Fukushima
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Grateful Crane uplifts spirits of disaster survivors in Tohoku, Japan
January 1, 2024 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
In October at a public housing facility in Fukushima, Japan, an elderly Japanese man entered the room wearing the LA Dodgers cap we gave him five years ago. No longer […] READ MORE
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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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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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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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Grateful Crane Ensemble’s goodwill tour to Tohoku, Japan
May 15, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
“How was your trip to Japan?” It’s a question I’ve been asked several times since we returned from our Goodwill Tour to Tohoku last month. “It went really well,” I […] READ MORE
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Kennedy in Fukushima for first time as envoy, visits nuclear plant
May 15, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visited Fukushima Prefecture on May 14 for the first time since she assumed her post last November and toured the crippled […] READ MORE
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The question of Shin-Nisei and Japanese American identity: Exploring Nikkei history at the Nikkei Youth Conference and creating models of Nikkei activism
December 19, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
On Nov. 16, I had the great pleasure to attend the Nikkei Youth Conference at the Berkeley Methodist United Church. I first heard about plans for the conference at the […] READ MORE
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Antinuclear rally draws 170,000 people
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — An anti-nuclear power plant rally called for by a group led by Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe and other celebrities drew a crowd of around 170,000 people on […] 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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Japan mourns deaths of quake-tsunami victims on 6-month anniversary
September 15, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
SENDAI (Kyodo) — Residents in a wide area of northeastern Japan ravaged by the March 11 quake and tsunami held ceremonies on Sept. 11, the six-month anniversary, in memory of […] READ MORE
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