Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+
Japan, China, S.Korea hold business summit
Business communities in Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to work together to build a cooperative system on disaster management to learn lessons from the March 11th natural disaster.......
Monday, May 23, 2011 05:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_02.html
Boat washed ashore by tsunami moved back to sea
A fishing boat washed ashore by the March 11th tsunami has been moved by a floating crane to waters off Miyagi Prefecture.......
Monday, May 23, 2011 14:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_21.html
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Yomiuri online
Diverse support given to earthquake victims
People and organizations from hundreds of kilometers away are extending their hands to survivors of the March 11 disaster, offering support to everyone from scholars to soccer players. ......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002907.htm
Living in damaged houses / Disaster victims endure unsafe structures, lack of utilities
Many people are continuing to live in homes severely damaged by tsunami in the March 11 disaster, despite the risk of collapse from aftershocks and in some cases a lack of water and electricity. .....
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002543.htm
Understaffing stalls donations / Local govts need help to distribute money to disaster survivors
A manpower shortage is hampering the distribution of 84.3 billion yen donated at home and abroad for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. .....
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002943.htm
Only 30% of donations reaches victims
Only about 30 percent of money donated to help victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has reached people in the hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002795.htm
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Japan, S. Korea eye reviving economy, tourism of quake-hit areas
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed Sunday to join hands in helping Japan's northeast revive its economy and tourism as the Tohoku region and the rest of Japan continue to reel from the effects of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami........
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm037000c.html
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Jiji press
INTERVIEW: Japan Economist Seeks Consumption Tax Hike for Reconstruction
Tokyo, May 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan needs to raise the consumption tax rate to secure funds for reconstruction after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and reforms of the nation's social security systems, Ryutaro Kono, chief economist at BNP Paribas Securities (Japan) Ltd., has said in a recent interview with Jiji Press......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011052300317
Market Prices of Rice Soar after March 11 Disaster
Tokyo, May 23 (Jiji Press)--Spot market prices for rice cultivated in 2010 have soared in Japan due to concerns about possible supply shortages for this year's crop due to the impact of the March 11 disaster and the nuclear crisis.....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011052300697
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Sankei news
Yamamoto town, Miyagi pref
Japan, China, S.Korea hold business summit
Business communities in Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to work together to build a cooperative system on disaster management to learn lessons from the March 11th natural disaster.......
Monday, May 23, 2011 05:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_02.html
Boat washed ashore by tsunami moved back to sea
A fishing boat washed ashore by the March 11th tsunami has been moved by a floating crane to waters off Miyagi Prefecture.......
Monday, May 23, 2011 14:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_21.html
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Yomiuri online
Diverse support given to earthquake victims
People and organizations from hundreds of kilometers away are extending their hands to survivors of the March 11 disaster, offering support to everyone from scholars to soccer players. ......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002907.htm
Living in damaged houses / Disaster victims endure unsafe structures, lack of utilities
Many people are continuing to live in homes severely damaged by tsunami in the March 11 disaster, despite the risk of collapse from aftershocks and in some cases a lack of water and electricity. .....
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002543.htm
Understaffing stalls donations / Local govts need help to distribute money to disaster survivors
A manpower shortage is hampering the distribution of 84.3 billion yen donated at home and abroad for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. .....
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002943.htm
Only 30% of donations reaches victims
Only about 30 percent of money donated to help victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has reached people in the hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110522002795.htm
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Japan, S. Korea eye reviving economy, tourism of quake-hit areas
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed Sunday to join hands in helping Japan's northeast revive its economy and tourism as the Tohoku region and the rest of Japan continue to reel from the effects of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami........
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm037000c.html
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Jiji press
INTERVIEW: Japan Economist Seeks Consumption Tax Hike for Reconstruction
Tokyo, May 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan needs to raise the consumption tax rate to secure funds for reconstruction after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and reforms of the nation's social security systems, Ryutaro Kono, chief economist at BNP Paribas Securities (Japan) Ltd., has said in a recent interview with Jiji Press......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011052300317
Market Prices of Rice Soar after March 11 Disaster
Tokyo, May 23 (Jiji Press)--Spot market prices for rice cultivated in 2010 have soared in Japan due to concerns about possible supply shortages for this year's crop due to the impact of the March 11 disaster and the nuclear crisis.....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011052300697
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Sankei news
Yamamoto town, Miyagi pref
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