evacuee
January 11, 2013
Former residents of nursing homes near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant died at a higher rate than usual in 2011, a study has shown, likely because of the stress of evacuation ...
July 02, 2012
After being forced to evacuate her home following the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, homemaker Hideka Mochizuki now finds herself an evacuee in Osaka and...
March 21, 2012
YEONGDEOK, South Korea--Japanese protesters joined their South Korean counterparts on March 19 and 20 in demonstrations to protest plans to construct new nuclear power plants...
February 24, 2012
They’ve banded together in various areas around Japan to perhaps see familiar faces or be around those who truly understand their predicament.
December 17, 2011
In a rush to fulfill a pledge to the international community to bring the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant under control, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda may...
December 08, 2011
KAZO, Saitama Prefecture--Santa Claus may be universal, but the one who turned up to visit child evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster needed an interpreter nevertheless.
December 07, 2011
Japan's first man in space is now roaming the Earth as an evacuee, having lost everything, after abandoning his farm in Fukushima Prefecture because of the accident at the...
December 07, 2011
FUKUSHIMA--Schoolchildren in this northern city got a special visit and words of encouragement on Dec. 6 from Yoko Ono.
December 03, 2011
An evacuee from Fukushima Prefecture told the Upper House Special Committee on Reconstruction how difficult life has become for her, and others like her, who have been...
November 06, 2011
BANGKOK--As flood waters continue to inundate central parts of Thailand's capital, thousands of people are rushing to find shelter, in some cases huddling under structures such ...
November 01, 2011
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine--Lyubov Oshurkevich felt the familiar pain when she watched news of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March and thought about the...
October 24, 2011
BANGKOK--With parts of Bangkok under water, there are growing fears that flooding will inundate Don Muang airport in the northern part of the capital where 4,000 people are...
September 29, 2011
The changing colors of the autumnal landscape prompt travelers to venture far and wide to soak up the seasonal scenery.
September 24, 2011
AIZU-WAKAMATSU, Fukushima Prefecture -- About 500 people dressed as lords, warriors and noble women of the old Aizu feudal domain marched and rode through this northeastern...
September 20, 2011
NISSHIN, Aichi Prefecture--City officials here decided to cancel the use of fireworks made in Fukushima Prefecture after a number of residents complained about the possibility...
August 11, 2011
Temperatures rose above 35 degrees at 38 locations in 11 prefectures by noon on Aug. 11, turning up the heat on survivors of the March 11 disaster at evacuation centers and...
July 14, 2011
Four months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, volunteers are still desperately needed in the hardest-hit areas for jobs ranging from clearing debris from homes to...
July 09, 2011
More than 30,000 people moved out disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in the three months to May, the government said July 8.
July 01, 2011
The former Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, which provided shelter to survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake, closed its doors on June 30 and will now...
June 24, 2011
Disappointment toward Tokyo Electric Power Co. for its failure to guard the safety of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and anger at the central government's inept...