JAPAN: Taro town, model of recovery in Japan
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JAPAN: Awareness, not walls, saved town from tsunami
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
JAPAN: Chance of rain, and 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
JAPAN: Debate over nuclear energy
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
JAPAN: Numbers of dead, missing and alive don’t add up
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
JAPAN: Spirits protected temples from tsunami and fires
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: Softbank goes solar, will others follow?
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?
JAPAN: Pubs, food shops first to reopen in tsunami zone
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
Japan: a Tokyo tsunami?
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?
Japanese refuse to bow to authority
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
JAPAN: Pets starving, scavenging in nuclear disaster zone
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
Japan’s long road to recovery
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
Japan: building a wall to keep out the Pacific Ocean
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
JAPAN: Tohoku disaster a real-life drill for Tokyo police
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
photos of Kamaishi
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Photos of Otsuchi area
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Photos of Ishinomaki
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Photos of Minami-Sanriku
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JAPAN: Trees of hope and tears
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JAPAN: tsunami kids
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JAPAN: Ishinomaki tennis club opens amid debris, asbestos risk
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
JAPAN: photos of Rikuzen-Takata
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JAPAN: Reconstruction panel calls for foreign ideas, green energy
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
JAPAN: photos of Minami-Sanriku for reconstruction story
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
JAPAN: The Buddha in the disaster zone
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Japan slow to build housing for tsunami survivors
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
Japan’s most famous survivor goes home, alone
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
JAPAN: Surfers show Japan how to get over The Wave
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
SPORTS: Japan offers NBA prospect Jeremy Tyler a second chance
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photos for Japan surfer story
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JAPAN: A school principal’s do or die decision
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
JAPAN: Displaced youth see bleak future
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
JAPAN: Soldiers lead rescue and relief
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JAPAN: Nuclear refugees in 5-star luxury, while most on cold floors
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
JAPAN: IMF should help Japan
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
JAPAN puts nuclear crisis at highest level
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
JAPAN: Amid radiation fears, Tokyo goes cherry blossom viewing
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
JAPAN: Fishermen hit by second wave
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: For survivors, cold nights in most beautiful school in Japan
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
JAPAN: seniors in cold dorms apply for temp housing
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
JAPAN: The home where the tsunami stopped
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
JAPAN: One missing person in a sea of debris
See the full gallery on Posterous http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/3/massive-search-mission-japan-f… KAMAISHI Japan | Yasuko Kawahata, 61, welcomed the 20 young Tokyo police officers digging … Continue reading JAPAN: One missing person in a sea of debris
JAPAN: Looking for a white car in Kesennuma
Hideto Miura last saw his white Honda on March 11, when he parked it near the fish market and ran … Continue reading JAPAN: Looking for a white car in Kesennuma
JAPAN: Obliteration zone in Kesennuma 2
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JAPAN: Scavenging for hope in Kesennuma
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/30/with-their-lives-torn-to-piec… KESENNUMA, Japan | Hideto Miura, 37, never thought he would become a scavenger. He was working at a fish-processing plant … Continue reading JAPAN: Scavenging for hope in Kesennuma
JAPAN: Beautiful Kesennuma, city of debris
KESENNUMA, Japan | Around the Shark Museum in downtown Kesennuma, a coastal city of 73,000 residents about 150 miles north … Continue reading JAPAN: Beautiful Kesennuma, city of debris
JAPAN: Plutonium found outside nuclear plant
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/28/japans-plutonium-levels-calle… KITAKAMI, Japan | Plutonium found in soil around Japan’s disabled nuclear power plant panicked the public and media Monday, … Continue reading JAPAN: Plutonium found outside nuclear plant
JAPAN: US divers pull ships, cars out of vital harbor
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/27/us-helps-clear-vital-japan-ha… HACHINOHE, Japan | The second largest city on the devastated northeastern coast of Japan, Hachinohe, is set to become … Continue reading JAPAN: US divers pull ships, cars out of vital harbor
JAPAN: Radiation rises in Tokyo suburbs
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/24/radiation-levels-remain-worri… SHIZUOKA, Japan | A day after he warned that Tokyo water was unsafe for babies because of high radiation … Continue reading JAPAN: Radiation rises in Tokyo suburbs
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