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TSUNAMI

BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2014
Kirin provides ¥20 million to support tsunami-hit fishermen
A unit of Japanese beer brewer Kirin Co. said Wednesday it has provided ¥20 million to an association of young fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture to help expand a sales network for seafood from a region devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2014
Disaster risk discussed at conference organized by Harvard students
The lesson to be learned from devastating natural disasters is how important it is to prepare for them before they happen, experts at a panel discussion organized by the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) stressed Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2014
Japan, Indonesia to cooperate on gas reactor development
The government-funded Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has reached an agreement with the Indonesian National Nuclear Energy Agency to cooperate in the research and development of high-temperature gas reactors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2014
Tsunami-swept signboard that washed up in Hawaii returns to Iwate
A signboard that was swept out to sea in the March 2011 tsunami and washed up on a Hawaiian island was returned Wednesday to its home village in Iwate Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2014
900 join Tohoku reconstruction gratitude relay
About 900 people are running or riding bicycles in a 1,000-km relay to show their support for reconstruction in the Tohoku region that was hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake and its monster tsunami in 2011.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2014
Tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture beach reopens for first time since 3/11
A beach devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami disaster in Iwate Prefecture reopened Saturday after three years of work to remove debris from sand and in the water to ensure safety.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2014
Kagoshima nuclear plant evacuation plans 'flawed'
With the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture poised to be restarted as early as this fall, experts and critics are pointing to flaws in the evacuation plan drawn up by prefectural authorities, stirring doubt among nearby residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Sendai mayor offers disaster lessons to U.N.
Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama believes Tohoku's experiences with the March 2011 disaster s could help save lives worldwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 11, 2014
Restorer in tsunami-hit Sendai reunites photos with owners
If a stray photo has an owner, Kaori Nose will try to reunite them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2014
Tsunami-hit town releases new disaster prep map
An updated tsunami evacuation map has been released by officials in the disaster-hit town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, and includes warnings and important safety tips.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2014
3/11 victims' kin have day in court
The families of 23 Ishinomaki students killed by tsunami in March 2011 testify as a trial over responsibility for their deaths begins in Sendai.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2014
Miyagi dad seeks values, not revenge
Toshiro Sato, 50, a teacher in Miyagi Prefecture who lost his daughter to the 2011 megaquake and tsunami, believes there are other ways than going to court to tell people about the pain of losing loved ones and to prevent such tragedies from recurring.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
May 3, 2014
Oysters offer pearls of wisdom within
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, our C.W. Nicol Afan Woodland Trust, based in Kurohime, Nagano Prefecture, has been helping to relocate an elementary school in Miyagi Prefecture that was destroyed by the huge tsunami that followed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2014
Nuclear disaster eclipses East Timor, Somalia conflicts: photographer
Dominic Nahr, a photojournalist with Magnum Photos, feels even more horrified in Fukushima Prefecture than he does in such conflict-ravaged countries as East Timor or Somalia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2014
Community bonds, not seawalls, key to minimizing deaths: 3/11 study
Three years after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region, a study of the disaster by professors at the University of Tokyo and Indiana's Purdue University suggests the region's hundreds of kilometers of seawalls did almost nothing to save lives, claiming instead it was...
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2014
Chile response to giant quake drew on 3/11
A senior Chilean government official said lessons learned from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters as well as from the 2010 huge temblor in Chile were useful in dealing with a powerful earthquake that hit his country last week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2014
Back on track: Sanriku Railway's long road to recovery
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Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2014
Tohoku residents rattled by latest evacuation
Residents of coastal areas in the Tohoku region sought refuge in nearby facilities early Thursday after an earthquake off Chile's northern coast on Tuesday night triggered a tsunami alert.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2014
Earthquake action plan wins approval
Japan approves a 10-year program aimed at reducing the more than 300,000 casualties projected under the Nankai Trough earthquake scenario by 80 percent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 26, 2014
Images of 1896 Sanriku quake found
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Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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