National / Social Issues | Regional Voices: Tohoku Jul 24, 2020
The center offers face-to-face support in English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Nepalese, as well as telephone support in 13 other languages.
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 12, 2020
Sendai training foreign residents to be leaders in time of disasters
The tourism association hopes foreign residents with good Japanese-language skills will convey disaster information to those with poor Japanese skills.
National | Regional Voices: Tohoku Jun 19, 2020
Five Miyagi beaches to stay closed in summer due to coronavirus
Two of the beaches are located in a residential district where many elderly people live, prompting coronavirus concerns.
National Jun 17, 2020
Officials struggle to give answers as Twitter asks, 'Is it a UFO?'
National Jun 1, 2020
The health ministry's check for "herd immunity" involves 3,000 randomly selected residents 20 or older in each prefecture who agree to be tested.
National / Social Issues May 18, 2020
COVID-19 crisis takes toll on children's cafeterias for disadvantaged
by May Masangkay
With the outbreak, social distancing practices have forced many such cafeterias to shutter temporarily or look for ways to provide low-cost meals.
National | Regional Voices: Tohoku Apr 24, 2020
Rebuild or relocate? Miyagi city residents face post-typhoon dilemma
Residents in the Shidayachi district in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, who were affected by last October’s typhoon are facing a decision over whether to rebuild their ruined properties or to relocate. Due to Typhoon Hagibis, 185 households in the district were flooded. Although the damaged houses are ...
National Apr 20, 2020
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake, registering a 4 on the Japanese intensity scale, struck off Miyagi Prefecture early Monday, according to the Meteorological Agency, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake, which occurred just after 5:30 a.m., came at a depth of 50 km, the ...
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 ...
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 31, 2020
Tsunami-hit Miyagi city waits patiently for Olympics to showcase revival
by Keita Nakamura
Every Sunday morning, a decades-old market in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with local residents and tourists making their way down narrow aisles and checking out a variety of fresh seafood. The bustling market in the Yuriage district of Natori has become part of the small ...