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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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Connecting in the aftermath of the tsunami
January 1, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING By Ruth Ozeki (New York: Penguin Books, 2013, 432 pp., $28.95, hardcover) From a French Maid Café in Akihabara, the electronic district in Tokyo, […] 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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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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Japan marks three years since quake-tsunami disasters, nuclear crisis
March 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan marked the third anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 with prayers for more than 18,000 people who died or remain missing […] READ MORE
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Great East Japan Earthquake Commemorative events
March 6, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
THROUGH MONDAY, MARCH 31 (with March 11 event) The Northern Japan Earthquake Recovery Fund, a project of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, is hosting “Let’s Keep […] 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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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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