Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+
Toyota plans to build production base in Tohoku
The chairman of Toyota Motor, Fujio Cho, has unveiled a plan to build a new base for the development and production of small cars in the disaster-stricken Tohoku region of northeastern Japan......
Sunday, September 25, 2011 09:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_01.html
Gov't panel proposes tsunami evacuation plan
A Japanese government panel of experts has agreed to develop a community plan where people can escape from tsunami waves within 5 minutes after an earthquake occurs.........
Sunday, September 25, 2011 09:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_02.html
Japan, World Bank agree on anti-disaster project
Japan and the World Bank have agreed to jointly study ways to help developing countries prepare for a major disaster.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011 09:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_19.html
Saury auction held on Sunday in Hokkaido
A rare Sunday auction of saury was held at a port in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido......
Sunday, September 25, 2011 14:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_12.html
Sendai Airport express to resume service on Oct. 1
Test runs of airport express trains were carried out between Sendai Airport and Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday. The tracks and the terminal were destroyed by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011 16:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_15.html
Intl flights resume at Sendai Airport
Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan has resumed international services that had been suspended since the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. Passengers boarded the first flight to Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011 17:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_16.html
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Yomiuri online
Noda, wife show thanks in N.Y. for quake support
NEW YORK--Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his wife Hitomi held a reception Thursday night in New York for foreign representatives to express gratitude for their countries' support for people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110924002782.htm
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Asahi com
Prime minister's wife makes debut in public arena
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109240174.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Tsunami-hit Sendai Airport reopens fully with scheduled int'l flights
SENDAI (Kyodo) -- The regional airport in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, whose runways and other facilities were badly damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, reopened fully Sunday as scheduled international flights resumed......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu031000c.html
Elderly man's search for young girl he befriended at shelter stumped by privacy protection
KAMAISHI, Iwate -- An elderly man here wants to give a young girl he befriended at an evacuation shelter a present to celebrate her starting school, but without contact information his attempts to locate the girl have been stumped by officials concerned with protecting personal information......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na005000c.html
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Jiji press
(Update) Japan 3rd Extra Budget Seen to Be Worth 12 T. Yen
Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--The size of the Japanese government's planned fiscal 2011 third supplementary budget mainly for financing postdisaster reconstruction measures is now expected to be set at about 12 trillion yen, it was learned Sunday...........
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092500325
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Sankei news
Kite Festival
Yotsukura beach at Iwaki city, Fukushima
Yotsukura seaside
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Toyota plans to build production base in Tohoku
The chairman of Toyota Motor, Fujio Cho, has unveiled a plan to build a new base for the development and production of small cars in the disaster-stricken Tohoku region of northeastern Japan......
Sunday, September 25, 2011 09:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_01.html
Gov't panel proposes tsunami evacuation plan
A Japanese government panel of experts has agreed to develop a community plan where people can escape from tsunami waves within 5 minutes after an earthquake occurs.........
Sunday, September 25, 2011 09:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_02.html
Japan, World Bank agree on anti-disaster project
Japan and the World Bank have agreed to jointly study ways to help developing countries prepare for a major disaster.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011 09:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_19.html
Saury auction held on Sunday in Hokkaido
A rare Sunday auction of saury was held at a port in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido......
Sunday, September 25, 2011 14:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_12.html
Sendai Airport express to resume service on Oct. 1
Test runs of airport express trains were carried out between Sendai Airport and Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday. The tracks and the terminal were destroyed by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011 16:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_15.html
Intl flights resume at Sendai Airport
Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan has resumed international services that had been suspended since the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. Passengers boarded the first flight to Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011 17:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_16.html
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Yomiuri online
Noda, wife show thanks in N.Y. for quake support
NEW YORK--Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his wife Hitomi held a reception Thursday night in New York for foreign representatives to express gratitude for their countries' support for people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110924002782.htm
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Asahi com
Prime minister's wife makes debut in public arena
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109240174.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Tsunami-hit Sendai Airport reopens fully with scheduled int'l flights
SENDAI (Kyodo) -- The regional airport in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, whose runways and other facilities were badly damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, reopened fully Sunday as scheduled international flights resumed......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu031000c.html
Elderly man's search for young girl he befriended at shelter stumped by privacy protection
KAMAISHI, Iwate -- An elderly man here wants to give a young girl he befriended at an evacuation shelter a present to celebrate her starting school, but without contact information his attempts to locate the girl have been stumped by officials concerned with protecting personal information......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na005000c.html
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Jiji press
(Update) Japan 3rd Extra Budget Seen to Be Worth 12 T. Yen
Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--The size of the Japanese government's planned fiscal 2011 third supplementary budget mainly for financing postdisaster reconstruction measures is now expected to be set at about 12 trillion yen, it was learned Sunday...........
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092500325
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Sankei news
Kite Festival
Yotsukura beach at Iwaki city, Fukushima
Yotsukura seaside
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