Determined survivors are reconstructing their cities from the Tohoku Earthquake, while cleaning up from the latest tremor, preparing for the Olympic Torch Relay and planning to...
Life is not easy here. It never has been and never will be. The courage is humbling. What is COVID-19 when you’ve been through 3.11?
“What has the disaster taken from people?” asked photographer Shoko Hashimoto. “What effect will it have on their daily lives, their values and inner selves?”
Ishinomaki’s losses reflect the greater Tohoku experience. The town which had a population of about 160,000 people in 2011, suffered 3,554 dead and 421 who are...
The February earthquake was a wakeup call for disaster prevention, including the social infrastructure to support the people in hard-hit areas.
Aftershocks as strong as magnitude 7 have hit the North East Japan region following the February 13 earthquake. The region is on alert as cleanup and...
"It is considered to be the aftershock of the huge earthquake that caused the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011", said Noriko Kamaya, the Earthquake Information...
Speaking of mysteries, in addition to giant sardines and rare shark species, the tectonic plates are under stress at this deep sea site near the center...
The energetic nonagenerian samurai remains a positive thinker. "[Coronavirus shutdown] is the hardest experience I've ever had, but I'm sure I'll overcome it," he says.
Last of Two Parts (Read Part One here.) Epidemics not Mentioned After the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was defeated badly in the 2009...
For many, the news has only meant the dominance of the topic of coronavirus for the past few months. However, on March 11, Japanese...
It was a special occasion on February 27: Pokémon Day. On this day all the way back in 1996, the games Pokémon Red and Green...
