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Queens Library Foundation Receives Donations From Japan For Rockaways
Western Queens Gazette
The Japanese people will never forget all the help that the United States provided when Japan was devastated by the Great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which took place on Mar. 11, 2011, and we'd like to take this opportunity to repay your generosity.

Japanese undergrads express gratitude
China Post
Masahiko Sugita, a representative of Japan's Interchange Association, who also doubles as leader of the Japanese delegation, said the group includes 30 students from Fukushima University, Tohoku University and Miyagi University. The delegation ...

Tokyo doctor adds disaster zone to practice
MENAFN.COM
Ever since the 9-magnitude earthquake rocked the Tohoku region two years ago, Tokyo doctor Naoko Ishii and her husband, Hajime, have been quasi-residents of the Ogatsu district of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Just a day after the havoc began on March ...

Bringing light back to the Land of the Rising Sun
The University of Hawaii Kaleo
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis cast a dark shadow over the Land of the Rising Sun, leaving almost 19,000 people dead or missing. “In a moment, we lost what belonged to us and our ancestors – home, beautiful land, mountains ...

Loss and healing in post-tsunami Japan
Inquirer.net
This was the town of Ofunato in the Iwate Prefecture, which was washed away by the tsunami that followed The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. My wish came true last Sunday. Invited to give the keynote lecture at a symposium on global ...

JICA pays tribute to Prof Kenji Honda
GhanaWeb
Upon graduation, he joined the First Department of Surgery of the Tohoku University School of Medicine, and after undergoing training in thoracic cardiovascular surgery and gastroenterological surgery, he was promoted to the rank of assistant professor ...

TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO INCORPORATED : (Mar 12,2013)Status of ...
4-traders (press release)
Due to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake which occurred on March 11, 2011, TEPCO's facilities including our nuclear power stations have been severely damaged. We deeply apologize for the anxiety and inconvenience caused. With regard to ...

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Jakarta Globe
Kuebler-Ross's 5 Stages of Grief Show How Post-Quake Japan Has Accepted Its ...
Jakarta Globe
Houses destroyed by tsunami floods following the Tohoku Earthquake in near Iwaki town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, 11 March 2011. A massive earthquake hit northern Japan earlier in the day. (EPA Photo). Related articles. Japan Marks Second Tsunami ...
Nuclear power's future still cloudy as Fukushima passes second anniversaryMinnPost.com
Matsumura Naoto, Japan Tsunami Survivor, Has Highest Radiation Level In ...Huffington Post
"Miracle Pine" Tree Reconstructed as a Memorial Sculpture to the Japanese ...ARTINFO
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JICA Pays Glowing Tribute To Prof. Kenji Honda
spyghana.com (blog)
Upon graduation, he joined the First Department of Surgery of the Tohoku University School of Medicine, and after undergoing training in thoracic cardiovascular surgery and gastroenterological surgery, he was promoted to the rank of assistant professor ...

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US Ambassador Sees 'Brighter Future for Japan'
The Rafu Shimpo
There are undeniable signs of progress throughout the affected area. We see hope in the eyes of the young boys and girls from Tohoku who are planning their future careers. We see hope in the imagination of local entrepreneurs, seeking innovative ways ...
Plummeting debris estimates belie pleas for disposal aidThe Japan Times
'Fukushima fear' deters tourists from entire northeastern JapanAsahi Shimbun
Disaster areas' railway repairs must be integrated with city planningThe Daily Yomiuri

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USJC's Hirano Reaffirms Support for Japan on Quake Anniversary
The Rafu Shimpo
On the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, we remember the loss, but also recognize the progress made towards recovery and the strength and determination of the people of the Tohoku region. “I am currently in Japan with ...

Marketplace.org
In Tokyo, a restaurant toasts Fukushima every night
Marketplace.org
While we're talking, his colleague, Toru Watajima, gets an alert on his iPhone: “Earthquake!” The floor starts to sway like a moving subway car. We get shaken for a good 20 seconds, and then ... “Yes, there's 2 million people in Tohoku still suffering ...

Energy Security in Northeast Asia: A Pivotal Moment for the US-Japan Alliance
Brookings Institution
Two years have passed since the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake devastated northeastern Japan and the subsequent meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shook the world. The government, then led by the Democratic Party of ...

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Japan's Broken Coast Struggles To Recover
Public Radio Tulsa
CONAN: Well, joining us now is Nikki Kininmonth, she's a freelance translator based in Tokyo and spent time in Tohoku, that's the region affected by the earthquake and tsunami. She joins us now by Skype from Hiraizumi in Japan. Nice to have you on TALK ...

Wall Street Journal
Tsunami-hit marine product processors facing worker shortage
The Daily Yomiuri
Shortly after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the number of job seekers hoping to work in food production industry, including marine product processors, in the two prefectures, greatly exceeded the number of job offers. In Iwate Prefecture, however ...
Job seekers and offers in Tohoku still mismatchedThe Japan Times

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Mother Nature Network
Japan's Tohoku earthquake 'heard' from space
Mother Nature Network
The tremendous shaking from Japan's Tohoku earthquake in 2011, the fourth-biggest temblor on record, was so powerful the sound traveled into space, a new study reports. The acoustic waves, called infrasound, jiggled the European Space Agency's GOCE ...
Massive Earthquake in Japan Heard from Space, New StudyNature World News
Japan's huge quake heard from space: study | Bangkok Post: newsBangkok Post
European satellite recorded Japan quakeSky News Australia
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Stars and Stripes
Tokyo doctor adds disaster zone to practice
The Japan Times
Ever since the 9-magnitude earthquake rocked the Tohoku region two years ago, Tokyo doctor Naoko Ishii and her husband, Hajime, have been quasi-residents of the Ogatsu district of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Just a day after the havoc began on March ...
Indonesia's Aceh Province commemorates Japan's tsunami anniversaryThe Japan Daily Press

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Forbes
Nuclear power's future still cloudy as Fukushima passes second anniversary
MinnPost.com
Monday marked the second anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and also, for the Japanese bereaved in those events, an observance the Buddhists among them call sankaiki. Years ago I learned that of all the dates in Japanese Buddhism's ...
Matsumura Naoto, Japan Tsunami Survivor, Has Highest Radiation Level In ...Huffington Post
Japan's cleanup lags from tsunami, nuke accidentShreveport Times
Two Years After Fukushima, Japan Worries About the Next Big QuakeTIME
Forbes -Asahi Shimbun
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Tohoku Two Years On
Huffington Post (blog)
The first example that I think of is the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake- and tsunami-affected areas of Japan. Now that we have arrived at the two-year anniversary of this tragedy, it is apparent that only a small dent has been made in all the work that needs ...

Two years later, stress emerges as major health issue in Fukushima
Brattleboro Reformer
Laundry hangs inside so it won't absorb the radiation that remains in the ground, two years after an earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns and explosions at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) to the south. To ...