earthquake
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Bay Area welcomes Tohoku students
August 9, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
George Suzuki will never forget March 11, 2011, the fateful day that Japan was slammed with three disasters — a 9.0 earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami that killed thousands […] READ MORE
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Friendships and trials across nations
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
TOMO: FRIENDSHIP THROUGH FICTION – AN ANTHOLOGY OF JAPAN TEEN STORIES Edited By Holly Thompson (Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 2012, 384 pp., $14.95, paperback) Children’s author Holly Thompson, who […] READ MORE
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American who found balls swept away by tsunami happy owners are alive
May 3, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
KASILOF, Alaska (Kyodo) — An American who recently found soccer and volleyballs in Alaska that had floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the […] READ MORE
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As we rebuild, will people remember us?
March 9, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
In a few days, Miyagi Prefecture and all of Japan will mark the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. During this past year, we have had a number […] READ MORE
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HOPE AMID THE DISASTERS: One year later, Ishinomaki survivors continue to persevere
March 9, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
ISHINOMAKI, Japan — As students bustled through the many hallways, corridors and buildings at Ishinomaki Senshu University in December 2011, tangible reminders of the Great East Japan Earthquake were difficult […] READ MORE
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San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival preview
February 24, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Celebrating 30 years of Asian American film, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival will kick off on Thursday, March 8 and run through Sunday, March 18. The festival, […] READ MORE
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Northern Japan’s fancy foods
February 23, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Some 17,000 attendees swarmed the 1,300 companies that exhibited across 206,000 square feet of San Francisco’s expansive Moscone Center during the Winter Fancy Food Show. The specialty foods trade show, now in […] READ MORE
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Veterinarian works to save surviving animals in Fukushima
February 16, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
A long row of cows is crowded at a gate, their heads straining through the metal as if desperately reaching for food. All of them are dead. For Dr. Shigeki […] READ MORE
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A CALL TO ACTION: JCCCNC spearheads multimillion-dollar grassroots relief effort
January 1, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
On March 11, 2011, the world witnessed one of the most horrific and devastating natural disasters in Japan’s history. The country’s pain, sorrow and loss were felt worldwide. Within hours […] READ MORE
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Journey to Tohoku
December 2, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
In early November 2011, my wife and I traveled to the Tohoku area on the northeast coast of Japan to witness the aftermath of the enormous earthquake and tsunami that […] READ MORE
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