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RECONSTRUCTION

JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Model projects chosen in bid to bring more foreign visitors to quake-hit Tohoku
The Reconstruction Agency has selected 13 business proposals from the private sector as model projects for promoting tourism in a bid to attract more foreign visitors to the Tohoku region, parts of which were severely damaged in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2016
Residents of disaster-hit areas mark New Year's with prayers for reconstruction nearly five years on
Scores of residents from areas devastated by the March 2011 quake and tsunami prayed for local reconstruction Friday as they watched the first sunrise of the new year for the fifth time since the twin disasters.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2015
Tsunami fears haunt residents of recovering Iwate town
A "disaster-prevention tour guide" led dozens of people earlier this month along a 10-meter-high seawall overlooking the Taro district in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, where monster tsunami wreaked havoc in March 2011.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2015
Government OKs ¥6.5 trillion recovery program for regions hit by triple disaster
The central government approved a ¥6.5 trillion, five-year program to help areas hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster to recover, under a plan that will see local governments begin to shoulder part of the cost.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2015
Government plans ¥6.5 trillion in 2016-2020 Tohoku reconstruction spending
The government plans to spend about ¥6.5 trillion between fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2020 on measures to rebuild areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the subsequent nuclear calamity.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2015
Next phase of Tohoku rebuilding to be funded without tax hike, asset sales
The government will finance its planned spending of around ¥6 trillion from fiscal 2016 for reconstruction in Tohoku areas hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster without any new tax hikes or selling off assets, according to sources.
JAPAN
May 12, 2015
Quake-hit Tohoku areas to share reconstruction costs starting next April
Local governments in the Tohoku region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami will from next April be forced to bear some of the cost of reconstruction work, the central government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2015
Disaster-hit Tohoku areas to be asked to partially shoulder recovery costs from '16
The central government plans to ask disaster-hit municipalities in the Tohoku region to bear some of the costs of reconstruction starting in fiscal 2016, sources said.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2015
Disaster experts warn of need for 'risk-informed' development policies
Disaster plans that combine risk reduction with the need to quickly erect new buildings and infrastructure are becoming crucial to rebuilding from natural disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Nov 16, 2014
Minamisoma to get top-flight robotics R&D center
A Tokyo machinery maker will launch a cutting-edge research and development center for robots in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, in April to support the recovery of the disaster-hit prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2014
Japan's 3/11 tsunami evacuees caught in $30 billion money trap
Some ¥3.28 trillion in funding for roads, bridges and thousands of new homes in areas devastated by the tsunami in Tohoku 3½ years ago is still languishing unspent in the bank. That means Keiko Abe is heading into a fourth winter of subzero temperatures in a cramped, temporary dwelling that is succumbing to the elements.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2014
Six running for governor of Fukushima
Six running for governor of Fukushima: Campaigning kicks off for the Fukushima gubernatorial election with disaster recovery and reactor deinstallation topping the agenda of all six candidates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2014
Tohoku residents wary of outsider picked as reconstruction minister
Newly appointed reconstruction minister Wataru Takeshita visits Fukushima Prefecture as evacuees from the 2011 disasters raise fears that he might be the wrong choice.
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Aug 17, 2014
First tranche of public housing for Fukushima evacuees hit by delays
About 40 percent of the first batch of public housing for people displaced by the Fukushima nuclear disaster will not be ready by the end of fiscal 2015, forcing those who evacuated to wait longer for permanent abodes.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2014
35% of Japan's reconstruction budget for tsunami areas going unused
Over a third of the Tohoku reconstruction budget went unused in 2013, signaling that the region's recovery from the natural and man-made disasters is still plagued by delays.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2014
900 join Tohoku reconstruction gratitude relay
About 900 people are running or riding bicycles in a 1,000-km relay to show their support for reconstruction in the Tohoku region that was hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake and its monster tsunami in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2014
Disaster-hit town gets Kuma plan
World-renowned architect Kengo Kuma has released his plan to revive the once prosperous Shizugawa district in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, which was ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2014
Shibuya Station to be rebuilt
East Japan Railway Co. says it will start laying the groundwork for wholesale renovations of Shibuya Station in Tokyo that will take more than a decade to complete.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2014
Community bonds, not seawalls, key to minimizing deaths: 3/11 study
Three years after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region, a study of the disaster by professors at the University of Tokyo and Indiana's Purdue University suggests the region's hundreds of kilometers of seawalls did almost nothing to save lives, claiming instead it was social ties among community members that "influenced the rates of death during the disaster."
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2014
Majority of Tohoku mayors say recovery slow or nonexistent
More than half of the 42 mayors of northeastern cities, towns and villages damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami describe Tohoku's reconstruction as slow or stalled, a Kyodo News survey said Sunday.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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