After Biblical flood, Philippines disaster victims live on spiritual level
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Militaries save lives in one of greatest humanitarian missions in history
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Denuded forests, washed out homes on the road to Sulangan, Samar
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Escape from Tacloban and Guiuan after super-typhoon in the Philippines
Nuclear winter awaits Naoto Matsumura, lone resident in Japan’s forbidden zone
See the full gallery on Posterous Nuclear winter awaits lone Japan resident near crippled plant http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/23/nuclear-winter-awaits-lone-resident-near-crippled-/ NEAR MIHARU VILLAGE, FUKUSHIMA, … Continue reading Nuclear winter awaits Naoto Matsumura, lone resident in Japan’s forbidden zone
Mothers grapple with radiation fears in Fukushima
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/7/parents-doctors-overcome-radiation-fears-fukushima FUKUSHIMA CITY, Japan — Unlike many mothers who have moved away, Ayako Okada, 40, is staying with her 5-year-old … Continue reading Mothers grapple with radiation fears in Fukushima
Japan tsunami survivors struggle to find hope
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/30/japan-tsunami-survivors-struggle-community-hope RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Japan — With schoolchildren playing in front of her house every day, a tsunami survivor who identifies herself … Continue reading Japan tsunami survivors struggle to find hope
Imaginative survivors add color to Japan’s ghostly disaster zone
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/16/survivors-add-color-japan-ghostly-disaster-zone OFUNATO, Japan — In the morbid gray tones of the disaster zone in northeastern Japan, a colorful barber shop … Continue reading Imaginative survivors add color to Japan’s ghostly disaster zone
Chris Johnson: Japan fish market thriving again
Fish market restored following disaster surviving and thriving Six months after a tsunami and nuclear disaster wiped out the fishing … Continue reading Chris Johnson: Japan fish market thriving again
Japan: six months after 3/11, sunflowers and a Tree of Hope
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/9/6-months-japan-disasters-sunfl… Rikuzen-Takata— The Tree of Hope stands alone, the sole survivor out of 70,000 black and red pines on … Continue reading Japan: six months after 3/11, sunflowers and a Tree of Hope
Japan: go to Tohoku
A heartrending drive on the rebuilt roads of Tohoku Before the March 11 tsunami, the Miyako area of Iwate Prefecture … Continue reading Japan: go to Tohoku
Japan’s government indecision leaves disaster victims in limbo
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/2/short-term-leaders-japan-disaster-victims-limbo/?page=all FUKUSHIMA CITY, JAPAN FUKUSHIMA CITY, JAPAN — Disaster survivors in northeastern Japan are demanding that government officials spend more … Continue reading Japan’s government indecision leaves disaster victims in limbo
Japan needs more helps in disaster zone
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/18/tsunami-hit-areas-need-more-h… ISHINOMAKI, JAPAN — When Masaru Tanaka joined a rush of volunteers during holidays in May, he planned to stay in the tsunami … Continue reading Japan needs more helps in disaster zone
Japanese tourists returning to miracle Matsushima
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Many in Japan learn to live at the bottom of the pyramid
Christopher Johnson: SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The tsunami disaster and economic hardship in Japanhave created a new breed of entrepreneurs. Kenji Yui (left) … Continue reading Many in Japan learn to live at the bottom of the pyramid
Japan: government fumbling led to distribution of radioactive cattle feed
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/MG29Dh01.html Japan slow to close door on nuclear food TOKYO – Somehow, when much of the world was worried about … Continue reading Japan: government fumbling led to distribution of radioactive cattle feed
Japan radiation worse than reported in March
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
JAPAN: Beating the heat by saving juice
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
JAPAN: Beef added to contaminated menu
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
JAPAN: photos of Otsuchi
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JAPAN: youth needed to rebuild town
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
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 Hachinohe
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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
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