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AMYA MILLER

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 5, 2016
Explaining the unexplainable to children with 'The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome'
This month marks the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. A number of books aimed at children and young adults have appeared in the ensuing years based on those tumultuous events. In "The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome," a bilingual picture book suitable for children in preschool to lower elementary, the old adage remains: truth is stranger than fiction.
Japan Times
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 decimated and some 1,700 citizens lost their lives.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 17, 2013
Rikuzentakata: How to get there and help
A reader from overseas, KM, contacted Lifelines after reading a recent article about Rikuzentakata. The city, located in Iwate Prefecture, gained international attention after it was nearly wiped out by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Amya Miller, global public relations director for the city, wrote about how they are faring 2½ years after the disaster (www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/10/30/voices/a-message-from-tsunami-hit-rikuzentakata-make-the-trip/)

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on