preservation

VOX POPULI: Rikuzentakata's lone pine tree to...
The lone pine tree that remained standing even after last year's tsunami is felled on Sept. 12 for preservation. (Shingo Kuzutani)
September 13, 2012
"Kiyari-uta" (log-carriers' chant) is a work song that loggers sing while using ropes to drag trees they felled. Loggers treat trees with awe and affection. I once heard a...
Building that withstood tsunami should become...
The Takano Kaikan hall in Minami-Sanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture (Yoshiyuki Ito)
August 30, 2012
MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--A four-story wedding hall where 327 people took shelter and survived the 2011 tsunami should be allowed to stand as a memorial and perhaps to ...
Chinese historian battling prejudice to honor...
Guo Xiangsheng is seeking to have the bank of the Daluomi River in Fangzheng county, where many Japanese settlers were washed away, designated a historical site. (Koichiro Ishida)
August 14, 2012
FANGZHENG COUNTY, China--Amid all the rancor in China over Japan's war responsibility, local historian Guo Xiangsheng comes across as a lone voice in the wilderness.
Monument planned to replace 'miracle' pine tree
The lone surviving pine tree in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is now dying. (Atsushi Yamanishi)
December 14, 2011
The so-called miracle pine tree, the only one to remain standing among tens of thousands on a beach inundated by the March 11 tsunami, will no longer be a symbol of restoration ...
Calls to keep boat as tsunami memento rejected
Hamayuri, a sightseeing boat, lies on top of a former guest house in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. (Photo by Koichi Ueda)
May 02, 2011
OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--A 200-ton boat deposited on top of a building by the March 11 tsunami will be demolished despite calls for preservation from more than 160 academics.
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