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.”...
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.”
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...
The plot centers around 50 employees at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant who were among hundreds who risked their lives to prevent a complete meltdown...
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...
“When I saw the effects of the disaster, I thought that life here would be irrevocably changed,” she recalls, “but the people here refused to give...
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...