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March 11 10 years on / Former Japan crisis management official: Prepare for any contingency
March 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Yomiuri Shimbun...
March 19, 2021
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March 11 10 years on / Ex-SDF chief urges public to plan ahead for disasters
March 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Yomiuri Shimbun...
March 18, 2021
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Medical services in disaster-hit areas have developed 10 years on
KESENNUMA, Miyagi — Tsunami triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 caused floodi...
March 17, 2021
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Faithful legacy of the ‘samurai ambassador’
In the early Edo period, Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga, a samurai and retainer of Sendai daimyo Date M...
March 16, 2021
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Vacancies high in public housing for disaster-hit people in northeast Japan
In a predicament for municipalities that operate public housing units built for people affected by t...
March 15, 2021
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Doctor determined to stay in tsunami-hit Japanese city as long as necessary
RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate — Ten years have passed since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, and as the...
March 15, 2021
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Quadruped robot may join patrol in Nara Palace
A test run on the use of an unmanned quadrupedal robot in area patrol and inspection was held at one...
March 14, 2021
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Unfold and unwind with lightweight outdoor chairs
The use of outdoor folding chairs in parks and along riverbanks is gaining popularity amid the coron...
March 13, 2021
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Public gets first peek at petit panda
A giant panda cub born last autumn had its public debut Friday at Adventure World, a theme park in S...
March 13, 2021
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All 3 students graduate from evacuated Fukushima junior high school
All three students of Okuma Junior High School, which had been in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, befor...
March 12, 2021
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Reconstruction efforts blighted by shortage of technical personnel in Japan
The dispatch of local government employees to support areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthqu...
March 12, 2021
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Weekly fireside chats
Nicholas Staffaron shares his experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Pr...
March 11, 2021
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Intensive searches for missing continue in Fukushima coastal areas
TOMIOKA, Fukushima — About 530 people conducted an intensive search in coastal areas in Fukushima Pr...
March 11, 2021
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41,241 people remain displaced
A total of 41,241 people are still displaced as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. Even in area...
March 11, 2021
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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 c...
March 11, 2021
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