Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

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Woman released from detention after quake arrested on suspicion of trespassing

FUKUSHIMA -- A woman released from detention in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has been arrested on suspicion of trespassing at a convenience store here, it has been learned......

(Mainichi Japan) April 5, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110405p2a00m0na007000c.html

Ishinomaki fisherman recalls surviving March 11 quake, tsunami

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Makoto Endo, a 69-year-old fisherman farming scallops and silver salmon, was working to extend ropes around marine aquaculture enclosures near a coastal levee with his friends around Ogatsu port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, when a massive earthquake shook the area on March 11.....

(Mainichi Japan) April 5, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110405p2g00m0dm042000c.html

Tsunami-ravaged town holds draw for temporary housing

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- A draw for temporary housing for quake- and tsunami-displaced residents was held here April 5, with over 1,000 households applying for 36 openings.

At the makeshift city office, Mayor Futoshi Toba drew lots to choose 18 households from the general public to enter temporary housing along with 18 households consisting of elderly, disabled and single-mother families.....

(Mainichi Japan) April 5, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110405p2a00m0na009000c.html

 

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Evacuee with dementia dies of exposure near shelter

TAGAMI, Niigata -- A woman with dementia has died from exposure after getting lost near a shelter here for the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami, shedding light on the lack of sufficient support for evacuees requiring special assistance......

(Mainichi Japan) April 5, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/05/20110405p2a00m0na017000c.html

Quake-ravaged village keeps busy disposing of tons of fish

OFUNATO, Iwate -- Residents in this tiny coastal fishing village are toiling to dispose of hundreds of metric tons of fish after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami battered refrigerated warehouses......

(Mainichi Japan) April 5, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/05/20110405p2a00m0na019000c.html

 

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Over 27,000 confirmed dead or missing

More than 27,000 people have been confirmed dead or missing in the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.
Japan's National Police Agency says the official death toll has risen to 12,431....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 00:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_02.html

Dead being buried after damage to crematoria

With damage to crematoriums and a lack of kerosene limiting the number of cremations in disaster-hit areas, local governments have begun performing burials, a practice not common in this nation.
More than 1,000 bodies had been buried in six municipalities in Miyagi Prefecture as of Sunday, according to data gathered by The Yomiuri Shimbun....

(Apr. 6, 2011)
yomiuri online http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110405003172.htm

Iwate brewer urges holding cherry blossom parties with Tohoku-made sake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- While a mood of voluntary self-restraint is spreading following last month's deadly earthquake and tsunami, an official of a Japanese sake brewery in Iwate Prefecture has asked people to go ahead and hold cherry blossom viewing parties with sake made in disaster-hit areas....

(Mainichi Japan) April 6, 2011
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/06/20110406p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Japan struggled in getting disaster reports out to world

A major task facing government officials dealing with the Great East Japan Earthquake was how to transmit reports about the unprecedented damage to a worldwide audience.....

asahi com http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104050202.html

 

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Missing U.S. English teacher's fiancee confident he will be found alive

TENDO, Yamagata -- It has been nearly two weeks since a massive earthquake and tsunami tore into the northeast coast of Japan. Thousands have been confirmed dead, and thousands more remain missing. Still, one woman here refuses to give up hope her American fiance will be returned to her.....

(Mainichi Japan) March 24, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/03/24/20110324p2a00m0na031000c.html

Family of 5 found dead in car crushed under rubble in Miyagi

KESENNUMA, Miyagi -- A family of five have been found dead in a car under rubble near the remains of their home after their neighborhood was devastated by a tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake.

Relatives of the family say the fact that the five were found together illustrates their close family bonds....

(Mainichi Japan) April 6, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110406p2a00m0na005000c.html

Donations for quake victims go undelivered despite desperate needs

While hundreds of billions of yen have been donated for victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake, central and local government authorities have not been able to distribute the badly needed cash to those in need as the regions affected by the tremor and tsunami are so huge that it is difficult to come to grips with the full extent of the damage.....

(Mainichi Japan) April 6, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110406p2a00m0na017000c.html

Gov't aims to stop rolling blackouts in TEPCO-serviced areas this month

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry intends to end within this month rolling blackouts now conducted by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to conserve electricity, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday......

(Mainichi Japan) April 6, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110406p2g00m0dm040000c.html

Disaster strengthens Japan-U.S. alliance: Pentagon official

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan and the ensuing nuclear crisis have strengthened the Japan-U.S. security alliance through U.S. assistance in responding to the disasters, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.....

Mainichi Japan) April 6, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110406p2g00m0dm039000c.html

Limited impact of Japan disaster on Asian economy

The Asian Development Bank predicts robust growth of 7.8 percent in 2011 for the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. The organization believes the impact of Japan's recent disaster on supply chains will be limited.....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 15:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_25.html

Japan eager to discuss disaster management cooperation with ASEAN

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said Tuesday he is eager to discuss cooperation on disaster management with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, following the catastrophic quake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11....

(Mainichi Japan) April 6, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110406p2g00m0dm038000c.html

Quake, tsunami debris estimated at 25 mil tons

The environment ministry says the massive March 11th earthquake and tsunami left the 3 hardest hit prefectures under some 24.9 million tons of building debris.....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 11:06 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_14.html

Fed to watch quake impact on US economy

The minutes of a US Federal Reserve meeting show policymakers will keep a close watch over how Japan's massive March 11th earthquake will affect America's economy.

The US Fed on Tuesday released the minutes of its policy meeting held on March 15.....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 11:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_15.html

Japanese firms to downgrade earnings forecasts

An increasing number of Japanese companies listed on stock exchanges are downgrading their earnings forecasts following the massive earthquake and tsunami last month and subsequent rolling blackouts....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 15:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_24.html

US marines finish clean-up on remote island

US Marines finished clearing debris on a remote Japanese island off disaster-hit Miyagi prefecture on Wednesday.
The operation involving about 300 marines and heavy construction machinery started last Friday on Oshima Island. The March 11th tsunami left huge amounts of debris in its wake, including ships.....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 16:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_26.html

 

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Toyota to resume production in more plants

Toyota Motor says it aims to restart assembly lines starting April 18th at most of its factories in Japan, after suspending production due to the March 11th earthquake....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 19:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_33.html

March 11 quake moves seabed 24 meters off Miyagi

The Japan Coast Guard says the seabed right above the seismic focus of the powerful earthquake on March 11th moved 24 meters to the east off Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan......

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 20:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_31.html

Quake insurance claims surge to 320,000

Japan's non-life insurers say over 300,000 claims for quake insurance payouts have been filed by disaster victims.
The General Insurance Association of Japan says, as of Tuesday, the number of claims amounted to around 320,000......

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 20:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_34.html

 

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Fund distribution committee to be set up

Japanese organizations receiving donations for the areas stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are going to set up a committee to discuss ways to allocate the funds to affected areas.....

Thursday, April 07, 2011 02:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_03.html

Govt may slash ODA budget after disaster

Japan may cut its aid budget to developing countries as it struggles to rebuild after the devastating March 11th earthquake and tsunami.....

Thursday, April 07, 2011 06:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_10.html

Clinton's visit to Japan being negotiated

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is planning to visit Japan to underline US support for Japan's efforts to overcome the devastation caused by the massive March 11th earthquake and tsunami....

Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_22.html

US military chief stresses role in Japan quake aid

The US Pacific Command chief has stressed that the huge US military contribution to relief efforts following the March 11th earthquake and tsunami in Japan proves the strength and maturity of the bilateral alliance.....

Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_24.html

Asakusa sees sharp drop in foreign tourists

Visitors from overseas have all but disappeared from Tokyo's Asakusa district in the wake of the nuclear crisis following the March 11 quake and tsunami.
The downtown district of Asakusa is a major tourist attraction that draws around 30-million visitors every year, half of them foreigners.....

Thursday, April 07, 2011 14:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_28.html

BOJ decides on new loans to support reconstruction

The Bank of Japan says the nation's economy is under strong downward pressure due to the impact of the disaster and has decided on a 1-trillion yen loan program to support quake-hit areas....

Thursday, April 07, 2011 16:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_31.html

Over 27,000 dead or missing in March 11th disaster

The police say more than 27,600 people are dead or missing in the March 11th disaster that hit northeastern Japan.....

Thursday, April 07, 2011 19:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_38.html

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Drug production stymied by quake

Production of various medicines at pharmaceutical factories in the Tohoku and northern Kanto regions is at a standstill because of damage caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....

(Apr. 7, 2011)
yomiuri online http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110406004793.htm

Miyagi town flags home owners' wishes

SENDAI--Red means remove everything, yellow means take away debris but leave the home, and green means please leave everything as it is.
The disaster countermeasures headquarters in Wataricho, Miyagi Prefecture, is asking owners of houses and buildings damaged by last month's earthquake and tsunami to use colored flags to indicate what they want done with their property......

(Apr. 7, 2011)
yomiuri online http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110406005440.htm

3 tril. yen eyed for quake budget / Govt plans to fund reconstruction programs without issuing bonds

A supplementary budget the government and the Democratic Party of Japan are crafting for postquake reconstruction likely will total more than 3 trillion yen, sources said Wednesday.
The extra budget, the first for this fiscal year, would be used mainly for disposing of rubble and constructing temporary housing for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami......

(Apr. 7, 2011)
yomiuri online http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110406005190.htm

Police trying to crack case of safes found after tsunami

MORIOKA--Police in Iwate Prefecture are scratching their heads over how to return to their rightful owners safes and other valuable items recovered from the rubble left behind by last month's tsunami.
Safes swept out of houses destroyed when the earthquake-triggered tsunami inundated coastal areas of the prefecture have turned up in other locations, making it difficult to trace the owners.......

(Apr. 7, 2011)
yomiuri online http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110406004511.htm

Quake-hit island bids farewell to U.S. marines

SENDAI--U.S. marines on Wednesday said goodbye to residents of Oshima--a Miyagi Prefecture island left devastated and cut off by the giant March 11 earthquake and tsunami--where they had spent several days helping with restoration work......

(Apr. 7, 2011)
yomiuri online http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110406005599.htm

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Teachers return to devastated school to prepare for new year

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Teachers returned to an elementary school here Tuesday for the first time since the March 11 disaster to sift through the debris for items needed to start the new school year. .....

asahi com http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104060135.html

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Beer in short supply in Tokyo region due to quake, power outages

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Beer is running short at some retailers in the Tokyo metropolitan region as brewers struggle with damage to their factories and power outages caused by the March 11 quake and tsunami that ravaged northeastern Japan.......

(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/07/20110407p2g00m0dm002000c.html

Clinton eyes visiting Japan late next week: sources

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The U.S. government is making final arrangements for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit Tokyo late next week, with the aim of enhancing bilateral cooperation in addressing the disaster in Japan, U.S. diplomatic sources said Wednesday......

(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/07/20110407p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Seabed moved 24 meters near Japan quake's focus in Pacific

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The seabed near the focus of a devastating earthquake that struck northeastern Japan last month has moved about 24 meters east-southeast and risen about 3 meters, a Japan Coast Guard survey showed Wednesday......

(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/07/20110407p2g00m0bu007000c.html

Rolling blackouts ending this month in TEPCO areas

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is working on ending within this month controversial rolling blackouts now conducted by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to conserve electricity, government sources said Wednesday.....

(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/07/20110407p2g00m0dm037000c.html

Gov't, DPJ eyeing 20% cut in ODA to finance 1st quake-relief budget

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Japan plan to cut the foreign aid allocation for fiscal 2011 by 20 percent to finance the first extra budget for post-quake relief and reconstruction, government and party sources said Wednesday.....

(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/07/20110407p2g00m0dm041000c.html

4-year-old boy who lost mom to tsunami: 'The most beautiful star in the sky is Mama'

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- "The most beautiful star in the sky is Mama," says a young boy, repeating what his father told him, as he looks up at the clear night sky.

Four-year-old Ritsu and his 2-year-old brother Ei lost their mother, 32-year-old Kumiko Oikawa, to the tsunami. Kumiko, who liked the piano, had given her sons musical names: "Ritsu" from the word "senritsu," meaning "melody," and "Ei," meaning the chanting or singing of poetry....

If he could meet his mother, Ritsu has something he would tell her: "Daddy's OK."
(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110407p2a00m0na015000c.html

LDP head rules out possibility to form grand coalition with DPJ

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sadakazu Tanigaki, leader of the largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party, on Thursday ruled out the possibility of forming a grand coalition with the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in the immediate future.....

(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110407p2g00m0dm108000c.html

Elderly woman found dead in snow after moving from one shelter to another

TAGAMI, Niigata -- An elderly woman suffering from cognitive impairment was found dead in the snow with no shoes on near an evacuation shelter in this small town in Niigata, after moving from one shelter to another for more than two weeks following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan....

(Mainichi Japan) April 7, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110407p2a00m0na018000c.html

 

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Quake causes cancellation of job offers

A survey by Japan's labor ministry shows at least 173 new graduates have had their job offers cancelled in the wake of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.....

Friday, April 08, 2011 12:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_22.html

Government drafts power-saving plan

A government task force has outlined a plan to slash electricity usage this summer, calling on households and businesses to conserve power in a bid to avoid rolling blackouts......

Friday, April 08, 2011 12:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_25.html

Fewer foreign students at Tokyo Japanese school

A Japanese language school in Tokyo says about 15 percent of its foreign students have shown up for the new school year that started this month.

Only 20 foreign students attended the entrance ceremony of Tokyo Central Japanese Language School in Shibuya Ward on Friday.....

Friday, April 08, 2011 16:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_29.html

Over 27,000 dead or missing in March 11th disaster

Police say more than 27,000 people are dead or missing in the March 11th disaster and its aftershock that hit northeastern Japan......

Friday, April 08, 2011 17:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_35.html

Toyota factories to restart April 18

Toyota Motor is to soon resume operation of all of its factories in Japan including group plants in quake-hit Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. The firm stopped operations at all but 2 of its assembly factories after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami.
President Akio Toyoda told reporters on Friday that the resumption will take place on April 18th.....

Friday, April 08, 2011 17:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_31.html

Economic confidence hits record low

A Japanese government survey indicates that workers' confidence in the economy has deteriorated significantly due to the recent massive earthquake and tsunami.
The Cabinet Office polled about 2,000 workers nationwide, including those at retail stores and restaurants.....

Friday, April 08, 2011 17:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_33.html
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TEPCO sees more power / Utility expects to secure nearly 50 mil. kilowatts in summer

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is expected to secure a power supply of nearly 50 million kilowatts this summer, up about 3.5 million kilowatts from an earlier projection, it was learned Thursday.....

(Apr. 8, 2011) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20110407dy01.htm

Earthquake shifted seabed 24 meters

The seabed near the focus of the March 11 earthquake off Miyagi Prefecture moved about 24 meters east-southeast as a result of crustal movement during the massive temblor, the Japan Coast Guard announced Wednesday.....

(Apr. 8, 2011) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110407004595.htm

Classrooms, teachers in short supply

In response to a lack of teachers and classrooms following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the education ministry is asking public schools to temporarily introduce a two-division system in which students take either morning or afternoon classes and to hold regular classes on Saturdays as well.....

(Apr. 8, 2011) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110407005909.htm

Quake-hit schools can't resume class

At least 155 of 3,317 public primary, middle and high schools in prefectures affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake have been unable to resume classes in their original buildings, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.....

(Apr. 8, 2011) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110407006075.htm
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Asahi com

DPJ to redirect overseas aid to rebuilding efforts

A Democratic Party of Japan study commission asked the government Wednesday to slash the foreign aid budget for fiscal 2011 by 114.5 billion yen ($1.34 billion), a full 20 percent, to finance reconstruction for areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104070138.html
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Immigration information in 5 languages for foreigners in disaster area

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Immigration Bureau announced Friday it will distribute flyers with information about visas and other immigration procedures in five languages to foreign nationals affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2g00m0dm011000c.html

SDF rescue 20,000 people, recover 8,000 bodies after quake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Self-Defense Forces have so far rescued more than 19,000 people and recovered about 7,900 bodies after the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear power plant crisis, the Defense Ministry said Thursday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Gov't eyes curbing household power use in summer by 15-20%

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to ask households to reduce electricity use by 15-20 percent from a year earlier to cope with power shortages expected in Japan's eastern and northeastern regions this summer, a draft of the plan's outline showed Thursday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2g00m0dm015000c.html

Reconstruction proposal aims to create disaster-resistant fishing bases

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has drafted a reconstruction proposal for the coastal areas damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami, featuring plans to build high-rise fish markets and move houses of fishermen's families to higher ground to counter tsunami, sources close to the issue said Thursday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2g00m0dm016000c.html

173 students see cancellation of job offers after quake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 173 new graduates in Japan had job offers cancelled as of Wednesday, up 50 from a week earlier, in the aftermath of the March 11 mega earthquake, the labor ministry said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2g00m0dm032000c.html

Matsumoto seeks cautious debate on ODA cut to secure recovery funds

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto sought a cautious debate Friday on an idea to slash Japan's foreign aid to secure funds for relief and reconstruction work in the country following the magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami on March 11, parliamentary vice foreign minister Ikuo Yamahana said....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2g00m0dm033000c.html

Fukushima evacuees to move into closed upscale Tokyo hotel Sat.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around 450 households, who evacuated their homes near a crisis-hit nuclear power plant in Fukuoka Prefecture, are expected to move starting Saturday into Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, an upscale hotel that closed last month.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2g00m0dm034000c.html

Evacuees have mixed reactions to plan to allow them to temporarily go home

Residents evacuated from areas near from the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture have shown mixed reactions to the national government's plan to allow them to temporarily return home.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2a00m0na012000c.html

Store owners' future uncertain in tsunami-hit Kamaishi as city mulls restoration plans

KAMAISHI, Iwate -- Store owners in this tsunami-devastated city have been left with an uncertain future as the municipal government mulls remodeling the city to boost protection against future natural disasters.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2a00m0na015000c.html

A new day breaks in a scarred city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- It is around 5 a.m. when a strip of red lights up the horizon as a wood fire is started on the grounds of Jionji Temple, opened to local residents since the March 11 quake and tsunami as an evacuation shelter.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2a00m0na017000c.html

Townspeople facing 'starvation' as aid fails to reach disaster area households

SHICHIGAHAMA, Miyagi -- Some four weeks after the disasters of March 11, survivors who have returned home from refugee shelters are struggling with severe shortages of basic necessities, with some even saying they face starvation.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/08/20110408p2a00m0na022000c.html
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Toyota to halt N.America production for 4 days

Toyota Motor says it will suspend production at nearly all of its factories in North America for 4 days by April 25th, citing possible shortages in parts supply from the quake-hit areas of Japan......

Saturday, April 09, 2011 09:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_08.html

Over 27,000 dead or missing in quakes, tsunami

More than 27,000 people are dead or missing in the March 11th disaster and its aftershock that hit northeastern Japan....

Saturday, April 09, 2011 12:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_16.html

People begin to enter newly built temporary houses

Earthquake and tsunami survivors began to move into temporary housing in the city of Rikuzen-takata in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on Saturday. They are the first people to use temporary housing in the areas hit by the March 11th disaster......

Saturday, April 09, 2011 13:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_17.html

Memorial service held for unidentified people

A memorial service for 39 unidentified earthquake and tsunami victims was held in Minami Sanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday.
Four-hundred-twenty-five bodies have been found in the town, but 80 of them remain unidentified almost one month after a massive earthquake hit the region.....

Saturday, April 09, 2011 15:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_19.html

500 sq km inundated

A survey has found that more than 500 square kilometers of land was ravaged by the tsunami triggered by the earthquake on March 11th....

Saturday, April 09, 2011 22:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_27.html
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Yomiuri online

Job offers canceled for 173 students

A total of 173 students who graduated this spring had their job offers canceled as of Wednesday in the aftermath of the March 11 quake, a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry survey revealed Friday.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110408004778.htm
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Asahi com

Earthquake deals blow to world-class Japanese research

In a major setback to world-renowned Japanese research, the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake seriously damaged many leading institutes of science and technology and is forcing delays in important projects. ...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104080170.html

Nation mourns with boy who lost his parents

Immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake, 9-year-old Toshihito Aisawa's father, Kazuyuki, jumped in the car and raced to pick him up at his school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Along with his wife, Noriko, Toshito's grandmother Kyoko and two cousins all packed into the car, Kazuyuki tried to outrace the approaching tsunami. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104080173.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

U.S. budget battle spoils Washington Cherry Blossom Festival

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- A U.S. congressional budget battle has brought the government to the brink of shutting down for the first time in over 15 years, dealing a blow to an unlikely victim: Washington's annual Cherry Blossom Festival.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/09/20110409p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Tens of millions of 'lost' cash found in tsunami-hit areas

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Rescue workers and citizens have turned in to police tens of millions of yen in cash found in the rubble in mud-covered coastal areas in Japan's northeastern region, hit hard by the killer quake and massive tsunami last month, police said Saturday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/09/20110409p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Kan to set up Cabinet task force on quake reconstruction

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan has decided to set up a new Cabinet task force on post-quake reconstruction as early as next week, government officials said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/09/20110409p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Kan to pen Japan's message of thanks in world newspapers

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan is making arrangements to write a message of gratitude in newspapers around the world for the global support Japan received following the earthquake and tsunami disaster, government sources said Saturday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/09/20110409p2g00m0dm053000c.html

Fukushima evacuees move into Tokyo luxury hotel

Residents who were forced to evacuate following radiation leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant began to move into a now-defunct hotel in Tokyo on April 9.

The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, a fancy hotel that was once a symbol of the bubble economy and was just closed down at the end of March, is now accommodating about 360 people from some 140 households from Fukushima Prefecture for free......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/09/20110409p2a00m0na011000c.html

Tsunami survivors begin moving into temporary housing in Iwate

RIKUZENTAKATA (Kyodo) -- Survivors of last month's massive tsunami began moving into temporary housing in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday as the first group of evacuees to do so in disaster-hit areas.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/09/20110409p2g00m0dm054000c.html

workers are repairing tip of Tokyo tower after earthquake
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an aftershock of "The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake"
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[makoto]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

Cherry trees bloom in quake-hit areas

Cherry trees have begun to bloom and bring solace to local people, in coastal areas of Fukushima Prefecture that were ravaged by the March 11th tsunami.....

Sunday, April 10, 2011 06:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_01.html

SDF, US forces conducting search operations

Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the US military are conducting massive search operations on Sunday, for victims who are still missing after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan.....

Sunday, April 10, 2011 06:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_02.html

Voting begins for local elections

Japanese voters are going to the polls to elect prefectural governors, mayors and local assembly members on Sunday.....

Sunday, April 10, 2011 07:29 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_07.html

Kan pledges to build 70,000 temporary houses

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has told the governor of quake-hit Miyagi Prefecture that the central government will build 70,000 temporary houses as quickly as possible.....

Sunday, April 10, 2011 13:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_14.html

SDF, coast guard divers search harbor

As part of the massive search operation on Sunday, the Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan Coast Guard searched waters around a fishing port in Fukushima Prefecture for those who remain missing.。。。。

Sunday, April 10, 2011 14:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_16.html

Kan vows to help rebuild fishery industry

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has vowed to provide full support to disaster-hit coastal areas in northeastern Japan to help reconstruct the local fishing industry......

Sunday, April 10, 2011 17:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_17.html

Arsenic found in well water in quake-hit Kesennuma

Officials in disaster-hit Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, say that well water and streams near a defunct mine are contaminated with toxic arsenic....

Sunday, April 10, 2011 18:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_18.html

82 children orphaned in March 11 disaster

Japan's health ministry says a total of 82 children in 3 northeastern prefectures lost parents in the massive quake and tsunami on March 11th....

Sunday, April 10, 2011 19:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_22.html
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Yomiuri online

Disaster victims' kin to get 350,000 yen

The families of victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake will receive 350,000 yen for each member who was killed or is still missing, according to a decision by the Japanese Red Cross Society and three other organizations that have been accepting cash donations.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409003272.htm

Evacuees begin moving into provisional housing

RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate--The weather was rainy, but smiles broke through as evacuees began moving into provisional housing Saturday in tsunami-hit Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate Prefecture. ....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409003654.htm

Recovery panel to include govs, architect

Architect Tadao Ando and scriptwriter Makiko Uchidate will be among the members of a government panel that will draft recovery programs for areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, it has been learned.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409003341.htm

Tohoku facing power shortfall in summer

Tohoku Electric Power Co. has estimated it could face a power shortage this summer of up to 3.3 million kilowatts--equivalent to the power needed by 1.1 million households--and might have to implement rolling outages to avert major blackouts.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409003527.htm

Liquefaction damage widespread

Soil liquefaction on reclaimed land around Tokyo Bay because of the March 11 earthquake caused damage in at least 11 Tokyo wards and cities in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, according to tallies by local authorities. ....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409002397.htm

50 years of effort swept away / Tsunami wiped out dikes, breakwaters that took decades to build

Municipalities along the Sanriku coast spent decades building larger, stronger breakwaters to keep deadly tsunami out. However, many dikes and breakwaters--even the world's deepest--were simply swept away or left in ruins by the massive March 11 tsunami.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409003380.htm

Expert: Residences should be moved to higher ground

The government should consider moving residents living in low-lying costal areas to higher ground, according to a specialist in coastal engineering.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409003391.htm
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Asahi com

Helping quake-stricken moms with infants thrive

Replete after drinking her mother's milk, 2-month-old Meika slept soundly on a futon at an evacuation center in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture, as her mother gazed at her in relief on March 24. ...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104090154.html

Tokyo plunged into darkness as neon dims

Although Tokyo was mostly spared by the Great East Japan Earthquake, life in the metropolis has been transformed. With rolling power outages and efforts to save electricity, the capital is not the glittering city it once was. It is as if someone hit the dimmer switch. ..........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104100077.html

Mother who lost child touched by compassionate students

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--The story of a grieving mother whose daughter died in a fire following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has created a bond between the family of Airi Sato, and children far away in Kyushu. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104100081.html

Blind father searches for missing son

KESENNUMA, Miyagi Prefecture--On the night before the Great East Japan Earthquake, Yasuhiro Naganuma and his wife took their 8-year-old son, Chihiro, to a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant to celebrate him getting his "first dan" in calligraphy..........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104100087.html
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Mainichi JP(kyodo, AP)

Dog training facility in Miyagi keeps tails wagging after tsunami

In the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastal town of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, Yumi Saito, the operator of a dog training facility in the city has been looking after 28 pets free of charge.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/10/20110409p2a00m0na015000c.html

Dentists struggle to identify those killed in quake disaster

KAMAISHI, Iwate -- Dentists here are frantically examining and recording the dental conditions of those found dead in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to help confirm their identity.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/10/20110409p2a00m0na016000c.html

Japan, Indonesia seek Japan-ASEAN tie-ups in disaster management

JAKARTA (Kyodo) -- Japan and Indonesia agreed Saturday that Tokyo and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations should step up cooperation in disaster management and prevention, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/10/20110410p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Voting kicks off in key regional elections across Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Voting kicked off in local elections across Japan on Sunday after campaigning overshadowed by the worst crisis in Japan's postwar history, triggered by a massive earthquake off the northeastern coast on March 11.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/10/20110410p2g00m0dm025000c.html

Kan visits tsunami-hit Ishinomaki in Miyagi Pref.

ISHINOMAKI (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited a devastated fishing area Sunday in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, during his third trip to northeastern Japan since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged the region nearly a month ago.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/10/20110410p2g00m0dm065000c.html

Coast guard crew in disaster areas unable to vote in local elections

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Some 170 crew members aboard five Japan Coast Guard patrol ships were unable to vote in Sunday's local elections as they continued search and relief work in areas hit by last month's massive earthquake and tsunami.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/10/20110410p2g00m0dm066000c.html

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[makoto]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

NHK

Massive search by Japan, US 1 month after disaster

Monday marks a month since the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the US military conducted a massive search for more than 14,000 missing people on Sunday....

Monday, April 11, 2011 02:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_01.html

150,000 taking refuge 1 month after tsunami

On Monday, exactly one month passed since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, but about 150,000 people are still living at evacuation centers. Many have lost their homes, jobs and family members, and are facing the challenge of rebuilding their lives.....

Monday, April 11, 2011 05:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_07.html

DPJ loses strength in prefectural assemblies

In Sunday's elections for prefectural assemblies, Japan's governing Democratic Party has fallen short of its pre-election strength. It did not become the biggest party in any of the assemblies.....

Monday, April 11, 2011 08:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_11.html

Japan wants more Chinese tourists

The head of Japan's tourism agency has urged Chinese to visit Japan as part of the rebuilding effort.....

Monday, April 11, 2011 08:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_09.html
only Chinese tourists? Of course, wants all tourists and No needed illegal entry

Disaster's economic effects

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa says the nation's economy is under downward pressure after the March 11th earthquake and that the bank would support all necessary reconstruction efforts.....

Monday, April 11, 2011 13:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_20.html

Tokyo liquefaction survey

A geotechnical expert has determined that the March 11th earthquake caused liquefaction in at least 4,200 hectares of land along Tokyo Bay.....

Monday, April 11, 2011 15:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_23.html

Gov, DPJ drafting extra budget for reconstruction

Japan's government and the ruling Democratic Party are drafting a supplementary budget to fund the reconstruction of regions devastated by last month's earthquake and tsunami.....

Monday, April 11, 2011 16:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_25.html

27,475 dead or missing in March 11th disaster

The number of people confirmed dead or missing from the March 11th disaster and aftershocks that hit northeastern Japan stands at 27,475. The number is likely to increase.....

Monday, April 11, 2011 18:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_27.html
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Yomiuri online

Tsunami devastates abalone fishing industry

The March 11 tsunami dealt a crippling blow to abalone fishing along the Tohoku region's Sanriku coast, sweeping tons of debris into the sea and destroying fishing vessels.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110410002936.htm

Presumption of death to be hastened

The government has decided to shorten the period required for the presumption of death of persons missing in disasters from the current one year to three months, it has been learned.

The change will allow the timely payments of life insurance benefits, survivors' benefits from workers' compensation and pension payments to families of missing people presumed killed in the March 11 disaster....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110410002991.htm

Tokyo Disneyland to reopen Friday

Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, will resume operations Friday after being closed since the March 11 earthquake, the amusement park's operator Oriental Land Co. said.

But given the electricity shortage caused by power plant shutdowns in the wake of the March 11 disaster, Tokyo Disneyland will not operate after 6 p.m. for the time being. ....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110410003475.htm
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Asahi com
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Head of Turkish aid team confident of Japan's fast recovery

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The head of the Turkish relief workers' team said Sunday he is confident that Japan will swiftly recover from the quake-triggered disaster, despite the "unimaginably" ravaged situation he saw during the team's operations in the country's northeastern region.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2g00m0dm003000c.html

1 in 6 quake victims feel 'unbearable' in shelters away from home: poll

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Of people taking refuge outside their home prefectures after the March 11 devastating earthquake and tsunami, one in six polled feel it is "unbearable" to continue living in such shelters away from their homes, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Miyagi Pref. aims to reconstruct disaster-hit areas by fiscal 2020

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- The Miyagi prefectural government aims to reconstruct, rather than simply restore, cities and towns devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami with a new vision by fiscal 2020, a draft of its basic plan obtained by Kyodo News showed Sunday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2g00m0dm009000c.html

14,000 still missing 1 month after quake-tsunami

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 14,000 people remain missing and there are few signs of the crisis at a crippled nuclear power plant ending soon as Japan on Monday marked one month since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern and eastern regions....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2g00m0dm010000c.html

103 bodies found in 2nd intensive search in tsunami-hit zone

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A joint Japan-U.S. team recovered 99 bodies Sunday in tsunami-hit northeastern Japan, the Defense Ministry said Monday, bringing the total number of bodies found in the day to 103, including four found by the Japan Coast Guard....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2g00m0dm034000c.html

Kan to face political test when post-quake crisis eases

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Faced with legislative turmoil even before the triple tragedy of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis struck Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, the government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan now must negotiate a drastically altered political landscape.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2g00m0dm036000c.html

Kan doesn't need to quit despite poor election results, Edano says

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan does not need to step down to take the blame for the major setback suffered by his ruling party in the first round of nationwide local elections over the weekend, Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano said Monday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2g00m0dm037000c.html

1 month later: Huge task to restore disaster-hit areas continues

Local governments and residents in areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing tsunami are stepping up their efforts to restore their communities as one month has passed since the March 11 disaster....

Ganbarou!
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2a00m0na004000c.html

Despite gov't calls for restraint, disaster-area breweries encourage cherry-blossom parties

Following the extensive damage caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, many across Japan thought that cherry-blossom viewing parties were inappropriate. However, arguments that holding back on the consumption of food and drink will only slow the economic recovery of the hardest hit regions have since taken hold, and though delayed, many of Tokyo's favorite locations have turned out as lively as usual.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2a00m0na010000c.html

1 month after devastating quake, family's desperate search for baby boy goes on

One month after the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, more than 14,000 people still remain missing. For some families, that means a continuation of their desperate search to find missing loved ones -- including those who are too young to speak for themselves....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2a00m0na014000c.html

2 major steelmakers contribute to electrical power using private power plants

Ever since a massive earthquake and tsunami caused a serious accident at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture and damaged thermal power plants in Ibaraki Prefecture and elsewhere, two major steel companies have been running their own thermal power stations at full capacity to help supplement the low power supply....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/11/20110411p2a00m0na023000c.html

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[makoto]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

NHK

Tsunami warning system to be improved

Japan's Meteorological Agency says it will improve its tsunami warning system so that it can give quicker and more accurate alerts after strong earthquakes....

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 05:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_04.html

Clinton to visit Japan on Sunday

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Japan on Sunday to underline US support for the country as it struggles to recover from last month's devastating quake and tsunami....

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 09:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_11.html

IMF downgrades Japan growth outlook

The International Monetary Fund has downgraded Japan's growth outlook for this year, amid mounting uncertainties due to the recent earthquake and tsunami....

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 09:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_14.html

Government to downgrade economic assessment

The Japanese government will downgrade its assessment of the economy in its monthly April report, citing sharp output falls following the devastating quake and tsunami on March 11th....

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_15.html

Japan's beer shipments down 10% in March

Shipments of beer and beer-like beverages in Japan dropped over 10% in March from a year earlier.....

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 19:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_37.html

Kan to ask opposition to join revival process

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he will ask the opposition to join government-led efforts to outline plans and draft necessary bills to revive areas hit by the March 11th disaster....

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 20:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_38.html
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Yomiuri online

282 deaths linked to aftermath / Unsanitary conditions, cold temperatures blamed for postdisaster toll

Among people who survived the March 11 massive quake and tsunami but died later in the month in the disaster-stricken Tohoku region, at least 282 were believed to have succumbed to postdisaster-linked factors, such as cold temperatures and unsanitary conditions at evacuation sites that aggravated their chronic illnesses, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110411005656.htm

Silent tribute observed

SENDAI--Officials and employees of the Miyagi prefectural government observed one minute of silent tribute Monday--one month after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the prefecture......
Natori city, Miyagi pref
Miyagi prefectural office
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110411004852.htm

DPJ unable to stop decline / LDP secures No. 1 party spot in 40 prefectural assemblies

The major setbacks suffered by the Democratic Party of Japan in Sunday's gubernatorial and prefectural assembly elections--the first round of this month's unified local elections--clearly show the party has been unable to stop its downward spiral at the polls since the House of Councillors election last year.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110411004652.htm

Kan's thank-you message placed in world's major papers

....According to the Foreign Ministry, the message was carried in The Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, Britain's Financial Times, France's Le Figaro, China's People's Daily, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo and Russia's Kommersant.
The message was translated into each country's language.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110411004663.htm

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Asahi com

Survey: More than half of victims elderly in disaster

As in many natural disasters, the old were especially vulnerable in the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, with more than half of those who died in the earthquake and subsequent tsunami 65 or older, according to a survey. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104110136.html

Local election defeats put DPJ in tougher position

The Democratic Party of Japan's defeats in local elections Sunday have shattered a political cease-fire, making it tougher for the ruling party to push through measures to rebuild disaster-hit areas......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104110138.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Gov't to spend 200 bil. yen on temporary schoolhouses after quake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will spend some 200 billion yen to construct 2,000 temporary school buildings for students affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami under its first special budget to finance relief measures, government sources said Monday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Japan's reconstruction panel set up, basic plan to be ready in June

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Monday set up a key panel tasked with formulating proposals for the reconstruction of Japan's devastated northeastern areas following a catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami a month ago.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Strong quakes jolt eastern, central Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Strong earthquakes jolted eastern and central Japan separately Tuesday morning but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Meteorological agency warns of possibility of more M7 aftershocks

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Meteorological Agency warned Monday that the country could experience more aftershocks of magnitude 7 levels accompanied by shaking at the maximum possible intensity of 7 on Japan's seismic scale for some time to come......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2g00m0dm035000c.html

Clinton to visit Japan on Sun., meet Kan, Matsumoto: State Dept.

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Japan on Sunday and meet with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto to discuss the bilateral alliance, the State Department said Monday....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2g00m0dm036000c.html

Kan's scheduled visit to U.S. will proceed, Edano says

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan will proceed with a planned visit to the United States by the end of June, despite the demands of dealing with the ongoing nuclear crisis and the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Tuesday....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2g00m0dm038000c.html

Sendai mayor says tourism can help support disaster-hit areas

Emiko Okuyama, mayor of the disaster-hit city Sendai, recently told the Mainichi in an exclusive interview that amidst the plunge in tourism after the earthquake and tsunami, she hopes for leisure-seekers to return to the region to help its economic recovery.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2a00m0na005000c.html

Residency, property among post-quake concerns for foreign nationals

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Residency status and property rights are among the legal issues causing concern for foreign nationals directly affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, lawyers assisting them with their inquiries said Tuesday....

The telephone consultation service operates weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon and can be accessed by calling 03-3591-2291.

While it was initially launched in English, Chinese, Portuguese, Tagalog and Japanese, available languages have increased to 10, including Korean. Consulters are required to pay call charges, but they may be able to use phones for free at local international exchange associations in the disaster-hit areas, Suzuki said.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110412p2g00m0dm092000c.html

Police hand over body of quake victim to wrong family

The Miyagi Prefectural Police erroneously handed over the body of one of the victims of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake to the kin of another person, sources familiar with the case said.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2a00m0na010000c.html

Groups help nursing mothers with accommodation, health care after quake

Nonprofit organizations are helping out mothers and newborn babies who lost their homes in the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami by providing them with alternative accommodation and health care.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/12/20110412p2a00m0na013000c.html

 

[makoto]

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NHK

Death toll still unclear after one month

One month after the magnitude 9.0 quake hit northeastern Japan, some hard-hit municipalities are unable to determine how many people remain unaccounted for.....

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 03:18 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_02.html

Body of California tsunami victim found

A man who was swept out to sea when a tsunami from Japan hit the west coast of the United States last month has been confirmed dead....

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_14.html

IMF concerned about Japan budgetary health

The International Monetary Fund has expressed strong concern about Japan's financial health, saying the recent natural disaster and ongoing nuclear crisis are weighing down the economy....

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 12:21 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_21.html

Govt downgrades assessment of the economy

The Japanese government has downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in six months, citing the impact of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami....

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 12:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_20.html

East Japan disaster: over 28,000 dead or missing

More than 28,000 people are dead or missing after the March 11th disaster and recent aftershocks in eastern Japan.....

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 15:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_26.html

G20 to discuss economic impact of Japan disaster

A senior US Treasury official says Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meeting in Washington this week will discuss the economic impact of Japan's natural and nuclear disasters....

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 15:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_23.html

Toyota to suspend production in Europe

Toyota Motor will suspend vehicle production at 5 of its European plants for several days from late April to early May due to a shortage of parts....

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 21:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_38.html
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Yomiuri online

A line of children, swept away / Majority of school's students taken by tsunami mid-evacuation

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi--Local residents have described their horror at seeing primary school children being swept away by tsunami on March 11.

About 70 percent of the 108 students enrolled at Okawa Primary School in Ishinomaki were killed or have been missing since the quake-triggered tsunami hit. .....

Okawa Primary School

sankei news
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110412006337.htm
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Asahi com

Help from comrades pours in for quake-hit port

KESENNUMA, Miyagi Prefecture--When the 119-ton No. 11 Yahata Maru sounded its horn to announce its imminent arrival, anxious fishery officials gathered at the port here, a key base in northeastern Japan for tuna and bonito fishing. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104120162.html

Many people, many ways to pray at 2:46 p.m.

A month has passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, leaving more than 13,000 people dead and nearly 14,000 missing. In disaster-hit regions and across Japan, silent prayers were dedicated to the numerous victims who lost their lives on March 11. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104120155.html

New panel to offer post-quake reconstruction vision

The government set up a panel Monday to develop a big-picture national reconstruction plan following the Great East Japan Earthquake......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104120152.html

Election losses expose DPJ's underdeveloped organizational structure

The ruling Democratic Party of Japan's poor results in prefectural assembly elections Sunday were largely due to its failure to secure support in urban areas, once a stronghold for the party. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104120157.html

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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Even experienced workers feel distress in quake-hit areas

ISHINOMAKI (Kyodo) -- Even for the most experienced rescue workers, the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are heartbreaking and teary sites......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/13/20110413p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Body of US man killed by tsunami found

GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) -- The body of a man washed out to sea last month when the tsunami from Japan hit the Northern California coast has been found 330 miles (530 kilometers) north in Oregon near the mouth of the Columbia River, the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/13/20110413p2g00m0dm006000c.html

It may take 10 years before Japan's aftershocks subside: report

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- An American scientist believes it may take 10 years before aftershocks from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan last month subside, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/13/20110413p2g00m0dm008000c.html

March 11 tsunami hit more than 100 designated evacuation sites

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 100 evacuation sites designated by local governments were swept away or inundated by the tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake just off the coast of northeastern Japan, according to a tally compiled by Kyodo News.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110413p2g00m0dm039000c.html

NPA gives go-ahead for police to crack open safes found in tsunami ruins

As the disaster cleanup continues across northeast Japan, police have found themselves in charge of a growing number of locked safes discovered in the debris; safes which the National Police Agency (NPA) now says can be forced open to determine their owners.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/13/20110413p2a00m0na005000c.html

Iwate board of ed. to conduct student mental health survey following disaster

MORIOKA -- The Iwate Prefectural Board of Education is set to conduct a mental health survey on all students at public elementary, junior high and high schools under its jurisdiction in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/13/20110413p2a00m0na011000c.html
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Sankei news

Kesennuma city, Miyagi pref

ground fissure at park, Chiba pref
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[makoto]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

epicenters in Japan

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8723&d=1302702178 30 days

epicenters in east Japan

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8724&d=1302702178 30 days
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8725&d=1302702178 7 days

"Hi-net" National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention "NIED" http://www.hinet.bosai.go.jp/

 

[cartski]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

epicenters in Japan
View attachment 872330 days

epicenters in east Japan
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"Hi-net" National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention "NIED" http://www.hinet.bosai.go.jp/

Over what period of time?

Couldn't this be coverted into a Gapminder chart?

And there are dramatic analyses there:

http://wordp.relatividad.org/en/society/earthquake-and-tsunami-in-Japan-map-tsunami-and-videos/

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

NHK

Number of dead and missing as of Thursday

The March 11th quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan have left more than 28,000 people dead or missing.....

Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_19.html

Noda leaves for Washington to attend G7, G20 meets

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda has left for Washington to attend meetings of finance ministers and central bank chiefs from industrialized and major developing countries.....

Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_17.html

First shipment of thermal power generation turbine

A giant turbine used for thermal power generation was shipped by a major electric company in Ibaraki Prefecture to a power plant in the Kanto region on Thursday.....

Thursday, April 14, 2011 14:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_20.html

Foreign tourists to Japan post record fall

The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan last month fell by half due to the March 11th earthquake and nuclear crisis.....

Thursday, April 14, 2011 20:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_35.html

Convenience stores to work on power saving

Two leading Japanese convenience store chains have announced plans to cut their electricity consumption by 25 percent this summer.....

Thursday, April 14, 2011 20:18 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_33.html

Search in 10-kilometer zone begins

Police and firefighters have combed through an area within 10 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi power plant looking for missing people.......

sankei news
Thursday, April 14, 2011 22:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/society.html
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Yomiuri online

Scientists say aftershocks far from over

In the month since the March 11 earthquake, there have been frequent aftershocks at and around the initial quake's focus, including many strong quakes with a magnitude of 5 or higher. Experts say there are more shocks to come, possibly as strong as magnitude 8.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110413004603.htm

Child-rearing benefits face ax / Handouts to be abolished to free up funds for quake reconstruction

The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Japan are set to abolish the child-rearing allowance system in October, which could free up some of the huge funds needed for earthquake disaster reconstruction efforts, according to sources.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110413004908.htm
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Asahi com

Teen girl separated from friend narrowly survives tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--A crying Chihiro Kanno was encouraged by her friend Mami Sannomiya as they fled from the approaching tsunami on March 11. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104130191.html

Tohoku disaster puts Futenma relocation negotiations on hold

The relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture remains at an impasse despite marking the 15th anniversary Tuesday of the bilateral agreement to return the land to Japan. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104130192.html

Quake panel wants another look at forecasts for eastern Japan

A government panel will review its forecasts for earthquakes along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan after admitting it had erred in not foreseeing the possibility of the magnitude 9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104130184.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Tokyo Univ. professor calls on Japan to stop predicting quakes

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Robert Geller, a University of Tokyo professor specializing in seismology, has urged the Japanese government to give up efforts at earthquake prediction in an article issued Thursday on the online edition of the renowned British science magazine Nature......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2g00m0dm001000c.html
earthquake prediction is the saving of lives, i would sooner die than give up

Gov't panel agrees on tax-relief measures for quake victims

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel agreed Wednesday on a set of measures that would help ease tax burdens on people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which have ravaged housing and other properties in northeastern Japan......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2g00m0dm004000c.html

1st fish haul landed at Shiogama port since March 11 quake-tsunami

SHIOGAMA (Kyodo) -- Hundreds of tuna were landed Thursday at Shiogama port in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the biggest fishing bases in northeastern Japan, for the first time since it was hard hit by the March 11 killer quake and subsequent tsunami.....
yomiuri online
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2g00m0dm036000c.html

People in devastated areas divided over whether to cremate or bury bodies

Local communities in northeastern Japan, battered by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, are divided over whether to cremate the bodies of those killed in the disaster or bury them......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2a00m0na006000c.html

Sendai man uses Twitter, bicycle to confirm welfare of 150 after disaster

SENDAI -- "I will check on your family and friends for you!"

Twenty-one-year-old band vocalist Teppei Kajika sent out this message on Twitter just after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit his city, and off he went on his bicycle to make good on his word. And despite patchy mobile phone service, Kajika managed to confirm the welfare of some 150 people on behalf of worried friends and relatives, all of them complete strangers.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2a00m0na010000c.html

Evacuees ask for support, full disclosure of info on nuke crisis

The Mainichi asked a total of 100 evacuees from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures -- the three regions most severely devastated by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami -- about what they want to convey to people and the government. Below are the comments of several evacuees interviewed in the survey, about one month after the disaster.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2a00m0na011000c.html

Carpenter who lost house in tsunami builds new prefab home at site

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- A carpenter whose house here was washed away by a massive tsunami on March 11 has started building a new prefabricated home, hoping that moving back into his devastated hometown will encourage other residents to return.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2a00m0na013000c.html

Half of evacuees have no means to support themselves

About half of those who are staying at evacuation shelters after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been left with no means to support themselves, a Mainichi survey has revealed.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2a00m0na016000c.html

Miyagi faces hard road to economic recovery after catastrophic damage to fisheries

SENDAI -- Miyagi Prefecture faces a hard road to economic recovery following March 11's earthquake and tsunami, which did an estimated 2.2 trillion yen in damage and ravaged the local fishing industry -- a key sector for the prefecture.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/14/20110414p2a00m0na019000c.html

earthquake warning for PC, 3/11
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[makoto]

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NHK

March 11th tsunami a record 38.9 meters

A Japanese research team has established that the tsunami of March 11th reached 38.9 meters in one coastal city in Iwate Prefecture. The figure exceeds the record tsunami height in the prefecture from 115 years ago.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 07:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_03.html

Tokyo Disneyland reopens

Tokyo Disneyland reopened on Friday, one month after services were suspended because of the earthquake.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 11:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_17.html

Death toll continues to climb

The March 11th earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan have left more than 28,000 people dead or missing....

Friday, April 15, 2011 12:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_24.html

G7 meeting ends in Washington

The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors have wound up their meeting in Washington.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 09:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_13.html

Japan to stress economy is sound at meeting

Japan's Finance Minister says he wants to stress the fundamental strength of the country's economy at the meetings of the Group of 7 industrialized countries and the Group of 20 nations......

Friday, April 15, 2011 07:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_06.html

BOJ chief: Japan's economy to recover soon

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa says the nation's economy could deteriorate in the short term due to the March 11th disaster, but will gradually return to the recovery track.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 08:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_10.html

More SDF and police personnel in relief mission

Japan's government says Self-Defense Force personnel will remain in the earthquake-hit areas for up to 6 months. It is also sending more police officers to the disaster zone.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 11:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_16.html

Japan's UN envoy opposes ODA cuts

Japan's envoy to the United Nations says that although Japan is struggling to procure funds for earthquake reconstruction, he is opposed to a plan to cut Japanese aid to developing countries.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 12:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_21.html

G7, G20 ends first day of talks

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 7 leading economies have confirmed that last month's coordinated intervention in the currency markets was effective in restraining excessive fluctuations....

Friday, April 15, 2011 12:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_23.html

Donald Keene to become Japanese citizen

An American expert on Japanese literature, Donald Keene, says he will become a Japanese citizen and settle down in Japan, in a show of love and trust towards the country as it struggles to cope with the aftermath of last month's disaster......

Friday, April 15, 2011 13:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_25.html

101 children orphaned by March 11 disaster

Japan's health ministry says 101 children in 3 northeastern prefectures lost their parents in the March 11th quake and tsunami....

Friday, April 15, 2011 14:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_26.html

Japanese offers thanks for foreign aid

Japan's Diet has adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to the international community for its support since the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 18:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_36.html

Quake insurance claims surge to 380,000

Japan's non-life insurers say about 380,000 claims have been filed so far by victims of the March 11th
Earthquake and tsunami.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 19:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_42.html

Hu calls for Asian unity to support Japan

Chinese President Hu Jintao has called on Asian countries to unite in supporting Japan in the wake of the devastating March 11th earthquake and tsunami.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 18:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_34.html

Keidanren aims at power saving

Japan's main business federation, Keidanren, has hosted a meeting of member companies on ways to conserve electricity.....

Friday, April 15, 2011 20:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_43.html
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Yomiuri online

Class reunion vowed 1 year after disaster

MINAMI-SANRIKUCHO, Miyagi--March 11, 2011, will forever be etched in memory as the day the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, but for 30 young people March 11, 2012, will be an opportunity to enjoy a class reunion....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110414005386.htm

Lay judge trial system stalled in disaster areas

A number of lay-judge trials have been postponed in the Tohoku region as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake, with no immediate prospect of resuming them......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110414005173.htm

70% of Tohoku hospitals affected / 1 month on, survey finds nearly 20 percent still not back to normal

Of about 380 hospitals surveyed by The Yomiuri Shimbun in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, 70 percent said their medical services were hindered by the March 11 disaster, and nearly 20 percent had still not resumed normal services a month later.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110414006173.htm

More police assigned to quake zone

The National Police Agency on Thursday said it will dispatch an additional 1,060 officers from around the nation to reinforce patrols in areas devastated by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110414006248.htm
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Asahi com(Kyodo, AP)

Report details Seoul's relief help hitches, successes

SEOUL--South Korea has released a report on its disaster relief activities in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104140131.html
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Mainichi jp

Gov't to rebuild local infrastructure in disaster-hit areas

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The central government plans to reconstruct infrastructure on behalf of local governments in areas severely hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in view of the scale of destruction and as some local authorities have lost their administrative functions due to the disaster, government sources said Thursday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Foreign visitors to Japan plunge 50% in March: gov't

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreign travelers visiting Japan in March is estimated to have halved from a year earlier in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent nuclear crisis, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Thursday....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Kan vows to create new Japan through rebuilding quake-hit areas

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday committed to rejuvenating Japan by turning the northeastern coastal region devastated by last month's earthquake and tsunami into one of the world's most desirable places to live.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Japan's parliament shows appreciation for overseas help after quake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese parliamentarians adopted a resolution Friday expressing gratitude to the international community for providing strong support since a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern region on March 11.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2g00m0dm033000c.html

Statues retrieved from debris of destroyed temple stand in prayer for tsunami victims

NATORI, Miyagi -- More than 200 wooden statues were retrieved from the debris of a temple destroyed by the devastating tsunami, and now stand in prayer for victims of the disaster.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2a00m0na008000c.html

Fledgling school program at evacuation center shut down after relocation order

SOMA, Fukushima -- A study program for children at a high school building turned evacuation shelter here has been forced to close down only nine days after starting due to the possible collapse of the building amid continuing aftershocks.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2a00m0na006000c.html

Many elderly in quake-stricken areas in need of nursing care

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami destroyed scores of nursing homes along the Pacific coast in northeastern Japan, forcing thousands of elderly people to lose access to much needed care.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2a00m0na020000c.html

After tsunami, marine farmers look at pooling resources to get back on feet

SHINOMAKI, Miyagi -- On the Oshika Peninsula here, where the March 11 tsunami destroyed many fishing boats and aquaculture farms, local marine farmers are beginning to consider switching from the individual- and family-managed business models they have followed to new, joint-management operations in order to cover the massive costs of almost restarting their businesses from scratch.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/15/20110415p2a00m0na022000c.html
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Sankei news

Mr Chiba, local newspaperman
He survived
Kamaishi city, Iwate pref
3/11 15:25 PM

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[kiwibird]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

I am so deeply sorry for the tragic loss of life and ongoing trials for the people of Japan. What has helped us with the aftershocks has been knowing where they were centred and their magnitiude. The people who operate the website we have used here have set up a website for Japan. I hope it helps in some small way.
http://www.japanquakemap.com/

 

[Emily]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134785926
Unsure Future For City In Shadow Of Nuclear Plant

by The Associated Press
SOMA, Japan March 23, 2011, 10:19 am ET

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

NHK

Noda, Geithner meet amid concern for Japan economy

Japan's Finance Minister says the Japanese public and private sectors are making every effort to tackle the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Saturday, April 16, 2011 08:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_04.html

G20 expresses support for Japan recovery

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 nations have expressed support for Japan's recovery from the March 11th disaster.....

Saturday, April 16, 2011 09:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_06.html

Noda: Japan must send disaster information quickly

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda has said Japan must offer quick and accurate information on problems stemming from the March 11th disaster to gain international support for its rebuilding efforts.....

Saturday, April 16, 2011 12:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_11.html

Quakes may continue in wide area

Japanese weather officials are calling on people to stay on the alert, as strong earthquakes are expected to continue for some time.....

Saturday, April 16, 2011 23:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_17.html

Over 14,000 missing in East Japan disaster

More than 14,000 people are now listed as unaccounted for after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan.....

Saturday, April 16, 2011 23:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_20.html
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Stormy start for rebuilding panel / Dispute over mandate, authority does not bode well for new council

The first meeting of the government's Reconstruction Design Council got off to a rocky start as members voiced dissatisfaction over the body's mandate, while an intransigent opposition bloc could mean nothing the council proposes will ever get off the ground.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110415005025.htm

DPJ eyes 'solidarity tax' for disaster restoration

The Democratic Party of Japan has decided to study creating a "reconstruction solidarity tax" to procure funds for rebuilding from the Great East Japan Earthquake, it was learned Friday.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110415005281.htm

Mother smiles again after being reunited with son

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi--Yuko Sugimoto feared the worst. She had lost contact with her 5-year-old son, Raito, whose kindergarten stood in the path of the tsunami that devastated Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110415004679.htm
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Asahi com

Surviving fishermen plan return to the sea

OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--Tatsuyoshi Kimura remembered an old saying about how to survive a tsunami and headed out to sea the moment the mega-earthquake hit......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104150140.html

Tokyo's Magic Kingdom reopens in subdued manner

Mickey Mouse is back and so is Goofy too. But who are those guys in suits lined up along the route to the Magic Castle? Executives and chefs, clerical workers and technicians, the backstage cast to Tokyo Disneyland stepped out from behind the curtains briefly to greet guests as the popular attraction reopened its gates Friday. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104150287.html
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Mainichi jp

1st Japanese public senior high school launched in Shanghai

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- The first overseas Japanese public senior high school was launched Saturday in Shanghai, supported by nine Japanese universities....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2g00m0dm006000c.html

2nd GSDF member dies during disaster relief mission

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A master sergeant died Friday, becoming the second Self-Defense Force member to die during the ongoing disaster relief mission in northeastern Japan which was hard hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Ground Self-Defense Force said.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2g00m0dm009000c.html RIP

Gov't eyeing relaxation of power-saving goals for summer

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is considering relaxing power-saving goals for this summer after Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will likely be able to increase supply more than its earlier prediction, industry minister Banri Kaieda indicated Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2g00m0dm015000c.html

Mobile eye clinic from Miami begins providing care to tsunami victims

ONAGAWA (Kyodo) -- A state-of-the-art mobile eye clinic, transported by air from Miami, began offering much-needed services Friday in northeastern Japan for people with eye diseases and ailments who had no access to care after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2g00m0dm016000c.html

244,000 foreigners leave Japan in week after quake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 531,000 foreigners left Japan in the four weeks from March 12 to April 8, including 244,000 in the first week after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Justice Ministry said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2g00m0dm017000c.html

DPJ considering temporary tax hike for reconstruction

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling party is exploring the possibility of imposing a temporary tax hike to redeem government bonds that are likely to be issued in the near future to finance the huge costs of reconstruction in the northeastern region following last month's earthquake and tsunami, lawmakers said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2g00m0dm019000c.html

Family keeps looking for teacher who vanished after going back for students

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- On the day of the earthquake and tsunami, a high-school teacher here went back from the safety of high ground to search for students who had been left behind. She has not been seen since, and her family continues the search for her, more than one month after the disaster.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2a00m0na003000c.html

Meteorological Agency underestimated height of tsunami

Many residents of tsunami-hit coastal areas in northeastern Japan failed to escape to safety because the Meteorological Agency had underestimated the height of the waves, interviews with evacuees have shown.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/16/20110416p2a00m0na008000c.html
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TDL reopens


Earthquake alarm for mobile phone
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i heard this about 10 times from 11 Mar
today....2 days ago..

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Many thousands dead & missing - March 27+

Foreign firms to build temporary housing

The Japanese government will allow foreign companies to build temporary housing in order to speed up reconstruction efforts in disaster-stricken northeastern Japan.....

Sunday, April 17, 2011 06:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_03.html

Clinton visits Japan to discuss disaster recovery

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Japan on Sunday, to express her country's support for recovery efforts following the March 11th natural disaster.....

Sunday, April 17, 2011 06:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_07.html

IMF: Close attention to Japan's economy

The International Monetary Fund's steering body says close attention should be paid to the quake-hit Japanese economy against the background of higher commodity prices and overheating emerging markets.....

Sunday, April 17, 2011 12:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_10.html

Sunday market reopens in tsunami-hit Kesennuma

Residents of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, have enjoyed shopping at a local market that reopened on Sunday, more than one month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the city.。。。。

Sunday, April 17, 2011 16:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_13.html
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Yomiuri online

Tales of sorrow, hope confront new future

ONAGAWACHO, Miyagi--More than a month has passed since a disastrous earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku region. People in the affected areas are still struggling with the immense physical and emotional burdens left behind by the disaster--despair for many, hope for some.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110416002720.htm

Waste disposal to be nationwide effort

The Environment Ministry has decided to ask Tokyo and 41 other prefectures to help dispose of the rubble and other waste generated by last month's earthquake and tsunami, sources said Saturday.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110416002857.htm

Mountains of debris overwhelm

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami left behind about 25 million tons of rubble and other waste, but tight geography and damage to disposal facilities has made getting rid of it--essential if rebuilding is to begin--a knotty problem.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110416002849.htm

Medical support quickly provided

In the month following the massive quake and tsunami on March 11, more than 15,000 medical experts from across Japan have provided care in areas hit by the disaster, a Yomiuri Shimbun survey has revealed.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110416002835.htm

Govt mulls fund to handle rebuilding money

The government has begun looking into establishing a new general fund to handle all the different money flows for rebuilding after the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to informed sources.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110416002871.htm

Extra LNG arrives from Russia

MOSCOW--A Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas to help Japan cope with its electricity shortage after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami arrived at Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, on Saturday.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110416002872.htm Выражаю свою благодарность
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Asahi com

G-20 financial chiefs express confidence in Japan's 'resilience'

WASHINGTON--G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors pledged Friday to work together to assist Japan's reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104160124.html

Temporary housing stalled by lack of electrical, sewage services

Construction of temporary housing in earthquake- and tsunami-stricken areas is going slowly, with only 276 units built as of Saturday, far short of the needed 72,000 units. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104160121.html

Kan eyes consumption tax hike to fund rebuilding

Prime Minister Naoto Kan intends to raise the consumption tax temporarily to finance post-quake reconstruction measures. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104160123.html
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Mainichi jp

Student who lost family in 2004 tsunami encourages children orphaned by Japan disaster

An Indonesian student at Waseda University who lost his mother in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is bringing a message of encouragement to children orphaned in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110416p2a00m0na021000c.html

Woman who lost family leads search for memories of loved ones in quake-stricken area

NATORI, Miyagi -- A woman who lost several family members to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has joined hands with several people she met through the Internet to launch a goodwill campaign to help find memories of loved ones.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110416p2a00m0na023000c.html

15% of Philippine, Indonesian care workers withdraw from Japan program

MANILA (Kyodo) -- Around 15 percent of nurses and caregivers from the Philippines and Indonesia have withdrawn from a program to work in Japan in fiscal 2011 in the wake of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami, an intermediary organization said Saturday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110417p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Clinton, Matsumoto set to reaffirm post-quake cooperation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with her Japanese counterpart Takeaki Matsumoto on Sunday, with the two expected to reaffirm Japan-U.S. cooperation in efforts to rebuild the disaster-ravaged nation and contain the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110417p2g00m0dm011000c.html

2nd round of nationwide local elections start

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Campaigning for the second round of nationwide local elections kicked off Sunday, with emphasis on how to ensure the safety of residents in the wake of the killer earthquake and resulting nuclear emergency.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110417p2g00m0dm063000c.html

S. Korea, U.S. to cooperate in relief, reconstruction efforts in Japan

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan agreed Saturday the United States and South Korea would closely cooperate on relief and reconstruction efforts to help Japan recover from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, South Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110417p2g00m0dm070000c.html

Clinton visits Tokyo in show of support for Japan

TOKYO (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that America would stand by Japan, saying she was confident the country will fully recover from its tsunami and nuclear disasters......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/04/17/20110417p2g00m0dm076000c.html
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panorama photo

Kesennuma city, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0316kesennuma/0315kesennuma/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0317kesennuma/0317kesennuma/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0321kesennuma_1/0321kesennuma_1/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0321kesennuma_2/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0321kesennuma_3/

Sendai Airport, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0317sendai-a/0317sendai-a/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0317sendai-b/0317sendai-b/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0329sendai_airport2/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0329sendai_airport1-0329/

Natori city, Miyagi
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0317natori/0317natori/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0401natori/

Ofunato city, Iwate pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0318ofunato_01/0318ofunato_01/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0318ofunato_02/0318ofunato_02/

evacuees at Shizugawa elementary school, Minamisanriku town, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0320shizugawa_school1/0320shizugawa_school1/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0403shizugawa-school/

Shizugawa public hospital, Mimamisanriku town, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0320shizugawa_hospital1F/0320shizugawa_hospital1F/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0320shizugawa_hospitaloutside/0320shizugawa_hospitaloutside/

Minamisanriku town, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0320minamisanriku/0320shizugawa_town/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0401minamisanriku-goudo/ public office
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0401minamisanriku-bousai/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0404sl/

Rikuzentakata city, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0319rikuzentakata/0319rikuzentakata/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0405rikuzen/

Kamaishi city, Iwate pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0321kamaishi/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0321kamaishi_3/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0321kamaishi_4/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0406kamaishi/

Otsuchi station, Iwate pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0322ootsuchi01/

Otsuchi town, Iwate pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0322ootsuchi02/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0323ootsuchi03/

Okawa elementary school, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0324ookawa01/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0324ookawa02/
Okawa school news http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110412006337.htm via yomiuri online

Matsushima town, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0326godaido/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0408matsushima/

Shiogama port, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0327shiogamakou/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0327marinegate/

SDFs at Arahama, Sendai city, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0327arahama/

volunteers at Shichigo elementary school, Sendai city, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0327shichigo_elementary/

at Watanoha elementary school, Ishinomaki city, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0328watanoha/

Ishinomaki city, Miyagi pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0328ishinomaki01/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0328ishinomaki02/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0328ishinomaki03/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0328mangakan1/ museum
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0328mangakan2/　museum
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0404ishinomaki-kyoukai/ church
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0411ishinomaki/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0412ishinomaki/ Ganbaro! Ishinomaki

Shinchi station, Fukushima pref
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0410train/ all passenger survived

messages
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0325rikuzentakata_cityhall/
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0325rikuzentakata_message/

"power saving" Ginza, Tokyo
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0319ginza/0319ginza/

Akihabara, Tokyo
before Earthquake http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0319akihabara-1/0319akihabara-1/
after Earthquake http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0319akihabara-2/0319akihabara-2/

Shibuya, Tokyo
before Earthquake http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0319shibuya-bright/0319shibuya-bright/
after Earthquake http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/0319shibuya-darkness/0319shibuya-darkness/