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TOHOKU

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OLYMPICS
Mar 11, 2015
Murofushi, Miyagi Prefecture students team up to clean 1964 Olympic Cauldron
Koji Murofushi secured a permanent place in the annals of track and field by capturing the men's hammer throw gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the bronze eight years later at the London Summer Games.
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JAPAN
Mar 11, 2015
Abe administration to craft new five-year plan for Tohoku by summer
The government will boost reconstruction efforts to help disaster-hit areas recover in time for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the prime minister said.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2015
Tohoku slowly on the mend
Four years after the 3/11 disasters, the government needs to look closely at what can be done to support people in the disaster-ravaged areas of Tohoku and take flexible steps to help them stand on their feet again.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 10, 2015
Tackle disaster risk through a coalition of the willing
While we cannot prevent another tsunami, we can build better safeguards that will offer greater protection for future generations.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 10, 2015
Eagles' Mickolio sidelined with disk hernia
Right-hander Kam Mickolio, who was expected to take over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' closer role this year, has been diagnosed with a disk hernia that will require at least three months to heal, the team said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2015
Cities slow to submit info on people in need of special evacuation assistance
More than 30 percent of local governments in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures that have identified residents who need assistance in evacuating during disasters have failed to submit that information to those tasked with helping them, according to a study released Tuesday.
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JAPAN / 3/11 STILL BEING FELT
Mar 10, 2015
Survivors speak of grief, guilt and life after the tsunami
Every afternoon, elderly residents at a temporary housing complex in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, sit around a table for a few hours of lighthearted chitchat. They update each other on how they feel, talk about TV shows they saw the night before and laugh at each other's jokes.
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JAPAN / 3/11 STILL BEING FELT
Mar 9, 2015
Some Tohoku disaster areas on fast track to rebuilding while others stuck in slow lane
A 3-km-long conveyor belt system is spearheading the reconstruction effort in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, but other areas aren't so lucky.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 9, 2015
Tohoku pins rebound hopes to atom smasher
As the disaster-hit Tohoku region struggles to recover from the deadly tsunami four years ago, many residents have hopes for what is considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to galvanize the area's resurrection.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2015
Donations down sharply four years after 3/11
Donations for victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami have been decreasing sharply, a sign of waning public interest in the disaster that left over 15,000 people dead or missing.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 8, 2015
NGOs looking out for little lives in the wake of 3/11
Introducing two groups that are helping children in the areas affected by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident.
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LIFE / Travel
Mar 7, 2015
Rikuzentakata looks to future with new tourism ventures
The coastal town of Rikuzentakata in southeastern Iwate Prefecture became an international symbol of the devastation wreaked by the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Lashed by waves up to 13 meters high in places, the sections of the town closest to the sea were...
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JAPAN
Mar 7, 2015
Japan set to share lessons of 2011 disasters at U.N. forum in Sendai
Japan prepares to pass on knowledge gleaned from the 3/11 quake and tsunami with global leaders at a U.N. disaster risk reduction conference this week.
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JAPAN
Mar 7, 2015
Japan's economic losses from disasters were world's third-biggest in last decade
Japan economic losses from disasters in the 10 years through 2014 were the world's third-largest, following the United States and China, according to a list of the most disaster-affected countries released Friday by the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2015
Seafood makers slow to recover from 2011 disasters: survey
A poll of seafood producers affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami showed Friday that only 40 percent have seen sales recover to 80 percent or more of pre-disaster levels.
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JAPAN
Mar 6, 2015
'Boxerciser' helps fight Fukushima kids' flab
Professional boxer and model Tomomi Takano has turned her attention to the Tohoku region, where obesity spiked after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, especially in nuclear disaster-struck Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2015
Many evacuees say they need state support once housing subsidies end
A survey of those living in state-subsidized housing in Sendai four years after the March 2011 disasters has found that 93 percent believe they could not afford full-market rent.
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COMMUNITY / Issues
Mar 2, 2015
Putting a foreign face on the 3/11 recovery effort
Four years on, survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake have a searing yearning to be remembered, says Amya Miller, who arrived in Rikuzentakata from the United States weeks after the March 11, 2011, disaster. She has been there ever since, and today works as a volunteer for City Hall, which still...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 1, 2015
Four years on, Tohoku towns still waiting for schools, homes, answers
While cooped-up kids need places to play, exhausted residents could do with support from more teachers and caregivers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 1, 2015
In lycra and online, foreigners are doing their bit for Tohoku
Four years on from the catastrophic events of March 2011, Lifelines introduces two examples of how foreign nationals are pitching in for Tohoku and having fun in the process.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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