Japan on higher quake alert after powerful tremor rattles Tohoku

The April 20 earthquake off the Tohoku region caused minor injuries, rekindled haunting memories of the 2011 disaster and ...
The Diplomat

How Earthquakes Shake Japan’s Political Landscape

The earthquake that struck Japan on New Year’s Day caused a grave tragedy but a political crisis, like that seen in 2011, seems to have been dodged. Police officers search victims from debris of ...
Hyperallergic

Japanese Tsunami Damages National Treasures

Zuigan-ji Temple in Matsushima, one of the sites damaged in the 2011 tsunami (image via wikipedia.org) Beyond a rising death toll of over 10,800, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in northern ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

15 years later: Japan remembers

TOKYO >> Memorial events were held at various locations across Japan on March 11 to mark the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was ...
Euronews

Fukushima and Tohoku reflect on recovery 15 years after nuclear plant disaster

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a tsunami that devastated coastal communities in Tohoku and caused the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. Fifteen ...