Northeastern Japan battles raging fires, 14 years after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami
Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale ...
Japan kindergarteners practice quake safety on anniversary of March 2011 disaster
MISHIMA, Shizuoka -- On March 11, 89 children at a kindergarten here practiced the "pill bug pose," crouching and covering ...
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Youth and women seen as key to combating depopulation after 2011 disaster
The number of people aged 20 to 39 in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures fell by about 20% to 30% between 2010 and 2024 ...
NHK survey: Residents relocated after 2011 disaster worried about future
An NHK survey has found that a majority of survivors of the March 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster who were collectively relocated say the graying of their neighborhoods is causing them ...
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Shaken to the Core
AS JAPAN EMBARKS on the long and arduous path to reconstruction and recovery from the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that claimed more than 23,000 lives (as of May 23) and caused damage ...