Kin of Okawa Elementary tsunami victims launch counter-appeals after successful lawsuit
Plaintiffs in the Okawa Elementary tsunami death lawsuit are appealing to a higher court despite winning a lower court ruling that ordered local authorities to pay them ¥1.4 billion ($13.7 million) in damages. The families of the kids killed by the March 2011 tsunami at ...
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.
Court orders prefecture, municipality to pay plaintiffs over tsunami deaths of school children
The city of Ishinomaki and Miyagi Prefecture must pay ¥1.4 billion to the families of 23 elementary school students.
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 ...
Socially conscious youngsters helping Tohoku survivors with after-school tuition
Twenty-something Satoshi Okuno thought he had finally found the answer to his question — what can he do for society — when he saw children studying in a corner of a gymnasium being used as a shelter following the March 2011 disaster in Tohoku. "I ...
A Tohoku father seeks accountability for his daughter's death
As the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami approaches, the tragic story of 74 schoolchildren and 10 teachers who drowned near Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, continues to resonate painfully. On a cold day last month, I prayed at ...
1964 Olympic caldron removed from Tokyo stadium for display in tsunami city
The caldron that flamed for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics was removed from the National Stadium in Tokyo on Friday, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the games, and will go on show in the area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami. It will be ...
Motivated women in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki launch new businesses
Starting up a business never occurred to Sachiko Setsuda, a 50-year-old housewife, until her community in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. But Setsuda is now busy preparing to open a cake shop in a temporary shopping area run ...
