Recovery
March 05, 2013
Sixty percent of Fukushima Prefecture residents said it will take more than 20 years to recoup the lifestyles they lost when the prefecture was hit by the triple disaster of...
March 04, 2013
The government hopes to alleviate a bottleneck in reconstruction work across Japan's disaster zone by building several new plants to mix concrete there, including those based...
March 03, 2013
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--The sole pine tree to survive the tsunami at a beauty spot here is being re-erected as an enduring monument after intensive preservation work.
March 02, 2013
NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Developers have unveiled a snake-like robot that they say can worm its way around obstacles and take videos in hard-to-reach places, such as disaster ...
March 01, 2013
More than half of local governments devastated by the 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan say they will need six to 10 more years to completely rebuild their communities, an...
March 01, 2013
Businesses have banded together to provide a new home for the creatures at Japan’s oldest private aquarium after it closes in autumn next year.
February 26, 2013
Populations have declined in nearly all coastal municipalities in the three prefectures hit hardest by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, creating an overall exodus of 72,000...
February 25, 2013
Victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake will be allowed to stay in temporary government housing for an additional year as new public housing construction lags in the...
February 25, 2013
As a harbinger of spring and hope for a hard-hit region, peach blossoms are blooming at a fruit orchard in Date, Fukushima Prefecture.
February 23, 2013
Nearly half of the debris in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures--the three hit hardest by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake--has been disposed of, the Environment...
February 22, 2013
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--Carved display boards are delivering messages of hope and bringing back memories of a once-bustling shopping street that was wiped out by the ...
February 19, 2013
Soaring prices of construction materials have scared off contractors and are stalling projects in the areas of northeastern Japan that were devastated by the March 2011 quake...
February 19, 2013
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--Undaunted by the tsunami disaster that nearly wiped out their livelihoods two years ago, a handful of fishermen still ply the waters of...
February 16, 2013
Carrying the hopes for a return to a rich and bountiful ocean, a new survey ship took to the sea on Feb. 15 to research what effect the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami...
February 14, 2013
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Two 1-kilogram gold bars worth 10 million yen ($107,000) were sent anonymously to the operator of a fish market here that was destroyed in the...
February 13, 2013
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--A lone pine tree that survived the 2011 tsunami when this city was all but swept away is on its way to becoming a permanent memorial after...
February 11, 2013
SENBOKU, Akita Prefecture--The night skies of Senboku were ablaze in a warm orange light on Feb. 10 as the people in this northern Japanese city celebrated their traditional...
February 08, 2013
A snorkel-equipped bulldozer designed for shallow coastal and river work has been cranked into life again after sitting idle for 20 years.
February 01, 2013
New standards being drafted by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) call for strict new safety measures that could delay the restart of idled reactors and place a heavy...
February 01, 2013
Improvements in safety proposed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority could see Japan's nuclear plants acquire safeguards recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency in ...