Oregon

U.S. dock resembles one from Japan
In this Dec. 21 file photo provided by the Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, scientists and others inspect a dock that floated up on a remote stretch of wilderness beach in northwestern Washington.(AP Photo/Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife)
December 29, 2012
A scientist who examined the dock that recently washed ashore on Washington's Olympic Peninsula says it looks just like another one that came ashore on a Pacific Northwest...
BIZ BRIEF: Hitachi High-Tech to open U.S....
August 29, 2012
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. announced Aug. 29 it will establish a process engineering center in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, to strengthen its overseas customer support ...
EDITORIAL: Floating tsunami debris now a pressing...
June 11, 2012
Millions of tons of debris that washed into the Pacific Ocean after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami last year is drifting ever closer to North America or turning up ...
Dock from quake-ravaged Aomori washes up on Oregon...
A huge concrete dock from Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, washed up on an Oregon beach after a 15-month journey across the Pacific Ocean following the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Provided by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department)
June 08, 2012
A huge concrete dock set adrift from tsunami-stricken Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan washed up on a beach in Newport, Oregon, on June 5, after a 15-month journey across...
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