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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/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

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?

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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

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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

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