Princess Kako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, left Saturday for the United States where she will live for a month with an American family. It is her first solo trip abroad, according to the Imperial Household Agency. The 18-year-old princess, a freshman at Gakushuin University in Tokyo, will return to Japan on Sept. 4. The … Read more
Sometimes making a difference just means making the time. Kerry Shioya, 49, travels two or three times a month to the Tohoku areas hit by the March 11, 2011, disasters. Sometimes setting out alone, sometimes bringing one of her five children, interested English students or other volunteers, Shioya continues to make time for those affected … Read more
Photos1 of 5 Air Force Airmen and American military children welcome Japanese sixth-graders and escorts from Iitate Village to Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2013. The students had the opportunity to watch several rescue demonstrations in order to learn more about the peaceful operations the U.S. military performs. (U.S. Air Force photo by … Read more
As one of the admins of the FVJ forum, I thought it was time to address the Garin Dart case. In regards to questions about the lack of updates on this page about the case, there are two main reasons. The first is that the core group that formed the original delivery missions and ran … Read more
Mount Fuji has received a lot of press recently since it was granted World Heritage status by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in June. Reports have suggested that there has been an increase in the number of Japanese visiting the peak since it acquired its new status. Indeed, Japanese travel agency JTB reported that … Read more
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The Kamaishi Municipal Government in Iwate Prefecture revealed on Monday that it will demolish the Unosumai Chiku Bosai Center as soon as possible. The shelter was used by 244 residents as an evacuation centre during the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Unfortunately, 210 lost their lives while taking shelter at the centre. Bereaved families consider … Read more
TOKYO: Earthquakes frequently rock Japan and sometimes trigger fearful tsunamis. The Japanese government has warned that the country may be hit by an earthquake more damaging than the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which killed 19,000 people and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Channel NewsAsia visited one of Japan’s foremost quake and tsunami … Read more
After a tsunami struck the nuclear power plant in the Fukushima prefecture in 2011, the author became the only foreign newsman allowed to enter the danger zone on Friday to witness the cleanup drive of the Japanese government. The shuttered facility in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshu has been off limits to … Read more
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture–Heading out to sea, Junichi Sato takes medicine to control his motion sickness, a problem he never had until the 2011 tsunami killed his mother and young daughter and son. “I used to have resistance to sea sickness before my family’s boat was swept away by the tsunami,” he said. Although his family … Read more