Recovery
December 16, 2012
SENDAI--To show its gratitude to the U.S. military for its assistance in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Ground Self-Defense Force has changed the name of ...
December 11, 2012
KOBE—Nighttime sightseers are admiring this city's winter illuminations this year, an annual tradition dating from 1995, the year Kobe was recovering from a devastating...
December 08, 2012
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--The root system of a lone pine tree that withstood last year's earthquake and tsunami will also be treated and preserved along with the trunk.
December 02, 2012
MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Sparkling Christmas illuminations brought a ray of joy to children uprooted by last year's nuclear disaster.
November 30, 2012
Japan is providing $5 million to the U.S. to help with collection and disposal of marine debris from its March 2011 tsunami disaster.
November 17, 2012
AIZUWAKAMATSU and KITAKATA, Fukushima Prefecture--Many regions in Japan have their own distinctive arts and crafts that are rooted in local history and natural resources.
November 10, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture—Post-disaster restoration work is complete at the Shiramizu Amidado hall, which is now lit up at night.
November 10, 2012
FUKUSHIMA--The prefectural museum of art here is echoing with the joyful sound of children's voices as they jump and slide on a giant piece of installation art made of futon...
November 08, 2012
Thousands of pictures taken a year after Japan's devastating quake and tsunami have gone online, as a local university tries to preserve memories of the disaster—and show the ...
November 03, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Business was brisk Nov. 2 as customers snapped up cyclamen plants grown by Iwaki Agricultural High School students, resuming a local tradition for...
November 03, 2012
Members of the renowned Vienna Philharmonic orchestra have visited the scene of last year's earthquake and tsunami, where they performed for survivors and for the souls of...
November 02, 2012
SINGAPORE--Rice from Fukushima Prefecture is among food products featured at a trade fair here, as producers try to convince foreign consumers that Japanese delicacies remain...
October 30, 2012
Fukushima Prefecture, site of last year's nuclear disaster, will establish a research base there with the International Atomic Energy Agency to study decontamination and...
October 21, 2012
Illuminating the Tokyo night in a glow that made onlookers pause in reflection, candles were lit by college students bearing messages from the stricken people of northeastern...
October 21, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Seventy baby loggerhead sea turtles whose births were threatened by the aftereffects of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 last year were...
October 14, 2012
KAWAUCHI, Fukushima Prefecture--Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko observed decontamination work on Oct. 13 in their first visit to Fukushima Prefecture since May 2011, two...
October 14, 2012
OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--Shoals of salmon have returned to a local river, an uplifting sign for residents that one of the many scars left by last year's earthquake and...
October 12, 2012
One could say Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Alubomulle Sumanasara has a way with words. He has sold more than 1 million copies of his collected sermons during two decades of...
October 07, 2012
Renovation work at Tokyo Station has quietly honored Japan's 2011 quake and tsunami victims, with a roof now tiled with slates from the disaster zone.
October 07, 2012
NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--A two-story hotel consisting of orange and blue freight containers opened in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, to help alleviate the accommodation shortage...