I was struck most by the incredible humanity of people here, and how even when the worst tragedy took place, they still managed to find it...
Ten years and about 750 articles later, here’s why the Kodomo Shimbun recently won the Eiji Yoshikawa Culture Award
Its presses damaged by the tsunami, Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun used pen and paper and posted updates at the city’s evacuation centers 10 years ago.
“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...
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...
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...
Snow piling up on Jodogahama Beach at Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. Before dawn, innumerable stars sparkle in the eastern sky. (Photography by Masazumi Ohnishi, Sankei Shimbun Photojournalism Department)...
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