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Tokyo secures 100 housing units for Ukrainian refugees
The Tokyo metropolitan government has pledged to provide 100 housing units for Ukrainians fleeing th...
March 12, 2022
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Kishida prays for disaster victims in Tohoku
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday visited areas in the Tohoku region that were devastated by ...
March 12, 2022
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Principal shares lessons of Japan’s 2011 disaster ‘so losses won’t be in vain’
The Yomiuri ShimbunKen Sato, principal of Kesen Elementary School in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture...
March 12, 2022
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Former Futaba residents to get green light for return to evacuated hometown
FUKUSHIMA— Former residents of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, will soon be allowed to return to the o...
March 11, 2022
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11 years after Japan’s huge tsunami, quake, evacuees still uncertain about return
Friday marked the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake that left more than 22,000 peo...
March 11, 2022
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People pray for victims of Japan’s 3/11 disaster
Memorial services for victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake were held in affected areas Fr...
March 11, 2022
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Widow carries on husband’s resolve to protect life
The words engraved on the gravestone in a sunlit cemetery in Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, capt...
March 10, 2022
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Tokyo Air Raid survivor saddened by Russia’s indiscriminate use of force 77 years after harrowing experience
In the predawn hours of March 10, 1945, the United States indiscriminately bombed Japan’s capital us...
March 10, 2022
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Boy who fled from Ukraine to Kumamoto worries about his mother
KUMAMOTO — A 12-year-old boy who traveled from Ukraine to Kumamoto City just before the Russian inva...
March 10, 2022
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Mother who lost daughter in Japan’s 3/11 disaster takes solace in pink cape
KESENNUMA, Miyagi — Nao Ono keeps a pink cape by her side whenever she goes to sleep. The garment be...
March 9, 2022
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Ukrainians in Japan pray for peace in Tokyo church
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainians living in Japan were among those praying for p...
March 7, 2022
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Oscar-nominated ‘Drive My Car’inspires related events in Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA — Several events related to the film “Drive My Car” are being held in Hiroshima Prefecture...
March 7, 2022
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Japan records surge in drug-related date rape
Date-rape assaults involving the illicit administration of drugs are on the increase. In typical ca...
March 7, 2022
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Rallies supporting Ukraine take place in various parts of Japan
Rallies protesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were held in parts of Japan on Saturday, with Ukrain...
March 6, 2022
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Search operation held in Japan to find people missing in aftermath of 3/11 quake, tsunami
A joint search operation for people missing from the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and...
March 6, 2022
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