earthquake
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Half of 2011 quake, tsunami evacuees say local recovery lagging
March 3, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
SENDAI — More than a half of evacuees from the March 2011 quake and tsunami feel local recovery from the disaster has been insufficient, according to results of a Kyodo […] READ MORE
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Int’l friendship born out of tsunami tragedy
January 1, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF KAMOME: A TSUNAMI BOAT COMES HOME By Lori Dengler and Amya Miller; designed and illustrated by Amy Uyeki (Arcata, Calif.: Humboldt State University Press, 2015, 46 […] READ MORE
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THE HEART OF KANJI: Visiting Japan
December 3, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
Last October, Alice and I visited Japan. We left San Francisco on Oct. 21 via All Nippon Airways. An Australian stewardess who spoke fluent Japanese served us on the airplane. […] READ MORE
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Ishinomaki nonprofit visits San Francisco
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture. More than 3,500 people are dead or missing in the city of 160,000. Rias No Mori (The Forest […] READ MORE
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Journalists use ‘restorative narrative’ to report on Fukushima
April 16, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
The San Francisco State University’s Dilena Takeyama Center for the Study of Japan and Japanese Culture presented April 4 on the state of Fukushima, Japan at the Japanese Cultural and […] READ MORE
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Japan marks 4 years since quake, tsunami
March 19, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Japan marked the fourth anniversary March 11 of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country’s northeastern region, left more than 18,000 people dead or missing and […] READ MORE
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Indirect deaths from March 2011 disaster exceed direct ones
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) — The number of people dying of indirect causes related to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami has exceeded those who lost their lives directly in the […] READ MORE
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Musings from a San Francisco native
January 1, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
JOURNEY By Peter Kenichi Yamamoto (San Francisco: self published, 2012, 71 pp., $8.95, paperback) Peter Yamamoto, a longtime member of San Francisco’s Japantown community, is often seen volunteering at the […] READ MORE
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Reflections from Ishinomaki
January 1, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
Moved by the destruction from the March 11, 2011 earthquake and the devastating tsunami, in October of 2012, seven members of the Nakayoshi Young Professionals traveled to Ishinomaki, a city […] READ MORE
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Rebuilding in Ishinomaki, Japan
December 20, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
On March 11, 2011, one year and 10 months ago, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, followed by a tsunami of historic proportions, struck Japan. The damage and destruction was beyond belief. The […] READ MORE
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