Great East Japan Earthquake
May 25, 2013
FUKUSHIMA--The population of Fukushima Prefecture increased over the previous month for the first time since the 2011 nuclear disaster, prefecture authorities said May 24.
May 25, 2013
The Environment Ministry has reorganized natural parks in the Sanriku coastal region into one national park as part of efforts to spur reconstruction of the area devastated by...
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 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 14, 2013
KASHIMA, Ibaraki Prefecture--With the completion of the Ichino torii gate at Kashima-jingu shrine on Kitaura lake on May 13, Japan has a new record holder for the highest torii ...
May 13, 2013
IZUMO, Shimane Prefecture--On a day when the gods must have been smiling, a ceremony was held on May 11 to express gratitude to all those involved in the renovation of Izumo...
May 11, 2013
May 11 marks two years and two months since the Great East Japan Earthquake. For some time after the disaster, newspapers were filled with heartbreaking stories. But there were ...
May 11, 2013
Zunko Tohoku, a copyright-free character created in October 2011 to support the Tohoku region after the Great East Japan Earthquake that year, will get a novel this summer.
May 10, 2013
Renowned architect Shigeru Ban is known for his diverse and wide-ranging works, which are being showcased at a major retrospective at Art Tower Mito’s Contemporary Art...
April 29, 2013
Editor's note: This is the fourth part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
April 29, 2013
Writing a novel may now become as simple as exchanging e-mails on one's smartphone. The "Yaritori Book Store" app, released April 2, lets users assemble their e-mail...
April 28, 2013
KITAKAMI, Iwate Prefecture—Disaster survivors who lost family members and friends in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami are publishing a newspaper to help others overcome their...
April 27, 2013
Philosopher Shunsuke Tsurumi once wrote: "Having been told of the nation's defeat in World War II during the summer holiday of 1945, the hearts of schoolteachers were heavy as...
April 25, 2013
OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--Five cherry trees that survived the tsunami disaster two years ago have bloomed for the last time.
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 12, 2013
Editor's note: This is the 18th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the secret missions assigned to the ...
April 09, 2013
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--After her buoy survived a 5,000-kilometer journey across the Pacific, Sakiko Miura, 64, plans to keep it safely indoors when her restaurant...
April 07, 2013
More than two years after the 3/11 disaster, a tremendous amount of tsunami debris remains uncollected throughout Japan’s Tohoku region. In municipalties like Rikuzentakata,...
April 04, 2013
On the ocean floor off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Yasuaki Kagii looked in horror at the broken homes and wrecked cars that were swept away by the 2011 tsunami.
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...