Great East Japan Earthquake
October 21, 2012
At a converted electronic components factory in Fukushima, capital of Fukushima Prefecture, a wall is filled with messages from across the country to encourage students who are ...
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 15, 2012
"Japan in a Day," a documentary in which famed British filmmaker Ridley Scott served as executive producer, will have its world premiere at the 25th Tokyo International Film...
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 13, 2012
Artistic expression knows no boundaries, so it stands to reason that time and place play a major role in getting the creative juices flowing.
October 12, 2012
NAGOYA--As far as Nestor Puno is concerned, last year's Great East Japan Earthquake--which left an estimated 20,000 people dead or missing--was a trial run for a disaster of...
October 12, 2012
Dogs rescued from the disaster zone in the Tohoku region are exhibiting significant signs of long-term stress and psychological trauma, a study has shown.
October 08, 2012
About 38 million people, or about 30 percent of the Japanese population, live on weak foundations vulnerable to increased shaking and liquefaction in an earthquake, according...
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...
October 06, 2012
The government is renovating its buildings using at least 12 billion yen ($150 million) in funds initially intended to reconstruct areas devastated by last year’s earthquake...
October 03, 2012
More than half of Japan's leading newspapers have called for the abolition of nuclear power, a study has shown, and separately some news editors have admitted they could have...
September 26, 2012
OSAKA--Although news broadcasters first, reporters at Mainichi Broadcasting System Inc. knew that the footage they shot of people impacted by the Great East Japan Earthquake...
September 23, 2012
HONOLULU--A large plastic bin is the first confirmed piece of marine debris from last year's Japan tsunamis to arrive in Hawaii, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
September 23, 2012
On a recent summer Sunday afternoon, a gathering of about 30 people could be seen laying straw in a pumpkin patch and pulling weeds in a scallion field on a farm in Tochigi...
September 20, 2012
NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--Whereas last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami turned rice fields here into swamps and destroyed vegetation, it did miraculously bring to...
September 18, 2012
German musicians, including members of one of the world's leading orchestras, are raising funds for a youth orchestra in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, where children continue to...
September 17, 2012
When Toshitsugu Fujii became head of a Japanese task force on disaster response at Mount Fuji, he was confronted with a startling oversight. Japan had no plan in place to deal...
September 16, 2012
YATOMI, Aichi Prefecture--Japan's "miracle" lone pine tree, a symbol of hope after last year's horrendous tsunami, is no more.
September 14, 2012
Facing death on March 11, 2011, Kakichi Saijo watched as the fast-moving waters of the tsunami approached his home in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.