It’s been constantly proven that nine months after a major disaster, there is a spike in the number of babies born in the area where it happened. There’s nothing like facing the prospect of death to drive you to pro-create right? The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 has brought an even more interesting “phenomena”: … Read more
FUKUI – A fishing boat from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, that was washed into the Pacific Ocean by the March 2011 tsunami has been found on the other side of the archipelago, the Japan Coast Guard said. The 5.6-meter-long vessel was found drifting off the coast of Fukui in the Sea of Japan on Saturday and … Read more
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
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