Recovery
May 21, 2013
A fishing vessel from Fukushima Prefecture caught fish in waters south of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on May 20 to test them for levels of radiation...
May 21, 2013
HIGASHI-MATSUSHIMA, Miyagi Prefecture--Workers have installed panels at a park here in what is expected to be the first mega-solar power plant in the disaster area of the...
May 19, 2013
FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture—The famed Hula Girls have started sharing their experiences of the 2011 disasters at elementary schools across the nation, beginning with a...
May 17, 2013
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 uprooted the lives of friends and family of Haruna Shiraiwa in this coastal city in northeastern Japan.
May 04, 2013
ONAGAWA, Miyagi Prefecture--About 100 volunteers from around the country gathered together to help carry a mikoshi, or portable shrine, during a spring festival in this...
April 25, 2013
OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--Five cherry trees that survived the tsunami disaster two years ago have bloomed for the last time.
April 25, 2013
MATSUSHIMA, Miyagi Prefecture--There's one thing about the pictures that French artist Georges Rousse draws: They are not meant to last.
April 18, 2013
MIYAKO, Iwate Prefecture--Once fearful that the Cinemarine might close, moviegoers are now anxiously anticipating the next summer blockbuster playing here at the coastal area's ...
April 10, 2013
Electric power companies will have to prepare back-up power sources and have fire trucks ready near all of their nuclear reactors. They will be required to construct sturdy...
April 10, 2013
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--With Children's Day approaching, craftsman Hiroyuki Yoshida is busy creating traditional streamers in his restored studio, which was damaged in the ...
April 03, 2013
OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture--A railway in a quake-devastated coastal area partly resumed operations on April 3 for the first time since the Great East Japan Earthquake two years...
April 03, 2013
With donations of more than 2.9 billion yen ($31 million) each, the United States and Taiwan ranked as the first- and second-largest overseas donors to the Japanese Red Cross...
April 02, 2013
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--Years from now, 17,000 cherry trees will mark a 170-kilometer stretch of the Tohoku region that was devastated by the March 11, 2011, tsunami...
April 01, 2013
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Although cherry blossoms are not in bloom yet in the Tohoku area, a handprinted painting of a tree in full bloom can currently be seen in the...
March 29, 2013
Residents living near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have reacted strongly to a proposal to preserve parts of the site as a cautionary example for future...
March 28, 2013
High schoolers from Japan's disaster-hit prefectures are going abroad not only as students but also as "diplomats," sharing their experiences and thoughts with others of their...
March 24, 2013
The scars of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated coastlines of northeastern Japan two years ago are still visible, prompting calls in affected local communities ...
March 21, 2013
A statue built on Chile’s Easter Island for a town devastated by the 2011 tsunami has landed in Japan, a symbol of the long-standing friendship between the two disaster-prone ...
March 12, 2013
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia--Students here marked the second anniversary of Japan's 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami with prayers and expressions of solidarity with the...
March 12, 2013
KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip--A thousand local children gathered in southern Gaza Strip and flew kites on March 11 to commemorate the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and...