slashing production capacity by the same figure,...
August 04, 2011
Five key challenges stand in the way of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s efforts to stabilize the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and eventually remove damaged fuel from ...
August 03, 2011
AOMORI--The Aomori Nebuta Festival, one of the three major festivals in the disaster-affected Tohoku region, kicked off on Aug. 2, carrying people's hope for a quick return to...
August 01, 2011
With rubble everywhere in sight and jobs nowhere to be found more than four months after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, there is one obvious job for anyone with the...
August 01, 2011
The devastation of the March 11 earthquake has prompted local governments and businesses to scramble for measures and proposals to mitigate future damage in this natural...
August 01, 2011
Nothing gets in the way or even near Aomori Prefecture's summer festivals, the grandest among them parades of immense illuminated floats depicting ancient warriors, accompanied ...
July 30, 2011
ONAGAWA, Miyagi Prefecture--Following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, the father of Robert Lehne, an assistant language teacher (ALT), saw the news and images of the...
July 30, 2011
The government's Reconstruction Headquarters on July 29 unveiled what Prime Minister Naoto Kan called a "grand picture" for recovery that would spend roughly 19 trillion yen...
July 28, 2011
Caught off guard by the enormous strength of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency will revise the way it issues tsunami warnings for quakes with...
July 26, 2011
In the days following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, the absence of looters in the disaster-ravaged areas was viewed with amazement by the rest of the world.
July 26, 2011
Residents of Miyagi Prefecture thanked the head of U.S Forces Japan on July 25 for the United States' relief effort following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
July 26, 2011
OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--What kind of business will be the first to recover when a town is trying to rebuild from a devastating disaster?
July 25, 2011
OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--With radiation levels still high more than four months after the nuclear disaster, attendees at a memorial ceremony on July 24 for victims of the...