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Driving up the Miyagi coastline, four years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake...
I recently visited several areas of the Miyagi coastline decimated by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. This is what I saw. The 2011 Tohoku magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which struck off the coast...
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Pokémon GO preserves the memory of building lost in Japan’s 2011 tsunami by...
The Okada Theater was swept away in 2011, but Pokémon GO players are still visiting its location, and learning a little about this tsunami-ravaged city in the process. One of the cooler aspects of...
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Japanese teams use orange flags as a tsunami alert signal for swimmers and...
The new orange flag warning system aims to help those at sea become aware of an earthquake or tsunami before it’s too late. On the morning of 22 November, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit off the coast...
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Chilling Tokyo skyscraper sign shows just how tall the 2011 Japanese tsunami was
Numbers alone can be hard to visualize, but this makes things terrifyingly easy to understand. How tall is a wave? If you’re an avid surfer or sailor, you’ve probably got a pretty solid image of the...
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Eva tie-wearing Japanese minister resigns after saying “it’s a good thing the...
People in Japan responded to the remark with a heartwarming hashtag that immediately went viral, showing support for the Tohoku region. Masahiro Imamura, the Japanese cabinet minister in charge of...
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Moving video commemorates anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and...
The tear-jerking video encourages viewers to “Search for 3.11” on the anniversary to help support reconstruction in the region. Ever since Japan’s Tohoku region was devastated by the effects of the...
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Video highlights remarkable recoveries of towns destroyed by the 3.11 Tsunami...
Chris Broad’s look at the towns of Onagawa and Kesennuma are an inspiration. Chris Broad, a British YouTuber living in Japan, visited towns on the northeast coast of Japan that were nearly wiped off...
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Seven years after earthquake, Fukushima teen says March 11 is an “ordinary...
High schooler hopes the prefecture will shed its disaster zone image, and that the rest of Japan will start to see Fukushima as normal again. If I say the word “Fukushima,” I’m betting the first three...
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First worker to die from Fukushima radiation exposure officially recognized...
Veteran employee was involved in measuring radiation levels immediately after 2011 earthquake and tsunami. More than seven years have passed since the tragic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck...
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Man reported missing after 2011 Tohoku earthquake found alive and well
Shows up exactly seven and a half years after the tragic earthquake and tsunami in a town half-way across the country. More than 2,500 people who were reported missing by residents of the areas...
View ArticleTEPCO in hot water for use of tasteless hashtag in recent tweet about...
Japanese net users upset over the power company’s use of a slang term commonly found in anime. Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as TEPCO for short, has found itself under fire yet again. The company...
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Great East Japan Earthquake: Commemorate eight years and donate with a search...
Recovery efforts are ongoing following the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, and the Tohoku region still needs your help. This year marks eight years since the Great East Japan...
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If the 2011 tsunami hit Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing, this is how high...
New sign comes with a poignant message for the end of the Heisei era. Today marks eight years since Japan’s northern Tohoku region was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives...
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Foreign workers being hired for Fukushima nuclear power plant decommissioning...
Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to use new visa rules to add foreign staff to its 2011 earthquake/tsunami cleanup efforts. In January, a revision to Japan’s immigration laws went into effect. Under...
View ArticleSimulation and helpful illustrations show the terrifying power of a one-meter...
Anything less than your height might not seem like a big deal, but trust us, it is. Japan has been experiencing a spike of earthquakes both big and small recently, and one in particular on June 18...
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Tsunami Pool at Chinese water park lives up to name, injures dozens with...
Video shows sudden surge left no time for escape. In sweltering mid-summer weather, a trip to the local water park can be a great way to cool off. Unfortunately, for dozens of visitors to Yulong...
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We visit a tsunami-ravaged region almost a decade after the Great East Japan...
Rather than forget the horrors of the disaster, this coastal town has set up daily reminders of the tsunami on the streets. In times of devastating loss the world as you know it seems to stop for a...
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Visiting the hotel half-destroyed by the 3-11 tsunami is a powerful reminder...
This preserved Tohoku building goes from completely devastated to practically unharmed in just a few floors. While travelling in Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region, our Japanese-language reporter Saya...
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Japanese Joe Biden tries the Biden Burger in Japan
The sweet taste of democracy in a burger that tips its hat to some Pennsylvania favourites. Back in 2016, our Japanese-language reporter Mr Sato suffered a bout of U.S. Presidential fever that saw him...
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Miyagi restaurant refuses to accept customers’ money after tsunami warning...
Company’s policy is to place human life above all else. Bikkuri Donkey is a popular chain of family restaurants, eating establishments that lie somewhere between fast food and bar-and-grill type...
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