“After the earthquake, there were children that could not laugh, and could not go anywhere, and were very afraid.” They’re the reason Chiho Shimura startedーand continuesーKokoro...
The energy and resolve to carry this out will become a source of power to the nation, given that natural disasters that will continue to hit...
A photojournalist reunites with a couple who, after losing their daughter to the 3.11 earthquake, sought healing from a Sankei Shimbun photograph a decade ago.
The Okawa Elementary School had a disaster protocol, but the instructions in case of a tsunami were unhelpfully vague. It led to the biggest loss of...
Oshima residents are taught: “If you feel an earthquake, immediately get to high ground and do not go back for anything or delay for any reason.”...
Taking time to meet with survivors and observing first hand the progress in reconstruction during visits to that beautiful region provides lessons on the deeper meaning...
The American ambassador to Japan when the triple disaster struck a decade ago, he says, “Property can be destroyed, but the human spirit cannot be destroyed.”
Japan’s ruling elite — including some in the media — sentenced disaster victims to death years earlier by refusing to allow the Japan Self-Defense Force to...
Preoccupation with the coronavirus might make people forget the rebuilding of lives in Fukushima, says the author of Tokyo Ueno Station and owner of Full House...
Fukushima is slowly springing back into life as local residents return and the government pour money into the local towns bringing joy to the country and...
It’s a mark of how deep the links run between Japan and Taiwan, that, among those in Taipei who attended to hear tsunami survivors, were some...
There’s a 90% chance of an M7 class quake off the Miyagi area within 30 years, and a high 70% chance of one on the subduction...
