Sendai throws weight behind efforts to develop tech for disasters
Companies in the Tohoku region are developing apps to help with the distribution of relief supplies and the management of evacuation centers.
Agricultural income insurance gains traction in Japan's Tohoku region
The insurance covers nearly all products as well as losses resulting from a wide range of circumstances such as lower yields due to typhoons and the effects of the pandemic.
Learning from disaster: Across Tohoku, a race is on to preserve vital records
Volumes of archived materials outline the ordeal communities have been through over the past decade. Soon they could be lost.
Income cap hinders nurses’ role in administering COVID-19 vaccines in Japan
Normally, if a spouse's income rises above ¥1.3 million a year, they lose access to their partner's pension and health care benefits, which has put some people off extra hours.
One year into the pandemic, Sendai schools confront the new normal
Transparent desk partitions and physical distancing have become standard fare for students.
Echoes of Fukushima discrimination felt amid coronavirus pandemic
The 2011 nuclear disaster may have created a rift in society, but a similar divide has been seen in the coronavirus pandemic, raising the question of whether a similar mindset is at play.
Despite government help, business realities limit 3/11 recovery
Even with subsidies, many Tohoku firms have struggled to restructure debt and adapt their operations in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Sendai farmers' post-tsunami struggles compounded by pandemic and policy
Last spring saw a decrease in demand for fresh produce as eateries closed during the state of emergency, and wholesale prices of some vegetables dropped by half.
Fukushima businesses struggling to stay afloat despite government help
Financial issues will not end soon, given that only a portion of the residents who evacuated from disaster-stricken areas have returned or are expected to.
Far north of Fukushima, a village that bet big on nuclear feels the fallout
Higashidori has been facing an economic crisis due to the uncertain future of nuclear power plants in its vicinity.
March 2011 victims identified thanks to forensic officer's lifelike portraits
Shuichi Abe has been hailed for his realistic drawings, which have reunited a number of bodies with their families in Miyagi Prefecture.
Similarities between Spanish flu and COVID-19 illustrated in Tohoku
An economic slump, a collapse in the medical system, school shutdowns and face mask shortages all made the news — in 1918.
