Iwate Prefecture
January 31, 2013
MIYAKO, Iwate Prefecture--After surviving the devastating tsunami of March 2011, Cinemarine, the only movie house in the coastal area here, is faced with yet another crisis:...
December 07, 2012
Internet surfers can now take a virtual tour of the interiors of schools, city halls and other buildings in the Tohoku region that were damaged by the Great East Japan...
September 28, 2012
KANEGASAKI, Iwate Prefecture--When artisans Utako Sawafuji and Tadashi Ogasawara set out to make a handbag, they didn't settle for the traditional leather, denim or canvas...
September 10, 2012
As heavy construction continues in rebuilding regions of northeastern Japan that were damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, a serious shortage of accommodations for...
August 12, 2012
Survivors prayed for victims of last year’s earthquake and tsunami on Aug. 11 ahead of the traditional Bon period, when the spirits of the dead are believed to return to...
May 25, 2012
At least 4.1 percent of police department workers are showing signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the three prefectures hardest hit by the Great East Japan...
May 13, 2012
ICHINOSEKI, Iwate Prefecture--A craft beer maker in this northern city is using a yeast strain that barely survived last year's tsunami to create a brew that is helping to fund ...
March 16, 2012
SUMITA, Iwate Prefecture -- Joni Owada and her family live surrounded by hills, far from the sea, yet their front yard is filled with round floats--the glass type used by...
March 12, 2012
As the sound of sirens resounded across Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m., Tomonobu and Midori Mori put their hands together and prayed for the shy girl who grew up ...
March 12, 2012
OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--People living in areas that were devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake have been reaching out to one another and the nation through a flurry...
March 11, 2012
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--Naoya Okamoto, who saw his high school washed away in the tsunami spawned by last year's Great East Japan Earthquake, returned here on March 11 ...
February 01, 2012
Described as having the "hands of God," Ruiko Sasahara has the heavenly ability to bring back smiles to the faces of the long deceased.
December 11, 2011
When the colors of fall descend upon the mountains of Ninohe in Iwate Prefecture, it is time for the Kuji Brewery to begin making a new batch.
September 06, 2011
Six months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, some fortunate diners--several thousand Tokyo residentsgot to feast on sanma (saury), an autumn delicacy, thanks to the...
September 02, 2011
Donald Keene, the renowned scholar of Japanese literature, has decided to make Japan his permanent home.
August 15, 2011
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--Suisen Shuzo Co. had scheduled a ceremony to celebrate the shipping of its 2010 sake vintage for mid-afternoon on March 11.
August 10, 2011
KAMAISHI, Iwate Prefecture--When Maestro Yutaka Sado assembled a "Superkids Orchestra" to pay homage to victims of the March 11 disaster, he chose a spot much beloved by...
August 08, 2011
In the months following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, just as people in disaster-hit regions have been struggling to get back on their feet, many wild animals have...
August 08, 2011
MIYAKO, Iwate Prefecture -- People displaced by the Great East Japan Earthquake prepared for Bon, Japan's traditional festival of the dead, on Aug. 7 by burning pine roots in...
July 29, 2011
Hiraizumi, now a sleepy Iwate Prefecture town surrounded by mountains and foothills, was the cultural center of northern Japan in the 12th century--a golden period that started ...