Tohoku region

BOJ reports impact of China spat and economic...
Price cuts in 700 items are advertised at a supermarket of the Seiyu GK chain in Tokyo's Sugamo district on Oct. 22. (Haruka Takashige)
October 23, 2012
The Bank of Japan has revised its assessment of business conditions across much of the nation, amid the double blows of China's economic slowdown and an anti-Japan backlash by...
Tohoku Shinkansen celebrates 30 years of speedy...
A commemorative train celebrating the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line arrives at Morioka Station on June 23. (Kengo Hiyoshi)
June 23, 2012
SAITAMA--Celebrations were held at stations along the route of the Tohoku Shinkansen on June 23 as the bullet train celebrated its 30th anniversary of linking the Tokyo...
EDITORIAL: Reach out and help children scarred by...
June 13, 2012
Hundreds of children were bereaved by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. It is high time we devoted attention to what we can do to help relieve their suffering.
VOX POPULI: Jomon Venus links us to a primordial...
“Jomon Venus,” a 4,500-year-old clay figurine unearthed in Yamagata Prefecture, is to be designated a national treasure. (Provided by Yamagata prefectural government)
April 28, 2012
In the spring of 1820, a farmer found a marble statue of a woman on the Aegean island of Milos. Her upper body was twisted slightly to the right and her gaze was directed to...
Business leaders concerned about declining...
Work continues in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, to remove buildings damaged by last year's quake and tsunami. (The Asahi Shimbun)
March 11, 2012
Business owners in quake-hit areas of Tohoku are haunted by concerns about the long-term viability of their communities, despite the positive effects of the billions of yen...
Cold snap keeps earthquake evacuees in the deep...
Tae Kikuchi, who lives in temporary housing for quake and tsunami survivors in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, leaves her taps running after 11 p.m. every night. (Yuki Nikaido)
January 31, 2012
Local governments are scrambling to improve insulation in temporary housing units for Great East Japan Earthquake evacuees amid some of the coldest weather experienced in a...
Troubled times for transport in Tohoku
An official with the Miyagi prefectural government, right, explains the progress of repair work at Sendai Port to a Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. representative. (Masamichi Maeji)
November 14, 2011
Sendai Port, the tsunami-stricken Tohoku region's gateway to commerce, is still out of action eight months after the March 11 disaster.
Toyota picks Tohoku to hedge quake risks
Akio Toyoda, center, poses with Iwate Governor Takuya Tasso, left, and Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai before a meeting at Miyagi prefectural government in Sendai July 19. (Masaru Komiyaji)
July 20, 2011
Toyota Motor Corp. is bolstering operations in the disaster-ravaged Tohoku region to disperse risks from the long-predicted Tokai earthquake and reduce production costs.
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