Tohoku
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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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A journey to say goodbye in Tohoku
July 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
When the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye By Marie Mutsuki Mocket (New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 2016, 336 pp., $16.95, paperback) “Perhaps it is possible, then, […] 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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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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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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MIYAGI FOOD: Healthy, delicious and safe
November 25, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
Since the tragic earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s Tohoku region more than eight months ago, Japan has seen substantial decreases in foreign tourism. Many areas directly affected by the […] READ MORE
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REFLECTION ON JAPAN: Growing stigma against victims of Fukushima
April 29, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s note: A month after the Tohoku disaster, a quasi-nationalistic “love it or leave it” attitude has gained currency, putting pressure on people to stay and face potential dangers for […] READ MORE
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Shaken, but always majestic
March 18, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
One of my regrets from the two years I lived in Japan was that I didn’t get outdoors enough. While teaching English on the JET Program, I stayed in a […] READ MORE
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