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Striving to keep memories of WWII Kamaishi bombardment alive

National / History | Regional Voices: Tohoku Aug 21, 2020

Striving to keep memories of WWII Kamaishi bombardment alive

The city has been spurred on by local residents sharing their stories of the two naval attacks in 1945.

Sanriku Railway, icon of 3/11 recovery, back to full service after typhoon

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 — ...

Aichi students send Hanshin quake-linked sunflowers to disaster-hit areas

National | Regional voices: Chubu Feb 10, 2020

Aichi students send Hanshin quake-linked sunflowers to disaster-hit areas

Sunflowers that students in Aichi Prefecture cultivated from seeds originally grown at the home of a 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake victim were displayed during a memorial ceremony on Jan. 17, marking the 25th anniversary of the disaster. Students of Chisato Junior High School and Shinshiro ...

Canadian rugby players help clean-up efforts in Kamaishi after typhoon leads to game cancelation

Rugby Oct 13, 2019

Canadian rugby players help clean-up efforts in Kamaishi after typhoon leads to game cancelation

Canada missed their chance to play their final Rugby World Cup match due to a powerful typhoon, but the team stayed in Kamaishi on Sunday to help out local residents with their cleanup efforts. Canada were aiming for their first win of the tournament in ...

Kamaishi saluted by fans and players for its resilience

Rugby Sep 26, 2019

Kamaishi saluted by fans and players for its resilience

by Kaz Nagatsuka

High school student Yukime Sasaki and two other young girls were all beaming smiles to greet hundreds of visitors who stopped by on Wednesday afternoon before a Rugby World Cup game between Uruguay and Fiji. The three were there as "memory keepers" of the 2011 ...

Uruguay upsets Fiji as tsunami-hit Kamaishi hosts first Rugby World Cup match

Rugby Sep 25, 2019

Uruguay upsets Fiji as tsunami-hit Kamaishi hosts first Rugby World Cup match

by Kaz Nagatsuka

Wednesday may have been a little breezy, but overall it was an absolutely beautiful day with a vivid blue sky above as Kamaishi Unosumai Recovery Memorial Stadium hosted its first-ever Rugby World Cup game. Uruguay pulled off a stunning upset in the Pool D contest, ...

A guide to the 2019 Rugby World Cup and its host cities

Travel Sep 1, 2019

A guide to the 2019 Rugby World Cup and its host cities

by Oscar Boyd

What to do, see, drink and eat in each of the RWC cities as well as match dates and information on stadiums, transport and accommodation.

Kamaishi draws strength from traditional ties to rugby

Rugby Aug 2, 2019

Kamaishi draws strength from traditional ties to rugby

by Hiroshi Ikezawa

"Kamaishi has the rugby power." About 50 days before the opening day of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, banners can be seen everywhere on the main street in Kamaishi, one of 12 host cities for the event. Traditionally, Kamaishi has been known as a "rugby town" ...

Stadium built on grounds of tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture schools hosts Japan-Fiji rugby match

Rugby Jul 27, 2019

Stadium built on grounds of tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture schools hosts Japan-Fiji rugby match

Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium in disaster-hit Iwate Prefecture held its first international rugby match Saturday, delighting an emotional crowd made up of residents of the area and fans from all over. The stadium is unlike any other, having been built on the grounds of two ...

Special edition train unveiled in Iwate Prefecture in run-up to Rugby World Cup

Rugby Jun 25, 2019

Special edition train unveiled in Iwate Prefecture in run-up to Rugby World Cup

A special edition train designed for the upcoming Rugby World Cup was unveiled to reporters at Kamaishi Station in on Tuesday in the build-up to the tournament kicking off across Japan in September. The train, operated by Sanriku Railway Co. and dubbed the "Scrum Iwate ...

Former All Blacks player recalls the day Kamaishi was washed away

Rugby Jun 16, 2019

Former All Blacks player recalls the day Kamaishi was washed away

by Jack Tarrant

March 11, 2011, is a date that will stick long in the memory of former All Black Pita Alatini, and not just because it was his birthday and he was in Japan. Alatini, who played for the Kamaishi Seawaves rugby club, was finishing up a ...

Organizing committee chief Akira Shimazu hopes World Cup will be catalyst for growth

Rugby Feb 21, 2019

Organizing committee chief Akira Shimazu hopes World Cup will be catalyst for growth

by Kaz Nagatsuka

With half a year to go until the first-ever Rugby World Cup in Asia, organizing committee chief Akira Shimazu insisted that the hosts are focused on making the tournament in Japan a "ground-breaking" event. "The previous tournament in England in 2015, as you know, was ...

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