3/11 lesson: Prepare, at all costs, for the worst
Should a devastating earthquake hit central Tokyo tomorrow, the skyscraper office buildings of Mori Building Co. would be able to provide temporary shelter for about 10,000 people. About 270,000 rations — enough to serve 10,000 people three meals a day for three days — and ...
Five years on, joint disaster training a legacy of U.S. military's Operation Tomodachi
In the wake of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, a range of U.S. troops and civilian rescue workers joined the relief effort. The scale of the disaster led to unprecedented logistical challenges on both sides and calls for more joint training specifically ...
2,561 still missing five years after Great East Japan Earthquake
Five years after the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated vast areas of northeastern Japan, 2,561 people remain missing in the three hardest-hit prefectures, the National Police Agency said. Based on data compiled as of Monday, the agency put the death toll at 15,894. ...
Funassyi character lends support and product license to Tohoku recovery groups
The pear-like character Funassyi may seem at first glance to be from another world, but the unofficial mascot of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, is starting to make a real difference in this one. The yurukyara character, notable as much for its excess of energy as for ...
Some Tohoku disaster-displaced to remain in shelters up to 10 years
Some of the people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami will have to stay in temporary housing up to 10 years after the disasters.
Two-thirds of local and prefectural leaders want Japan's reliance on nuclear power reduced or ended
About two-thirds of the heads of prefectural, city, ward, town and village governments want Japan to reduce its reliance on nuclear power generation or scrap it altogether. In a survey about plans for the nation s future energy policy conducted before the fifth anniversary of ...
Parts of the Tohoku area hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami now have fewer school-age children, creating pressure to close or consolidate schools, school board data suggests. The number of elementary and junior high school students in 42 of the hardest hit ...
Dead honored by ceremonies before fifth anniversary of 3/11 calamity
Those killed by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Tohoku were remembered by residents and families Sunday in ceremonies held ahead of the fifth anniversary of the calamity. In Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, about 100 people mourned the dead and missing. "The calamity brought ...
Film depicts life of evacuees from Fukushima
Freelance journalist Mizue Furui is a frequent visitor to a small housing complex in northeastern Japan for evacuees from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster. While domestic issues are not her field, she found herself drawn to Fukushima by parallels she saw between the ...
