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Emperor and Empress visit disaster-hit Asahi City

The Emperor and Empress have visited Chiba Prefecture, just outside Tokyo, to encourage residents of districts struck by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan......

Thursday, April 14, 2011 19:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_30.html

Art auction in Tokyo aims to help quake-hit areas

A charity art auction has opened in Tokyo to raise funds for areas hit by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami....

Thursday, April 14, 2011 19:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_29.html

Vienna Boys' Choir holds Japan charity concert

The Vienna Boys' Choir has held a charity concert to support children in disaster-hit areas of Japan.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 12:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_20.html
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Manichi jp

Emperor, empress make 1st visit to disaster-hit area

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday visited Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, in their first trip to an area badly hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to console local people....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2g00m0dm031000c.html

Japan's post-disaster recovery a global effort

After the March 11 earthquake and tsunami tore through northeast Japan, support both public and private flooded in from all over the world; support which continues more than a month after the disaster......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110415p2a00m0na018000c.html

Evacuees at disaster-area school hold farewell party for relief workers

MINAMISANRIKU, Miyagi -- Evacuees sheltering in a junior high school here held a farewell party for Self-Defense Force (SDF) members and other relief workers on April 14, thanking the workers for the help they have given.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110415p2a00m0na024000c.html

 

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Volunteers clean photos found in debris

In one of the towns struck by the March 11th tsunami, volunteers have cleaned photographs found in the debris in the hope of returning them to their owners.....

Saturday, April 16, 2011 23:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_15.html

Vietnam cherry festival raises funds for Japan

Visitors to an annual cherry blossom festival in Hanoi, Vietnam, have offered support and made donations for people in eastern Japan who are struggling after the devastating March 11th earthquake and tsunami....

Saturday, April 16, 2011 23:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_16.html
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Israel medical team heads home after quake aid mission

As an Israeli emergency medical team prepared to leave the devastated town of Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday after a two-week aid mission, its members were presented with a small gift of thanks. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104150133.html
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Son of police officer who died in tsunami carries on father's efforts through journalism

OFUNATO, Iwate -- Shin Takahashi was covering the police beat for the local Tohkai Shimpo newspaper when he learned that his father -- the head of a police substation in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture -- had been confirmed a victim of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110416p2a00m0na022000c.html

 

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Japanese dancers in NY give charity performance

A group of Japanese dancers has given a charity performance in New York to raise money for the reconstruction of northeastern Japan areas hit by the March 11th quake and tsunami.....

Monday, April 18, 2011 16:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_h18.html
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Fish shop reopens in Miyagi offering local specialty octopus

MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi -- A fish shop here has reopened for the first time since the March 11 disaster, offering octopuses caught before the tsunami to local customers......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/18/20110418p2a00m0na010000c.html

U.S. commander of 'Operation Tomodachi' moved by Japanese restoration efforts

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. commander of "Operation Tomodachi" to help with relief efforts in quake-ravaged northeastern Japan said that he had been impressed and moved by the Japanese people who were making desperate efforts to rebuild their country......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/18/20110418p2a00m0na012000c.html

Taiwan stands out as supporter of Japan with massive amount of donations

As support has poured in from around the globe to Japan after the deadly March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Taiwan has stood out with over 4.85 billion Taiwan dollars (around 13.9 billion yen) in relief donations to Japan as of April 13, in what is possibly the largest amount of money per person donated from any country since the disaster.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/18/20110418p2a00m0na014000c.html

 

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Kuwait to donate oil to Japan

Major oil exporter Kuwait says it will donate 5 million barrels of oil to Japan.....

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 05:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_01.html
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Letter from wife of heroic cop who gave his life on March 11

Among the countless thousands who lost their lives on March 11 in the Great East Japan Earthquake was a dedicated police officer in his late-30s who was working for the Iwate prefectural police department.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104170116.html
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Kuwait to donate 5 mil. barrels of oil, oil products to Japan

CAIRO (Kyodo) -- The Kuwaiti government has decided to donate 5 million barrels of crude oil and oil products to Japan, as part of efforts to help the country recover from the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait said Monday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/19/20110419p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Japan-supported Cambodian villagers give back with disaster aid donation

Large amounts of financial and material aid have poured into Japan since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ripped into the country's northeast, and while amidst such a huge volume a mere 80,000 yen may tend to go unnoticed, the donation from poor villagers in Cambodia, who have been helped by Japanese aid in the past, is worthy of special mention.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/19/20110419p2a00m0na016000c.html

Disaster victims teamed up on day after quake to deliver baby

On March 12, the day after the Great East Japan Earthquake, people at one evacuation shelter combined their strength to help an expectant mother safely deliver her child amidst trying circumstances.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/19/20110419p2a00m0na019000c.html

Quake survivors left with various items to treasure

Over a month has passed since the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated many coastal areas in northeast Japan, taking the lives of thousands and leaving many survivors without a home.
The above are photographs of victims showing items they now treasure following the disaster.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/photospecials/graph/treasures/

 

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Prince and Princess Hitachi visit evacuees

Japan's Prince and Princess Hitachi have visited quake and tsunami survivors and nuclear plant accident refugees at a facility in Kawasaki, near Tokyo.....

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 20:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_33.html

2 missing town workers used their last words to save lives

MINAMI-SANRIKUCHO, Miyagi--As the March 11 tsunami approached, two town employees in Minami-Sanrikucho, Miyagi Prefecture, stuck to their posts, urging residents to take shelter from the oncoming wave over the public announcement system.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110419004258.htm

U.S. museum honors handmade disaster-zone newspaper

WASHINGTON--Copies of a hand-lettered newspaper, produced by editors and reporters after they lost their printing press in the Great East Japan Earthquake, will be displayed at a journalism museum here....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104190228.html

21 mini FM stations help survivors in disaster areas

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 21 mini FM radio stations have obtained government licenses to operate as provisional broadcasters, giving people post-disaster information in areas ravaged by last month's earthquake and tsunami, the communications ministry said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/20/20110420p2g00m0dm037000c.html

Strong Internet sales provide needed support to Fukushima vegetable growers

Internet sales of agricultural products grown in Fukushima Prefecture have taken off, providing farmers in the area with much needed support as retailers slash prices on Fukushima products...

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20110420p2a00m0na013000c.html

 

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Indonesia supplies more LNG to Japan

Indonesia has begun boosting exports of liquefied natural gas to Japan to help it overcome a shortage of electricity....

Thursday, April 21, 2011 00:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_01.html

Stories related to March earthquake

A penguin chick has hatched in a zoo from an egg laid one hour before the massive quake hit northeastern Japan on March 11th.....

Thursday, April 21, 2011 07:38 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_10.html

US ambassador helps promote Fukushima products

The US Ambassador to Japan has bought a bottle of sake made in Fukushima Prefecture in a show of support for people suffering from the nuclear accident....

Thursday, April 21, 2011 20:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_36.html

Flower message to cheer up quake survivors

The husband-and-wife owners of a cafe in Takamatsu City, western Japan, have created flower messages to encourage the country's recovery from the March 11th disaster.....

Thursday, April 21, 2011 22:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_41.html

Foreigners put pro-democracy rallies on hold to help disaster survivors

Although dictators, oppression and even war continue to cause enormous suffering in their home countries, a number of foreigners remain focused on helping survivors of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104200141.html

Mongolians offer support, and a sheep, for quake-hit Japan

ULAN BATOR--On the grassland that stretches to the horizon in Mongolia's Tov province, a nomad named Ganbaatar tends to his goats and sheep, but his mind is on the suffering of the faraway people in northeastern Japan. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104200143.html

Denmark to offer long-term assistance to tsunami-devastated city

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Denmark plans to offer long-term reconstruction assistance in areas including education and infrastructure to the city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, Danish Embassy officials said Wednesday....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/21/20110421p2g00m0dm035000c.html

 

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Emperor and Empress visit disaster-hit Kitaibaraki

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have visited Ibaraki Prefecture to encourage local residents who were affected by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.....

Friday, April 22, 2011 19:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_33.html

Kids abroad cheer friends in quake zone

"Keep your smile," from Indonesia; "Stay strong, Japan," from Ecuador; "We pray for Japan," from Vietnam.

Such messages have been sent by children in those countries to boost the morale of their Japanese friends in areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110421005157.htm

Daughter vows to carry on missing father's photo studio

Just as her father used to, photographer Mayumi Suzuki told the new first-graders to smile for the camera Tuesday at the welcoming ceremony at Onagawa Daiichi Elementary School in tsunami-devastated Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104210141.html

Treasured cherry tree blooms in quake-hit Fukushima

After the Great East Japan Earthquake rattled Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 11, cracks were found on local roadways. But one of Japan's national treasures was spared.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104210138.html

Hawaii's Maui County offers temporary stays for Japanese disaster victims

FUKUSHIMA -- Hawaii's Maui County has offered to invite victims of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami to stay on the Polynesian islands.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/22/20110422p2a00m0na011000c.html

Meticulous, frequent drills led to successful escape at seniors' facility

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi -- A nursing care facility for the elderly here was swallowed by the tsunami that followed the massive earthquake on March 11, but the facility's regular evacuation drills seemed to pay off, with all its elderly residents and staff members getting out safe.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/22/20110422p2a00m0na016000c.html

Plasterer devotes energy to repairing homes after friends move out of tsunami-hit town

SENDAI -- A plasterer from the tsunami-devastated town of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, is devoting all his energy to repairing homes as he works to overcome the pain of seeing longtime friends who lost their homes leave the area.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/22/20110422p2a00m0na018000c.html

 

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Australia gives Minamisanriku food, toy koalas

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited the tsunami-hit town of Minamisanriku on Saturday. She viewed the rubble and visited an evacuation center where she distributed toy koalas to children.....

Sunday, April 24, 2011 00:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_23.html

Cherry festival opens in Hirosaki

A cherry-blossom viewing festival has opened in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, with evacuees from Miyagi Prefecture participating in the opening ceremony.....

Sunday, April 24, 2011 00:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_19.html

Evacuees invited to Ueno Park to see pandas

Families made homeless by the March 11th disasters have visited a zoo in Tokyo to see 2 giant pandas leased from China.....

Sunday, April 24, 2011 00:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_17.html

Concert to aid Japan's rebuilding held in Baghdad

A concert to support Japan's rebuilding effort in areas devastated by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami was held in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, on Saturday....

Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_10.html
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'I want to be with Japan' / Donald Keene discusses plan to relocate, become citizen

NEW YORK--Renowned expert in Japanese literature and culture Donald Keene, who recently announced his intention to gain Japanese citizenship and move permanently to Tokyo, wants to "be with the Japanese people," he told The Yomiuri Shimbun.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20110423dy02.htm
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Asahi com

Emperor, empress visit evacuation center in Kita-Ibaraki

KITA-IBARAKI, Ibaraki Prefecture--Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited a tsunami-damaged area and an evacuation center here on April 22. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104230228.html

Hey there! Hi there! Ho there! Mickey Mouse brings smiles to evacuees

IWANUMA, Miyagi Prefecture--Kids and adults at an evacuation center at the Iwanuma civic hall had a special visit by Mickey Mouse & Co. on April 23. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104230231.html
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Mainichi jp

Emperor, empress extend sympathy in tsunami-hit city in Ibaraki

KITAIBARAKI (Kyodo) -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko extended their sympathies to evacuees and people working in the local fishing industry in the coastal city of Kitaibaraki in Ibaraki Prefecture on Friday following the disastrous March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit the area.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/23/20110423p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Rare fish found in garden pond after Japan tsunami

MIYAKO, Iwate -- A sculpin, a type of freshwater fish long believed to have disappeared from a river here, has been found in a pond in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/23/20110423p2a00m0na003000c.html
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Pope sends message to disaster-hit Japanese

Pope Benedict the 16th has sent a message to the March 11th quake and tsunami survivors in northeastern Japan, saying he hopes the Japanese people will find solace and hope.....

Monday, April 25, 2011 06:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_06.html

Website started to show what quake relief supplies are in demand

Tokyo (Kyodo) -- A volunteer from Okinawa Prefecture has set up a website that constantly updates a list of supplies and goods needed by victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/25/20110425p2g00m0dm022000c.html

American teacher in Sendai stays in Japan to help with volunteer efforts

SENDAI -- With the nuclear plant crisis and continuing aftershocks, many foreign assistant English teachers have left Japan to return to their home countries, but one assistant language teacher (ALT) here chose to stay behind and do what he could for volunteer efforts....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/25/20110425p2a00m0na011000c.html

Craftsman creates carp streamers for children in disaster-hit area

SAGAE, Yamagata -- A local craftsman is making three colorful carp streamers for children in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Kesennuma, which was devastated by the March 11 quake and ensuing tsunami.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/25/20110425p2a00m0na013000c.html

Indonesian nurse grateful for Japan's help after Sumatra tsunami joins relief team in Iwate

YAMADA, Iwate -- An Indonesian nurse thankful for Japan's relief efforts following the 2004 tsunami off Sumatra arrived here to return the favor by helping Japanese people recover from the March 11 disaster....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/25/20110425p2a00m0na017000c.html

Indonesian nurse brings experience from 2004 tsunami

In 2004, Indonesian nurse Suwarti helped care for survivors of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in 14 nations. The 32-year-old from Jakarta traveled to Banda Aceh on the island of Sumatra and helped to prevent the spread of infectious diseases as well as providing care to patients with broken bones. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104250123.html

Indonesian nurse working in tsunami-hit town

An Indonesian nurse is working in a town hit by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan with a hope to bring her experience of caring for survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.....

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_11.html



INTERVIEW: No Doubts on Japan Postdisaster Reconstruction

New York, April 25 (Jiji Press)--Renowned U.S. scholar of Japanese literature Donald Keene, who recently announced his decision to move permanently to Japan and gain Japanese citizenship, says he has no concerns about the future of the country.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011042500598

Survivors, volunteers search for family photos in ruins

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- In tsunami-hit parts of northeastern Japan, survivors of the disaster and volunteers helping them can be seen searching for sentimental items, especially family photographs....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/26/20110426p2g00m0dm021000c.html