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General News
Intensive searches for missing continue in Fukushima coastal areas
TOMIOKA, Fukushima — About 530 people conducted an intensive search in coastal areas in Fukushima Prefecture on Thursday, as 196 people in the prefect...
March 11, 2021
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General News
41,241 people remain displaced
A total of 41,241 people are still displaced as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. Even in areas where reconstruction projects have been complete...
March 11, 2021
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Outside Contributors
Disaster relief efforts benefited future of Japan-U.S. ties
LOS ANGELES — John Roos, who was the U.S. ambassador to Japan at the time of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and devoted himself to supporting th...
March 11, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Pass on 3/11 disaster lessons for sake of future generations / Verify results, challenges of reconstruction
Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. More than 22,000 people were killed or remain missing. Stories of earthquake-related expe...
March 11, 2021
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General News
10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake Comedy duo Sandwichman continue to support home region
When the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, Mikio Date and Takeshi Tomizawa of the comedy duo Sandwichman were filming in Kesennuma, M...
March 11, 2021
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Japan In Focus
Tokyo: How Togoshi-Ginza became 1st ‘Ginza’ outside famous shopping district
Tokyo has quite a few shopping streets named after Ginza — the foremost commercial district in the capital’s Chuo Ward — such as Jujo-Ginza, Sunamachi...
March 9, 2021
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Olympics & Paralympics
Torch relay’s departure ceremony to be spectator-free
The organizing committee for the Tokyo Games is planning on holding a spectator-free departure ceremony for the torch relay, according to sources. Th...
March 9, 2021
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General News
Moving several times due to Fukushima nuclear accident common among disaster-related deaths
Nearly 70% of the people from the county where the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is located whose deaths were certified as disaster-related had ...
March 9, 2021
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General News
Experts with Judgment and Mettle Essential, Says Former Environment Minister Goshi Hosono
Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, The Yomiuri Shimbun spoke with Goshi Hosono, who served as a special adviser to the ...
March 9, 2021
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General News
Residents don’t return to disaster-hit areas in Japan, despite elevation of land
The population has dropped by 44% in areas where land was elevated after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, a Yomiuri Shimbun survey has fou...
March 8, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
10 Years after Disaster, Develop Industries that Take Advantage of Tohoku’s Attractiveness
How can vigorous industries be developed in the face of dwindling government support? As a decade will have passed since the Great East Japan Earthqua...
March 8, 2021
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General News
Son Reopens Museum to Pass Down Mother’s Fukushima Legacy
FUKUSHIMA — The 66-year-old son of a woman who died while still living an evacuee from the Fukushima nuclear accident has breathed new life into her f...
March 8, 2021
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General News
Fukushima Schools Frozen in Time
The municipal Kumamachi Elementary School in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, is the only school in the area with many interim nuclear waste storage facil...
March 7, 2021
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Politics & Government
Naoto Kan: Key to risk management is anticipating worst-case scenario
March 11 will mark 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Yomiuri Shimbun spoke with Naoto Kan, who served as prime minister when...
March 6, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
10 Years after Accident, Govt should Consider Vision for Future of N-Power
Almost 10 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the work to clean up after the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding...
March 5, 2021