http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/28/japan-told-of-more-radiation-exposure/print/ TOKYO — Japanese authorities this week released information that paints a more worrisome picture of the ongoing nuclear crisis … Continue reading Japan radiation worse than reported in March
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/22/japanese-saving-energy-despit… TOKYO — The central government has asked civil servants to wear T-shirts and Hawaiian shirts instead of suits and … Continue reading JAPAN: Beating the heat by saving juice
http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/play/fuji-rock-festival-2011-show-must-go-784497 Fuji Rock Festival 2011: The show must go on Typhoons or meltdowns won’t stop organizer Masa Hidaka from throwing … Continue reading JAPAN: Fuji Rock show must go on
Fans and players rejoice after women’s team defeats the United States to claim football’s ultimate prize http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/play/japan-savors-soccer-world-cup-success-575576 By Christopher Johnson 18 July, … Continue reading JAPAN: fans savour World Cup victory
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/16/japan-adds-beef-to-the-contam… TOKYO — A growing scandal over radioactive meat shipped and consumed across the country is threatening to revive global … Continue reading JAPAN: Beef added to contaminated menu
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/17/womens-soccer-team-embodies-j… TOKYO — Like flags in a soccer stadium, the banners are everywhere across Japan’s tsunami disaster zone. They often bear … Continue reading JAPAN: Women’s soccer players embody resilience of disaster survivors
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/27/wanted-a-generation-to-rebuild-a-ruined-japanese-t/ Wanted: A generation to rebuild a ruined Japanese town MUCH TO DO: Takaaki Goto, 74, looks at a cemetery of … Continue reading JAPAN: youth needed to rebuild town
See the full gallery on Posterous 0327- Many locals in Taro town of Iwate province, Japan, say their mental preparations … Continue reading JAPAN: Taro town, model of recovery in Japan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/4/tsunami-drill-saved-japanese-town-from-worse-fate/ TARO, Japan — This fishing village should have suffered massive casualties from the March 11 tsunami that tore through the town … Continue reading JAPAN: Awareness, not walls, saved town from tsunami
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/9/japan-prepares-for-the-next-big-one/ TOKYO — It sounds like a weather forecast — not for today, but for the next 30 years. There … Continue reading JAPAN: Chance of rain, and tsunami
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/14/japanese-debate-whether-to-re… TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear industry is eager to restart reactors shut down for maintenance or switched off after the … Continue reading JAPAN: Debate over nuclear energy
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/15/numbers-dont-add-japan-disast… Otsuchi, Japan— They are the mysterious people, neither counted among the dead nor the living. In Otsuchi town, officials … Continue reading JAPAN: Numbers of dead, missing and alive don’t add up
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/8/magic-temple-soothes-tsunami-s… OTSUCHI, Japan | On a misty Sunday morning, a cloud of fog seems to hover like a halo over … Continue reading JAPAN: Spirits protected temples from tsunami and fires
Japan’s private sector split on nuclear switch http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/ME28Dh01.html TOKYO – Softbank president Masayoshi Son is not waiting for entrenched utilities and … Continue reading Japan: Softbank goes solar, will others follow?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/30/pubs-grocery-stores-first-to-… YAMADA, Japan — In many parts of the tsunami disaster zone, the first Japanese shops to reopen have been pubs and … Continue reading JAPAN: Pubs, food shops first to reopen in tsunami zone
Will a monster tsunami hit Tokyo soon? The experts tell us what could happen to the capital if another massive … Continue reading Japan: a Tokyo tsunami?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/25/japanese-refuse-to-bow-to-aut… TOKYO — In a stuffy room at the headquarters of the Tokyo Electric Power Co., many of the 250 Japanese … Continue reading Japanese refuse to bow to authority
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/994792–pets-starving-scavenging-in-nuclear-danger-zone?bn=1 TOKYO—They are family members, with names and birthdates, and they are often adorned with cute ribbons, sweaters or socks. … Continue reading JAPAN: Pets starving, scavenging in nuclear disaster zone
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/asian-pacific/japans-long-road-to-economic-recovery/article2028935/ ISHINOMAKI, JAPAN — Japanese call them "zones of obliteration" or "the places of nothing" –nani mo nai tokoro. In cities … Continue reading Japan’s long road to recovery
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/9/japanese-utility-to-close-thre… Tokyo– Immediately after explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant in March, the Chubu Electric company put up posters … Continue reading Japan: building a wall to keep out the Pacific Ocean
http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/tohoku-disaster-real-life-drill-tokyo-police-387533 Tohoku disaster a real-life drill for Tokyo police March 11 earthquake and tsunami provide recovery experience for capital authorities … Continue reading JAPAN: Tohoku disaster a real-life drill for Tokyo police
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/8/tennis-good-for-our-soul-and-m… ISHINOMAKI, Japan | In a sea of wreckage and chaos, the tennis courts are an oasis of order, providing a sense … Continue reading JAPAN: Ishinomaki tennis club opens amid debris, asbestos risk
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CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Debris sit atop what’s left of a three-story building surrounded by rubble in the … Continue reading JAPAN: Reconstruction panel calls for foreign ideas, green energy
0441- A wheelbarrow waits on elevated ground above the devastated city of Minami-Sanriku, Japan. Leaders of Japan's reconstruction panel say … Continue reading JAPAN: photos of Minami-Sanriku for reconstruction story
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See the full gallery on Posterous 0410-Yuki Ninomiya, 83, has been staying more than 45 days and nights at a … Continue reading Japan slow to build housing for tsunami survivors
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/982838–japan-s-most-famous-survivo… ISHINOMAKI, JAPAN—The last time Sumi Abe left home, a helicopter pulled her up from the rubble after she had … Continue reading Japan’s most famous survivor goes home, alone
Seiichi Kato, who lives in a tent on his favorite surfing beach, says the members of his surf club, all … Continue reading JAPAN: Surfers show Japan how to get over The Wave
See the full gallery on Posterous Japan Offers N.B.A. Prospect a Second Chance http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/sports/basketball/21iht-BASKETBALL21.html?_… TOKYO — The peaceful … Continue reading SPORTS: Japan offers NBA prospect Jeremy Tyler a second chance
all photos by Christopher Johnson 001, 0251, 242 – Seiichi Kato, who lives in a tent on his favorite surfing … Continue reading photos for Japan surfer story
See the full gallery on Posterous http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/21/japan-lives-lost-to-disaster-… Nobiru village, Japan— In Japan’s rigid education system, principals, teachers and students … Continue reading JAPAN: A school principal’s do or die decision
Displaced Japanese youths see bleak future Tsunami leaves northerners with limited options Kazuki Ishimori, 27, clears debris from his family’s … Continue reading JAPAN: Displaced youth see bleak future
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/15/blucky-lottery-winners-in-jap… TOKYO — After a month of misfortune, Miwako Ikema finally had some luck. Out of 700 applicants, she and … Continue reading JAPAN: Nuclear refugees in 5-star luxury, while most on cold floors
See the full gallery on Posterous KESENNUMA, Japan – The government of Japan is so incredibly well-organized, and its workforce … Continue reading JAPAN: IMF should help Japan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/12/japan-raises-its-nuclear-cris… TOKYO | Japan’s government on Tuesday raised the crisis level of its damaged nuclear facility at Fukushima to 7, … Continue reading JAPAN puts nuclear crisis at highest level
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/11/amid-radiation-concern-tokyo-… TOKYO | The biggest news in Tokyo over the past few days did not concern the Fukushima nuclear plant, the … Continue reading JAPAN: Amid radiation fears, Tokyo goes cherry blossom viewing
Fishermen hit by radiation threat Disasters devastate seafood industry A vessel still sits in a street of Kesennuma, Japan. The March … Continue reading JAPAN: Fishermen hit by second wave
Japan school a sanctuary above obliterated city Tsunami survivors shelter in unheated rooms Evacuees of all ages use the stairs … Continue reading JAPAN: For survivors, cold nights in most beautiful school in Japan
Hiraushi Yoshitaka, 81, and his wife Kazuko, 83, have been sleeping on the floor of a cold school gymnasium in … Continue reading JAPAN: seniors in cold dorms apply for temp housing
The home in Japan where the tsunami finally stopped Naoki Suzuki, a truck driver, stands near the site of his … Continue reading JAPAN: The home where the tsunami stopped
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