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.
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 | 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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.
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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...