Reborn-Art Festival: A Tohoku community gets a new lease on life
Climbing the stairs of Ishinomaki's first department store, built in 1930, I can hear the sound of a man singing and the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar. The voice is not one of a professional crooner; it's raspy and unsure, and sounds like ...
Tsunami-hit Ishinomaki to return 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron lent as symbol of 3/11 recovery
The city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture held a ceremony Sunday to return the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron, after its four years on display to recognize the area's recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Japan Sport Council offered the cauldron to the ...
Japanese whaling towns welcome IWC withdrawal but concerns remain over protests
Japanese whaling towns Wednesday welcomed the government's decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission, but some local residents voiced concern that it may lead to an escalation in protests. "It is a major decision that will protect domestic fishermen who live on whaling," said ...
Municipality in Miyagi Prefecture to appeal ruling over students' tsunami deaths
The municipal assembly of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, decided Tuesday to appeal a high court ruling that ordered local authorities to pay around ¥1.4 billion in damages to the families of elementary school students killed by the March 2011 tsunami. The court said the city and ...
Tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary holds ceremony ahead of closure in March
The elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where more than 80 pupils and teachers lost their lives to tsunami on March 11, 2011, held a closing ceremony Saturday ahead of its official closure in March. About 350 people including pupils and graduates of Okawa Elementary ...
Miyagi governor requests Ishinomaki start for Tokyo 2020 torch relay
Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai requested Tuesday that the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics start from the disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki to symbolize the country's recovery. In a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike in the capital, Murai also called for having ...
The case shouldn't be closed on the tsunami disaster at Okawa Elementary School until all testimony is heard and all evidence weighed.
Ishinomaki to appeal ruling over tsunami deaths of school students
The city’s mayor says it will appeal a court ruling ordering it to pay, together with Miyagi Prefecture, ¥1.4 billion in damages.
Preserving Okawa Elementary School is the right thing to do
All things considered, it makes sense to preserve Okawa Elementary School as a memorial, as a warning and as a site for disaster education.
The city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture has decided to preserve the building in an elementary school where 74 children and 10 staff died in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, sources close to the matter said Friday. Despite opposition from some bereaved families, Ishinomaki ...
Imperial Couple pray for lost fishermen in tsunami-hit port city
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday offered prayers to fishermen and others in the fishing industry who lost their lives during the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami during a visit to a monument in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The Imperial Couple were on the second ...
Boat that drifted to Hawaii after 2011 tsunami heading back to Japan
A Tohoku fishing boat that washed up in Hawaii after being pulled out to sea by the March 2011 tsunami was headed back home Wednesday. Loaded onto a larger vessel that came to Hawaii to collect it, the Katsu Maru No. 2 left Honolulu with ...
