Areas hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are making an effort to create a more welcoming environment for foreign tourists in preparation for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is one, which ...
The government moves to reduce financial support for people with low incomes affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
A group of researchers has developed an electronic wheelchair that users can operate with their tongue using a silicone sheet attached to the chin. The invention is cleaner and more comfortable than previously developed models, as it does not require a device to be placed ...
Yusaku Yoshida knew of a stone monument marking the high-water point of tsunami that hit the town of Otsuchi in 1933, but he realized local residents failed to recognize it when the March 2011 waves hit shortly after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake. After considering how to ...
Prime minister touts Tohoku region’s “steady” recovery in annual speech.
The operator of the crippled nuclear complex in Fukushima Prefecture has only paid 6 percent of the compensation sought by municipalities in connection with the 2011 nuclear crisis, according to a recent tally. The delay in payments to the 12 municipalities designated by the government ...
Only a fifth of the planned seawalls have been constructed in northeastern areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a Kyodo News survey has found. The survey, conducted in January and February, asked prefectural, municipal and central governments about the status of construction ...
This is the first of a four-part series looking at the lasting impact of the March 11, 2011, disasters. It was a fateful moment. At 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake hit eastern Japan, impacting the 24,000-plus residents of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. Minutes ...
Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso has pledged to carry out far-sighted projects to revitalize communities in his prefecture, primarily by promoting tourism under the latest reconstruction program. "I'll work on regional revitalization beyond disaster reconstruction for the future of the prefecture," Tasso said in an interview ...
A Kyodo News survey shows a growing number of elderly people living in the areas most affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake have turned to public housing since the disaster.
The bodies of four men who went missing after going ice fishing in Iwate Prefecture were found Tuesday in a pond, local police said. The four have been identified as residents of the Iwate city of Oshu, officials said. Police found a crack in the ...
Four elderly people believed to have been inside a burning house in northeastern Japan remain unaccounted for following the blaze, police said. The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the house of Akira Ota, an 81-year-old farmer, in Tono, Iwate Prefecture. The fire ...
