National Jul 29, 2020
While no casualties have been reported, the Yamagata Prefectural Government has been trying to assess the extent of the damage along the Mogami River.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jul 25, 2020
Go To Travel campaign stirs anxieties outside Tokyo
by Michael Hoffman
in some areas, out-of-prefecture motorists have been pelted with rocks and intimidated by reckless driving.
National / Politics / Social Issues Jul 17, 2020
Japan earmarks ¥1.6 trillion to finance phase two of 3/11 restoration plan
The government on Friday decided on a plan to spend about ¥1.6 trillion over a five-year period from fiscal 2021 for reconstruction measures related to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The amount for the second phase of the restoration period as designated by the ...
National Jul 15, 2020
‘Now is not the time’ for Go To Travel as virus spikes, say Japan local leaders
Despite the concerns, some leaders are welcoming the campaign as a needed economic boost.
National Jun 30, 2020
The elephant weighed 3,940 kg as of June 20, but her target weight is 3,600 kg.
National | Regional Voices: Tohoku May 29, 2020
Most Iwate 3/11 memorials canceled, with next year’s under threat
Charity events and victim support projects put on hold due to coronavirus pandemic.
National Apr 3, 2020
3/11 survivors face loneliness after moving into public housing for disaster victims
In a recent poll of people in the March 2011 disaster-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima who moved to public housing for survivors, nearly half said they feel that interactions with neighbors have decreased since they moved to the housing complexes from temporary ...
National / Social Issues | Regional Voices: Tohoku Apr 3, 2020
Iwate 3/11 survivors face isolation as wait to leave makeshift houses drags on
About 40 households who survived the March 2011 earthquakes and tsunami in the coastal areas of Iwate Prefecture are still stuck in makeshift housing, waiting to move into new homes. As more temporary housing units become vacant in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, some of the elderly ...
Business Apr 3, 2020
Nine years after 3/11 earthquake, Tohoku sake brewers revived with help of young workers
Despite being battered by the March 11, 2011, massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, a total of 110 sake brewing companies continue to operate in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in the Tohoku region. Young workers are bringing new life to the regional ...
National Mar 20, 2020
Sanriku Railway, icon of 3/11 recovery, back to full service after typhoon
All sections of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Rias Line in Iwate Prefecture resumed operations Friday, about five months after the regional train line was hit hard by a powerful typhoon. Last October, Typhoon Hagibis caused damage — including a mudslide that flowed into a tunnel — ...
National Mar 11, 2020
Japan marks ninth anniversary of 3/11 disaster quietly as virus concerns halt events
Japan marked the ninth anniversary Wednesday of the massive earthquake and tsunami that rocked the Tohoku region and killed more than 15,000 people in 2011, as health fears over the spread of COVID-19 prompted the cancellation or scaling down of a number of events. A ...
National Mar 11, 2020
Nine years on, monuments in Tohoku pass on lessons and memories from 3/11
The public, industry and academic sectors in four northeastern prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are collaborating on a project to highlight disaster-related monuments and remains across the region. Dubbed the "3.11 Densho Road," the initiative aims to link disaster-related sites across ...