A stranger visiting the fishing port of Kesennuma today may not realize that six years ago it suddenly became the scene of massive, deadly devastation. Much of the land in the port's waterfront area remains vacant, except for the foundations of hundreds of structures swept ...
The revival of Minamisanriku Sansan Shotengai is a rare example of shops hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami being able to shift from provisional to permanent locations in the Tohoku region. The shopping arcade in the Pacific coastal town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, ...
Feb. 13-March 21 Immediately after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the curators of the Rias Ark Museum of Art in Miyagi Prefecture began documenting the aftermath. Their quick response and follow up resulted in the 2013 exhibition "Documentary of the Great East ...
A teenage jockey from Tohoku recently made her professional debut, achieving a long-held dream after having nearly abandoned her career following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. "I hope people (in my hometown) will step forward a little watching me," said Mayu Suzuki, 18, from Kesennuma, ...
Kesennuma unloaded around 26 tons of "katsuo" (bonito) in its first catch of the season Monday in Miyagi Prefecture, bringing hustle and bustle back to a fishing port that was nearly wiped off the map by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kesenuma has led ...
Yumiko Onodera is a survivor. She saw her town of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by gigantic tsunami and ensuing fire from damaged heavy oil tanks at the major fishery port on March 11, 2011. The fire engulfed and destroyed her residential area in the Shishiori ...
Laughter is often heard from some 40 elderly people who receive day care services at a care home in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, thanks to the presence of a Filipino worker. "When I speak in English, grandpas seem delighted," Charito Ito said, revealing her secret for ...
Most of the 19 women from the tsunami-hit city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, who work for Tamako Mitarai's knitwear company had no professional experience as knitters. It may not sound like an impressive operation, but the 28-year-old president paints a lofty vision for them: to ...
The mayor of a small city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami traveled to Indonesia this month to brief President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the progress of the recovery effort. "I came here to report to the president about the recovery process in ...
An effort to knit cardigans to help revive the tsunami-hit coastal city of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture has evolved into a company of 20 people. The firm, Kesennuma Knitting Co., originally started as a project by Tamako Mitarai, 28, in June 2012. It now employs ...
The marooned 330-ton trawler that's become a disaster landmark in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, will be dismantled instead of being preserved, the mayor announces.
A group of students from the tsunami-hit town of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, met Tuesday with U.S. military personnel at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego to thank them for their relief efforts under Operation Tomodachi two years ago. The six high school students ...
